ISIL Freedom Network: Action Opportunities > Global
- Libertarianism (16)
- Individualist Anarchism (2)
- Activism (11)
- Political Scandals, Injustice, and Outrage (1)
- Health and Welfare (2)
- Gun Rights (2)
- Women, Minorities, and Guns (1)
- Environment (1)
- Global Warming (1)
- Civil Liberties (1)
- Internet Censorship and Spam (1)
- Drug Prohibition and Regulation (3)
- Medical Marijuana (1)
- Law, Courts, and Constitutions (2)
- Intellectual Property (1)
- Homeschooling (1)
- War, Peace, and International Affairs (5)
- Free Trade (1)
- Banking, Money, Finance (1)
- Ayn Rand, Objectivism (1)
- Individualist Feminism (1)
- Arts, Humor, and Entertainment (1)
- Futurism and Techo-Optimism (1)
- Private Space Ventures and Technology (2)
- Privacy and Security (9)
Libertarianism
- Liberty Action of the Week, 3/25/03
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- "[L]et's take action this week to remind them of a greater threat to our security and freedom than ANY hypothetical terrorist attach or WMD ... the steadily expanding police state at home." Plus more action opportunities.
- Help 'Jonathan Gullible' reach more young people around the world
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Country: United States
- "The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible is one of our most powerful tools for introducing young people to free market ideas. Translations of this popular book have been completed, but we need funding for printing for the following countries: Bulgaria, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, and Russia. There are also 16 others in the works. Will you make a special donation to this fund?"
- Nominate a company for CASPIAN's hall of shame
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
E-mail: JPV@nocards.org
- Nominate a company or gov agency for CASPIAN's hall of shame, devoted to truly bizarre marketing ideas.
- Liberty Action of the Week, 3/18/03
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- This week: Spreading the non-interventionist meme; and more action opportunities.
- Operation Expose A.N.S.W.E.R.
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
- "International A.N.S.W.E.R. has been very successful in organizing recent anti-war protests but the dirty little secret is that it is a communist front group for the World Workers Party. .... Help people understand that if they want peace, communism is not the A.N.S.W.E.R. CounterProtest the 'peace' rally sponsored by International A.N.S.W.E.R on October 25, 2003."
- Nigerian scam baiting
Source: Scotsman.com
Country: United States
- The new internet bloodsport is Nigerian scam baiting -- fighting the fraudsters and tying up their resources. Many post the often-funny results of their attempts online.
- Jonathan Gullible Projects
Source: Jonathan Gullible Web Site
Country: United States
- Projects designed to spread free market ideas around the world, using The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible, a Free Market Odyssey. Assist in a project, help plan a project, or, suggest a new project!
- Bureaucrash campaigns
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
E-mail: hq@bureaucrash.com
- Sortable listing of all Bureaucrash campaigns, with brief descriptions and links to the campaigns. These are excellent for solo or group activism, and almost always include graphics suitable for downloading and immediate use. Great for campus or other area-wide activities.
- Hello world project
Source: Johannes Gees
Country: United States
- Send your message to one of four projectors, placed in Geneva, New York City, Rio de Janiero, and Mumbai (Bombay), for a huge display seen by thousands of people. Messages can only be sent while a projector is online and the message can be seen (i.e., night time). See site for more information, guidelines. Get your pro-freedom message out there!
- ISIL world conference scholarship fund
Source: ISIL
Country: United States
- By donating to the ISIL world conference scholarship fund, you help libertarian young people worldwide attend a premiere conference, learning more about freedom and how they can be more effective advocates for liberty. A worthy cause with positive, lifelong consequences!
- U.S.A. Inc. campaign
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
E-mail: hq@bureaucrash.com
- "Sadly, it is often the individuals most mistrustful of corporations who blindly put their faith in Europe Inc. -- or USA Inc." A great Bureaucrash project that can use some creative energy to get it going. Email your suggestions, artwork, or other contributions to the Crasher in Chief.
- Project Empowerment seeks free-market success stories
Source: Libertarian International
Country: United States
- "Project Empowerment collects real-life stories of role models currently engaged in free market activities." Share your free-market or over-regulation story and earn some money, perhaps even a prize. See details on web site.
- Bureaucrash activism calendar
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
- An easy way to keep up on Bureaucrash activities worldwide! Searchable calendar with links to event descriptions. Members can add their events.
- RIAA pit of confusion
Source: Kuro5shin
Country: United States
- A clever idea on confusing the RIAA spiders, with the intention of encouraging the programmers to use them more responsibly.
- Google-bombing the war on freedom
Source: Liberty Round Table
Country: United States
- Don't like all the nannies and busybodies that try to take away your freedom of choice? Join in the Google-bombing campaign, designed to make use of Google search engine placement and keywords to educate others about anti-freedom individuals, organizations, and groups. New target every month.
