Author, Speaker & Activist
Etienne de la Boetie² is the founder of the Art of Liberty Foundation and the editor of Voluntaryist.News, our daily survey of the best of the alternative media from a voluntaryist perspective, and Five Meme Friday, which delivers hard-hitting voluntaryist memes and the best of the alternative media. He is an internationally recognized expert and speaker on voluntaryism and government illegitimacy, criminality and corruption. His original writings and research can be found at ArtOfLiberty.Foundation.
He is the author of multiple books examining the illegitimacy and criminality of government.
Examines the theft of inflation from fractional reserve banking and the real cost of confiscatory taxation and Social Security underpayment from government CPI manipulation.
To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many
Explores a variety of unethically manipulative techniques that the author argues are used through mandatory schools, affiliated scouting programs, and propaganda inserted into films and television programming.
Examines the author’s thesis that intergenerational organized crime centered around banking and central banking uses the technique of “government,” along with political, media and academic institutions, to rob and control populations.
A more scholarly exposition of the author’s arguments concerning the illegitimacy and criminality of “government,” written for students of political science and civics, political commentators, and readers interested in the subject.
Explains the author’s case that voluntaryism can provide legitimate non-redistributive services traditionally provided by “government” without waste, fraud, abuse, indoctrination and extortion.
Public relations and development
Julie received her degree in World Languages and Literature after studying at the University of Alicante in Spain, the University of Bologna in Italy, the University of West Bohemia in the Czech Republic, and the University of Memphis, where she has begun her master’s degree.
Julie speaks three languages and has lived in several countries around the world. She is also a former ballet dancer and continues to study the pedagogy of The School of Classical Dance. In addition, she is the Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Festival of Dance.
Julie is an ambassador of Bikram Yoga and holistic health. She has received first- and second-level certifications as a Regenerative and Detoxification Specialist from the International School of Healing Arts and has studied Natural Hygiene with the Transformation Institute.
Operations Director
Ada Medina is an Industrial Engineer and Operations Director with more than 10 years of experience in operations management, process optimization, project coordination, and digital strategy across international markets.
Throughout her career, she has led cross-functional teams, improved operational workflows, supported executive decision-making, and managed projects for organizations in the United States and Latin America. Her experience also includes digital marketing, client acquisition, and CRM management.
Ada combines Industrial Engineering, agile methodologies, and hands-on operational leadership to help teams organize complex initiatives, improve efficiency, and turn strategic goals into measurable results.
Customer Service Manager
With over 7 years of experience, Normary has led talent management for a nonprofit organization, overseeing team and employee relations. More recently, she has managed guest communications, bookings, and satisfaction for short-term rental properties, consistently earning 5-star ratings. Spanish and English speaker
As Customer Service Manager, Normary is responsible for client communication and order follow-up, as well as premium donor care, including gift shipments and status updates. She manages the foundation’s general correspondence, prioritizing matters that require immediate attention, and processes courtesy orders and special requests.
She also leads the foundation’s digital presence: updating online store inventory, coordinating content distribution across all social media platforms, planning posts tailored to each channel, and maintaining up-to-date subscriber and customer databases. She additionally supports AI-driven content optimization and the conversion of videos and podcasts into articles for the foundation.
Musician / Activist
Grant Ellman is a musical fellow of the Art of Liberty Foundation.
Grant ‘Prezence’ Ellman is a multi-instrumentalist, record producer and artist from Sedona Arizona. His recent truth-bomb Scam was censored from Spotify within a week of release. After making waves with Scam, he collaborated with Dicky Barrett and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a song featured in The Highwire.
He’s a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Oregon whose work attracted more than a half million streams on Spotify, and a Billboard feature.
His purpose is to spread freedom, truth and love through Reggae. He is half of the conscious reggae duo Prezence, (they put the “Zen” into “Presence”.) and his liberty ballads include Scam (https://artofliberty.org/scam/) and Losin Dey Minds.
Self produced, original sounding tracks, live drums, intricate vocal arrangements and a CONSCIOUS MESSAGE!
