ABOUT
About the NonPartisan League
Born from the Frustrations of the 1900's, brought to life by Nebraska Activists.
Founding
1915
The NonPartisan League (NPL) emerged as a grassroots political insurgency. The movement sought to free farmers from corporate and political exploitation by advocating state ownership of critical agricultural industries.
Founding
1915
The NonPartisan League (NPL) emerged as a grassroots political insurgency. The movement sought to free farmers from corporate and political exploitation by advocating state ownership of critical agricultural industries.
Founding
1915
The NonPartisan League (NPL) emerged as a grassroots political insurgency. The movement sought to free farmers from corporate and political exploitation by advocating state ownership of critical agricultural industries.
Founding
1915
The NonPartisan League (NPL) emerged as a grassroots political insurgency. The movement sought to free farmers from corporate and political exploitation by advocating state ownership of critical agricultural industries.
Principles
Core Values
The League's initial platform focused on reforms to empower farmers, including state-owned grain elevators, mills, packing plants, and state-sponsored hail insurance. It also called for rural credit banks to provide low-cost financing and for tax exemptions for farm improvements.
Principles
Core Values
The League's initial platform focused on reforms to empower farmers, including state-owned grain elevators, mills, packing plants, and state-sponsored hail insurance. It also called for rural credit banks to provide low-cost financing and for tax exemptions for farm improvements.
Principles
Core Values
The League's initial platform focused on reforms to empower farmers, including state-owned grain elevators, mills, packing plants, and state-sponsored hail insurance. It also called for rural credit banks to provide low-cost financing and for tax exemptions for farm improvements.
Principles
Core Values
The League's initial platform focused on reforms to empower farmers, including state-owned grain elevators, mills, packing plants, and state-sponsored hail insurance. It also called for rural credit banks to provide low-cost financing and for tax exemptions for farm improvements.
Changemaking
Enacting Change
By 1916, the NPL had gained control of the Republican Party in North Dakota and dominated state government by 1918. The administration of Governor Lynn J. Frazier implemented sweeping reforms, including the creation of the state-owned Bank of North Dakota and the North Dakota Mill and Elevator.
Changemaking
Enacting Change
By 1916, the NPL had gained control of the Republican Party in North Dakota and dominated state government by 1918. The administration of Governor Lynn J. Frazier implemented sweeping reforms, including the creation of the state-owned Bank of North Dakota and the North Dakota Mill and Elevator.
Changemaking
Enacting Change
By 1916, the NPL had gained control of the Republican Party in North Dakota and dominated state government by 1918. The administration of Governor Lynn J. Frazier implemented sweeping reforms, including the creation of the state-owned Bank of North Dakota and the North Dakota Mill and Elevator.
Changemaking
Enacting Change
By 1916, the NPL had gained control of the Republican Party in North Dakota and dominated state government by 1918. The administration of Governor Lynn J. Frazier implemented sweeping reforms, including the creation of the state-owned Bank of North Dakota and the North Dakota Mill and Elevator.
Nebraska
NonPartisan Nebraska
In 1917, the NonPartisan League was born in Nebraska, focused on addressing widespread farmer discontent through agrarian socialism and state ownership initiatives.
Nebraska
NonPartisan Nebraska
In 1917, the NonPartisan League was born in Nebraska, focused on addressing widespread farmer discontent through agrarian socialism and state ownership initiatives.
Nebraska
NonPartisan Nebraska
In 1917, the NonPartisan League was born in Nebraska, focused on addressing widespread farmer discontent through agrarian socialism and state ownership initiatives.
Nebraska
NonPartisan Nebraska
In 1917, the NonPartisan League was born in Nebraska, focused on addressing widespread farmer discontent through agrarian socialism and state ownership initiatives.
Influence
NPLN Victories
The League secured the passage of several pieces of legislation aimed at benefiting farmers in North Dakota, including laws for rural credit, hail insurance, and state-owned grain elevators. This focus on the middle American working class was the epitome of the League's goals.
Influence
NPLN Victories
The League secured the passage of several pieces of legislation aimed at benefiting farmers in North Dakota, including laws for rural credit, hail insurance, and state-owned grain elevators. This focus on the middle American working class was the epitome of the League's goals.
Influence
NPLN Victories
The League secured the passage of several pieces of legislation aimed at benefiting farmers in North Dakota, including laws for rural credit, hail insurance, and state-owned grain elevators. This focus on the middle American working class was the epitome of the League's goals.
