Society for Libertarian Life
[1] Founded in 1973 at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), SLL was considered one of the largest and most active libertarian organizations along the West Coast.
The organization also adopted a declaration of principles (May 5, 1973)—"The Libertas Statement", which was critiqued in Ayn Rand's book, The Voice of Reason: Essay in Objective Thought.
[10] Another controversial speech sponsored by SLL was the appearance of Elizabeth Keathley, a 21-year-old UCLA student who referred to herself as a leader in the feminist and libertarian movement.
A former Maoist, she touted the virtues of capitalism, libertarianism and anarchism, telling the audience that "Government keeps the people poor and limits business growth.
[12] The largest paper in Orange County, California, The Register, described SLL as "not a band of political activists, but rather an educational group dedicated to infecting the campus air with pro-freedom ideas—a bias of which they are uncompromising.
In the same year, Dr. Nathaniel Branden, a former associate of novelist Ayn Rand, spoke at an SLL-sponsored speech at Fullerton College on economic and civil liberties.
[20] In 1977 SLL co-sponsored with the Cato Institute and the William Koch Foundation two lectures by Austrian economist Prof. Murray Rothbard at the University of California, Irvine.
"[23] According to news reports, Karl Bray, a famous tax resister who had been imprisoned at Terminal Island was denied bail "to prevent him from attending" or speaking at the anti-tax rally.
In late October 1978, SLL sponsored a debate between state Senator John V. Briggs, R-Fullerton, and libertarian pro-gay rights activist Rev.
One of SLL's largest demonstration and media event occurred on May 1, 1979 at CSUF with two hours of rock music, anti-war songs and anti-draft speeches.
The demonstration garnished nationwide media attention with front-page newspaper coverage along with representatives from all three LA area TV network stations.
[33] Three other SLL chapters in Orange County arrange anti-draft protests at local college campuses, which were also co-sponsored by the San Francisco-based Students for a Libertarian Society (SLS).
[34] In a New York Times article, Samuels "cited the use of census data during World War II to round up Americans of Japanese ancestry.
[46] SLL's advisory board included many prominent libertarians: Prof. Murray Rothbard, Robert LeFevre, Prof. John Hospers, Robert Anton Wilson, Prof. Thomas Hazlett, Prof. Leonard Liggio, Karl Hess, Harry Hoiles, Prof. David Bergland, Prof. Tibor Machan, Dana Rohrabacher, Prof. Charles W. Baird, Eric Garris, George H. Smith, Tonie Nathan, Shawn Steel, Ed Clark, Prof. Jack High, John Pugsley, etc.
Major SLL leaders included: Howard Hinman, Rod Boyer, Bradford J. Rodriguez, Kevin Kordes, Daniel d'Avignon, Kenneth R. Gregg.
Jr., Jim Gallagher, Barry Turnbull, Paul O'Neil, David Moore, Pat Walsh, Danny Twedt, Pam Maltzman, Neal Glass, Alan Heath, Ted Barnes, Judi Barnes, Karen Poe, Ted Rogers, Bob Blair, Ray Irvine and Jeff Smith[47] By the late 1980s, SLL began to fade away as many of their long-time leaders moved to other areas.
