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October 15, 2015

Not Just a Gun: Classical Liberalism and the Right to Self Defense

Emotions run high around the issue of gun control, and with good reason. Gun violence is indeed tragic. Overshadowed by the grim context of mass shootings, or more personal tragedies like suicides […]
July 21, 2015

Get Ready for a Great Year for Liberty

Most students see summer as a time of rest, all lazy afternoons and a respite from homework. But as Anne Butcher pointed out in a recent post, the student activist knows it’s […]
March 2, 2015

Murray Rothbard and the Movement for Liberty

Murray Rothbard was born on this day in 1926. In 1935, according to Rothbard’s fourth grade teacher, “Murray seems so exceedingly happy that it is sometimes difficult to control his activities in […]
December 8, 2014

Echoes of COINTELPRO: Why It’s Time to Abolish the FBI

Throughout the 1960s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) waged a campaign of repression against civil rights activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This shameful campaign was recently thrust back into […]
November 10, 2014

Destroying the Village in Order to Save It

During the Vietnam War, a U.S. major justified bombing and shelling civilian areas in Bến Tre by saying “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” This statement evolved into the […]
September 26, 2014

Rediscovering Libertarian Feminism: The Lens of Liberty

For nearly a century, many libertarians have seemingly forgotten many issues their 19th century forerunners talked about. One of the most crucial topics was feminism, which gets a bad rap in most […]
September 5, 2014

The Empire and the Drug War

Check out SFL’s campaign to end the War on Drugs at endthedrugwar.org.  It’s all too easy to see the “War on Drugs” as merely metaphor or hyperbole devised by melodramatic politicians, yet the […]
July 8, 2013

Welcome to African SFL’s New Website!

Welcome to the African Students For Liberty webpage! This page will feature news, updates, and commentary from African SFL leaders in the Charter Teams program. This year, these students will be working to […]
March 13, 2012

Rock On, Liberty!: How to Change Culture Toward Freedom

What gets you riled up? Judging by the way most libertarians advocate, you’d think its reading political theory, listening to lectures, and roundtable discussions. While I certainly find these things to be […]
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