AltExpo#6 at PorcFest'10

[Russell Kanning]

good for putting people to sleep

[jaqeboy]

The AltExpo schedule is out and on it's way to the printers.  PDF file too big to attach. I hope you'll all stop in for at least one of our events:

Friday
10 a.m. — The New Libertarian Strategy For New Hampshire
Jack Shimek presents the customized New Libertarian Strategy to suit New Hampshire. The agorist strategy is laid out in Samuel Edward Konkin III's New Libertarian Manifesto, where he advocates for action in the counter-economy.

11 a.m. — AltOrgs: Co-Ops, Trusts, Social Networks
Our panel considers and compares various alternative forms of social organization for ownership, business and other interactions.

12 p.m. — History Of Anarchist Thought
Darian Worden takes us through varieties of the ultimate alternative to centuries of statist thought - no state!

1 p.m. — Infinity MPG — Solar EV's
Art Haines shows us how to travel on free energy! He showed his prototype solar electric car at PorcFest 3 years ago, and now it's in production - you can buy the kit.

2 p.m. — Primitive Crafts For Survival
Al Caron demonstrates skills we may need to know "after the crash"! Survival skills may keep you alive in the future!

3 p.m. — Time Money — Shire Hours
Daniel Tobas gives all the math needed to understand time-based money systems. The Shire Hours system will be demonstrated - you can sign up at the AltExpo!

4 p.m. — Metastrategic Planning For Freedom
Dave Roscoe talks about Metastrategies for Freedom. Dave's been a long-time Libertarian Party activist who is now exploring all the options.

5 p.m. — Privacy And Encryption For Mac
New FSP mover and former Apple employee, Peter of AskTheMacGuy.com, gives an overview of privacy and encryption options on the Mac (and where similar, for Windows and Linux).

7 p.m. — Man makes FIRE!
We invite all to demonstrate their particular method of making fire - can you rub 2 sticks together? Start a fire from a car battery? Show us how you make the sparks fly!

Saturday
10 a.m. — Juries, FIJA, DHS, ACLU and YOU
FIJA leafletters have been attacked and arrested repeatedly lately. We'll hear from Antonio SJ Musumeci (bile), Rich Angell and others to see how they proceed from here.

11 a.m. — Hydroponic Growing
Ryan Tolboom does a make-and-take demonstration of growin' it in the water. Be a farmer indoors at home!

12 p.m. - 3 p.m. — Anarcho-Summit
If you self-identify as holding a consistently anti-state position: agorist, mutualist, voluntaryist, other anarchists, join us. Let's meet and see what we can do together.

3 p.m. — Scientists Solve The Crime Of The Century!
Mark Basile will present the results of his scientific examination of the World Trade Center dust. What's left for forensic examination once the perps try to remove all the evidence? In this case, it's the remaining dust that exposes the method used!

4 p.m. — Be The Change!
Mark O'Connor shows what We Are Change chapters world-wide have done to oppose oppression. A New Hampshire chapter could start up with veteran Changers' help and guidance.

5 p.m. — What Do You Say?
We're leaving this session open for your pet projects and your ideas - 5 minutes each! Where do we go from here? The AltExpo will present their proposal for the future of the movement and for future events in New Hampshire.

Sunday
10 a.m. — seekers gather
A "church for the rest of us", the seekers meet weekly (for nearly a decade) and consider spirituality in light of both ancient wisdom and modern science.

[Russell Kanning]

cool

[jaqeboy]

AltExpo#6 was stunningly good! (If I do say so myself)

This year, there will be video, too. Porcustein will be working on the editing and how and where it'll be released. There may even be a DVD available of the whole event. This will be a huge milestone for us, as people have always requested it - we just didn't have an enterpriser yet to fill that role.

[jaqeboy]

We had the great good fortune of having a surprise visit from the We Are Change crew, who came to Lancaster, after being denied entry into Canada (for the G20 summit). Luke Rudkowski gave a talk from 4pm til nearly 6 on Saturday and showed some clips that will go into his new movie to be released in the fall.

His gal-pal Kelley posted Luke's comments about the AltExpo, PorcFest and our hospitality on the national We Are Change site:
http://www.wearechange.org/?p=2307

By: Luke Rudkowski(RussiaToday)The name has floated around through word of mouth. Vague advertisements and Facebook posts have brought it to my attention, but I never really knew what it was all about. After being denied entry into Canada this past week, a fellow WeAreChange member from Boston invited me to speak at PorcFest, an annual camp-out for The Free State Project.

We made the 10 hour trip from the Niagara Falls border to Lancaster, New Hampshire and were welcomed with open arms, showered with food, tent, pillows, sleeping bags and an overwhelming show of support for WeAreChange.

The Free State Project is a movement striving for freedom and independence from big government through an effort to recruit 20,000 people to move into the state of New Hampshire. This project is supported by people with different political ideologies, activists groups, and religious groups from all over the country. New Hampshire is the perfect location according to the "Free Staters" because it has the largest presence of legislatures in the country with the least regulations and taxation, plenty of resources and beautiful scenery as well as the nature of it's people to "Live free or die".

I was surprised when I saw so many WeAreChange members there. They came from Arizona, Boston, Maryland and Virginia, and were Libertarians, hippies, Tea Partiers, and Agorists. It truly is a project that brings together people from all different spectrums of the movement to unite for a unique and amazing cause.

PorcFest held workshops on self defense and sustainability and hosted fun shows such as Soap Box Idol where activists went on a minute long rant and the winner was chosen by a panel of judges. The Alt Expo displayed alternatives to the movement, such as Agorism and WeAreChange, along with goods and foods you could buy from other activists or barter for.

It was truly a unique and fun experience and I definitely took a lot back home with me. It is so refreshing to see a solutions project such as the Free State taking place. I encourage all to check out FreeStateProject.org and see what it is all about. I really like the Free State Project and I am highly considering becoming a free stater myself.

This may have also been posted to This was a copy of Luke's blog post on Russia Today

[jaqeboy]

Here's Luke's blog on Russia Today:

http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/armed-with-truth.html

[brycen]

I enjoyed helping out and meeting everyone.

I'm glad you were able to get video.
I regret that I didn't attend very many of the day presentations because of all the other stuff I wanted to do, being my first time there.

Hopefully we can improve on the video viewing at night in the future as well.

[Russell Kanning]

cool
I thought we all were libertarians, hippies, tea-partiers, and agorists