"Libertarian"
			Jamal Hannah

An important issue is the claim to the word "libertarian", which a 
section of the right-wing took up with the creation of the Libertarian 
Party in 1971.  The first "official" use of the term by a capitalist/
rightist was by Dean Russell. He argued that "individualist" and 
"conservative" and "liberal" were not adequate labels for his brand of 
economic ideology, so he said, "Let [us] ...trademark and reserve for our 
own use the good and honorable word "libertarian." [This info is from the 
article "Who is a Libertarian?" by Dean Russell, in the May 1955 issue of
"Ideas on Liberty", published by the "Foundation for Economic
Education".]

However, previous to this, the libertarian-left organization, "The 
Libertarian League", was founded on July 1954 by Russell Blackwell, 
Esther Dolgoff, and Sam Dolgoff.  The organization had staunch 
anarcho-syndicalist principles and lasted until 1965. The organization 
was based in New York, and for a brief time Murray Bookchin was a member.

While the pro-capitalist "Foundation for Economic Education" still exists
today (as well as the Libertartian Party, started considerably later) 
there is yet another anarcho-syndicalist organization that used the name 
"Libertarian" in it- "The Libertarian Book Club". The idea of organizing 
a group for publishing and circulating anarchist liturature was broached 
by Gregory Maximoff shortly before he passed away in 1950. The club was 
formerly established by a number of comrades a few years later, amoung 
them Bill and Sarah Taback, Joseph and Hannah Spivack, Joseph Aaronstam, 
Ida Pilot (a professional translator) and her companion Valerio Isca, 
Esther Dolgoff and Sam Dolgoff. [This information is from the book 
"Fragments", by Sam Dolgoff, pub. by Refract Publications, Cambridge, 1986]

It's worth mentioning that at least up till 2 years ago, the Libertarian
Book Club was still in existance (and may still be). Also, the 
publication "Libertarian Labor Review" was begun in May of 1986 by
Sam Dolgoff, Jon Bekken, Jeff Stein, Mike Hargis, Richard Christopher, 
and MiMi Rivera.