OVERVIEW

• LIBERTARIANISM STARTED OUT AS A LEFT MOVEMENT ALIGNED WITH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS/DEMOCRATIC-SOCIALISTS IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA.  IN THE UNITED STATES A MORE RIGHT-WING FACTION TENDS TO DOMINATE (WITH AYN RAND'S OBJECTIVIST INFLUENCES).

• IN MODERN-DAY AMERICAN POLITICS, SOME CONSERVATIVES AGREE WITH CERTAIN LIBERTARIAN IDEAS (I.E. ON GUNS, FREE MARKETS AND DEREGULATION) AND SOME LIBERALS AGREE WITH CERTAIN LIBERTARIAN IDEAS (CIVIL LIBERTIES, GAY RIGHTS, POT LEGALIZATION).  A LIBERTARIAN PARTY EXISTS AS WELL AS SEVERAL LOBBYISTS GROUPS.

•  "CLASSIC LIBERALS" ARE SIMILAR TO LIBERTARIANS BUT TEND TO BE MORE CENTRIST IN THEIR POLITICS.

BLOGS, GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS - THE LIBERTARIAN LEFT 

• NORM CHOMSKEY 

BLOGS, GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS - THE LIBERTAIRAN RIGHT/OBJECTIVIST 

• LIBERTARIAN VIEWS ON LGBTQ RIGHTS (WIKI)

• OBJECTIVIST VIEWS ON LGBTQ RIGHTS WIKI)

• OUTRIGHT LIBERTARIANS (LGBTQ RIGHTS GROUP)

HOT TOPICS WITHIN THE LIBERTARIAN MOVEMENT

• ABORTION (PROCHOICE) (PROLIFE)

• CAPITIALISM: HOW IT SHOULD BE DEFINED AND REGULATED