Influence
NPLN Victories
The League secured the passage of several pieces of legislation aimed at benefiting farmers in North Dakota, including laws for rural credit, hail insurance, and state-owned grain elevators. This focus on the middle American working class was the epitome of the League's goals.
Decline
Decline from Power
The NonPartisan League and Nebraska's German-American communities united in opposition to wartime restrictions on civil liberties, such as bans on the German language and censorship. This alliance, however, attracted backlash from "super-patriots," resulting in violence, public unrest, and eventual decline in the League's influence.
Decline
Decline from Power
The NonPartisan League and Nebraska's German-American communities united in opposition to wartime restrictions on civil liberties, such as bans on the German language and censorship. This alliance, however, attracted backlash from "super-patriots," resulting in violence, public unrest, and eventual decline in the League's influence.
Decline
Decline from Power
The NonPartisan League and Nebraska's German-American communities united in opposition to wartime restrictions on civil liberties, such as bans on the German language and censorship. This alliance, however, attracted backlash from "super-patriots," resulting in violence, public unrest, and eventual decline in the League's influence.
Decline
Decline from Power
The NonPartisan League and Nebraska's German-American communities united in opposition to wartime restrictions on civil liberties, such as bans on the German language and censorship. This alliance, however, attracted backlash from "super-patriots," resulting in violence, public unrest, and eventual decline in the League's influence.
Now
The Rebirth of NPL
The NonPartisan League has been brought back to life by three dedicated activists looking to bring the core values of NPL into Nebraska. Jack, Doug, and Robert bring their unique histories to the Nonpartisan Group. Their focus on the working class, climate action, and equity characterize a new age for the Nonpartisan League of Nebraska.
Now
The Rebirth of NPL
The NonPartisan League has been brought back to life by three dedicated activists looking to bring the core values of NPL into Nebraska. Jack, Doug, and Robert bring their unique histories to the Nonpartisan Group. Their focus on the working class, climate action, and equity characterize a new age for the Nonpartisan League of Nebraska.
Now
The Rebirth of NPL
The NonPartisan League has been brought back to life by three dedicated activists looking to bring the core values of NPL into Nebraska. Jack, Doug, and Robert bring their unique histories to the Nonpartisan Group. Their focus on the working class, climate action, and equity characterize a new age for the Nonpartisan League of Nebraska.
Now
The Rebirth of NPL
The NonPartisan League has been brought back to life by three dedicated activists looking to bring the core values of NPL into Nebraska. Jack, Doug, and Robert bring their unique histories to the Nonpartisan Group. Their focus on the working class, climate action, and equity characterize a new age for the Nonpartisan League of Nebraska.
FAQ
Nebraska Nonpartisan League Founders
Jack
Jack Dunn has spent a good part of his life as an activist. He lived in Costa Rica for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in the early days when B.A. generalists were still accepted. His job there was to assist the National Boy Scout office in rejuvenating the organization, which had fallen on hard times. This was a dream job. For a year, he lived in the Capital City between traveling from village to village with a 16mm movie projector and a movie showing the World Scout Jamboree (in Greece, IIRC), and telling the assembled Ticos (1) that they really would be better off if they had a Boy Scout troop in their village. The newly appointed head of the National Scout Office was quite competent and had already done the advance work of talking with the local church or school to find someone who would be willing to be the Scout Master, so the results were uniformly positive. Later, after buying a Volkswagen and driving from San Jose, Costa Rica to Madison, Wisconsin (1967), he embraced the nationwide student revolt against the Vietnam War, dropping out of grad school and taking about 10 years off. After relocating in 1988 to marry the Omaha woman he had met in one of the national Radical Therapy (2) conferences, he partnered with Nils Anders Erickson, Beth Moore and others to create a People's Film Festival (political and/or International films) which was held weekly in the late, lamented McFosters restaurant. When attendance got to the point of 80 people or more, the individuals who later created Film Streams decided that there was a market for "art movies". Working with a different set of people, he created Progressive Omaha, a monthly potluck and discussion group dealing with the lack of connection between Independent Liberals and the rest of the community. Guest speakers came from all over Omaha, including North and South O. This lasted several years until the venue (a private home) decided it was time to remodel.
