- CATO Institute
David Boaz & Ed Crane run
the Public Policy Research Foundation, offer issue
seminars, and publish books from a market liberal
perspective, including the Cato Handbook for
Congress
CATO
University
- Reason
Foundation
Policy research and issue
analysis. The Reason Public Policy Institute
publishes incomparable and influential studies.
- The
Independent Institute
David Theroux directs this public policy institute,
which sponsors conferences on critical public
issues, publishes books & The Independent.
- Adam Smith
Institute
San Diego area economic policy
and political action from a free-market
perspective.
- Competitive
Enterprise Institute
Explores free-market
solutions to environ- mental problems, antitrust
reform & trade.
- James
Madison Institute
Emphasizes economic freedom,
individual responsibility, limited government.
Publishes Southeastern newsletter.
- Future of Freedom
Foundation
Educational foundation
providing a moral and economic case for
individual liberty, free markets, private
property, and limited government. Publishes Freedom
Daily.
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| Issue Advocacy |
LibZines |
Internet Freedom
Gun Rights
Education
Legal Reform Environment |
Tax Reform
Drug War
Privatization
Property Rights
Views |
- Reason
Magazine
Widely heralded monthly
analysis and commentary on current issues, culture
and philosophy. e-Mail Guide & Updates.
- SpinTech
Magazine
Mike Allen's excellent
online magazine show casing an array of libertarian
thinkers.
- Liberty
Unbound
Gutsy, quirky monthly Liberty
Magazine.
- Radical
Capitalist
Philosophical and topical essays regarding
objectivism and laissez-faire capitalism.
- The
Libertarian Enterprise
John
Taylor edits this radical, usually gun-rights,
occasionally adult-rated, monthly commentary.
- Laissez Faire
City
"The First
Sovereign City of the Information Age."
- Center-Right
Eugene
Volokh makes a weekly pick of libertarian and
conservative columns.
- World Net Daily
Broad selection of conservative
and libertarian views, updated daily. e-Mail
Updates.
- Drudge
Report
Looking for up-to-date news
on what's wrong with Washington? Matt has it.
- Freedom
Watch
Rep. Ron Paul’s legislative
initiatives to restore civil and constitutional
liberties. Rep. Paul is an RLC Advisor.
- Jewish
World Review
A strong libertarian editorial board and frequent
guest columns from the movement.
- National
Review
National conservative monthly
in the tradition and spirit of founder Bill
Buckley.
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| Internet Freedom
Tax
Reform
Gun
Rights
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| Drug War |
Media
Voices |
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- John
Stossell.
ABC-TV News commentator with
concise libertarian messages. Dozens of specials.
Stossell
in the Classroom series.
- Larry Elder
Top-rated KABC talk radio LA host and avowed libertarian.
- Arianna
Huffington
Politics, wit and
unconventional wisdom from the author of How to
Overthrow the Government. Twice weekly
columns, TV & Radio appearances.
- David Horowitz
Salon columnist, author of The
Art of Political War.
- Thomas
Sowell
Hoover Institute Fellow, author, columnist and
commentator.
- Drudge
Report
Irreverent net news hound,
exclusives, links to most Washington political
opinion.
- Peter
McWilliams
Author, poet and activist.
- Westmiller
Commentaries
Internet columns on current issues, political
events and personalities.
- Jeff Davis Show
Texas public TV with libertarian
focus.
- Lew Rockwell
Anti-state, Pro-Market News site.
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Free
Market |
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- Citizens for
a Sound Economy
Promotes good free-market
economic policy on all levels.
- Bionomics
Institute
Free-market economic study
and analysis.
- Liberty
Fund
Encourages study of the
ideal society of free and responsible individuals.
Sponsors conferences, publishes, produces films.
- Pacific
Research Institute
Promotes the principles of
individual freedom and personal responsibility
through policies that emphasize a free economy,
private initiative, and limited government.
- House Policy
Committee
US House of Representatives committee
for advancing freedom.
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Foundations |
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Legal Reform
- Federalist
Society
Organization of conservative and
libertarian lawyers and law students supporting
strict constitutionalism. Libertarian Law
Council.
- Institute for Justice
Uses strategic litigation,
training and outreach to secure greater protection
for individual liberty and to challenge the scope
of government. Publishes Liberty & Law.
- Fully Informed
Jury Association
Promotes legislation and
activism to inform juries of their right to judge
the law itself, as well as the facts, in reaching
verdicts.
- Judicial
Watch
Monitors judicial rulings, bias and variations
from strict construction.
- Citizens Against
Lawsuit Abuse
Exposing lawsuit abuses and creating a climate for
reform of our civil justice system.
