Meet the Global Tea Partiers Getting Trained in Texas by FreedomWorks
- Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:04pm by
Jason Howerton
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The Tea Party movement is quickly spreading beyond U.S. borders as international activists gather in Dallas to connect their networks and attend grassroots training sponsored by FreedomWorks.
The organization responsible for the international attendance
Nearly 30 Tea Party activists from countries like Serbia, Japan, Israel, Nigeria and Georgia are among the thousands gathering in Dallas this week as a part of FreedomWorks‘ “International Freedom Project,” aimed at connecting various conservative and freedom movements from every corner of the world. A number of them are also scheduled to take the stage at the organization‘s FreePAC event at American Airlines Center on Thursday night before Glenn Beck’s speech leading up to his Restoring Love event.
They were introduced by FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe, who directed the audience to visit TheBlaze for the exclusive, in-depth story.
For those that can’t make it, “Restoring Love” will be broadcast like at TheBlazeTV/GBTV here. Also, be sure to check out TheBlaze’s Live Blog from FreePAC.
The international gathering in Dallas today proves that the yearning for freedom and individual liberty does not wither and dissipate at America’s shores, but rather that the Tea Party platform has crossed cultural and international borders as the global freedom movement continues to pick up steam.
But before the foreign Tea Partiers found themselves in front of thousands of people at FreePAC, the self-described freedom-lovers shared their stories exclusively with TheBlaze. They say now, more than ever, like-minded people everywhere need to unite against big government and advocate for conservative principles that fortify freedom.
“People asking for liberty in Japan are very few,” Yuya Watase said though his translator, Marc Abela. “The purpose of us being here is to, once again, try to embrace and learn from these ideas and bring them back to Japan.”
Watase, an organizer for the Tokyo Tea Party in Japan, told TheBlaze that conservative principles such as individual responsibility, low taxes and fiscal conservatism are not popular in his country. Nonetheless, he’s determined to take what he learns in Dallas back to Japan and educate others.
“Freedom is important,” he proclaimed.
Others have a more daunting task before them.
Milos Nikolic, founder of the Libertarian Club in Belgrade, Serbia, told TheBlaze that Serbia is still trying to rid itself of the remnants of Communism, left over from when the region was occupied by the Soviet Union in the 1940s.
“The most terrible aspect of Communism is that people change their view for society ….They don’t have feelings of individual responsibility,” he said. “Chaos is inevitable after that.”
Serbia currently has a very centralized government and all initiatives come from the top down, Nikolic explained. What the Libertarian Club — a FreedomWorks partner — is trying to do is build a coalition of conservative groups and individuals who are willing to help transform the country’s political system — one where the decisions go from the bottom up.
When asked why it is important to bring freedom movements together from all countries, Nikolic said in order to be successful, other like-minded organizations and individuals must make some regional connections and join hands to defeat all forms of tyranny.
But these political activist didn’t just come to learn from America — there’s a lot we can learn from them as well.
Misha Tavkhelidze, of the Georgia Tea Party, said Georgia can‘t have a fiscal deficit more than 3 percent of the budget and the national debt can’t not be more than 30 percent of GDP — it’s written in their Constitution. Many conservatives wouldn’t mind adopting that provision and amending our own Constitution.
“We skipped the Socialist experiments,” he added, chuckling to himself.
Watch the inspirational roundtable with the international conservative thought leaders here:
Special thanks to FreedomWork’s International Freedom Project.
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Posted on July 27, 2012 at 11:02pmWhy are the leftist bloggers wasting their time by throwing hate bombs on this site? Really, you need to get a life. You don’t make sense with your endless, speeches about Glenn and others.
You are boring. What point are you trying to make? It is about time for you to talk about your leaders and why you are voting for them. You are wasting valuable time in your “big government” world.
Tonight’s speakers were excellent and spoke with “eternal voices”; great job, Glenn.
Report Post »MartyTr
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 11:34amWe need to shut down the UN!! NOW.
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 7:37amGlobal Tea Party, individuals, vs. New World Order, collective rule. Uhhhhhhh……..small government vs NWO…Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……………………….Freedom vsTyranny ……….Uhhhhhhhhhhhh………………………………………free choice vs no choice ………….Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………………Uhhhhhhh…………………………Tea Party!!!
