- New Hampshire Liberty Forum
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The New Hampshire Liberty Forum is an annual libertarian conference hosted by the Free State Project. It has attracted as speakers the likes of U.S. Presidential candidates, a sitting U.S. Senator, a sitting U.S. Representative, state legislators, directors of numerous policy institutes, and a World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestler.
In addition to catering to a wide variety of liberty-minded interests, the conference also serves as a way by which the Free State Project can showcase New Hampshire to prospective participants as a hotbed of pro-liberty activism.
Contents
2012 Conference
The 2012 conference will be held from February 23-26. The Second Amendment Sisters of New Hampshire will be sponsoring a firearm safety class and shoot, and the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance will be offering a tour of the New Hampshire State House.
Keynote speaker
- Joel Salatin — farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include "You Can Farm" and "Salad Bar Beef"
2011 Conference
The 2011 conference was scheduled for February 24-27 in Nashua, New Hampshire but in December 2010, it was announced by Free State Project board member Varrin Swearingen that the 2011 conference would be canceled. A primary reason for the cancellation included slow ticket sales after the event announcement was delayed partially due to the keynote speaker unexpectedly backing out.[citation needed]
2010 Conference
The 2010 conference was held from March 18 through March 21 in Nashua, New Hampshire, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Keynote speakers
- Judge Andrew Napolitano — former New Jersey Superior Court Judge and host of Freedom Watch on the FOX business network
- NH State Rep. Dan Itse — sitting New Hampshire State Representative
- Jacob Hornberger — founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, a libertarian educational foundation based in Fairfax, Virginia
Speakers
- Angela Keaton — development director of Antiwar.com, producer of Antiwar Radio; serves on the boards of Outright Libertarians and Ladies of Liberty Alliance
- Brad Spangler — Director of the Center for a Stateless Society, proponent of agorism
- Brett Veinotte — host of School Sucks Podcast (schoolsucks.podomatic.com)
- Catherine Bleish — Executive Director of the Liberty Restoration Project
- Charles W. Johnson — individualist-anarchist writer and activist, founding member of the Alliance of the Libertarian Left, occasional columnist; writes at radgeek.com
- Daniel J. Mitchell — libertarian economist, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute
- David D. Friedman — author of "The Machinery of Freedom"; holds A.B. from Harvard University, Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago
- Devin S. Standard — firearms instructor, accomplished martial artist, hunter
- Eddie Allen — International Currency Director for the American Open Currency Standard
- Ernest Hancock — publisher of FreedomsPhoenix, host of "Declare Your Independence" on the Liberty News Radio Network and the Republic Broadcasting Network; best known as creator of the Ron Paul r3VOLution logo
- Jason Talley — author, contributes to fr33agents.net
- Jenn Coffey — National Coordinator of the Second Amendment Sisters, elected NH State Representative
- Kelley Vlahos — contributing editor for The American Conservative magazine and its blog; correspondent for Homeland Security Today, political writer for FOXNews.com, regular columnist for Antiwar.com
- Kenneth W. Royce — aka "Boston T. Party", founder of Free State Wyoming, shooting instructor, speaker, author of books on guns, history, law, politics, and government
- Michelle Seven — mother taking up her case against the IRS
- Pasha Roberts — producer/director of the movie "Silver Circle" (silvercirclemovie.com)
- Radley Balko — journalist, senior editor for Reason magazine, and blogs at theagitator.com
- Scott Bieser — cartoonist, former video game animator
- Shelly Roche — libertarian activist with a podcast at ByteStyle.tv; computer programmer, entrepreneur
- Skip Coryell — founder of the Second Amendment March; author of seven books related to personal defense and 2nd Amendment activism; Chief Instructor and co-owner of Midwest Tactical Training
- Stewart Rhodes — founder and Director of Oath Keepers; former firearms instructor and former member of Ron Paul’s D.C. staff.
- Thomas Naylor — co-founder of the Second Vermont Republic; author, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University
- Tom Baugh — entrepreneur, inventor; author of "Starving the Monkeys: Fight Back Smarter"
- Tom Mullen — author of "A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America"
- William Norman Grigg — award-winning investigative journalist and author; blogs at freedominourtime.blogspot.com
Additionally, members of the Liberty Caravan (libertycaravan.org) spoke about their journey to New Hampshire.
