free keene!

I am writing this post from Keene, New Hampshire. For those of you who don't know, Keene is the heart of "Free Keene" a movement to create a society on the libertarian philosophy of volunteerism. It is loosely related to the "free state project" which has libertarian roots, and is strengthened by the state's official motto: "live free or die".

Like most movements, there is a passionate core here, and hangers on who are more interested in the social aspects. But a few examples:

• every night they perform civil disobedience by openly smoking marijuana in the town square
  




• when challenged by the police the movement gained so much strength that they ended up smoking the plant in the police station
  




• when false flag anarchists defaced a local church activists (with a majority of atheists!) repainted the building


• they openly carry firearms on occasion, though all I met were dedicated to non-violent solutions


• they like to enjoy life by co-ordinating social events like movie nights and taking the group to Halloween events


• they have found ways for people to participate as they like - civil disobedience for some, active politics for others