Libertarian club

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Socially Tolerant, Fiscally conservative, Personally Responsible.


We are the local defenders of freedom in SUNY New Paltz. We are on the front lines of the great clash between contemporary and classic liberalism. Stay informed about our latest plans, join the New Paltz College Libertarians facebook group.

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[edit] General Information

We are an official campus organization that seeks to promote education about a libertarian alternative to the bipartisan monopoly model that has dominated the American political spectrum, through social networking, literature, events and lectures.

[edit] Weekly Gatherings

During the Fall 2008 semester, we will be meeting in SUB 409 every Thursday evening at 9:00 p.m. and will enjoy food, movies, debates, and discuss plans for the club. Afterwards we welcome all attendees to party libertarian-style in someone’s off-campus private property, where we can celebrate our freedom before, perhaps, hitting the bars.

[edit] Our Philosophy: Classic Liberalism in a Nutshell

Libertarianism, or Classic Liberalism, is a philosophy of liberty based on allowing the individual to do whatever he wants so long as other people’s freedom is respected. Libertarians equate freedom with the concept of self-ownership, and ownership of the fruit of one’s labor. Libertarianism combines what is now known as social liberalism (more personal freedom) with economic conservatism (less government taxing and spending) to promote free minds and free markets, with the ultimate goal of minimizing the size and scope of the government as an intrusive force in our lives. Click Here to Read more about Libertarianism…!

[edit] Role of Government

The essential role of government in our lives need be simple and limited:

  • Protection from violence (domestic and from abroad) thereby protecting Life
  • Protection from enslavement thereby protecting Liberty
  • Protection from theft thereby protecting private Property
  • Arbiter in contractual disputes.

…most other services should be avoided by the state if possible, and be left to the responsibility of the individual.

[edit] Stances on Issues

Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility (thereby rejecting most government welfare and affirmative action), promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market and legal immigration, and defend civil liberties including gun ownership and abortion rights, but they oppose most government bureaucracy and taxes, drug prohibition, aggressive (non-defensive) wars and corporate subsidies.

[edit] Our Goals: Fall 2008 Semester Planned Events

We plan on attending several conferences, put on several events and public lectures. We are also planning a Liberty Week full of engaging events. Please check back soon! Contact

We hope to work closely with the Political Science club this year to have public debates on specific political issues with organizations including: the New Paltz College Republicans, Students for a Democratic Society, NYPIRG, Synthesis, the Human Rights club, Democracy Matters, and whoever else is interest in debate.

[edit] Our Past: Event History

[edit] Spring, 2008

  • May, 2008 - The upgraded Cost of Iraq War Counter was unveiled and permanently nestled in the heart of campus on the concourse of the Student Union Building.
  • May 15, 2007 - Libertarian Club wins best advocacy organization of the year award for the second consecutive year from the Student Association.
  • April 17, 2008 - Dr. Mark Skousen will be gave a public lecture entitled "The Wheat and the Tares: The Natural Economy and Artificial Prosperity." There are two ways to solve the world's economic problems -- by voluntary market solutions or artificial government policy. Some examples examples -- raising wages, eliminating poverty, stimulating the economy, etc.
  • February 28th, 2008 - Radley Balko - Senior Editor from Reason Magazine gave a lecture about the Militarization of our Police and its consequences due to Drug Prohibition.
  • February 21st, 2008 - TED Video Presentations on open Source and exciting new Technology which promises to set us free in the 21st century.

[edit] Fall, 2007



  • November 10, 2007 - "Russia: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow" with Dr. Andrei Illarionov, former Chief Economic Adviser to President Vladimir Putin of Russia. This event took place at the Foundation for Economic Education, and included a delicious dinner, all courtesy of the Foundation.




  • October 18, 2007 - 4pm, LC 104 - "Ideas Worth Spreading" - Libertarian club hosted an open source awareness event in the form of showing 4 short 20-minute lectures by renowned thinkers on social policy that are freely distributed under a creative commons license from TED.
  • September 21, 2007 - Open source organizations and Libertarian club discussed the open source future of Liberty.
  • September 14, 2007 - Issues dealing with Intellectual Property and Network Neutrality were debated.
  • September 7, 2007 - Operation Politically Homeless at the Student Activities fair and First Meeting of the summer with a 4 ft. hero and baked ziti courtesy of Tommy C's Deli.

