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3H HAREKETİ. .::HÜRRİYET::.::HUKUK::.::HOŞGÖRÜ::.
Source: İ. Erhan Bilici
City: İstanbul, Country: Turkey
E-mail:

The "3H Movement" (Liberty, Rule of Law, Tolerance)[named "3H" because in Turkish the words for these three concepts all start with an H, as does the word for movement] is a libertarian youth organization based in Istanbul with representatives in other main Turkish cities, welcoming Turkey to reform herself regarding civil liberties, individual human rights, rule of law, asking her to tolerate all kinds of diversities within her borders. Turkey must adopt a liberal constitution, its government must respect civil liberties and individual human rights without any hierarchies within those values, practice the rule of law without any exceptions, tolerate all the diversities within the country (for instance ethnic, cultural, social and sexual). And Turkey needs an effective free market economy. A Statist approach, Byzantine bureaucracy and high taxes form an obstacle to the free market. These three facts must be abolished. In Turkish. With an English section.

Un Monde Libre
Source: Dr. Nouh El Harmouzi
City: Washington DC, Country: United States
E-mail: elharmouzi@gmail.com

Le projet francophone du Centre pour la Promotion des Droits de l'Homme (Center for Promotion of Human Rights), une division du Cato Institute, pour les droits individuels, la liberté économique et la paix.

The project was launched in December 2007 and works with scholars, media, and students in Europe, Africa, Canada, the Caribbean and elsewhere. UnMondeLibre.org maintains a library of liberty of books in French, publishes studies and essays, country studies, and book reviews, and arranges podcasts, which will be syndicated to African radio stations. UnMondeLibre.org will publish books (mainly in Francophone Africa) in 2008. A seminar for Francophone students is planned for 2008 in Morocco. UnMondeLibre.org will soon produce an online French interactive map of the Economic Freedom of the World Study.

The Globalisation Institute
Source: The Globalisation Institute
City: London, Country: United Kingdom

The Globalisation Institute is an Anglo-Belgian free-market think tank. Its approach involves "policy engineering" – the development of practical policy options that recognise political realities – backed up by the promotion of those ideas. Its main areas of interest involve developing policies that increase competitiveness, replace harmful regulation, harness enterprise to fight global poverty, promote a positive, pro-technology approach to the environment, and increase world trade. It is philosophically 'liberal', in the European sense of the word, favouring a combination of free markets with individual liberty. Its intellectual influences include the Manchester School anti-Corn Law campaigners like Richard Cobden and John Bright; French economists Jean-Baptiste Say and Frédéric Bastiat; and Austrian economists like Carl Menger.

Idées Action
Source: Idées Action
City: Paris, Country: France

This interesting and very attractively done site of the libertarian movement "Idées-Action," with local activist clubs all over France, founded in 1994 by French politician Alain Madelin, has unfortunately ceased to exist. We link above to the latest archive (1998) at the Internet Archive, but suggest a visit to Alain Madelin's current official website, offering links to his other or associated sites, in particular to Les Cercles Libéraux, which in a way is a replacement for former Idées-Action, as it offers for instance two of its essential resources (the Library and Ideas from A–Z). Several of these sites offer a large amount of essays by libertarian economist Henri Lepage, member of the Board of Directors of the original movement. French only.

Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
Source: The Free Democratic Party of Germany
City: Bonn, Country: Germany

Foundation for libertarian politics ("light") in Germany. Affiliated with the FDP, the Free Democratic Party, represented in the Bundestag. The site has an English version. The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung has 11 branches in Germany plus 8 outside Germany. An amusing little detail: the head office is located in the Truman House on Karl Marx Street at Potsdam...

Libertarian Alliance (1)
Source: LA (1)/Dr Timothy Evans and Dr Sean Gabb
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: sean@libertarian.co.uk

One of the two groups resulting from a split, with common historical roots, using the same name and logo. This one is a UK Private Limited Company. Associated with Libertarian International (LI). "The Libertarian Alliance (LA) is Britain's leading free market and civil liberties think tank. It currently has more than 700 publications in print dedicated to the principles of life, liberty and property. Publishing on average one new paper a week the LA's pamphlets are ideal for students, academics and journalists and anyone else interested in liberty and freedom. The LA holds a range of meetings and seminars and its spokespeople regularly appear in the press and on television and radio. [...] For Life, Liberty and Property". See also The Hampden Press and the Sean Gabb Home Page.

Libertarian Alliance (2)
Source: LA (2)/David Ramsey Steele and Stephen Berry
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: enquiries@libertarian-alliance.org.uk

One of the two groups resulting from a split, with common historical roots, using the same name and logo. This one is an unincorporated association. "The Libertarian Alliance is pledged to fight statism in all its forms, and to engage in long range propaganda for the Libertarian alternative. A Libertarian society cannot he brought about merely by intervening in the political cut-and-thrust or by a superficial advertising campaign. The roots of the state are buried in thousands of years of history and libertarians recognize the importance of a sustained assault on the foundations of statist ideology, whether it be conservative, fascist or socialist. The primary aim of the Libertarian Alliance is to build up an effectively organized body of committed and knowledgeable libertarian propagandists. [...][It] produces pamphlets, leaflets and its website [...]. It also conducts discussions, debates and seminars." [...] "Let a thousand Libertarian Alliances bloom!"

