Philly SFL Wrap-Up Post: Philly SFL went a hundred times better than the Boston one. Which really isnt the fault of the Boston organizers given that Suffolk decided to make homecoming the same weekend as the conference. Regardless the breakfast was great, the lunch was better than I thought and the dinner pizza was really good (not as hot as Id want it but still good) and the space itself was really good too. This doesnt even mention the best part of the whole thing which was the super supportvie people who came up to our table and bought pamphlets, pins or generally were just *glad* to see ALL. For context, ALL/C4SS were the only *explicitly* radical and (A) organization there. YAL was there, Koch brothers were there, IHS was there and FIRE was there. But nothing that was explicitly (A) and looking for a fight with the state. I got into an interesting discussion with a minarchist who was running for sheriff. He was a nice guy (gave us a $5 donation!) and although a bit fiery and backwards on prisons (he wanted to lock any government official who violated a federal crime in prison) he seemed nice enough. Aeon Skoble and Isaac (who I had the pleasure of meeting for the first time) both had great presentations. Professor Skoble discussed social justice in a very nuanced and interesting way while Isaac smashed the idea that politics is a good idea for social change and encourage entrepreneurship (direct action!) instead. ALL/C4SS made around $50 in total. With C4SS making around $30 all by itself and Alliance of the Libertarian Left of New England (ALL-oNE) getting a few donations. Definitely enough to pay for a table at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair (which we had enough for before but now are even in better standing to pay!). Overall the event was a total success and ended with Jeffery Tucker giving a great speech on liberalism with remarks on anti-elitism and hierarchy at one point as well as the advantages of P2P...but then turning around and saying McDonalds is cool. Ah, well. You win some... Id like to especially thanks Mike, Laura, Alex and Alex for being great people to talk to, hang out with and generally for being supporitve. Id like to thank my Evil Objectivist Friend, Paula for helping me with the table when she was done exploiting the workers.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:24:40 +0000
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