- American Civil
Liberties Union
From free speech to drug
policy, from prisons to privacy, the ACLU has
successfully campaigned to oppose tyranny.
- Overlawyered
Exposes legal ploys and
practices that erode liberty and individual
responsibility.
- Freedom Law
School
Legal challenges and
seminars on libertarian reforms. California LP
activist organization.
- AntiShyster
Advocates of real
legal reform. Whatever happened to the original
13th Amendment?
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- Heritage
Foundation
Prestigious Washington
think-tank promoting free enterprise, limited
government, individual freedom and a strong
defense.
- Hoover
Institution
Pointing the road to peace, to personal freedom,
and to the safeguards of the American system.
- The
Heartland Institute
Independent public policy
research organization exploring ways to reduce the
size and cost of government.
- Commonwealth
Foundation
Public Policy Alternatives
committed to promoting free market economic growth
and individual freedom.
- The
Leadership Institute
Training ground for
conservative leaders. Employment Placement and
Intern Program.
- Institute for
Contemporary Studies
Committed to promoting
self-governing ways of life with knowledge,
practical information and leadership.
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| Property Rights |
Philosophy |
- Liberty
Matters
Grassroots property rights
movement in America; works closely with
conservative and libertarian think tanks.
- Forfeiture
Endangers Rights
Contesting property forfeiture laws
and other violations of due process.
Environment
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- The
Objectivist Center
Former IOS,
dedicated to furthering the philosophy of Ayn
Rand. Supports research, publishes tracts and
conducts seminars.
- Ayn Rand
Institute
Leonard Peikoff promotes
Objectivist philosophy through campus clubs around
the world.
- Philosophers
Guild.
International libertarian-oriented association
dedicated to independent thinking. Publishes The
Thought.
- Acton Institute
Promotes a free society
characterized by individual liberty and sustained
by religious principles.
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| Views |
Historic Resources |
- Citizens Against
Government Waste
Educating Americans about the
waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the
federal government
- U.
S. Term Limits.
Supports initiative and
referendum petitions, legal challenges, and
grassroots organizing for congressional term
limits.
- AntiWar
Opposing intervention, imperialism and foreign
meddling from every viewpoint.
- Political
Corrections
"This is a government of
corporations, by corporations, and for
corporations."
- Center for Equal
Opportunity
The only think tank devoted
exclusively to the promotion of colorblind equal
opportunity and racial harmony.
- National Right To
Work
Legal Defense Foundation
supporting the basic human right to accept or
decline labor union representation.
- Media
Research Center.
Media watchdog organization.
- People's
Advocate
Ted Costa's
California Electoral Initiatives.
- Americans United
Defending religious freedom and
opposing government controls or imposition of
religious beliefs.
- Libertarians For
Life
"Pro-Life" group,
argues that abortion is aggression.
Reasoning is expressly philosophical rather than
religious.
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& LibLinks |
Capitalism |
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| Youth
Groups |
Arts &
Science |
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Campus Groups
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| Commercial |
International |
- Laissez
Faire Books.
Andrea
Millen's libertarian, classic liberal,
history, philosophy, Objectivist, free-
market books, audio, and video. Monthly
catalog and reviews.
- Libertarian
Book Club
Oldest distributor of
libertarian and anarchist titles using the name Libertarian.
- Manhattan
Institute
Free market books, symposia
& Manhattan Report for scholars,
officials & the public.
- Knowledge
Products
Audio tapes of the world’s
great thinkers, including Jefferson, Smith,
Thoreau.
- Sunrise View
Specialty publishing whose
mission focuses on personal freedom.
- Blackstone
Audio
Unabridged audiobooks on tape and CD, with many
libertarian works.
- NetMetals
Promoting precious metals as freedom investments.
- Liber-Tees
Liberty themes on t-shirts, stickers and
novelty items.
- ALH
Products
T-shirts and bumper stickers with libertarian and
objectivist themes.
- Liberty
Penguin
Pins, Caps, T-Shirts, Cups and other novelties
with libertarian themes.
- Red
Lion Press.
Original and reprinted
material on anarchism, libertarianism and
decentralism.
-
Liberty
Software
Programming, software
projects, books. Hosts monthly e-letter Liberty
UnBound.
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No Free
Lunch Distributors
Video library of Ayn Rand,
WACO and other libertarian films.
- Loompanics
"Best on-line Book
Catalog in the World" Some adult themes.
- Right to Know
Service for researching government files on an individual or business.
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Edited by William Westmiller and Thomas Sewell
Updated: July 16, 2003 |
Inclusion in this Directory
does
not imply any endorsement by
the Republican Liberty Caucus © 2003 |