Fremskridtspartiets Ungdom
Source: Progress Party (Denmark)
City: Aalborg, Country: Denmark
E-mail: ernst.simonsen@frp.dk

The website of the youth organization (Fremskridtspartiets Ungdom) of the Danish Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) has ceased to exist. Archives are here and here. We now link above to the party itself. The party founded in 1972 became famous by entering the Folketing (Danish parliament) in 1973 "with 28 out of 179 seats, making it the second-largest party of the parliament, though it did not form a part of the ruling coalition because the other parties refused to cooperate with it. During the 1980s the party increased its influence, however it ended abruptly due to internal strife. Its founder, the former lawyer Mogens Glistrup, gained huge popularity in Denmark after he appeared on Danish television, showing that he paid 0 % in income tax. The party was placed on the far right of the political spectrum, as it supported political and economic liberalism, believed in radical tax cuts (including removing the income tax altogether), and also vowed to cut government spending. An example is the suggestion to replace the entire department of defence with an answering machine with the recorded message 'we surrender' in Russian." (information between quotes taken from Wikipedia). Danish only.

Adam Smith Institute
Source: Adam Smith Institute
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: info@adamsmith.org

This British think tank's site is a fount of information on current economic and public affairs from a free-market perspective, as well as a superb resource for information about the Scottish philosopher whose "Wealth of Nations" became the foundation of classical economics.

Andríki
Source: Andríki
City: Reykjavík, Country: Iceland
E-mail: andriki@treknet.is or andriki@andriki.is

Young classical liberal think tank, established in 1996. Mostly in Icelandic.

FRIdemokratene
Source: The Free Democratic Party of Norway
City: Oslo, Country: Norway
E-mail: fridem@online.no or webmail contact

Extensive resource for libertarianism in Norway. They arrange conferences and political campaigns, sell libertarian-leaning books through FRI-bokservice, and translate and publish classics. Norwegian language only.

Frihetsfronten
Source: Frihetsfronten
City: Stockholm, Country: Sweden
E-mail: info@frihetsfronten.se

"Välkommen till Frihetsfrontens hemsida!" Swedish libertarian outlet. Swedish language only. "Frihetsfronten is the network for Swedish libertarians (often called neo-liberals in Sweden). We hold meetings, arrange seminars, publish a magazine (Nyliberalen), send out press releases on hot topics and take part in the political discussion. Every now and then, we arrange rallies and protest meetings when government reduces the citizen's individual liberty and when the Nanny State goes crazy. We have a high profile when it comes to issues such as freedom of speech, open borders, drug legalization, free trade and civil rights."

Institute of Economic Affairs
Source: IEA
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: iea@iea.org.uk

The IEA is Britain's premier free-market institute. For well over 50 years (founded in 1955) they've defended freedom in Europe, winning amazing victories during the Thatcher years. Although their site doesn't offer much free content, it does have lots of info on their vast selection of printed publications. This statement of our former editor must now be qualified the following way: "Copies of our regular papers, monographs and short books can be downloaded free. Hard copies can be purchased individually or by subscription." And the site's own reading material and other content has also become rather extensive. — "What is meant by 'free-market'? The core belief of free-marketeers is that people should be free to do what they want in life as long as they don't harm anyone else. On the whole, society's problems and challenges are best dealt with by people and companies interacting with each other freely without interference from politicians and the State. This means that government action, whether through taxes, regulation or laws, should be kept to a minimum. IEA authors and speakers are therefore always on the look-out for ways of reducing the government's role in our lives."

Contra Foundation and Contra Magazine
Source: Contra Foundation
Country: Sweden
E-mail: redax@contra.nu

"Contra defends the traditional Western ideals of freedom, progress and democracy. The market economy is a necessary prerequisite in order to achieve these objectives." No arguments here! Entirely in Swedish, with some summaries available in English.

Libertariansk Frihedsbrev
Source: Jesper Juul Keller
City: Helsinge, Country: Denmark
E-mail: jesper@jesperkeller.com

Danish libertarian home page and newsletter. This site is defunct. We now link to an archive and suggest you visit Mr. Keller's website, offering 5 links to his favourite Danish libertarian sites, among them the important "IT-Politisk Forening" (IT-Political Association of Denmark) (with a presentaiton in English).

Timbro: The think tank of Swedish enterprise
Source: Timbro
Country: Sweden
E-mail: info@timbro.se

Timbro is Sweden's free-market think-tank. Its mission is to shape public opinion in favor of economic freedom, belief in the future, reason and the moral values of an open society. Timbro organized events and publishes books, issue papers, and reports.

Nova Civitas political club
Source: Nova Civitas
Country: Belgium
E-mail: webmaster@novacivitas.org

A classical liberal political club (not affiliated with a political party) dedicated to developing the ideals of personal and economic freedom in Flanders (Belgium) and Europe. Web site contains events calendar, other helpful links and information. In Dutch with presentation in English.

