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

[Joshua Katz]

If, in fact, I can verify this information, I am mostly in agreement with
asking the US government to apply political pressure.  My concern on that
measure has to do with who is running the US government.

Joshua A. Katz


On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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