Article by Kevin Carson. ————————————————————————————————– Law’n’order conservatives frequently like to challenge civil libertarians to show what concrete loss of freedom they’ve experienced under USA PATRIOT and other “counter-terror” (aka “police state”) legislation. Well, first of all it’s hard to say, since under USA PATRIOT it’s an offense even […]
Article by Jim Goad. Wow. ———————————————————————————————– Reading the Declaration of Independence 235 years after it was written, it’s kidney-punchingly obvious that the United States government has become precisely the sort of bloodsucking tyrant against which the Founding Fathers revolted. These days our primary financial and political mechanisms, as […]
Article by Thomas Naylor. ——————————————————————————————————————————- What are the people of Germany doing? Sleeping. Their sleep is filled with nightmares and anxiety, but they are sleeping. We have awaited their awakening for so long, yet they continue to remain stolid, stubborn, and silent as to the crimes committed in […]
Article by Roger Scruton. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ———————————————————————————————————————— The True Finn Party in Finland has broken through the left-liberal consensus to take second place in the polls, reminding voters that Finland is not just a geographical area but a country defined by language, culture, and history, […]
reuters.com Kate Kelland (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger. A biomedical gerontologist and chief […]
This is the final in a series of essays in response to Matthew Lyons’ critique “Rising Above the Herd: Keith Preston’s Authoritarian Anti-Statism.” And here is the transcript of a recent lecture by Lyons where yours truly gets a couple of mentions. Part One may be viewed here. […]
Interesting interpretation of Orwell’s classic by Jonathan Bowden. ————————————————————————————————————————— George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is probably the most important political novel of the twentieth century, but the Trotskyite influence on it is under-appreciated. The entire thesis about the Party’s totalitarianism is a subtle mixture of libertarian and Marxist contra […]
By John O’Reilly and Nate Hawthorne Industrial Worker July / August 2011 This article is the second in a series discussing the themes of the One Big Union and Industrial Unionism. We believe these themes are relevant to the future of our organization and our organization’s vision and […]
Javier Sethness reviews James C. Scott’s “The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia”. ————————————————————————————————————————————- James C. Scott’s latest work, “The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia,” is a deeply important book. The text, a historical-anthropological investigation […]
Article by W. F. Price. Hat tip to David Heleniak. —————————————————————————————————— I’ve made the point a number of times that today, strident feminists are often from successful, well-heeled families. Having attended a private school for some time as a kid, I’ve long been well aware that wealthy urban […]
by Thomas Jefferson and Russell Longcore. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ——————————————————————————————————————— I recently began contemplating the imminent collapse of the US Federal Government. In light of the insane, unconstitutional spending of the Congress and Presidents (Bush and Obama will spend the same ways), the recession/depression that the […]
Article by Kevin Koenninger. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ————————————————————————————————————— DAYTON, Ohio (CN) – Dayton police “mistook” a mentally handicapped teenager’s speech impediment for “disrespect,” so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from “upward of 20 police officers” after the boy rode his bicycle […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————- The Hill reports that “President Obama … defiantly said he does not need to discuss the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution because U.S. military involvement in Libya has not come to that point.” The President evidently regards the “fuss” over whether or […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————- Rick Santorum is exercised lately over “a conscious effort on the part of the left to desensitize America and what American values are so they can be more pliable to the new values they would like to impose on Americans.” Santorum’s got it […]
…after ten years on death row. ———————————————————————————————— Cory Maye of Mississippi was charged with capital murder after shooting a cop in his home in 2001. They mistook him for a drug dealer, and he mistook them for an armed intruder. Maye maintained he was trying to protect his […]
Here it comes. ————————————————————————————————————————— In 2012, we shall find out who is right politically, when the issue goes on the ballot in battleground states. But is moral truth to be discovered at a ballot box? Do we have no superior moral compass than majority rule? “A new kind […]
From the Daily Mail. Over time, more and more comments of this type will start coming from mainstream figures. —————————————————————————————————————————————— A Riverside County Supervisor is proposing the Golden state be split in two. This, says Jeff Stone, would allow officials in the new ‘State of South California’ to […]
A very interesting article from American Third Position. I’m sometimes asked how mass immigration can be a pro-state or pro-ruling class policy given it’s illegality. First of all, not all of it is illegal. Second, it it often subsidized by the state or by capitalism directly or indirectly. […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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