- Enjoy capitalism: throw a Mayday party
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
- "Join us as we celebrate hard work and capitalism in solidarity with workers all over the world THIS Saturday, May 1." Organize your own May Day/Enjoy Capitalism party.
Individualist Anarchism
- Free speech online black ribbon campaign
Source: Get Off My Damn Back!
City: Flagstaff, State: AZ, Country: United States
E-mail: rlg@free-market.net
- You can sign on with a free-market-friendly version of the anarchist black ribbon campaign for free speech online.
- The Lysander Spooner Project
Source: Laissez Faire/Liberty magazine/Center for Independent Thought
Country: United States
- Lysander Spooner was the intellectual fountainhead of American anarchism and a primary framer of libertarian thought. The Spooner Project, a collaboration sponsored by several prominent libertarian organizations, is dedicated to commemorating his life by the erection and maintenance of appropriate grave and historical markers. You can help.
Activism
- Are Your Politics Hurting Someone?
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
- Bureaucrash's first campaign, complete with startling and effective flyers, ecards and organizational tools to spread the message of freedom.
- Doing freedom with Simon Jester
Source: Simon Jester
Country: United States
- How to conduct "Simon Jester" activities for fun and profit.
- Liberty action of the week, 3/11/03
Source: LAotW
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- Lots of action suggestions for opposing the coming war with Iraq. Other action opportunities as well.
- Liberty Action of the Week, 3/4/03
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- "Let's spread the word, in cyberspace and meatspace, to Remember the 10th Anniversary of Waco, so that another Waco will NOT happen in our lifetime." Plus more action opportunities.
- Help create a better crasher network
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
E-mail: hq@bureaucrash.com
- "HQ is looking for beta testers for Bureaucrash.com 2.0. Active participants will be compensated with cool Bureaucrash gear. E-mail HQ if you are interested. Please include your crasher alias and any techie skills you have."
- Jack booted thug of the month award
Source: Carl Bussjaeger
Country: United States
E-mail: bussjaeger@free-market.net
- Site which proposes to "recognize the accomplishments of police state adherents, be they high federal officials or street level thugs" by giving a "JBT Award" every month. Send in your nominations -- local JBTs especially wanted. (06/02)
- Help with Bureaucrash Magazine
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
E-mail: hq@bureaucrash.com
- Bureaucrash is planning to launch a magazine and is looking for writers, editors, cartoonists, and of course, donors. Your help is welcome!
- Liberty Action of the Week, 2/25/03
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- "Two recent developments in the 'War on our Civil Liberties' deserve our immediate attention: the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 and Total Information Awareness." Plus more action options.
- Online program puts stray books up for adoption
Source: Book Magazine
Author: Rob Brookman
Country: United States
- "BookCrossing.com encourages people to experience what it terms 'the karma of literature' by registering books at the site and then depositing them in public places ..." A good idea for promoting pro-freedom literature!
- Liberty Action of the Week, 4/01/03
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- "This week, let's revisit the War on Medical Marijuana Patients."
- Bureaucrash magazine call for letters
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
E-mail: magazine@bureaucrash.com
- "As many of you know, Bureaucrash Magazine will be publishing its first issue rather soon. We are looking for Letters to the Editor that we can publish." Email your letter to the Bureaurash 'zine team.
Political Scandals, Injustice, and Outrage
- Help JPFO find Rwanda footage
Source: JPFO
Country: United States
E-mail: webmaster@jpfo.org
- "What we particularly need are photos of the the country and the Rwandan people, including images of refugees from the genocide, life in Rwandan towns and villages, etc. (We have photos of the actual genocide, though we can always use others.)" Help JPFO finish their "Innocents Betrayed" documentary!
Health and Welfare
- Say no to a worldwide ban on vitamin therapies
Source: Vitamins For All
Country: United Kingdom
- "Under pressure from the pharmaceutical industry, vitamin therapies and other natural treatments are to be banned for millions of people in Europe and throughout the world. Petition to stop the Codex Alimentarius and the EU Directive on dietary supplements, as well as all related censorship laws on national and international level." (05/02)
- Petition for DDT use in the war on malaria
Source: CEI, IEA et al
Country: United States
- Malaria is on the rise again, taking a life every thirty seconds of every minute of every day around the world. This petition urges a return to the use of DDT to destroy the anopheles mosquito, the dread disease's carrier.
Gun Rights
- Choose your future: with guns and freedom -- or without
Source: JPFO
Country: United States
- Buy a copy of "Innocents Betrayed" from a signee listed on this page. Have a viewing party; recommend your favorite gun store sell it; and other ideas. "Change five million minds, and we change the future." This is the film that CAN make a difference on gun control.
