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Young Americans for Liberty

2 who organized Gulag arrested in phone scheme

Friday, January 29, 2010 || John Scott

Wiretapping is in the news again, but this time, it’s the government whose phones are being tapped.

In defense of Young Americans for Liberty

Monday, December 07, 2009 || Phillip Christofanelli

On Friday, Dec. 4, Sneha Thakur’s column, “Young Americans for Liberty: Too inflammatory to be persuasive,” grossly mischaracterized our organization in a way that demonstrated both her lack of research and her underlying bias. I hope that through this article I will be able to set the record straight about the purpose and accomplishments of the Young Americans for Liberty and to refute Thakur’s misleading, factually troubled piece.

Liberalism should not be confused with communism

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 || Other Author

Communist forces are infiltrating the U.S. government. The American government will soon be engaging in totalitarianism abuses on par with those perpetrated by the Soviet Union. As ludicrous as the preceding statements may seem in a contemporary context, they should not be confused with the rantings of a Cold War-era witch hunter.

University shuts down student mock prison camp

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 || Dan Woznica and Michelle Merlin

Members of the Washington University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty erected a mock Soviet prison camp, or gulag, in front of the Women’s Building Monday morning, but were later told by a representative from Event Services to disassemble the display.

The truth about political groups

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 || Other Author

Last week, Student Life printed an article, “Political activism on campus: The Gore-y truth,” criticizing political groups.

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