Michael Rectenwald

Michael D. Rectenwald is an American author and former professor. A member of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party, he has written about 19th-century British secularism and is a critic of the contemporary social justice movement. In 2023, Rectenwald filed to run for president of the United States seeking the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. He finished second in delegate votes during the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, losing to Chase Oliver in the sixth round of elimination voting. Rectenwald has been heavily critical of Israel and Zionism and is the founder of Anti-Zionist America PAC (AZAPAC) The organization describes its mission as opposing what it characterizes as the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups in American politics. (Wikipedia)