Douglas
Robert
Jack
Jack Dunn has spent a good part of his life as an activist. He lived in Costa Rica for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in the early days when B.A. generalists were still accepted. His job there was to assist the National Boy Scout office in rejuvenating the organization, which had fallen on hard times. This was a dream job. For a year, he lived in the Capital City between traveling from village to village with a 16mm movie projector and a movie showing the World Scout Jamboree (in Greece, IIRC), and telling the assembled Ticos (1) that they really would be better off if they had a Boy Scout troop in their village. The newly appointed head of the National Scout Office was quite competent and had already done the advance work of talking with the local church or school to find someone who would be willing to be the Scout Master, so the results were uniformly positive. Later, after buying a Volkswagen and driving from San Jose, Costa Rica to Madison, Wisconsin (1967), he embraced the nationwide student revolt against the Vietnam War, dropping out of grad school and taking about 10 years off. After relocating in 1988 to marry the Omaha woman he had met in one of the national Radical Therapy (2) conferences, he partnered with Nils Anders Erickson, Beth Moore and others to create a People's Film Festival (political and/or International films) which was held weekly in the late, lamented McFosters restaurant. When attendance got to the point of 80 people or more, the individuals who later created Film Streams decided that there was a market for "art movies". Working with a different set of people, he created Progressive Omaha, a monthly potluck and discussion group dealing with the lack of connection between Independent Liberals and the rest of the community. Guest speakers came from all over Omaha, including North and South O. This lasted several years until the venue (a private home) decided it was time to remodel.
Douglas
Robert
Jack
Jack Dunn has spent a good part of his life as an activist. He lived in Costa Rica for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in the early days when B.A. generalists were still accepted. His job there was to assist the National Boy Scout office in rejuvenating the organization, which had fallen on hard times. This was a dream job. For a year, he lived in the Capital City between traveling from village to village with a 16mm movie projector and a movie showing the World Scout Jamboree (in Greece, IIRC), and telling the assembled Ticos (1) that they really would be better off if they had a Boy Scout troop in their village. The newly appointed head of the National Scout Office was quite competent and had already done the advance work of talking with the local church or school to find someone who would be willing to be the Scout Master, so the results were uniformly positive. Later, after buying a Volkswagen and driving from San Jose, Costa Rica to Madison, Wisconsin (1967), he embraced the nationwide student revolt against the Vietnam War, dropping out of grad school and taking about 10 years off. After relocating in 1988 to marry the Omaha woman he had met in one of the national Radical Therapy (2) conferences, he partnered with Nils Anders Erickson, Beth Moore and others to create a People's Film Festival (political and/or International films) which was held weekly in the late, lamented McFosters restaurant. When attendance got to the point of 80 people or more, the individuals who later created Film Streams decided that there was a market for "art movies". Working with a different set of people, he created Progressive Omaha, a monthly potluck and discussion group dealing with the lack of connection between Independent Liberals and the rest of the community. Guest speakers came from all over Omaha, including North and South O. This lasted several years until the venue (a private home) decided it was time to remodel.
Douglas
Robert
Jack
Jack Dunn has spent a good part of his life as an activist. He lived in Costa Rica for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in the early days when B.A. generalists were still accepted. His job there was to assist the National Boy Scout office in rejuvenating the organization, which had fallen on hard times. This was a dream job. For a year, he lived in the Capital City between traveling from village to village with a 16mm movie projector and a movie showing the World Scout Jamboree (in Greece, IIRC), and telling the assembled Ticos (1) that they really would be better off if they had a Boy Scout troop in their village. The newly appointed head of the National Scout Office was quite competent and had already done the advance work of talking with the local church or school to find someone who would be willing to be the Scout Master, so the results were uniformly positive. Later, after buying a Volkswagen and driving from San Jose, Costa Rica to Madison, Wisconsin (1967), he embraced the nationwide student revolt against the Vietnam War, dropping out of grad school and taking about 10 years off. After relocating in 1988 to marry the Omaha woman he had met in one of the national Radical Therapy (2) conferences, he partnered with Nils Anders Erickson, Beth Moore and others to create a People's Film Festival (political and/or International films) which was held weekly in the late, lamented McFosters restaurant. When attendance got to the point of 80 people or more, the individuals who later created Film Streams decided that there was a market for "art movies". Working with a different set of people, he created Progressive Omaha, a monthly potluck and discussion group dealing with the lack of connection between Independent Liberals and the rest of the community. Guest speakers came from all over Omaha, including North and South O. This lasted several years until the venue (a private home) decided it was time to remodel.
Douglas
Robert