Omega II: The action blueprint for a reforming government
Source: The Adam Smith Institute
Country: United Kingdom

"The Omega II Project is a major initiative by the Adam Smith Institute. Its aim is to produce a complete policy blueprint for an incoming administration – based on the principles of choice, competition, free markets, lower taxes, minimal regulation, personal freedom, and smaller government." Please note: As the link to the original omega.htm file of the Omega Project has become broken and no new URL and no archive could be found, we now link to the flyer announcing this 1982 project consisting of a series of policy reports (leading to a 500-page result) forming a complete blueprint for government, calibrated for its political and economic practicality. Over a hundred of the ideas it contained later became government policy, though not all of them in Mrs Thatcher's time. While the quotation starting this paragraph (by a former editor) seems to well describe the original Project Omega, it refers though to an Omega II Project, which, as far as we could ascertain, must be ASI's 2005 Route Map to Reform: Deregulation by Tim Ambler and Keith Boyfield.

Libertaariliitto
Source: Mikko Ellilä
City: Helsinki, Country: Finland

Coalition of Finnish libertarians, mostly university students, who seek to influence various political parties and organize non-partisan libertarian campaigns. (This is an archive; latest available version here.)

Stockholm network web site
Source: Stockholm Network
Country: United Kingdom

A dynamic working group of European market-oriented think-tanks. It has two primary objectives: to build a wide network of pro-market policy specialists within Europe and to use that network to influence the future direction of European policy-making on issues of pan-European importance.

The Freedom Association
Source: TFA
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: mail@tfa.net

The Freedom Association is a UK based non-party pressure group whose objective is the defence and extension of individual freedom against the unnecessary control exercised by the state. Site contains online versions of "Freedom Today" magazine.

Libertarian International
Source: LI
City: Essen, Country: Belgium
E-mail: info@libertarian.to

"Libertarian International's mission is to coordinate various initiatives in the defense of individual liberty throughout the world." It is a network of classical liberal and libertarian organizations, mostly in Europe. Get news on freedom in Europe, find out about new activist projects and happenings.

Causa Liberal
Source: Causa Liberal
Country: Portugal
E-mail: causaliberal@yahoo.com

Causa Liberal is a Portuguese association studying, discussing, and spreading classical liberalism. Site is in Portuguese, but a few articles are in English.

The Next Generation: a meeting place for the next generation of leaders
Source: The Adam Smith Institute
City: London, Country: United Kingdom

The Adam Smith Institute's Next Generation group is a meeting point for those talented young people who will become the next generation of leaders in the worlds of business, academe, the professions, journalism and public policy. The group meets monthly for lectures by eminent academics, commentators, or policymakers, alternating with informal networking receptions. Membership is free.

Defending Everyone's Freedom and Ethics from Nationalism and Socialism
Source: DEFENS
Country: Finland
E-mail: defens@defens.org

"DEFENS (Defending Everyone's Freedom and Ethics from Nationalism and Socialism) is an organization for the defense of individual liberty, human and property rights, free markets and an open society. The organization supports people's right to decide for themselves how to lead their own lives. The organization opposes centralization of power, nationalism and socialism. The organization denounces all violence and demagoguery. DEFENS is a politically and religiously unaffiliated organization and a part of an international network." With local groups in Helsinki, Kymenlaakso, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Tampere, Turku, Vaasa, at the Helsinki School of Economics and at the Helsinki University of Technology. In Finnish, with intros and partial site versions in English, Swedish and Portuguese. Plus a discussion list in Finnish.

Institut Euro 92
Source: Institut Euro 92
Country: France
E-mail: euro92@noos.fr

A study circle which arranges conferences devoted to the latest developments in the classical liberal thought in the fields of economics, politics etc. Site in French. With a real wealth of publications and videos on the site. Among them many articles by great authors writing in English, German, etc., translated here into French.

Les Cercles Libéraux web site
Source: Les Cercles Libéraux
Country: France

"Les cercles libéraux sont des espaces de discussion, de réflexion et de propositions organisés autour de grands défis du 21e siècle." French libertarian public policy think tank founded by Alain Madelin. In French. Among the site's many interesting features: "Idées de A à Z" (Ideas from A to Z), an extensive alphabetical list of quotations from newspapers, magazines, radio broadcasts, speeches etc. with their references, serving as definitions and illustrations of all the important political and classical liberal concepts, "La petite bibliothèque" (The little library), which is a selection and presentation of the best libertarian classics (from Bastiat via Hayek, Hazlitt, Mises etc. to Turgot), as available in print, and "La grande bibliothèque" (The big library), which lists and describes "all" the books from A to Z (from Aftalion to Zimmern, via Rand, Revel, Röpke, Rothbard, Rueff etc.).

Society for Individual Freedom
Source: SIF
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: chairman@individualist.org.uk

Established in the United Kingdom in 1942 by amalgamation of the Society of Individualists with the National League for Freedom, SIF campaigns for more personal freedom, less state control (including less taxation), and for genuinely free enterprise in place of protected State and private monopolies.

The Voltaire Foundation
Source: University of Oxford
City: Oxford, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: email@voltaire.ox.ac.uk

A department of the University of Oxford specialising in research and publications on the European Enlightenment and on the eighteenth century in general. Don't miss the site's link to Electronic Enlightenment, an essential access to the philosophy and writing of the founders of the modern world.

Nova Civitas
Source: Nova Civitas
Country: Belgium
E-mail: webmaster@novacivitas.org

A classical liberal political club aiming to further the knowledge and understanding of the ideas essential to economic and personal liberty. In Dutch. For English see entry below.

