BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
1977 Libertarian National Convention

Summary

(Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Turning Point – 1977, the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention was held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco between July 12 and 17, 1977. It had more than 50 events and an estimated attendance of 1500 people.

1977 Libertarian National Convention
Convention
Date(s)July 12–17, 1977
CitySan Francisco, California
VenueSheraton-Palace Hotel
‹ 1976 · 1978 ›

Event edit

A march across the room was organized by a group of libertarian feminists in support of the Equal Rights Amendment; the March featured a few of the leading women in the movement and two men: Robert Anton Wilson and Steve Trinward.

Staff and committees edit

Walter Grinder, platform committee chair

Changes edit

  • The Executive Committee was renamed the National Committee
  • The maximum number of regions was increased from 8 to 10

Speakers, panelists, and honorees edit

External audio
  John D. Marks delivers a speech at the 1977 conference. via Plutopia News Network.

LNC edit

Other noted events edit

  • William Westminster distributed a pamphlet entitled "On Account of Tyranny"
  • The IRA initially had a table, but was asked to leave after their $10 literature table fee was refunded. Their table had been singled out by a speech by David Nolan.
  • Aron Kay, pie-throwing Yippie, was present on a mission to pie Timothy Leary

Bibliography edit

  • "National Convention 1977." LPedia.
  • Against the Wall (newsletter), vol. 5, no. 10.
  • "Libertarian Party National Convention – San Francisco, July 14–17, 1977." Libertarian Party.
Two typewritten pages containing the text of two resolutions adopted at the 1977: a condemnation of singer Anita Bryant's anti-gay campaign, and of the Briggs Initiative, a California proposition to bar homosexuals from working in public schools.