- Turn America Online off
Source: KeepAndBearArms.com
Author: Larry Pratt
Country: United States
- Gun rights activists are cancelling their AOL subscriptions because of that company's anti-gun rights content filtering, and the firing of three Utah AOL employees for having guns in their cars parked in the company lot.
Women, Minorities, and Guns
- Gun owners don't need PayPal
Source: Keep and Bear Arms
Country: United States
- PayPal is a system for transferring funds online to prevent the "theft" of credit card numbers. Now it refuses to deal with orders connected to guns or to gun-related merchandise. Gun rights activists are urging a boycott.
Environment
- aBetterEarth web site survey
Source: IHS/aBetterEarth
Country: United States
- Survey for visitors to aBetterEarth's web site, in order to improve the site's functionality.
Global Warming
- Just say no to the Kyoto Agreement
Source: Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
Country: United States
- A petition to print, sign, and send protesting the Kyoto agreement. Don't be intimidated by the number of PhD's on the list of signers.
Civil Liberties
- LRT Green Ribbon Campaign
Source: Liberty Round Table
Country: United States
E-mail: sunni@free-market.net (Sunni Maravillosa)
- The Liberty Round Table's green ribbon campaign is designed to give people a way to show their commitment to individual freedom and commitment to end institutionalized aggression around the world.
Internet Censorship and Spam
- A gift for your local library
Source: Peacefire
Country: United States
- Congress has approved a bill requiring the use of filtering software in schools and libraries that receive federal funds. They've said nothing, however, about what other programs can be running. It just so happens that Peacefire, a free download, "filters the filters" on WIN98 computers. Go ahead. We won't tell.
Drug Prohibition and Regulation
- Liberty action of the week, 4/29/03
Source: Rational Review
Author: Mary Lou Seymour
Country: United States
- "For this week's action, let's take a look at the havoc wreaked in Latin America by the US War on Drugs, the growing resistance to US interventionism and its possible future consequences, and, take action to support global legalization."
- Petition to free Marc Emery
Source: Justice for All
Country: Canada
- Individuals worldwide are invited to sign the petition to free Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery, who's in jail on trafficking charges because he passed a joint to friends.
- Help Marc Emery change Canadian marijuana laws
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: Canada
- Marc Emery is in prison for sharing a joint with friends. He's asking for individuals to write letters urging much-needed changes in Canadian marijuana laws. Page contains address, more information.
Medical Marijuana
- Petition: pardon Todd McCormick
Source: Petition-Them.Com
Country: United States
E-mail: grnchkrflg@yahoo.com
- An online petition requesting that the outgoing or incoming president pardon medical marijuana prisoner Todd McCormick.
Law, Courts, and Constitutions
- Petition opposing the International Criminal Court
Source: The Liberty Committee
Country: United States
- Will the International Criminal Court enable prosecution of human rights violations, or simply compromise the sovereignty of the United States and the safety of American citizens? The Liberty Committee thinks the latter, and is sponsoring this petition that urges the Bush administration to rescind American support.
- Petition for an International Criminal Court
Source: ICC Campaign
Country: United States
- A petition urging the United Nations to create an International Criminal Court.
Intellectual Property
- File sharing experiment
Source: Nuclear Elephant
Country: United States
- "The file sharing experiment is an attempt to catalog some financial figures about how much revenue the industries backing organizations such as the RIAA, MPAA, and SPA have gained by file sharing." You can add your qualifying information for software, movies, music, or other stuff you've bought after downloading.
Homeschooling
- Scotland's home educators under fire
Source: HELM
Country: United States
- "In addition to the links for information regarding the attempts of the Scottish government to regulate home educators, there are e-mail addresses of individuals and organizations for your convenience should you be so inspired to raise your voice in objection." (01/30/02)
War, Peace, and International Affairs
- Help JPFO translate the Bill of Rights
Source: Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Country: United States
- Are you perfectly bilingual or can you pass for native in one of these languages?: Portuguese; Mandarin Chinese; Vietnamese; Arabic; French; Cantonese; Hmong; Hebrew;
Italian; Japanese; Cambodian; Russian; Korean; Laotian.
JPFO wants to publish the Bill of Rights in each of these languages; if you can accurately translate it, Contact JPFO by phone at (262) 673-9745 or by fax, (262) 673-9746.
- Appeal for an open society - in defence of globalization
Source: Motattack
Country: Sweden
- An appeal for an open and internationalist society, in defence of globalization, against the enemies of openness (and their hooliganism). Several Swedish debaters, writers, politicians and business people have created this appeal. You are welcome to sign it, and to participate in the movement for globalization. (09/26/00).
- Peace actions
Source: Antiwar.com
Country: United States
- Listing of action opportunities, from signing online petitions to global protests and vigils for peace. Updated regularly.
