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Edited by Thomas L. Knapp. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this and
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----- Featured Action of the Week -----
Fourth Week of August, 2001:
Spread the Word!
A few weeks ago, we talked about putting freedom-oriented columns in
newspapers as a means of activism and outreach. This week's action is
similar, but it's even easier.
Most of you subscribe to email discussion lists. As a matter of fact, most
of you are reading this column via email, as opposed to on the web. It is
probably safe to say that most of you subscribe to at least some lists that
are not specifically "political" -- lists that cater to interests outside
of electoral politics and activism, and that focus on narrow interests.
Lists for gun owners. Lists for smokers. Lists for discussion of drug
issues. Education lists. I don't know how many there are out there, but
Free-Market.Net hosts more than 100 on its own and on behalf of its
partners, and we have links to 182 more in our directory. It's probably not
out of line to suggest that there are a million or more discussion groups
(email and web-based) on the Internet.
Lists, lists, lists ... all of them touching on issues that you care about
not just as libertarians, but as individuals.
Now, it's one thing to preach to the choir, and another thing to preach to
the public. I can (and do) spend hours commiserating with fellow
libertarians about how great our ideas are. You may do so as well. But what
about taking those ideas to people who are interested in the issues they
apply to, and who may benefit from the perspectives our movement offers?
I'm thinking specifically of this column, where applicable, as well as our
Policy Spotlights, Freedom Book of the Month and Freedom Page of the Week.
All of them are freely available for you to forward to any list. We also
have 125 partner organizations, constantly generating content that they
would love to see more widely disseminated.
This week, start another list. Not an email discussion list, but one of
those old-fashioned kinds. Do it on a scratch pad or in your word
processor. Make a list of the lists you belong to, and make notes as to
what issues are relevant. Tape that list up next to your monitor, and the
next time you see a libertarian article that works well with one of the
lists you subscribe to, hit "Forward" in your email client.
Simple, huh? Maybe you already do this. Maybe I don't need to tell you that
you ought to. For some reason, though, I think that some of you just
haven't thought of emailing a link to an FFF editorial to
"shooterswhoalsocollectstamps-discuss."
"Organizing" freedom-lovers is sort of like herding cats. If
Free-Market.Net (or any other organization) tried to set up a structure
that designated certain lists and certain people to monitor them and
forward content to them, it would fall apart in a hurry. But we don't need
to do that, because while it may be difficult to "organize" you in that
sense, it is quite easy to get you to do the right thing. All I really have
to do is put the bug in your ear.
Right?
See you over on "longhairedgunfreakswhoreadsciencefiction-d."
----- Alternate Actions -----
The Freedom Action of the Week Club: Commit yourself to doing one
action per week. If the action above doesn't appeal to you, consider
one of the alternate actions at:
http://www.free-market.net/features/action/
If you know about another action or organize one of your own, e-mail
Tom at tlknapp@free-market.net so we can tell the rest of the group
next week.
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