Social Liberty Foundation

Education and study of ideas about social structures and phenomena.

We're a California nonprofit public benefit corporation supporting research, publication, and public education on alternative models of governance and community — and, in turn, other nonprofits doing similar work.

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What we believe

Education, not advocacy

We study and publish on ideas about social structures and governance — libertarian, georgist, and beyond — so readers can reason about them, rather than pushing a party line.

Open inquiry across traditions

Alternative models of governance, property, and community are worth taking seriously on their own terms, examined with the same rigor as the status quo.

Public, not private, benefit

We're organized as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. No part of the foundation exists for private gain — research, writing, and grants all serve the public.

Strengthening the field

Beyond our own publishing, we aim to support other nonprofits doing aligned educational and civic work, rather than treating them as competitors.

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A ranch house on its parcel; market price climbs in orange, assessed value creeps in blue until a SOLD sign. Buried in the land, Schroedinger's cat sits in a crate, half alive and warm, half a frozen blue ghost

Parcel Duality

Idan Rednaxus · September 26, 2026

Two identical houses sit side by side on a street in the Bay Area. Same lot size, same 1950s floor plan, same view of the same hills. One owner pays about $2,000 a year in property tax. The other pays […]

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A phone on rumpled silk sheets beside a red satin ribbon, its screen showing a neon outline of a reclining figure; across the street, window after window glows the same pink

In Plain Sight

Margaret Johannsen · September 26, 2026

Every society keeps a list of its problems. In ours the list is made by whatever gets measured, argued about in public, and funded: housing, crime, inflation, the border, the budget. It's a useful list. It's also incomplete in a […]

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Night over the Bab al-Mandab: a refinery burning on the Arabian shore, a tanker on fire in the strait, missile trails arcing across a red sky, embers and smoke over the water

Shakeup On the Arabian Peninsula

Idan Rednaxus · September 25, 2026

Bab al-Mandab at night. On the Arabian shore, oil works burn in tall ragged sheets of flame, storage tanks and a pipeline standing black against the glow, a smaller fire further down the coast where a pumping station has been […]

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Programs

The foundation is newly formed. A few programs are already underway; others are still in development — we'll share updates here as they launch.

Active

Website & Allied Sites Maintenance

Ongoing upkeep of the Social Liberty website and feeds, plus allied information sites working in this space (transparentcities.org, on40.org, greenspacesbayarea.org, greenspacesmv.org, and others).

Planned

Community Research Fellowship

A planned stipend program funding independent researchers to complete and publish research on alternative social and community structures.

Planned

Office Staff Position

A planned part-time or full-time staff role to support day-to-day foundation operations as the organization grows.

Events

Individual events will be listed here with links once they're scheduled.

Active

Meetup, Book Group & Speaker Series

A monthly public talk and book group discussion on topics in social structures, governance models, and civic life — free to attend, recorded, and posted publicly.