Nova Civitas (presentation in English )
Source: Nova Civitas
Country: Belgium
E-mail: webmaster@novacivitas.org

A classical liberal political club aiming to further the knowledge and understanding of the ideas essential to economic and personal liberty.

Anders Chydenius Foundation
Source: Anders Chydenius Foundation
Country: Finland
E-mail: juha.mustonen@chydenius.fi or asiamies@chydenius.net

The foundation's purpose is to advance classical liberal ideas according to the thoughts and tradition of Finnish liberal pioneer Anders Chydenius, who is often called "the Adam Smith of the North". Site versions in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Causa Liberal
Source: Causa Liberal
City: Lisboa, Country: Portugal
E-mail: causaliberal@yahoo.com

A society of Portuguese individuals who meet regularly to reflect on the principles of the classical liberal tradition and its application in modern day Portugal. The society's motto is "Individual Freedom under the Law".

Centre for the New Europe
Source: CNE
City: Brussels, Country: Belgium
E-mail: info@cne.org

"Through its analysis and the solutions it proposes, CNE aims to encourage economic growth and entrepreneurial initiative in an ordered society based on personal liberty, creativity and responsibility." CNE concentrates on the issue of entitlements in the Welfare State.

E21, the Centre for the development of ideas for Greece in the 21st century
Source: E21
City: Athens, Country: Greece
E-mail: e21@e21.gr

A policy oriented free-market Greek think tank. An extended profile in English, but the rest will be Greek to you.

International Conservative Group
Source: Quantum / Matt Sharp
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: icg@mattrs.globalnet.co.uk

Site for conservative/republican thinkers who wish to read about and discuss elections, news, current affairs, and political goings on around the world from an international perspective. Please note: This site/group appears to be defunct. Pending news to the contrary, we link to the latest copy in the Internet Archive.

Stiftung Marktwirtschaft
Source: Frankfurter Institut
City: Berlin, Country: Germany
E-mail: info@stiftung-marktwirtschaft.de or sommerlad@stiftung-marktwirtschaft.de

Stiftung Marktwirtschaft is a market-oriented economic policy think tank. As a non-profit foundation we are independent of political parties and interest groups. Well-known personalities in the Frankfurt metropolitan area founded the organization in 1982 as Frankfurter Institut. Today, citizens and businesses from all parts of Germany are actively involved in the organs that govern, manage and support the foundation. Our expert advisory board, the Kronberger Kreis, consisting of leading economists and legal experts, develops fundamental solutions to pressing questions of economic policy. We collaborate in this network to ensure the market order has a voice that carries. Today and tomorrow. In government, economy and society. Please note: This site is in German. A somewhat less extensive English version can be reached from the German home page. The second e-mail address given above is to Dr. Elizabeth Sommerlad, a native speaker of English.

Free Britannia
Source: Free Britannia
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: webmaster@freebritannia.org

Online resource for British Conservatives and center for activism – providing news, chat, discussion, and satire. "Free Britannia provides a conduit for conservatives across the 'axis of liberty' – the UK, the USA, Australia and Israel – to correspond about matters of mutual concern."

iConservatives
Source: Dr. Jim G. Thornton
City: Leeds, Country: United Kingdom

"Individualist, socially liberal, free-market conservatives. Independent of but trying to influence, the UK Conservative Party." (Archive)

Liberté Chérie
Source: Liberté j'écris ton nom
Country: France
E-mail: liberte@liberte-cherie.com

This new pro-market organization in France sprang up when people, long frustrated with union thugs shutting down the French economy to force the government to bend to their wishes, took to the streets in massive numbers May and June of 2003. Headed by a 21-year-old student, Sabine Herold, this may be the best thing happening in France today.

Anarkokapitalistisk Front
Source: The Anarcho-Capitalist Front
City: Gothenburg, Country: Sweden
E-mail: akf@connect.to

"The Swedish Anarcho-Capitalist Front is a network for mainly Swedish anarcho-capitalists/individualist anarchists. Not to be misstaken for communist, anti-capital, 'anarchist' far left groups. Anarcho-Capitalism is a political ideology based on the theory of non-aggression among humans, you may read more about the ideology and our political values here. We arrange different activities and get-togethers, we peacefully spread the anarcho-capitalist ideas and offer products e.g. t-shirts, mousepads etc. with the back & yellow flag. You may contact us by sending e-mail to [...]." We consider it unlikely that the e-mail address can still be reached, as more seems to have gone wrong than a few typos. This site (with such a nice flag logo!), which was using the "connect.to" forwarding service, doesn't forward anymore, so apparently has become defunct. As it is interesting though and may be considered a curiosity, we now link to an archive of its first home page in the Internet Archive. We could not locate a successor site, but would like to draw your attention to this Swedish wiki page Anarkokapitalism, where, if you understand Swedish, you can learn about a few more "curiosities" of a rather doubtfully "anarcho-capitalist" sort, regarding Mats Hinze (seven years behind bars was the result...). Site in Swedish. An English version can be reached from its home page.

