Interview with David Nolan, Founder of the Libertarian Party
Yesterday we had planned to leave Tucson around lunchtime to give us plenty of time to make the 7ish hour drive to Albuquerque. But after a friend tipped us off that David Nolan — the founder of the Libertarian Party — lived in Tucson we decided to try to fit that in if he was willing. A couple of hours later, after first connecting via Facebook we were sitting on Nolan’s back patio conducting the interview below.
In it, you’ll see just how principled, humble and entrepreneurial a person he is. In addition to giving an overview about the founding of the Libertarian Party, Nolan also shares with us his view on the direction the LP has taken, his current projects and his views on the larger freedom movement.
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If you can stop in Santa Fe NM see my old friend Garrick Beck. He is the son of the famed anarchist Living Theater founders Judith Malina and Julian Beck. He is a spokesperson of the Rainbow Family. This is a 20000 Temporary Autonomous Zone that meets every year in a National Forest. They create a city and clean it up without asking permission from the Govt.He has done time for saying no to the permit process
If you’re going to be in Auburn, obviously the Mises Institute is there, but one particularly interesting fellow there is Roderick Long. He’s a philosophy professor and major figure in the Alliance of the Libertarian Left and the Molinari Institute.
By the way, nothing’s coming up for me on your itinerary page at the moment.
This is my favorite interview so far.
I met David Nolan at the LP convention in Denver and I really liked him. I was working at the convention and did not socialize much, but meeting him was a high point. We were sat at the same table on the night Barr was nominated and he and I and the other principled libertarians at the table did not rise or clap when Bob Barr came out to beg for money. It was funny because our table was the only table that remained seated as far I could see.
If you’re in St Petersburg, Florida you may want to talk to either MG (Michael Gilson De Lemos) or Ralph Swanson who have a lot on information on the international movement, or get on MG’s radio show http://www.thefreedomworks.com