December 10, 2012
In the past decade, young libertarians in the U.S., or members of the Liberty
Movement as it is called, have utilized new media and technology along with more
traditional modes of organizing to grow their movement, capitalizing on the participatory
nature of the internet in particularly savvy and creative ways. Still, the Liberty Movement is
quite unlike more progressive, grassroots movements, with its organizations and
participants sometimes relying on established institutions for various forms of support.
As this report highlights, the Liberty Movement represents a hybrid model, one that
embraces participatory practices and interfaces with formal political organizations and
other elite institutions.