Libertarian Party
Source: LPUK
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: patrick.vessey@virgin.net or media@lpuk.org

The website of the newly founded Libertarian Party of the United Kingdom! "We aim to take the cynicism out of British politics, by taking the politicians out of your everyday life. Libertarians believe in individual liberty, personal responsibility, and freedom from government—on all issues at all times. We don't say government is too big in one area, but then in another area push for a law to force people to do what we want. We believe in individual liberty, personal responsibility, and freedom from government—on all issues at all times." "Britain's most inspiring political party!" (2008)

Kapitalistische Partei Deutschlands (Capitalist Party of Germany)
Source: KPD/ML
Country: Germany

KPD/ML (Kapitalistische Partei Deutschlands/Manchester-Liberale) is a former German political party having used the same acronym as its utmost opposite KPD/ML (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten). That fact alone makes it deserve a mention here and an archive, as it is defunct now. The site's content is in German only (albeit with many external links to English language quality material), but it is good, original and moreover very entertaining. It is also a historical document on how German university students pioneered the present libertarian movement in Germany. Bryan Caplan wrote to them from Princeton: "It has been four years since I studied German, so I had to take out my deutsches Woerterbuch to understand everything. But it was worth it."

Fremskrittspartiet (The Progress Party)
Source: Fremskrittspartiet
Country: Norway
E-mail: frp@frp.no

"The Progress Party is a Classical Liberal party based on the Constitution of Norway and Norwegian cultural heritage and tradition, and Western cultural heritage, grounded in Christianity." In addition to this short version of the site in English, there are corresponding ones in German, French and Spanish. The full site is in Norwegian. It has a large section of streaming video content ("FrP TV").

Rivoluzione Liberale (Radicali Italiani)
Source: Lista Pannella
Country: Italy
E-mail: web_info@radicali.it

"Movimento liberale, liberista, libertario. Costituente del Partito Radicale Transnazionale." "Scopo del Movimento, come recita lo Statuto, è di rafforzare le lotte liberali, liberiste e libertarie per avviare la Rivoluzione liberale e costruire gli Stati Uniti d'Europa." The party of Marco Pannella, historic European libertarian leader, and the leader of the Italian Radicals (the first expression of the Radicals in Italy was the Italian Radical Party, founded in 1955). Perhaps the only remaining Italian liberal/libertarian political organization. In Italian. The site of the Partito Radicale Transnazionale is partly in English.

Progressive Democrats – An Páirtí Daonlathach
Source: Progressive Democrats
Country: Ireland
E-mail: gensec@progressivedemocrats.ie

An Páirtí Daonlathach (literally The Democratic Party) is part of Eire's coalition government, along with Fianna Fáil. Libertarian? No. They still reflect many of the socialist assumptions afflicting western Europe – but some believe they are moving in the right direction.

Die Freien
Source: Die Freien
Country: Germany
E-mail: jamaweng@unicum.de

"The Free Ones". This is the web site of an attempt (in the years 2002 and 2003) to establish a German libertarian party. The party platform deserves reading. We link to an archive. In German.

die-freien
Source: die-freien
Country: Germany
E-mail: info@ich.io

This is not a political party, but we place it here, as it is the strongly individualist personal web site of Alfred Reimann associated with the above party. "Erläutert in Aufsätzen seine persönlichen Gedanken über die Welt, das Leben und über sich selbst als freies Individuum." Very interesting short essays on the ego philosophy. In German. Please note: This is the author's older site, the newer one is here.

British Classical Liberal Party web site
Source: British Classical Liberal Party
Country: United Kingdom

A party dedicated to promoting social and economic freedom and a minimal state in UK. So far one of our former editors. We link above to the only home page version of this site in the Internet Archive that uses the name "British Classical Liberal Party." While this website seems to never have been the one of an actual political party, other home page versions use the name "The British Libertarian Party," which name is now superseded by the recently actually founded British Libertarian Party (see that other entry at the beginning of this Politics and Political Parties section). The original link of this entry had not become broken, but has changed insofar as it now leads to a totally different, but still libertarian, content, probably made by the same person. You'll find it here now (not an archive, but active).

Movimento Libertario
Source: Libertari.Org
Country: Italy
E-mail: info@libertari.org

"La proprietà è un diritto naturale, le tasse sono un furto." Italian Libertarians. The "Movimento Libertario" (Libertarian Movement) is an incorporated association. In Italian.

Danmarks Retsforbund
Source: Retsforbundet
Country: Denmark
E-mail: sekretariat@retsforbundet.dk

Danmarks Retsforbund, in everyday speech merely Retsforbundet, in English known as the Justice Party or Single-Tax Party or Justice Union of Denmark, founded in 1919, is a geolibertarian political party or a "justice-liberal" one, as they call themselves. For a more detailed explanation, please see how they present themselves in English. "Alle mennesker er født frie og lige". "Retsforbundet – for et samfund i balance". In Danish.

Libertarische Partij
Source: Libertarische Partij
Country: Netherlands
E-mail: partijbureau@libertarischepartij.nl

The Libertarian Party of the Netherlands. With maybe the nicest libertarian logo ever... "De Libertarische Partij is de enige partij in Nederland die principieel het gebruik van geweld om politieke, maatschappelijke of sociale doelen te bereiken afwijst en op geen enkele wijze zal verdedigen. Alleen met vrijheid kan een werkelijk leefbare maatschappij tot stand komen. Meer vrijheid is minder armoede. Meer overheid is minder vrijheid." (Translation: The Libertarian Party is the only party in The Netherlands that rejects on principle the use of force in order to achieve political, societal, or social goals, and shall not in any way defend the use of such force. Only with liberty a truly viable society can be established (literally a truly livable society can arise). More freedom is less poverty. More government is less freedom.) In Dutch. An English version is still under construction.