Wow. That was a hard one.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 6:36amAbsolutely beautiful! And what is that exquisite music playing in the background, I wonder? Would love to meet these amazing individuals!
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 3:45pmthe song is Ava Maria. there are many different versions. here is one you might enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXw3Hj6vRoc&feature=related
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 3:49pmthis might be the version in the video above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s&feature=related
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 9:18pmI noticed a lot of these NAIVE folks are LIBERTARIAN. DO they NOT KNOW they are being EXPLOITED AND USED by the American LEFTIST republican party?!?!?!?! Do they NOT KNOW the LEFTIST republican party HATES “libertarians?” Translator? Anyone? Anyone speak Kagoshima? YOU’RE BEING SUCKERED, MY FOREIGN FRIENDS!!!!!!!
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 3:11amYou know, writing EVERY other WORD in all CAPS and using LOTS of !‘s doesn’t MAKE you MORE COMPREHENSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 10:27am@BROTHER WINSTON SMITH… I‘ve said it before and I’ll say it again…. Man… YOU are out there. YIKES!
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 9:12pmFreedomWorks is pure TINO (Tea In Name Only).
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 8:33pmAmazing beautiful thing that unloving people immediately dismiss.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 8:07pmThe (Ten Percent Plan) is the only way I can think of to stop government expansion…A ten percent sales tax collected by the county. The county keeps 90 percent then sends the remaining ten percent to the state.The state then keeps 90 percent and sends the remaining ten percent to the federal…No Other Taxes…No IRS…Almost all money stays local…Encourages community investment for tourism dollars
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 1:24amI like it but they have to be honest or all bets are off.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:47pmTea Party is pretty irrelevant right now, they don’t even follow what they were originally found on. they basically have been hijacked by neo cons. They yip and yap about less taxes and smaller goverment but vote in reverse. all talk no walk.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:54pmOh, Brother…
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 8:29pmNeo cons! Neo cons! Everywhere!
Get some new material. You are the most intellectually lazy person in the world.
Report Post »MartyTr
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 11:32amEven worse, the Tea Party has been hijacked by RINOs. How do you think we got into this mess in the first place? Your Individual rights came from God and the American Constitution. You see what happens under libs/marxists/rinos?!?!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:27pmWhat freedom? The new and unimproved Tea Party seems fine with tearing our Constitution to shreds to crap on our civil liberties. What are we going to teach them? That‘s it’s ok to harass their citizens. To kill them without a trial. To spy on them. Just what are they going to learn from us? To think inside a box. To sellout our principles for a political party? Keynesian economics? Global governence? I mean all that seems important to the new Tea Party is bitching about higher taxes.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:31pmOh, Brother….
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:34pmOh and off topic and watching the other hand. UN Small Arms Treaty language has been released.
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:59pmI tend to agree, FreedomWorks talks the talk alright, but I feel like they do it for show. I’d like to see them “think outside the box” like you said instead of using the same, dusty talking points every neo con commentator on fox delivers each night. We need something fresh, revolutionionary. Frankly, they need to be much more right wing than they are.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 8:26pm@JustAngry
You are just angry…you offer nothing else of substance.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 8:51pmShut up, Goodstuff. Or you might miss O’Reilly telling you what to think.
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on July 27, 2012 at 11:23amSo, tell us ANGRY ……….. what/who is your model, with whom are you aligned? Or are you your own man? Come on …… give us insight. You may be the next Jim Holmes, or, or …….. the next Jim Jones! (Do you sing? You could be the next Tom Jones.)
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:13pmWould be nice to have an organized international group of conservatives as a counter weight to the established and embedded international Left which control governments and media . What would the Soros’ of the world do ?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 8:31pm@ BARBER2~~~ What would the Soros’ of the world do ?
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Get to hell sooner than expected???? We can only hope.
I keep praying that GOD WILL STEP DOWN HERE AND KICK the sons of bitches in their “collective teeth”.
SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 7:09pmPeople from all over the world come to learn how to build their countries in a better way while Obama brings in terrorist to find a way to take them down.
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