The Botsford Archive:
Voices of Liberty
In
and around 1991, David Botsford recorded a series of interviews for a
programme that he called “Voices of Liberty”. Those he interviewed included
many in the British libertarian movement, together with several prominent
critics of libertarianism.
The programme was never made. In December 2007, however, David handed the
analogue tapes of the interviews to Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance.
Sean then spent a week digitising the tapes and uploading downsampled
versions to the Internet.
Beyond making a few obvious joins, where interviews span more than one tape,
Sean decided not to edit the footage. This means occasional comedy and much
dullness. But these are now important video sources from the moment when
some thought the libertarian movement was on the point of political
breakthrough, but it was really on the verge of decline.
The Libertarian
Alliance wishes to thank David Botsford for his great generosity in
providing these interviews. At the time, he obtained signed permission from
all persons interviewed to use their contributions as he pleased. He has
assigned those rights to the Libertarian Alliance.
If you want higher quality copies of any video, contact
Sean Gabb.
The Archive:
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40 min - 21 Jan 2008
Sean never could stand this man. One day, he made a disparaging comment on Mozart, after which Sean wrote him off as a cloth-eared peasant and never spoke to him again. Mr Loades later became a furious Randroid, and took against Chris Tame.
Ihttp://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8516052002130994592
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40 min - 21 Jan 2008
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52 min - 23 Jan 2008
Interesting, bearing in mind how these people eventually took over. |
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45 min - 22 Jan 2008
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32 min - 24 Jan 2008
Interview with a prominent national socialist |
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24 min - 22 Jan 2008
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22 min - 16 Apr 2008
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1 hr 21 min - 22 Jan 2008
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34 min - 22 Jan 2008
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40 min - 23 Jan 2008
A dreadful performance. Sean has just returned from somewhere exotic, and is half asleep with jet lag. He also has a noticeable border all round the hairline, showing a somewhat hasty and unwise exposure to the sun. But how young he was in those days.... |
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1 hr 3 min - 22 Jan 2008
Ihttp://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6066715311558705543
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37 min - 17 Apr 2008
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1 hr 21 min - 21 Jan 2008
Ihttp://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1689214880040546422
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1 hr 8 min - 21 Jan 2008
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14 min - 16 Apr 2008
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1 hr 2 min - 23 Jan 2008
Ihttp://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2724716819924401633
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2 hr 10 min - 21 Jan 2008
A sad reminder of what once was. |
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48 min - 22 Jan 2008
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41 min - 21 Jan 2008
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31 min - 22 Jan 2008
Perhaps the most polished of the interviews. This could go straight on the television. |