• (08/03/2009 04:02:31 PM) JDTalley: We’re in the no man’s land between Detroit and Windsor, Canada… on accident. Wrong turns suck.
• (08/03/2009 04:03:36 PM) JDTalley: Canadian border guards are tossing our motorhome again. I just cleaned it.
• (08/03/2009 05:49:25 PM) JDTalley: Now we are getting hassled by U.S. Border Guards in Detroit. #MHD
• (08/03/2009 05:50:45 PM) JDTalley: U.S. Border Guard told @peteeyre to stop recording or his camera would be confiscated.
• (08/03/2009 05:52:45 PM) JDTalley: Reinforcements have been called. Homeland Security vehicle is now blocking MARV.
• (08/03/2009 05:55:46 PM) JDTalley: We will now be escorted into a new holding area. This time it’s the U.S. government.
• (08/03/2009 06:18:50 PM) JDTalley: #MHD 3 released from the custody of U.S. & Canadian crossing guards. @ryanmaddox89 is my hero.

Follow them at @JDTalley and @peteeyre and @MHDiaries

Due to recent Motor Home Diaries events, I feel I should compose a little post regarding the plight of all people deemed by others to be geographically incorrect.  You may have heard that the MHD guys were denied entry into Canada, were detained and had their ALL pamphlets confiscated.  I am particularly fond of one of the ALL pamphlets we distributed at porcfest called, An Anarchist Look at World Trade.  The cover of this pamphlet is to the right and part of it reads, “Fuck neoliberalism,  Fuck borders.”

Now the actual pamphlet is geared mostly towards those protesting the WTO.  It does however reveal the much larger problem of borders in general.  The invisible line we call a border is probably one of the most universally accepted forms of state violence.  Many people believe that we need a “strong” border to keep “foreigners” from taking our jobs or “killing Americans.”  The truth of the matter is the border makes everyone around it poorer.  The violence involved in maintaining a border prevents the spread and growth of wealth through free trade and causes many of the problems we claim we maintain it for.

It’s a real shame when you see people in the liberty movement support state violence in the form of borders. It is my hope that this MHD incident will help more people realize just how immoral borders are.  If you need some help remembering, here’s a little Propagandhi for you, with a good mantra for any libertarian, “Fuck the Border”:

A friend of mine dropped me a line, it said, “man, I gotta run to the USA. I got no money, got no job.” She skipped out of Mexico to stay alive. You’ve got a problem with her living here, but what did you do to help her before she fucking came? What did the country do? What did the people do? I stand not by my country, but by people of the whole fucking world. No fences, no borders. Free movement for all. Fuck the border. It’s about fucking time to treat people with respect. It’s our culture and consumption that makes her life unbearable. Fuck this country; its angry eyes, its knee-jerk hordes. Legal or illegal, watch her fucking go. She’ll take what’s hers. Watch her fucking go. Fuck the border.

(07/23/2009 04:49:55 PM) JDTalley: At the Canadian Border for 3+ hours. Vehicle searched. Video deleted. K9 called. Still waiting to be released. #MHD

(07/23/2009 04:53:02 PM) JDTalley: I’m told that Miguel Begin, supervisor of agent 17258 who is holding us here, can be reached at 819.876.7821 x112 #FR33 #MHD

Xaq Fixx has called into Free Talk Live. Will be updating Fr33Agents.com with a post.

Looking for pornography and “heinous propaganda.”

Accused of spreading misinformation by one of the agents.

Camera was taken and footage deleted by Canadian border. Told that if they filmed again they would be arrested. Had laptops taken.

Box of Alliance of the Libertarian Left pamphlets and such was confiscated.

http://www.fr33agents.com/333/motorhome-diaries-crew-detained-at-canadian-border/

Jason and Pete from Motorhome Diaries have been detained at the Canadian border leaving Vermont on I-91. They have been there for the last 4 hours, MARV has been searched by both state agents and the K-9 patrol. The MHD Guys were filming as the neared the check point, but the video was deleted and they were informed if they continued to film, record, or take pictures they would be arrested.

A box of literature from the Alliance of the Libertarian Left was taken, and a copy of Crispin Sartwell’s “Against the State” was left out on the counter. The RV was ransacked but thankfully not to the point it was in Jones County, Mississippi. Their laptops are now in the possession of the state agents, and those agents are reading about fr33 Agents, The Free State Project, and Jason & Pete’s former employer. One agent has accused them of ’spreading misinformation.’

The guys have been told that the state agents are looking for “Pornography or Heinous Propaganda.” When asked for a definition of “Heinous Propaganda” or the applicable statute they were told it was available online, but they don’t have computers or Internet access.

The agent that is holding them hostage is Agent number 17258, and his supervisor, Miguel Begin (sp?) can be reached at 819.876.7821 x112. Stay Tuned for further updates.

Update: Jason and Pete have been denied entry into Canada, citing the Jones County incident.  Now waiting to go back through US Border patrol.

(07/23/2009 06:47:59 PM) JDTalley: I’m denied entry into Canada along with @peteeyre. Jones County cited.#MHD

(07/23/2009 07:13:11 PM) JDTalley: And now we get to drive through U.S. Border security.

(07/23/2009 08:05:37 PM) ammueller: just got off the phone with @MHDiaries they are getting some distance from the border thugs and calling me back. But said they are ok!

July 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 pm: Motorhome Diaries: Banned in Canada!