Hello Liberty Lovers of Riverside County!
If you would like an essay featured in the Liberty Letter, or if you read or watched something awesome that you think should be in the Suggested Reading of one of these newsletters, reach out to us at admin@rclp.us and let’s chat!
All the contact information you need is also at the bottom.
From the Chair
This is a very truncated Liberty Letter. December is a wild time at the best of times, and we live in even wilder times than normal, and something was bound to fall through the cracks. But we at the RCLP wanted to take a moment here to wish everyone a happy holiday, whichever one you celebrate at this time of year. Enjoy the friends, family, food and drink, gifts, or general merriment of the year’s end, and we’ll see you in January.
–Loren Dean
Suggested Reading/Viewing/Listening This Month
David Samuels dissects the current state not of the zeitgeist, but of the forces that try to control it. This kind of thinking will be critical going into the new year, so sit with this essay a bit this week: https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/rapid-onset-political-enlightenment
https://news.lp.org/ is the website for the newly launched Libertarian Party news portal. What was once a periodic newsletter is now a 24/7 web presence. Check it out, subscribe there for updates, and check out how to contribute yourself!
Calendar Notes
As always, bookmark and regularly check our website for the most up-to-date event details: https://rclp.us
4 January 2025: LPRC Convention
Our first quarterly meeting of the year and annual election of officers. Come complain about the election and look ahead to 2025! As usual, we'll get lunch at 11 (at Cactus Cantina in Riverside) and the meeting will start at noon. If you have “get involved” on your New Year Resolution list, this is a great place to start!
22-24 February 2025: LPCA Convention (MOVED!)
The state convention and election of officers has found itself needing to change dates. The last set of dates missed the notification requirements by a couple of weeks, and enough people complained about that that the whole thing needs to get moved to another time. Watch this space, and we’ll let you know the new dates as soon as we do. As far as we know right now, it will still be in Walnut Creek (which is in the bay area), in a hotel accessible by BART from Oakland’s airport. When dates are once again set, links to registration and hotel reservations will be sent out.
Voter Registration and Party Membership
If you vote, be sure your registration is Libertarian. Whether you vote or not, stay abreast of your registration details on the California Secretary of State page at this link: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/cavoter
Being a registered Libertarian voter certainly allows you to call yourself a real libertarian. However, there is more you can do. You can join the national Libertarian Party as a “sustaining member" by signing the membership application statement and paying dues to the national organization. Note that while paying dues at the state level (California) makes you a local "central committee member," national membership is separate.
If you aren't a dues-paying member at all, you can join as a national member AND as a state/county member using a single online form:
Combined National/State/County Membership Form
Join us in taking a stand for a world set free!
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