PIGS Terrorize Family

Geez, what else is new? Radley Balko gives the rundown on another routine incident of servin’ and protectin’.

The Trouble with Liberty

A critique of libertarianism from New York magazine by Christopher Beam. This critique is limited solely to the modern postwar American version of libertarianism. It doesn’t reference classical anarchism or even modern left-anarchism at all. So it’s focus is pretty narrow. A much more comprehensive treatment of anti-state […]

Strauss, Beyond Left and Right

by Jack Ross http://www.amconmag.com/postright/2011/01/13/strauss-beyond-left-and-right/ Paul Gottfried has paid me the high compliment of writing an extended response to a message board comment I made of his essay on the critics of Leo Strauss.  Though I’m amused that Gottfried seems to be taken in by the argument of some […]

That 1918 Feeling

by Jack Ross http://www.amconmag.com/postright/2011/01/13/that-1918-feeling/ Though it may well be too soon to assume any real significance to the withdrawal of Hezbollah from the Lebanese government, it is nevertheless suggestive of what I have argued for a while – that we are on the brink of an uprising across […]

Drug War Kabuki Theater

Kevin Carson on the modern version of the Baptist/Bootlegger alliance. The ostensible opposing sides in the so-called Drug War have a similar relationship.  In the real world, the private drug cartels derive their power from the existence of a lucrative black market which the state plays a central […]

The Rent's Still Too Damn High-Here's How to Lower It

Kevin Carson tells us how to do it. These are the kinds of economic policies I envision future pan-secessionist and alternative anarchist organizations bringing into the arena of public debate and into the political mainstream.

The Revolution in Tunisia

Will others be inspired? Also, some interesting observations from Chris Kennedy at LewRockwell.Com.

Some Drugs Are More Equal Than Others

So says “Thoreau.” As a helpful guide to our readers, I have prepared a detailed classification scheme for illegal drugs: Class Ia:  The drugs that you used when you were young and wild.  Not as potent as today’s drugs, and nothing to get judgmental about.  Sometimes worth getting […]

The New White Nationalism in America

Scott McConnell of The American Conservative reviewed this book by Vanderbilt law professor Carol Swain. I consider this book to be the very best scholarly work on the question of American white nationalism. In fact, it is probably the only such work of any genuine quality. Dr. Swain […]

Yeah, They Might Evolve Into Athens or Florence

James J. O’Meara discusses homosexuality in Islamic culture, and the false dichotomy of the “progressive” West and “benighted” Islam promoted by the Neocons. I’ve discussed this false dichotomy with regards to other issues in the past. See here.

The Contradictions of Noam Chomsky

Excellent, comprehensive take down of the High Priest of Left-Anarchism by left-anarchist Roderick T. Long. I will always acknowledge my intellectual debt to Chomsky, whose writings more than those of anyone else helped me to develop a thorough understanding of the history and nature of U.S. imperialism. But […]

Secession: TIME Magazine's Top Ten Aspiring Nations

Congratulations to the Second Vermont Republic and the Republic of Cascadia! (thanks, Jim)

*Note on Racial Separatism

One of the biggest controversies surrounding myself is my association with the national-anarchists, my recognition of them as a legitimate branch of anarchism, and efforts to include them as part of a pan-secessionist alliance. This statement by the National Anarchist Tribal Alliance of New York provides what is […]

Left and Right Against Fascism

This interview with Naomi Wolf gives a good overview of the real problems with the police state that has arisen from the terror war. Read it here. Wolf is actually a pretty good antidote to the histrionics of the Glenn Beck and/or Alex Jones crowd. She actually provides […]

Sociopaths All Look Alike

Modern Utopians-Communes of the 60s and 70s

Interesting article from Alternet on the utopian communities during the Age of Aquarius.

Self-Ownership and Mutualist Property Theory

Shawn Wilbur on the C4SS symposium. Wilbur has done some great work making Proudhon’s stuff more accessible.

Community Resilience in Detroit

Achieving economic self-determination in one of America’s most depressed cities. Read the article.

Why the Right Was Blamed

by James Leroy Wilson http://www.partialobserver.com/article.cfm?id=3564&RSS=1 It was to be expected, right from the day of Barack Obama’s election as Presdient. As the Tea Party grew, it became not a question of “if” but of “when.” Some lunatic was going to shoot a Democratic (or even moderate Republican) politician, […]

Greenwashed Corporatism is Still Corporatism

Kevin Carson explains why.

The Latest Shootings in America: An English View

Dr. Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance offers one.

Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents

1 Christianity: 2.1 billion 2 Islam: 1.5 billion 3 Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion 4 Hinduism: 900 million 5 Chinese religion: 394 million 6 Buddhism: 376 million 7 Primal-indigenous: 300 million 8 African Traditional: 100 million 9 Sikhism: 23 million 10 Juche: 19 million 11 Spiritism: 15 million 12 Judaism: […]

Talking Common Sense on the Gabrielle Giffords Incident

“Most the people who knew the AZ shooter called him a “nut” and a “Left wing pothead”. It’s interesting to watch all the Left TV shows and read the Leftist blogs, They are all trying to blame this kid’s actions on the “Right wing” and gun ownership. It’s […]

The Kingdom in the Closet

Interesting article from The Atlantic on Saudi Arabia’s gay subculture.

Land Tenure and Anarchic Common Law

A symposium on property and ownership theory at the  Center for a Stateless Society. Looks interesting,

Copenhagen's Anarchist Freetown of Christiania

…is under attack by the usual suspects. Figures.

Declarations of the First Stoner Homeland

I quitting smoking pot, for the most part, years ago and stoner culture itself never really appealed to me. That said, of all the separatist groups I’ve ever encountered, this is one of my personal favorites.

The Program of the Nation of Islam

Read it all here. So far as I can tell, there is nothing in these principles that are inherently incompatible with anarcho-pluralism or pan-secessionism. The kinds of communities the NOI might create internally would not exactly please our left-libertarian rivals, but so what? Just don’t go there.

Anarcho-Communism in Rural Virginia

Who would’ve thought? This place is about an hour from my residence, and I’ve had a number of friends who lived there for varying periods of time. See more here and here. Apparently, there are about 2000 such communities in the USA. The fact that such communities can […]

Is Diversity Strength?

Craig Bodeker interviews Jared Taylor. Predictability, Taylor says no. Jared Taylor makes the most articulate and compelling case for the legitimate concerns of white nationalists of anyone I am familiar with, but that’s not really the source of my interest in him. Rather, I am much more interested […]

The Real History of the Religious Right and Its Relevance to Pan-Secessionism

Frank Schaeffer, the son of the late evangelical Christian theologian and philosopher Francis Schaeffer, talks about how the “religious right” actually came into being in an interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. See Part One and Part Two. See also these detailed interviews with John Whitehead and […]

Socialism for the Rich

Keith Preston and the "King of Conspiracy"

by Steven Saragian Our Glenn Beck?: http://www.alternativeright.com/main/blogs/zeitgeist/our-glenn-beck/ Recently Keith Preston of AttackTheSystem.com authored an article on the Austin radio show host and documentary film maker Alex Jones. As a fellow, for lack of a better term, Conservative Anarchist that has actually been involved with what, for the lack […]

Liberal Blogger Calls for Military Occupation of American Cities

Totalitarian humanism at its finest. I suppose little more could be expected from a graduate of the System’s premiere institution of higher learning. What we need, I think, is some form of American gendarmerie—a quasi-military federal organization specialized in police/security functions rather than finding and killing bad guys […]

AttacktheSystem.Com is Now Ten Years Old

January 25 will be the tenth anniversary of Attack the System’s first appearance online. Special thanks to all of those who have supported or contributed to ATS over the years. For newer readers or those with a taste for nostalgia, here’s what we looked like in the old […]

What Would the Right-Wing of Pan-Secessionism Look Like?

I have a piece up at AlternativeRight.Com where I take a look at Alex Jones. Read it here. I argue that the kinds of elements Jones appeals to might be the ground level forces for the Alternative Right just as the fans of “conservative talk radio” and FOX […]

The Assessment Revisited: Again

by Michael Parish After posting my official reply to my critics last night, I paid a visit to Keith’s blog only to find that another voice had slipped under my radar. Normally, I would compose a brief rejoinder and post it in the comment’s section; the considerable length […]

Almost Everything Is A Crime In America Now

From The Economic Collapse #1 A Michigan man has been charged with a felony and could face up to 5 years in prison for reading his wife’s email. #2 A 49-year-old Queens woman had bruises all over her body after she was handcuffed, arrested and brutally beaten by […]

My First Cavity Search

The World According to Americans

Antimodernist Autonomism: Where Left and Right Meet

A correspondent recently informed me of Arthur Versluis’ article, “Antimodernism” (Telos, no. 137, winter 2006, pp. 96-130). This passage is particularly relevant to what we do here: (pp. 122-123): “Indeed, even those who are often termed ‘leftists’ or ‘anarchists’ share a great deal with what is often termed […]