[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-03: Cuban Arrests

Whitney Bilyeu whitneycb76 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 11:36:09 EST 2017


I agree with Joshua, and have tried to locate another source...no luck.  I
am also not sure about asking the US government to apply "political
pressure"...

Whitney Bilyeu

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As I alluded to before this email ballot came out, I am having difficulty
> with this.  According to this motion, they were targeted for their
> activism, and are unjustly detained.  I suspect this is true, but I need to
> see evidence of this before I can endorse this party making such
> accusations against a foreign nation.  While nations often unjust detain
> people, it is also true that libertarians can, sometimes, commit crimes.
> As of this moment, I do not even know what charges, if any, have been
> presented, so it is hard for me to say that these charges are false or
> trumped up.
>
> I previously asked for more information, and Mr. O'Toole (thank you)
> forwarded a blog post from Mises.  I have nothing against Mises, and I have
> respect for the Institute, I spent many summers there, and the Institute
> supported me through some difficult times.  (Full disclosure:  I do
> strongly disagree with the political tact that many associated with Mises
> have chosen.)  But a blog post from them simply isn't the kind of
> information I am seeking.  Do we know of any sources that can verify that
> they are being held for their activism?
>
> Joshua A. Katz
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:49 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by February 24, 2017 at
>> 11:59:59pm Pacific time.*
>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Starchild, Harlos, Demarest, Vohra
>>
>> *Motion:*  The Libertarian National Committee condemns the unjust
>> detention of libertarian activists Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and Manuel
>> Velasquez by agents of the Castro regime in Cuba on February 2, and demands
>> the immediate safe release of these political prisoners who were targeted
>> for their peaceful activism promoting limited government and free markets.
>> We further ask the U.S. government's State Department to place diplomatic
>> pressure on the Castro regime for their release, and encourage Libertarian
>> Party members and supporters to contact their elected officials toward that
>> end.
>>
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
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