Presto’s Ramblings

This is a strange way to announce that I have become a moderator of the LeftLibertarian2 Yahoo group, but today Yahoo had a major SNAFU , and is sending multiple messages to the group. I had to turn off posting, until Yahoo gets its act together. I’ll post updates here as the situation develops.



For those of you who haven’t heard of the group, here’s the description from the groups home page:

This list is not endorsed by the Movement of the Libertarian Left, which organization has been claimed as the “informational property” of a particular group of individuals; we claim no continuity with the MLL’s forum, the old LeftLibertarian yahoogroup. We are not endorsed by the late Samuel Edward Konkin III (SEK3), his heirs and assigns, or the Movement of the Libertarian Left as an organization.



We do, however, believe that the MLL as an organization, under its present “owners,” has departed from the spirit of its founder, SEK3.



This list was founded by members of the old LeftLibertarian yahoogroup who believe we better embody the spirit of the MLL, even if we have no claim to its name under the state’s laws. It is an attempt to recreate the spirit in which the original LeftLibertarian list was founded. The members of this list, many of them old comrades and associates of SEK3 going back to the St. Louis days with Murray Rothbard and Karl Hess, were the most active participants in the old LeftLibertarian list. Nobody here, however, claims ex officio ownership of any movement based on such ties, or on numbered membership cards.



Nothing here is trademarked, and, as Woody Guthrie might say, anybody found quoting us without our permission will be mighty good friends of ours.



The mission of the original LeftLibertarian list, as stated by SEK3, was:



“To increase communication and dialogue between the heirs of the New Left and the Libertarian Movements and to keep members of the Movement of the Libertarian Left (MLL) in touch around the globe.”



This new list is governed without heavy-handed moderation or censorship, in the tradition of SEK3’s motto: “Everyone here disagrees!”



Check back regularly: “Sacred Cows, Sacrificed Daily!”

I’m actually relatively new to the group, so I was a little surprised to be selected to be one of the moderators. I’ll try to ride herd on this bucking horse until it calms down.