Revolution March
The Revolution March was a demonstration of libertarian and conservative activists, held July 12, 2008, on Capital Hill in Washington DC. The event was part of libertarian icon Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty movement. Speakers included Paul himself, as well as Chuck Baldwin—candidate for the right-wing Constitution Party—and the feminist author Naomi Wolf.
Fast Facts
- Headlined and organized by Ron Paul
- Crowd partly composed of "paleoconservatives," opposed to neoconservatives
- Naomi Wolf reportedly received "surprisingly warm reception"1
- Paul quit presidential race June 13, 20082
Campaign for Liberty
Ron Paul officially started the Campaign for Liberty after dropping out of the Republican Party presidential primary. The campaign's events include the Revolution March, as well as a Rally for the Republic, to be held in August 2008 outside the Republican Party Convention in Minneapolis.
The following is an except from Campaign for Liberty's official mission statement:
- The mission of the Campaign for Liberty is to promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy, by means of educational and political activity.3
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