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Action Alerts: Ten hints for political alerts that work
Source: The Network Observer
Author: Phil Agre
Country: United States
E-mail: pagre@ucsd.edu

Tips for messages that someone sends out to the Net asking for a specific action to be taken on a current political issue. (1/94)

Academics, Intellectuals, and Politics
Source: Libertarian Alliance
Author: Edward H. Crane III
Country: United States
E-mail: LA@capital.demon.co.uk

A 1982 essay from the president of the Cato Institute. Crane explains his philosophy for advancing libertarianism in the political realm (and thereby implicitly explains, in part, why he left the Libertarian Party and created Cato). The central foil in the essay is Murray Rothbard, who had very different ideas about libertarian politics.

How to Sell Liberty and Why it Must be Sold
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Jarrett Wollstein
Country: United States
E-mail: isil@isil.org

"The world almost never beats a path to anyone's door .... If you want your ideas or products to be accepted, you must beat a path to the world's doors. This is particularly true if your product is a new or misunderstood idea, such as liberty. Like any other product, liberty must be sold." ISIL pamphlet describes the basics of "selling" -- especially useful for running a pro-liberty organization.

Speech to The AZ LP
Source: Liberty Journal
Author: Claire Wolfe
Country: United States

Claire Wolfe wrote the words,"America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." In this speech she questions whether it 'is' time to shoot the bastards.

Tips for libertarian activists: e-mail action alerts
Source: Revolution
Country: United States

"Here are some ideas that might get more people (like me) to act on your email 'calls to action.'"

Tips for libertarian activists: letters to the editor
Source: Revolution
Country: United States

Want to get your letters pronted? Know your audience, cater to their concerns and write concisely.

Tips for libertarian activists: letter-writing campaigns
Source: Revolution
Country: United States

How to motivate people with well-coordinated letter-writing campaigns.

Tips for libertarian activists: debating
Source: Revolution
Country: United States

The dos and don'ts of persuading instead of simply arguing.

Ten things high school libertarians can do
Source: Revolution
Country: United States

"Do you want to get some scholarship money for college, impress people of the opposite gender, disarm your intellectual opponents while simultaneously winning their admiration and eternal gratitude? Sure, we all do. Here's how."

Dialog on libertarian activism
Source: Free Nation Foundation
Author: Susan Callaway and Richard Hammer
Country: United States

Callaway and Hammer continue the age-old debate over the utility of trying to convince statists to value freedom. (1998)

Bureaucrash FAQ
Source: Bureaucrash
Country: United States

Variety of questions about Bureaucrash and its unique style of activism.

Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Source: Historical Text Archive
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Country: United States

King's defense of civil disobedience as a necessary tool for social change.

How to fight against the state
Source: Liberty Round Table
Author: Oskari Juurikkala
Country: United States

"We cannot destroy the state in an all-out attack but we can starve it with piecemeal withdrawal of support and resources." First place essay in LRT 2002 essay contest, ages 19-21. (05/02)

Toolkit: How to run a libertarian outreach group
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Country: United States

"A toolbox for libertarian activists." ISIL explains all the basics of starting and running a libertarian outreach group. Why start one, how to start it, what it should do, how to run meetings and raise funds ... Useful for anyone who wants to build a libertarian group from scratch or give more momentum to an existing one.

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