The International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL) is an association of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a free and peaceful world, respect for individual rights and liberties, and an open and competitive economic system based on voluntary exchange and free trade. ISIL currently has members and representatives in over 100 countries.

Members and affiliated organizations pursue our goals through independent action, using their own freely-chosen strategies. The association exists to promote the exchange of information and ideas, to study diverse strategies, and to foster fellowship.

For a quick introduction to our principles of liberty, click here for Philosophy of Liberty flash animation or on a downloadable pamphlet In Pursuit of Liberty.

ISIL is building networks, organizations, and grassroots educational outreach around the world via our "Johnny Appleseed" strategy, including:

• Print and Internet liberty publications
• Providing books and videos via Laissez Faire Books
• Sponsoring book translations in dozens of languages
• Sponsoring overseas youth-oriented Liberty Camps
• Organizing international conferences

For a good overview, go to About ISIL.

NEW ISIL MAGAZINE OUT! You can download a free PDF file of ISIL's brand-new Laissez Faire! magazine/book catalog. Gives you the latest progress in ISIL's international network, with a special feature on the upcoming first annual China Austrian Economics Camp organized by ISIL members, plus a good sampling of the book and video offerings from Laissez Faire Books.

Help "Jonathan Gullible" reach more young people around the world ISIL president Ken Schoolland's charming fable The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey tells the story of a boy from a libertarian land who gets shipwrecked on a statist island and is shocked by the strange customs. Each tale illustrates a principle of free-market economics in a light-hearted satirical style. Highly popular with high-school and university students, it has won numerous awards and endorsements from luminaries like Milton Friedman, John Stossel and Walter Williams. Largely through ISIL's global network and support from ISIL members, Jonathan Gullible has been published in 46 languages - by far the record for a libertarian book. See news reports of this progress at: www.jonathangullible.com. English and Spanish copies are available through ISIL's Laissez Faire Books. Your donations to ISIL's Jonathan Gullible Fund will enable the translation and publishing of Jonathan Gullible books for students in still more developing countries.

Laissez Faire Books is now a part of ISIL. With nearly 1,000 titles available, Laissez Faire Books is the world's premiere source for books and videos espousing reason, peace, free markets, social tolerance and the case for limited government. Check out the extensive LFB.org website, or call ISIL/LFB office at: (866) 686-7210 (9am - 9pm Mountain Time).libertarian and freedom oriented books. A Blog: Also please check out our Laissez Faire Books blog for commentary and news on the latest offerings. Join the LFB e-mail list.

LIBERTY YOUTH CAMPS For over a decade, ISIL has supported dozens of youth camps in Lithuania and other East European countries. Through ISIL's global network, the camps are now being organized in Africa and Asia. Liberty Youth Camps teach the principles of liberty and entrepreneurship to foreign high-school and university students, while improving their English skills. Many graduates teach or organize subsequent camps. Many graduates of Liberty Youth Camps also go on to start libertarian organizations in their countries. Graduates are also going go on to hold important positions in business, education and government -- with the promise of becoming libertarian leaders of their countries. More details on several upcoming camps, plus photos and an excellent short video on past Liberty Camps are at www.languageofliberty.org. Also see information on recent camps in Lithuania at: www.ProfitFromFreedom.com and in Georgia at www.lessonsofliberty.org. Many of these students come from extremely poor countries, and could never afford to enjoy the benefits of a camp on their own, so your support is needed to bring them to these camps. ISIL's Liberty Camp Fund donations (tax-deductible in the USA) may be made by clicking here.

– TOWARDS LIBERTY –



Towards Liberty is a regular column by ISIL Director Jarret Wollstein. These reports will alert readers to new threats to our liberties and offer some solutions.
Today's column:


• The World Food Crisis and Its Causes
  

 

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– "SEZ WHO?" –

"Sez Who?" is an occasional column by social psychologist and Laissez Faire Books co-founder Sharon Presley.
     Dr. Presley provides valuable insight into how to avoid being intimidated and bamboozled by pernicious authority.
     Her most recent column:


The Anxious Vegetarian

An archive of past columns is available here.

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CELEBRATING THE GENIUS
OF AYN RAND

Click here for a series of articles and commentaries on this remarkable woman who so strongly influenced the libertarian movement.

 
 

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– International Movement News –

Here is some of the latest progress in ISIL and around our fast-growing world liberty network. [E-BULLETINS COMMING SOON!]

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– Profiles on Liberty –

In "Profiles on Liberty" will be featuring profiles on many heroic individuals and their work as they strive to build free societies in some of the most unlikely spots around the world.
Click here for a profile on James Shikwati of Kenya's Inter-regional Economic Network.

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