[Lnc-business] MOTION Re: Cuban Regime's Arrest of Libertarian Activists

Sun Feb 12 22:49:19 EST 2017

Here’s a bit more from mises.org: 
https://mises.org/blog/castro-regime-arrests-member-mises-cuba

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Sean O’Toole
Treasurer - Missouri Libertarian Party
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On 12 Feb 2017, at 19:13, Joshua Katz wrote:

> I do not know anything about this case, and haven't found much through
> searching.  Can anyone provide a link to more details?
>
> Joshua A. Katz
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 6:50 PM, David Demarest 
> <dpdemarest at centurylink.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I co-sponsor
>>
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>> ~David
>>
>>
>>
>> *Oct 20-22 2017 Omaha Libertarian Strategy Un-Convention*
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>>
>> *Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE*
>>
>>
>>
>> ~David Pratt Demarest
>>
>> LNC Region 6 Representative (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI)
>>
>> Secretary, LPNE State Central Committee
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>> Cell:      402-981-6469 <(402)%20981-6469>
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>> Home: 402-493-0873 <(402)%20493-0873>
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>> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On 
>> Behalf
>> Of *Caryn Ann Harlos
>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 12, 2017 6:45 PM
>> *To:* Libertarian National Committee list <lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
>> *Cc:* Zach Foster <zach.foster at lpnevada.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] MOTION Re: Cuban Regime's Arrest of
>> Libertarian Activists
>>
>>
>>
>> I co-sponsor
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> The Nevada Libertarian Party has issued a press release about the 
>> unjust
>> detention of two libertarian activists in Cuba (which is still run by 
>> an
>> authoritarian regime, reconciliation with the U.S. government
>> notwithstanding – it may even be that Raul Castro figures it's now 
>> safer
>> for them to jail Americans with impunity due to said reconciliation.) 
>> They
>> are asking the national LP, among others, to condemn the Cuban 
>> authorities
>> for this action and demand the safe release of Ubaldo Herrera 
>> Hernandez and
>> Manuel Velasquez, and I agree we should do this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Therefore* I move the following resolution* and ask for 
>> co-sponsors*:*
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------------------------
>>
>> *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.*
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> I would also urge the chair and staff to issue a press release 
>> featuring
>> this resolution, presuming that it passes, commending the Libertarian 
>> Party
>> of Nevada for taking the initiative in speaking out about this case, 
>> and
>> making additional points along the lines of the LPN's press release, 
>> below.
>>
>>
>>
>> Love & Liberty,
>>
>>                                       ((( starchild )))
>>
>> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>
>>                                    (415) 625-FREE
>>
>>                                      @StarchildSF
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S. – And who knew the Ludwig von Mises Institute had an affiliate 
>> in
>> Cuba? That's pretty cool...
>>
>>
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>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Zach Foster <zach.foster at lpnevada.org>
>>
>> *Date: *February 10, 2017 3:05:23 PM PST
>>
>> *To: *starchild at lp.org
>>
>> *Subject: Libertarian Party of Nevada (LPN) Condemns Cuban Government 
>> for
>> Arresting Libertarian Activists*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Libertarian Party of Nevada (LPN) Condemns Cuban Government *
>>
>> *for Arresting Libertarian Activists*
>>
>>
>>
>> For immediate release...
>>
>>
>>
>> *Las Vegas, Nevada* (10 February 2017) – The Libertarian Party of 
>> Nevada
>> condemns the Cuban government’s arrest of two libertarian activists 
>> and
>> calls for their immediate release. Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and 
>> Manuel
>> Velasquez Visea were arrested 2 February 2017 by plainclothes secret
>> policemen.  Both activists are still detained on trumped up charges.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mises Cuba, the independent Cuban offshoot of Auburn, Alabama’s 
>> Ludwig von
>> Mises Institute, confirmed their ongoing detention.  Both men were
>> specifically targeted for their peaceful activism promoting limited
>> government and free markets. They are political prisoners whose 
>> actions
>> have harmed no one and damaged no property.
>>
>>
>>
>> “The arrest of the libertarian activists in Cuba is a jarring 
>> reminder of
>> both the Obama administration’s willingness to sacrifice Cuban 
>> refugees on
>> the altar of realpolitik, and the Trump administration’s open 
>> hostility
>> toward civil liberties and the rule of law,” says LPN Vice Chairman 
>> David
>> Colborne. “I call on all liberty-minded political leaders in the 
>> U.S. to
>> chart a new course by demanding the immediate and safe release of 
>> these
>> Cuban libertarian activists.”
>>
>>
>>
>> LPN Chairman Jason Smith expresses his condolences to the families of
>> Herrera and Velasquez, and wants political leaders to “heed the 
>> judicial
>> messages sent to our own President this week as a warning of what can
>> happen to a country controlled by fear and too much government. What
>> happened to these two activists could easily happen here in America,
>> especially given the authoritarian streaks of Donald Trump and Jeff
>> Sessions.”
>>
>>
>>
>> The Libertarian Party of Nevada calls on the 49 other Libertarian 
>> state
>> parties, our National Chairman Nicholas Sarwark, all Libertarian 
>> parties in
>> Latin America, and all concerned citizens to:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) Condemn the Cuban government and the Communist Party of Cuba, and
>> demand the safe release of the libertarian prisoners,
>>
>> 2) Ask the US State Department to place diplomatic pressure on Cuba 
>> for
>> their release,
>>
>> 3) Call Senators, Congressmen, Governors, and State Legislators to 
>> make
>> their own statements of support for these political prisoners.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tyranny must be stopped wherever it threatens lives and freedom, 
>> whether
>> in the US or in Cuba. The Libertarian Party of Nevada stands in 
>> solidarity
>> with all Cuban libertarians.
>>
>>
>>
>> *### *
>>
>>
>>
>> Zach Foster
>>
>> Senior Contributor
>>
>> 702.401.0423 <(702)%20401-0423>
>>
>> Zach.Foster at lpnevada.org
>>
>>
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>> --
>>
>> *In Liberty,*
>>
>> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
>>
>> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, 
>> Arizona,
>> Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - 
>> Caryn.Ann.
>> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
>>
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