Det Liberale Folkepartiet
Source: DLF
Country: Norway
E-mail: dlf@stemdlf.no

The Liberal People's Party. The party for individual freedom. Norwegian libertarian party with an objectivist slant. In Norwegian.

Associação Radical – Partido Libertário Português
Source: AR-PLP
Country: Portugal
E-mail: ar-plp@hotmail.com

Libertarian Party of Portugal. "Defendemos a liberdade em todos os seus aspectos, especialmente as liberdades individuais. Não somos de esquerda nem de direita somos radicais livres, ou simplesmente, Libertários."
(Translation: We defend liberty in all its aspects, especially individual liberties. We are neither of the left nor of the right, we are free radicals, or simply, Libertarians.) The website also states: "Pedimos desculpa, estamos em processo de reorganização..." (Translation: We ask you to accept our apologies for presently being reorganized...) In Portuguese.

I Liberal Sgarbi–I libertari ("Partito della Bellezza")
Source: Vittorio Sgarbi
Country: Italy
E-mail: sgarbilibertari@tiscalinet.it

This is an archive of the defunct extremely small website of an Italian libertarian party founded in 1999 and led by the iridescent personage Vittorio Sgarbi, who is an Italian art critic, politician and writer, and outspoken celebrity on TV. He is presently assessor for cultural affairs to the mayor of Milan, which city will host the Expo 2015 (World's Fair), Sgarbi having actively contributed to the success of that candidacy. His Liberal Sgarbi movement has merged with Forza Italia. He was elected to the Italian parliament in 1999 and 2001 and to the European Parliament in 1999. The i libertari italiani site may be considered the new incarnation of On. Vittorio Sgarbi's defunct one. (Sites are in Italian)

DEFENS
Source: DEFENS
Country: Finland
E-mail: defens@defens.org

"DEFENS (Defending Everyone's Freedom and Ethics from Nationalism and Socialism) is an organization for the defense of individual liberty, human and property rights, free markets and an open society. The organization supports people's right to decide for themselves how to lead their own lives. The organization opposes centralization of power, nationalism and socialism. The organization denounces all violence and demagoguery. DEFENS is a politically and religiously unaffiliated organization and a part of an international network." With local groups in Helsinki, Kymenlaakso, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Tampere, Turku, Vaasa, at the Helsinki School of Economics and at the Helsinki University of Technology. In Finnish, with intros and partial site versions in English, Swedish and Portuguese. Plus a discussion list in Finnish.

Countryside Alliance
Source: Countryside Alliance
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: info@countryside-alliance.org

Organization fighting to preserve rural life and land rights in England. Sponsoring the "Liberty and Livelihood" campaign.

National Campaign for the Reform of the Obscene Publication Acts
Source: David Webb
Country: United Kingdom

The NCROPA believes that every adult should have an inalienable right to see, read and hear whatever he of she chooses for him or herself. Works to repeal the UK's obscenity laws. Please note: We link above to an archive of the former site. And here is a great essay on the whole subject by the founder and honorary director of the NCROPA, David Webb, RADA Dip: Pornography, Free Expression and the Free Society (PDF). With no active website anymore that we could locate, this snail mail address and telephone number may still be valid and thus come in handy: 15 Sloane Court West, London SW3 4TD, England – telephone +44.71.730.9537.

Statewatch
Source: Statewatch
Country: United Kingdom

"Monitoring the state and civil liberties in the European Union". Statewatch is based in Britain and has contributors in 12 countries. Founded in 1991, it is comprised of lawyers, academics, journalists, researchers and community activists.

Elektroniska Fronten
Source: Elektroniska Fronten
City: Svenshögen, Country: Sweden

The Swedish e-militia against censorship on the Net. Which, very unfortunately, does not exist anymore. This is true of both the mailing list and its associated website. So we could only link to an archive of the website in the Internet Archive.

European Cities on Drug Policy
Source: ECDP
Country: Germany

There may not be much that the U.S. can learn from Europe on matters of economic policy, but when it comes to drug policy, they're far ahead. ECDP is a coalition of member cities working toward harm reduction and partial decriminalization. Please note: We link above to the oldest (1998) archive of this site in the Internet Archive. We could not locate a current site. But you can learn much more, reading The Frankfurt Resolution, which started the thing in 1990. The cities of Amsterdam, Zurich, Hamburg and Frankfurt were the initiators. In 2000, already 20 had signed (17 cities plus 3 Italian provinces). The numbers had further increased, but we are unable to tell the largest figure ever reached as well as the exact current figure. As you will have expected, a backlash came. See European Cannabis Policies Under Attack. Read more here: European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD). A (not) surprisingly large number of websites and documents regarding all this have "disappeared" from the Web. The net result: The powers bigger than the local or regional ones, being less libertarian, attacked and largely won. So far. :-)

UK Medicinal Cannabis Project
Source: UK Medicinal Cannabis Project
City: Salisbury, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: info@medicinal-cannabis.org

"The Project is a group of organisations and individuals committed to the development of non-smoked prescription cannabis-based medicines for treating a wide variety of conditions with a view to making these medicines available to patients as soon as possible." Update: This is again one of those maddening cases in which valuable information becomes inaccessible through the URL's domain name having become lost or been sold to some virtual peddler of Viagra (unless British government or other censorship was at work here), without us having the possibility to offer instead a link to an archive of the web site in the Internet Archive (in this case because of an exclusion in the original site's robots.txt file). So we disabled the link and wish the link farm good luck without the contribution of libertarian cash!

