| Libertarian Party of NY -- Official -- 1999 Convention |
Libertarian Party of New York
The Libertarian Party of New York convention will feature a civil rights leader, a party founder, a Social Security reform expert, and other exciting speakers who will offer challenges and solutions. Gathering April 24-25 (Saturday and Sunday), the Libertarians plan a free speech on Social Security privatization April 25th and possible free debates on immigration, gun control and education (still to be arranged). The event will be held at the Best Western MacArthur Hotel, 1730 North Ocean Avenue, Holtsville, Long Island. For information, call 516-292-8340 or 518-371-3641, or email: LPNY98Campaign@hotmail.com. $99.99 for complete package, $49 for speakers only, and other options. A sailing lesson donated by New York Sailing School and other prizes will be raffled off. View the Libertarian Party of New York website at http://www.ny.lp.org/.
Roy Innis, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), will draw on his experience as a civil rights leader to suggest how libertarians can organize for social change. His efforts include: championing the rights of immigrants, an on-the-job training program for welfare mothers, and educational reforms in Harlem.
Mr. Innis has joined the Libertarian Party and spoke at last year's National Convention, where he said that "The Republican Party is not the solution to the moral drift in America. Traditionally, where one or both of the political parties are in default, American citizens organize themselves into new parties. Can the Libertarian Party save America by being the political pioneers of the 21st century?" After his remarks, Mr. Innis can be expected to answer questions about topics such as gun control (Innis is a National Rifle Association director) and his political plans (he is believed to be interested in the Libertarian nomination for office in New York).
The Libertarian convention will present Michael Tanner on Social Security reform in a free public event on April 25th (Sunday: 10:45-11:45am). Tanner is Director of Health and Welfare Studies with the Cato Institute and director of Cato's Project On Social Security Privatization. He is the author of two books on Social Security privatization, A NEW DEAL FOR SOCIAL SECURITY and COMMON CENTS, COMMON DREAMS, in which Tanner (and co-author Peter J. Ferrara) wrote "A private system would allow American workers much greater freedom of choice and control over their own incomes and financial futures. Through a privately invested system, the one-eighth of their incomes that now goes to Social Security would grow to a huge amount that would be under their direct, personal control."
David Nolan was the prime mover behind the formation of the national Libertarian Party in 1971. His talk, "Five Years 'til the Revolution," examines both cyclical and exponential factors that are contributing to a major paradigm shift in U.S. politics. Nolan is an MIT graduate and developed the "Nolan Chart", a two dimensional-map that better explains reality than the usual political spectrum of left to right. The chart has five categories: libertarian, centrist, authoritarian, left liberal, and right conservative.
Robert Bidinotto of the Institute for Objectivist Studies will speak on "Political Positioning: An Objective View." An award-winning writer and expert on criminal justice, Bidinotto edited CRIMINAL JUSTICE? THE LEGAL SYSTEM VERSUS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. Bidinotto's talk examines "How can can an unpopular minority attain influence...without forsaking its principles?"
Steve Dasbach, a professional educator, is the new National Director of the Libertarian Party. Formerly National Chairman, Dasbach will make the case for libertarian politics. Convention Media Coordinator Richard Cooper of Westbury promises that "From David Nolan to Roy Innis to the young libertarians in attendance, conventioneers and the public will be treated to the libertarian alternative's past, present, and future."
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