[edit] Spring, 2007

  • May 3, 2007 - Liberty Celebration! We had a pizza party to celebrate our first semester as an official club on campus. We had a few discussions, and a few words from Professor Donald Silberger, former Libertarian candidate for Lt. Governor and U.S. Senate, about the state of the Liberty movement.
  • May 11, 2007 - Libertarian Club wins best advocacy organization of the year award from the Student Association.
  • April 20, 2007 - Distributed "decoy" joints, dubbed "liberty sticks," to on-campus Drug Prohibition Protesters celebrating their freedom on the Old Main Quad. World's smallest political quiz was administered to the politically homeless.
  • April 19, 2007 - "Libertarianism v. Social Democracy" - lively debate with Prof. Brian Obach from Sociology.
  • April 14, 2007 - 9 members of the Libertarian club plan to flex some second amendment muscles at a local gun range with the Campus Conservatives and then head to FEE (www.fee.org) to enjoy dinner and a lecture entitled "Socialism or Neo-liberalism in Latin America?" by Mary O'grady, editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal.
  • March 31, 2007 - Accepted Student's Day tabling with Operation Politically Homeless - World's Smallest Political Quiz. We had the unfortunate pleasure of sharing a table next to the College Republicans, who scared away most prospective members.
  • February 23-25th, 2007 - eight students from the New Paltz College Libertarians attended the 2007 Liberty Forum in New Hampshire. Highlights included John Stossel from 20/20, Michael Badnarik, 2004 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate, and a private party with Rep. Ron Paul as he announced his bid for the white house in 2008.

http://freestateproject.org/libertyforum

  • February 1st, 2007 - Our first meeting with about a dozen students took place in SUB 407. Productive and fun. We had a pleasant off-campus after party, where some of us decided to celebrate our freedom. All subsequent meetings will be held every Thursday night at 9pm in SUB 409.
  • January 25th, 2007 - We started off the new semester with our first event: "Operation Politically Homeless" in front of SUB 100 where we distributed the World's Smallest Political Quiz to passers by so that they can learn where they stand politically, and how they compare to the political climate of New Paltz.
  • December 5th, 2006 - We had a casual dinner with the Hudson Valley Libertarians at the College Diner to discuss the direction of the student Libertarian base.
  • November 20th, 2006 - The seedlings of liberty were planted: the libertarian club has been recognized by the SA Council of Organizations.

[edit] Executive Board

[edit] Fall, 2008

Coordinator - Lia Cornella
Coordinator - DJ Scully

[edit] Spring, 2007 - Spring, 2008

Coordinator - Igor Gembitsky
VP, Treasurer - Rachel John

[edit] Libertarian Resources

[edit] Summer Student Seminars

Institute for Humane Studies - http://theihs.org/SeminarHome.aspx
Foundation for Economic Education - http://www.fee.org/seminars/

[edit] News and Information

The Online Library of Liberty: http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&Itemid=29
John Stossel at ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/stossel
The Liberty Guide: http://www.libertyguide.com/
The Advocates (Creators of the World's Smallest Political Quiz):http://www.theadvocates.org/
The CATO Institute: http://www.cato.org/
The Reason Foundation: http://www.reason.org/
The Fraser Institute (Canadian, be careful): http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/
The Institute for Justice: http://www.instituteforjustice.org/
Libertarian Anti-War News, Statistics and Analysis: http://www.antiwar.com/

[edit] Publications

The Freeman - http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/
Reason Magazine - http://www.reason.com/
The Liberator-online (FREE) - http://www.theadvocates.org/publications/liberator-online.html
CATO Institute Publications - http://www.cato.org/pubs/pubs.html
Liberty Unbound - http://libertyunbound.com/
Journal of Economic Affairs - http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/subs.asp?ref=0265-0665&site=1

[edit] Blogs

Igor Gembitsky's Blog - http://radicaluncertainty.blogspot.com/
Pavel Podolyak's Blog - http://naliber.blogspot.com/
Marginal Revolution - http://www.marginalrevolution.com/
Reason staff blog - http://www.reason.com/blog/
Freakonomics Blog - http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/

[edit] Internships

The CATO Institute - http://www.cato.org/
Foundation of Economic Education - http://www.fee.org/
Institute for Human Studies - http://www.theihs.org/
Ludwig von Mises Institute - http://mises.org/

[edit] Media

The Downfall (German: Der Untergang)
John Adams (HBO Mini-series)
Commanding Heights
The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen)
Mine Your Own Business
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Showtime series)
Astronaut farmer
Amazing Grace
Waco: The Rules of Engagement Reason.tv
Many More Movies and Reviews Here


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