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General Activist Resources Include:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) * The ACLU works to "defend all the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights." (The word "all" is significantly untrue as you'll note if you read the disclaimer at the bottom of this page, but "most" wouldn't be inappropriate here.) I recommend support of the ACLU on a case-by-case basis.
Americans for Prosperity is "committed to educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing those citizens as advocates in the public policy process."
BallotPedia Know the issues, know the politicans. Site contributors from across the country, so local measures are available, too.
Bureaucrash "is an international network of activists, called crashers, who share the goal of increasing individual freedom and decreasing the scope of government.
Campaign for Liberty This organization has a mission to "promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy, by means of educational and political activity."
Center for Individual Freedom "is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with the mission to protect and defend individual freedoms and individual rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution."
Downsize DC Among other things, the group works to "restore the full force of the 9th and 10th amendments, which reserve most social functions to the people and the states." Downsize DC spearheads a variety of campaigns, virtually all of which directly uphold the Constitution and urge that government remove itself from places it has no Constitutional business being.
Freedom Works Like the Website says: "Lower taxes. Less Government. More Freedom."
Google's Government Search uses pretty much all of the google goodies you're used to, but it confines itself to government Web sites.
Grassfire.org was established to create "real impact online."Evidence is that they've succeeded. Activism for or against certain issues is encouraged based on current needs; news, information, petitions, and more is provided.
Institute for Justice With a similar mission to the ACLU, I personally prefer the attitude exhibited by IJ. Calling itself "the nation's only libertarian, civil liberties, public interest law firm," IJ has made a name for itself by winning some extremely significant cases in court.
Judicial Watch exists "because no one is above the law." It's mission? "Promoting Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Government, Politics and the Law." Judicial Watch monitors everything from illegal immigration to transparency, and from corruption to ongoing court cases.
The Liberty Committee engages in "political action from principle." It encourages citizen action on legislative matters under consideration by Congress.
The Liberty Forest Online forums affiliated with Rep. Ron Paul, and filled with information about everything from the Constitution to living off the grid; activism and activists; pro-freedom candidates; and other projects.
Natural Solutions Foundation was founded in 2004 to "support advanced healthcare and health freedom here in America and around the world by educating members of the US Congress, other world legislators, agencies and decision makers." The group has a pro-privacy mindset, and tends to oppose government intrusiveness into healthcare issues.
Open the Government works toward less secrecy and more transparency in government.
QuestionObama.com is a social website where you can "speak up" against the direction our country is heading.
RonPaul.com ** Named for Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), who may be the single patriot in Washington these days, this organization focuses on many of the same causes Rep. Paul does: A "limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies."
*I support the ACLU for its actions concerning free speech. The group is an uncompromising advocate of the First Amendment in that regard. I believe, however, that the group occasionally goes well beyond the implied separation of church and state in some of its actions concerning freedom of religion. I encourage support of true separation issues, but frown upon any action that amounts to, in its end result, the squelching of religious opinion and the individual freedom to worship — or not — as one believes fit. The ACLU is also an excellent advocate where Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendment rights are concerned. It has, however, an unfortunate tendency to pick and choose among the Bill of Rights, and its position on the Second Amendment is reprehensible at best. I must therefore suggest that you pick and choose carefully from the ACLU's causes and campaigns so that you only support a true freedom agenda and not its broader and far less liberty-oriented stance.
** As is clearly indicated on the site pages, RonPaul.com "is maintained by independent grassroots supporters of Ron Paul. Neither this website nor the articles, posts, videos or photos appearing on it are paid for, approved, endorsed or reviewed by Ron Paul.
