Founded in 1969, Liberty International has gone through a number of name changes including being formerly known as the International Society for Individual Liberty, and Libertarian International.
Liberty International was one of the very first liberty movement organizations to penetrate Eastern Europe, before and after the fall of Berlin Wall.
Because of its unique, compassionate messaging and ability to work within authoritarian regimes, Liberty International managed to ship books, pamphlets, and other publications into risky environments including Poland, Czechoslovakia and pre-reform China.
After the collapse of communism in Europe, Liberty International reacted swiftly to distribute liberty movement writings, especially through its acquisition of the bookstore, Freedom’s Forum Books, in San Francisco, and eventual revival of Laissez Faire Books, shipping quantities of books to fledgling think tanks in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, and Lithuania, and sponsoring international conferences in several of these countries.