2009 Conference
The 2009 conference was held from March 5 through March 8 in Nashua, New Hampshire, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Keynote speakers
- Dick Heller — brought suit against Washington D.C. with the Bill of Rights Foundation, and together they successfully overturned the D.C. ban on handguns. Mr. Heller is a participant in the Free State Project.
- Dr. Mary Ruwart — author and 2008 LP Presidential candidate
- Stefan Molyneux — host of Freedomain Radio
Speakers
- Charles Arlinghaus — president of the free-market Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
- David Bergland — Libertarian Party (LP) Presidential candidate, activist, and author
- Will Buchanan — from the Walk For Liberty
- Jenn Coffey — National Coordinator of the Second Amendment Sisters, & elected New Hampshire State Representative
- Pete Eyre — Bureaucrash Crasher-in-Chief
- Gary Franchi — National Director of Aaron Russo's Restore the Republic
- Patri Friedman — Executive Director of the Seasteading Institute
- John Taylor Gatto — author of numerous books including "Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling"
- Anthony Gregory — Research Analyst at the Independent Institute
- Dan Itse — New Hampshire state representative who introduced States' Rights bill HCR 0006
- Glenn Jacobs — WWE wrestler "Kane", Free State Project member, creator of the blog Adventures of Citizen X
- Angela Keaton — Development Director from AntiWar.com
- Adam Kokesh — from Iraq Veterans Against the War
- Tom Mullen — author of "A Return to Common Sense"
- Ethan Nadelmann — founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance
- Evan Nappen — lawyer and author of "New Hampshire Gun, Knife, and Weapon Law"
- David Nolan — founder of the Libertarian Party
- Kenneth Royce (Boston T. Party) — author of books on guns, history, law, politics, and government
- Matt Simon — Director of NH Common Sense Marijuana Policy
- Lisa Snell — Director of Education and Child Welfare, Reason Foundation
- Marc Stevens — author of "Adventures in Legal Land"
- Deborah Stevenson — Executive Director of National Home Education Legal Defense
- Aaron David Ward — libertarian comedian
2008 Conference
The 2008 conference was held from January 3 through January 6 in Nashua at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Moved to first weekend in January based on predicted New Hampshire primary date of Tuesday, January 8, 2008, which came to pass. Slogan: Moving Liberty Forward
Keynote speakers
- Bernard von NotHaus — currency architect and creator of the Liberty Dollar
- John E. Sununu — Republican United States Senator from New Hampshire
- Ron Paul — U.S. Congressman from 14th district of Texas and Republican Presidential Candidate
Speakers
- Sharon Harris — president of Advocates for Self Government
- F. Paul Wilson — author the Repairman Jack series
- Bob Schulz — Chairman of the We the People Foundation
- Barry Cooper — from NeverGetBusted.com
- Jim Babka — president of the Downsize DC Foundation
- Peter Christ — founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
- Tom Eddlem — host of Dangerous Talk and blogger at LewRockwell.com
- Gardner Goldsmith — author and host of Against the Grain
- Don Gorman — political director for the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance[1]
- Christopher Gronski — creator of Destination Freedom and NH coordinator for the We the People Foundation
- John McManus — President of the John Birch Society
- Tyler Stearns — student, named "2007 Liberty Activist of the Year" by the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance
- Wayne Green — creator of Byte magazine and of NH To Do
- Lydia Harman — realtor, Integrity Plus Investments & Real Estate
- Carla Howell — from the Center for Small Government
2007 Conference
Held in Concord, from February 22 to February 25, 2007. Slogan: Attaining Personal and Economic Freedom in America's Freest State
Keynote speakers
- John Stossel — co-anchor of ABC's 20/20, called "the most consistently thought-provoking TV reporter of our time".
- Michael Badnarik — 2004 Libertarian Party presidential candidate, and author of Good To Be King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom.
Speakers
- Ron Paul (video, audio) - U.S. Congressman from Texas's 14th congressional district
- Jim Babka — president of the Downsize DC Foundation
- Jack Cole — executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
- Bill Westmiller — national chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus
- Rob Kampia — executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project
- Jim Harper — director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute
- Joe McQuaid — Publisher of New Hampshire's statewide newspaper, The Union Leader
- Geoffrey Segal — director of government reform for the Reason Foundation
- Christopher Gronski — New Hampshire coordinator for the We the People Foundation
- Don Gorman — political director for the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance
- Lydia Harman — realtor, Integrity Plus Investments & Real Estate
See also
External links
Categories:- Libertarianism in the United States
- Politics of New Hampshire
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