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Posted on 06/05/2025 5:14:40 PM PDT by Angelino97
A former state organizer for the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus has launched a new political organization called the Voluntaryist Party of Alabama. According to its founder, the group will focus on education, bold messaging, and grassroots activism rather than electoral politics.
Mike Shaner, who previously organized for the Alabama Mises Caucus, announced the party’s launch on social media Tuesday. In his statement, he described Alabama as an “authoritarian nightmare” and said the Libertarian Party was no longer capable of challenging the state’s political establishment, calling it “impotent” and unwilling to “take the easily accessed medicine that could fix it.”
Shaner described his new group as focused on “deliberate, principled action” supported by strategic organizing and public engagement. The party does not initially plan to register as a political party or PAC and will instead concentrate on local activism and education. While it may support independent candidates when appropriate, elections will not be its central focus.
Though Shaner stated the new organization may collaborate with Mises-affiliated Libertarians where their values align, he stressed that it is otherwise independent from the Libertarian Party. “We are not associated with the Libertarian Party—and we don’t have half a century of infrastructure or resources to draw from,” he said. “But we do have their history to study—and their mistakes to avoid.”
In a follow-up post on his personal Substack, The Sedition Papers, Shaner described the party’s creation as “a long time coming.” He framed it as an effort to build a movement based on “support, charity, education, and activism,” with elections treated as “just a tool—not the mission.”
“We won’t waste time begging for ballot access or collecting signatures,” he wrote. “We’ll show our community there’s a better way by putting our money and labor where our mouth is.”
The group does not recognize the legitimacy of the federal government and will generally avoid state and federal elections with the exception of the rare candidate endorsement. Participation will be limited to local races and only when specific candidates are deemed consistent with the party’s mission. General membership and the selection of candidates will be selective, with Shaner offering to cover first-year dues for qualifying members of the Libertarian Party of Alabama who choose to join.
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Oh, thank goodness. I thought headline said “Voyeurist Party”.
He may be a true blue libertarian but his friends deserve to be labeled as the 3%ers.
That would be a better name. I don't think "Voluntaryist" is a word. They probably meant to say "voluntarist."
Pelosi funds arrive in Alabama.
Tennesseans ask, WTF?
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