Forest Online
Source: Forest
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: contact@forestonline.org

"A haven for smokers and nonsmokers who believe in the freedom of choice." News, commentary, other good information.

Sexual Freedom Coalition
Source: Sexual Freedom Coalition
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: mail@sfc.org.uk

"For the Sexual Freedom of Consenting Adults." Site for group attempting to overturn anti-sex laws for consenting adults. Find out more about the organization or sex news in their online newsletter.

Alternative Learning Organization / Stichting Alternatieve Leervormen
Source: ALO/SAL
Country: Netherlands
E-mail: info@alternative-learning.org

Alternative Learning Organization / Stichting Alternatieve Leervormen – "...the English and Dutch names of one non-profit educational organization (1999), which as the names imply are about alternatives to forced schooling. Over the years the focus has become more specific, which gave rise to the first two sites on the menu bar. In addition to being one gateway to these more specific sites, this site is to offer support for those who may not want to go that far away from the traditional education concepts." This Dutch foundation offers a portal to the following: Learning Freely Network (in English), Leren in vrijheid (in Dutch), a list with links to 11 Alternative Schools, the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)'s The Education Revolution, and Students Against Testing. The foundation supports alternative learning concepts and environments in which the interests and choices of children are recognized as crucial to real learning. Dutch and English parts. ALO/SAL is a member of the European Forum for Freedom in Education (effe).

Celtic League
Source: Celtic League
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: webmail contact

The fundamental aim of the Celtic League is to contribute, as an international organisation, to the struggles of the six Celtic nations to secure or win their political, cultural, social and economic freedom.

The National Platform EU Research & Information Centre
Source: The National Platform of Ireland
City: Dublin, Country: Ireland
E-mail: info@nationalplatform.org

For a Europe of Independent Democratic Co-Operating Nation States. To support this Irish citizen organization which campaigns in Ireland on issues of democracy, independence and neutrality and these days in particular is promoting to vote NO on June 12, 2008, on the referendum regarding the Lisbon Treaty and thereby reject the European Federal Super-State, seems to be the only way left to still prevent that nightmare for all Europeans. Address: Anthony Coughlan, secretary, National Platform EU Research and Information Centre, 24 Crawford Avenue, Dublin 9; Tel.: 00-353-1-8305792.

mod-ATTAC Danmark
Source: mod-ATTAC
Country: Denmark
E-mail: redaktion@mod-attac.dk

A Danish "pro-globalisation network dedicated to the pursuit of development, progress and opportunities for human beings". Against the anti-globalization movement, in particular the organization ATTAC. In Danish. Shorter English version here. Now integrated with the Copenhagen Institute.

No Euro
Source: no-euro
Country: United Kingdom

A campaign against replacement of the British pound with the Euro currency. "Yes to Europe, no to the Euro". We are linking to the last archive in the Internet Archive of this now defunct site, where it is announced that active campaigning has been suspended. Previous issues are still available in the Internet Archive.

International Centre for Economic Research
Source: International Centre for Economic Research
City: Torino, Country: Italy
E-mail: icer@icer.it

Economic research institute with free-market and Austrian leanings.

Bergen Objektivist Forening
Source: Thomas M. Johanson
City: Bergen, Country: Norway
E-mail: bof@objektivist.com

Objectivist campus club at the University of Bergen, Norway. In Norwegian. With introductions in English and Spanish. With nice humor page.

Objektif Işik
Source: Objektif Işik
Country: Turkey
E-mail: objektif@objektivist.net

Objectivist web site in Turkish. With an English version. We link to the oldest archive in the Internet Archive. The latest archive is here.

Feminists Against Censorship
Source: FAC
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: facnews@googlemail.com

Feminist organization based in Britain and organized to fight censorship, especially the censoring of sexually explicit material. Highly recommended!

Shared Parenting Information Group (SPIG) UK
Source: Context Limited
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: nospam@spig.clara.net

Its mission, "To promote responsible shared parenting after separation and divorce. To make available information, research and resources to all concerned." Know the law to protect yourself.

AMEN
Source: AMEN
Country: Ireland

AMEN is a voluntary group which provides a confidential helpline, information and a support service for male victims of domestic abuse and their children: AMEN, St. Anne's Resource Centre, Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath, Republic of Ireland. "Society does not have the right to discriminate against victims of domestic violence because of their gender."

Moderata Ungdomsförbundet
Source: Moderata Ungdomsförbundet (The Swedish Young Conservatives)
City: Stockholm, Country: Sweden
E-mail: info@muf.se

Free-market conservative youth. Swedish only.

