Activism Guides

• A Libertarian Candidate's Guide - 2008 by Allen Rice, Jim Eyer for the LPCA
  • California FPPC Manual for candidates for state legislature, BoE, state officers
  • California FPPC Manual for candidates for local office
  • other California FPPC manuals and forms
• LP Political Action Manual - 2001 by Crickenberger, Hocker for the LPUS
• Candidate Recruitment Manual
• County Organizing Manual
• College Libertarian Handbook
• Success 99 Handbook - 21 short activism guides
• Issues Briefing Booklet - 2000
• Top Ten Campaigning Tips
• LP Candidates' FAQ
• BCRA FAQ
• Raising Money Quickly
• Operation Politically Homeless Manual
• How To Write Letters To The Editor - Richard Rider
• Writing The Libertarian Op-Ed or LTE - Tom Knapp
• LP Washington activism tools
• How to Relax Robert's Rules of Order

Activism Portals

• Grow The LP
• The Advocates For Self-Government
• Downsize DC
• Campaign For Liberty
• BureauCrash
• Center For Small Government

Libertarian Marketing Literature

• A New Vision For America - $0.20/ea at LPStuff.com
• Left vs. Right - $0.25/ea at LibertySource.com
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• Political IQ rack card - $0.06/ea when printed via PrintPlace.com
• The Advocates quiz
• The Libertarian Viewpoint
• Texas LP door-hanger
• Texas LP Short & Simple
• LPNY tri-fold
• LPIL tri-fold
• LPIN brochure
• Libertarian Products
• Free bumper sticker designs
• Custom campaign cards
• Introduction to the LP - book by Wes Benedict

Libertarian News

• LPUS blog
• California Freedom - includes feeds from
  • Americans for Prosperity
  • Americans For Safe Access: medical marijuana
  • California Pension Reform
  • Campaign For Liberty: California
  • Howard Jarvis Taxpayers: commentary
  • Howard Jarvis Taxpayers: news
  • Howard Jarvis Taxpayers: press releases
  • Independent Institute: The Beacon
  • Pacific Legal Foundation
  • Pacific Research Institute
  • PensionWatch
  • Prof. Thomas Sowell @ Stanford U.
  • Prof. Tibor Machan @ Chapman U.
  • Reason Magazine: articles
  • Reason Foundation
  • Separation of School & State

Libertarian Party Platforms and Policies

• National Platform
• 2000 LPUS National Campaign Platform
• California Platform and Program
• California voter guide statement of LPCA party purpose
• Pennsylvania
• Ohio Guiding Principles
• Illinois Goals and FAQ
• Georgia
• Michigan Platform and Philosophy
• Colorado
• Arizona Platform and Issues
• Vermont

Libertarian Policy Reference

• LPedia
• Laws to repeal and agencies to abolish or make voluntary
• Cato Institute
  • Cato Policy Handbook - 700 pages
  • Cato Research - 11 broad areas
• Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Ten Key Ideas
  • Concise Encyclopedia of Economics - ~150 articles in 19 areas
  • Classic Texts - free and searchable
• Reason Foundation
  • Research Topics - environmental and state/local issues
  • Annual Privatization Report - 112pp
• Property and Environment Research Center
  • Federal and State Policy Guides
  • Free Market Environmentalism - comprehensive book
• Heartland Institute - specializing in education, environment, and health care
• Pacific Research Institute - education, environment, health care, and technology
• Institute For Justice - property rights, school choice, & more
• Friedman Foundation - school choice
• Mercatus Center at George Mason U. - economic theory, regulation, government oversight, public choice, globalization
• The Independent Institute - radical libertarian scholarship
• Ludwig von Mises Institute - searchable library of Austrian economics
• Adam Smith Institute - UK-based free-market think tank
• Progress & Freedom Foundation - energy and the digital revolution
• John Locke Foundation - state-level issues (focus: NC)
• Mackinac Center - state-level issues (focus: MI)
• Bills of Rights Archive - from the Codex Hammurabi (1760 BCE) to the EU Charter (2006)
• Libertarian Polling - what percent of the public leans libertarian?
• Top N Voter Issues - what issues do voters care most about?

Research Tools

• SmartVoter - CA elections guide
• VoteSmart - candidate positions
• All your elected representatives
• OnTheIssues - candidates' Nolan ratings
• Open Secrets - federal campaign finance
• FollowTheMoney - $$$ in CA politics
• MapLight - $$$ in CA politics
• CalAccess - CA campaign finance
• LegWatch - CA legislation
• LegInfo - CA legislation
• GovTrack - tracking Congress
• Search CA newspaper archives
• Google newspaper archive search

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Embeddable Web Tools

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