- The right to a home and a homeland web site
Source: Right to a Home and a Homeland
Country: United States
- The Right to a Home and a Homeland Global Campaign is a nonprofit and nongovernmental international movement to rebuild Palestinian homes and Middle East peace through strategic Palestinian and Israeli cooperation.
- Moment of silence for peace
Source: momentofsilence.org
Country: United States
- The original Moment of Silence was for peace in the Balkans. Now that war and terrorism are looming again, the idea has been revitalized. Please add your name to the list of those joining in the movement, and spread the word.
Free Trade
- Free trade now campaign
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States
- Cool campaign promoting free trade ideas. Downloadable flyers, FAQ, action opportunities, more.
Banking, Money, Finance
- Gold Age legal defense fund
Source: Gold Age
Country: United States
- In the first signs of a crackdown on competition against fiat currency, the Secret Service raided an e-gold exchange provider -- stealing equipment and records and interrogating the proprietors, but filing no charges. Your donation will help Gold Age fight any charges that are filed, as well as support their fight to get their property back.
Ayn Rand, Objectivism
- Help with 'Year of Ayn Rand' project
Date: December 31 2004
Source: ISIL
Country: United States
- Project with Libertarian International to translate Rand's books into her native Russian, with a web site to help with development and progress of the project. See page for more information, and ideas on how you may be able to help.
Individualist Feminism
- The new ifeminists.com store is open!
Source: ifeminists.com
Country: United States
- Visit the new ifeminists.com store where you can buy that late holiday gift *and* support the ifeminist site at the same time. An "I'm sorry I'm late" plush toy will be included in your order.
Arts, Humor, and Entertainment
- Help put ibertarian TV on the net
Source: Libertarian TV
Country: United States
E-mail: walter@libertariantv.com
- Help build a libertarian TV network, with news, talk shows, movies, documentaries, and specials that focus on libertarian viewpoints, starting on the internet, then adding cable and satellite access once enough market penetration is reached.
Futurism and Techo-Optimism
- Become a member of the Ansari X Prize Foundation
Source: Ansari X Prize Foundation
Country: United States
- Want to see private space ventures succeed? Support the X Prize, by becoming a member, donor, or even just volunteering for them. Help spread the word about their activities too, all from this handy page. Freedom, immortality, and the stars can be ours!
Private Space Ventures and Technology
- Get involved with the X Prize Foundation
Source: X Prize Foundation
Country: United States
- "There are numerous ways to get involved with the X PRIZE." Information and links to join the X Prize Foundation, volunteer your services, and much more.
- Register your X Prize team
Source: X Prize Foundation
Country: United States
E-mail: elaine.briscoe@xprize.org
- Instructions on how to register your private-space venture for the X Prize. $1,000 fee required; see page for complete information; email with questions.
Privacy and Security
- Boycott Benetton
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
- Online campaign to boycott Benetton clothes because of their intention to place RFID tracking tags in clothes.
- Protest Wal-Mart's secret RFID tests
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
- Email addresses for Wal-Mart and the Uniform Code Council, so you can protest their encroachments on consumer privacy.
- Support moratorium on RFID-tagging of consumer goods
Source: CASPIAN/PRC
Country: United States
- Read this highly informative position statement and add your organization (or individual) to the list of supporters.
- Stop RFID protest support gallery
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
E-mail: stoprfid.1@tamw.com, protest@stoprfid.org
- Add your images and words to this stop RFID "moblog" intended to document and help build grassroots support against RFID tagging of merchandise.
- Fight back against RFID in Gillette products
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
- Great information on how to fight against RFID and other privacy encroachments. Some are specific to Gillette, others are sound general suggestions for any activism project.
- World Sousveillance Day
Source: Wired
Country: United States
- Sousveillance means "to view from below." On the day before Christmas, at noon, local time, Deibert wants citizens to "shoot back" at surveillance cameras -- with cameras of their own. Participants are to head out, in disguise, to their favorite malls and public spaces, and photograph all the security cameras they find. (11/26/02)
- Boycott Procter & Gamble's participation in secret RFID tests
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
- Contact information for P&G executives, along with an extensive list (with links to web sites where available) of products worldwide that Procter & Gamble makes.
- Sound off to Gillette
Source: CASPIAN
Country: United States
- Contact information to write, telephone, or email Gillette to let them know you don't like being spied on through their products. U.S. and UK contact information provided.
- Hardyville beginners' guide to encrypt**n
Source: Backwoods Home Magazine
Author: Claire Wolfe
Country: United States
- "[E]-mail privacy isn't just for geeks. It's for anybody with good sense. Have you got just one spare hour? Do yourself a favor. If you don't already encrypt e-mail, print out this column -- right now -- and install and start using PGP." (2/15/04)
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