Norges Konservative Studenterforbund
Source: Norges Konservative Studenterforbund – Norwegian Conservative Student Union
City: Oslo, Country: Norway
E-mail: nksf@hoyre.no

Free-market/moderately libertarian student group. Publisher of "Minerva" student magazine. We link to an archive in the Internet Archive, as this site is now defunct. But it has a successor: Høyres Studenterforbund, Norway's non-socialist/conservative and largest student union.

The London School of Economics Hayek Society
Source: The London School of Economics Hayek Society
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: enquiries@hayek.org.uk

The aim of this LSE-based student organisation is to defend classical liberalism and free market economics. It is a society for the mutual exchange of ideas, and is named in honour of Nobel Laureate Friedrich August von Hayek, who lectured at the London School of Economics from 1931 until 1950. For more information, click here. Publishers of the LSE Hayek Society Journal ama-gi.

Institut Européen de l'Université de Genève
Source: University of Geneva, Switzerland
City: Geneva, Country: Switzerland

Probably the best graduate program in European Studies there is. Hard core study of history of the western civilization, literature, philosophy, economics and political theory, according to the concentration you choose. Note: Not particularly libertarian, rather statist and social-democratic like its alumnus José Manuel Durão Barroso, 11th President of the European Commission. The federalism of its founder Denis de Rougemont now abandoned... (a logical development in the editor's opinion; you choose the direction, either up or down, and up or down it goes, from individual freedom to super-state in this case...)

City-universitetet
Source: CU
City: Stockholm, Country: Sweden
E-mail: nils.karlson@ratio.se

"The City University, in the center of Stockholm, is a private alternative to the state universities. The City University offers academic courses in social sciences, economics and humanities." We link to an archive in the Internet Archive, as the site is defunct and the City University of Stockholm is now closed. The independent research institute and academic publishing house Ratio, having started publishing in 1978, is continuing the publishing activities the City University Press of the City University had carried out between 1988 and 2002. In Swedish. English version. Nils Karlson, the president of Ratio, was president of the City University.

University of York Conservatives / York Tories
Source: University of York
City: York, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: torylicious@yorktories.info

The University of York Conservative and Unionist Association (or just the York Tories) is the largest political party on campus, and one of the most active and friendliest! We pride ourselves on being a primarily social organisation joined together by politics. We have a weekly debate and meal on Wednesdays in D/056 at 7pm.

The University of St. Andrews Liberty Club
Source: The University of St. Andrews Liberty Club
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: liberty@st-andrews.ac.uk

"The Liberty Club was set up by students of the University of St Andrews to broaden the awareness among the student body of the ideas of classical liberalism, libertarianism and free market economics. As such we aim to follow in the footsteps of our precursor, the famous University of St Andrews Political Economy Club that defended the principles of free market economics in the dark days of Keynesian consensus and global communist insurgence. With the Soviet Union gone and most governments in the world proclaiming the virtues of the free market it may be assumed that the activities of clubs such as ours are irrelevant. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Though communism is, hopefully permanently, dead, socialism is alive and grows stronger by the day. Except, its growth is now subtler, taking the form of regulations, stealth taxes and protectionism. Every day the free market gets further entangled in the web of such policies, the outcomes of which can only bring misery to people across the world.
We, the members of the Liberty Club, wish to contribute in whatever small way we can toward reversing of that trend. In so doing we rely on two fundamental pillars upon which we believe a prosperous and peaceful society can be built. These are the free market and (classical) liberty. Our intellectual roots are to be found in the works of political philosophers and economists like Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, Ayn Rand, Robert Nozick and many others. In practice, our intention is to facilitate intellectual discourse surrounding the ideas of liberty and free markets by bringing to our ancient University like-minded scholars and public figures of renown. The Club is non-partisan and membership is open to all St Andrews students regardless of their views. We are very pleased to have links with classical liberal organisations such as the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute."

NOTE: The website is only temporarily unavailable, therefore we temporarily link to an archive in the Internet Archive. Try again later here. As a safety net, the street address: The Liberty Club c/o The Students' Association, St Mary's Place, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9UZ, Scotland.

Offshore Profit Center, Inc.
Source: Offshore Profit Center, Inc.
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: office@offshoreprofit.com

Commercial site advertising anonymous credit cards and other privacy tools, offshore incorporation, etc. As always, caveat emptor.

Principality of Sealand
Source: Principality of Sealand
Country: Principality of Sealand
E-mail: contact@sealandgov.org

"Sealand was founded as a sovereign Principality in 1967 in international waters, six miles off the eastern shores of Britain. [...] The history of Sealand is a story of a struggle for liberty. Sealand was founded on the principle that any group of people dissatisfied with the oppressive laws and restrictions of existing nation states may declare independence in any place not claimed to be under the jurisdiction of another sovereign entity. The location chosen was Roughs Tower, an island fortress created in World War II by Britain and subsequently abandoned to the jurisdiction of the High Seas. The independence of Sealand was upheld in a 1968 British court decision where the judge held that Roughs Tower stood in international waters and did not fall under the legal jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. This gave birth to Sealand's national motto of E Mare Libertas, or 'From the Sea, Freedom'." Sealand has existed as an "Independent Principality" for more than 40 years. Its neighbors have been howling because its government through Havenco is providing a "data haven" amidst the international propensity for surveillance. Can Sealand endure? This is their official government site. For more information, see the Wikipedia article. Also see this note on Sealand's Facebook community..

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