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Boldness

Dear Fellow Libertarian, The Libertarian Party has a proud heritage of being bold in ideas and bold in action. We do so with the confident recognition that liberty is the boldest ideal of them all. We take a stance on a policy or practice of government not because our ideas will initially be popular but […]

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Dear Libertarian, I’m Jess Mears with the Libertarian Party and in just a few weeks, our #ImTHATLibertarian 2018 Libertarian National Convention will be taking place in New Orleans. If you haven’t been to a national convention before, I hope this year will be your first. We are expecting over 1,000 Libertarians! For the convention’s silent […]

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Ed Clark and David Koch 1980 Libertarian Party presidential campaign button

David Koch, we owe you. Signed, Liberty

David Koch, the Libertarian Party’s 1980 vice presidential candidate, recently retired from his roles at Koch Industries and Koch-affiliated groups because of ongoing illness. All too frequently, kudos for a life purposefully and masterfully dedicated to the advancement of human liberty come in the form of an obituary. Libertarians would like to salute the leadership […]

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The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.

Blockchain Committee invites LP member input

Hi all, Recently the Libertarian National Committee created an ad hoc Blockchain Committee to explore the potential benefits that blockchain and distributed ledger technology may provide to the Libertarian Party. Blockchain technology has been made most famous by bitcoin, but there are a host of other potential uses. The goals of the committee are to […]

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Libertarian Party of California

6 Libertarian candidates advance to CA general election

Six Libertarians advanced to the November general election in California’s top two primary on June 5. Under California’s top-two primary system, candidates of all parties are listed on one ballot. Voters can vote for a candidate of any party in each race, and are not constrained to voting for only one party for all races. […]

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Libertarians embrace the concept that all people are born with certain inherent rights. We reject the idea that a natural right can ever impose an obligation upon others to fulfill that “right.” We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant. Government should neither deny nor abridge any individual’s human right based upon sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, national origin, personal habits, political preference or sexual orientation. Members of private organizations retain their rights to set whatever standards of association they deem appropriate, and individuals are free to respond with ostracism, boycotts and other free-market solutions.

Supreme Court decides very little in gay wedding cake case

Should religious bakers be forced to bake cakes for gay weddings? The U.S. Supreme Court has finally ruled on a case that’s been winding through the judicial system since 2012. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, representing a 7-2 decision that rules in favor of the cake shop’s owner […]

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Join us for the Gala!

Join us for the Libertarian event of the year!

If you are attending the 2018 Libertarian National Convention and haven’t bought a ticket to the Gala yet, please consider doing so soon! This event has generated so much excitement and we’re having to expand the room to seat all the folks who plan to attend! Jeffrey Tucker and Laura Ebke will be speaking and […]

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Nicholas Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee, files his candidacy for mayor of Phoenix

Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark runs for mayor of Phoenix

Nicholas Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee, files his candidacy for mayor of Phoenix. Nicholas Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee, is officially a candidate for mayor of Phoenix, Ariz. When Sarwark filed for the office, he quoted Irish poet John Anster’s interpretation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Whatever you can do, or […]

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Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Feds lose and abuse massive numbers of immigrant children

Hopelessly complex immigration laws make it nearly impossible for people seeking a better life to live and work legally in the United States, and deprive our country of the economic expansion that immigrants bring. As several recently publicized cases demonstrate, these draconian immigration restrictions also lead to widespread negligence and abuse within the enforcement system, […]

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