An interesting debate between free market libertarian Steve Horwitz and Rawlsian liberal Jeffery Reiman. Wealth inequality is real, but is it fair? The distribution of wealth in America is lopsided in the favor of the 1% – a point made by the video “Wealth Inequality in America.” This […]
This is some months old now, but this is a really good overview of Chomsky’s thinking, and this criticisms of U.S. imperialism, neoliberalism, and his case of libertarian socialism.
Tom Woods interviews a climate change dissident. Listen here. To call any aspect of the climate change orthodoxy into question is to risk being condemned as “anti-science.” But are the arguments and computer models of the so-called mainstream really so rock solid? About the Guest Chip Knappenberger is […]
This is interesting in that Chomsky goes into a great deal of detail explaining why he thinks Trump is extraordinarily awful, but then concludes that Ted Cruz is even more dangerous.
Chomksy’s interpretation of Leninism was relatively similar to Rothbard’s. Too bad they didn’t get along.
Tom Woods interviews Mark Thornton on the economics of the illegal drug market. Listen here.
By Kitty Stryker Harlot Media While the plight of the survivors of trafficking are brought up in modern discourse around whether or not sex work should be legal or good for women, little actual space is given for survivors to come forward and share their stories. Mercedes is […]
This article is two months old, so some of its discussion of the presidential contest is a bit dated. But I tend to agree with the author’s general argument, i.e. that Sanders is actually the least state-centric of the presidential candidates (a very low standard, to be sure). […]
By Ben Swann Truth in Media Donald Trump has been making headlines saying that, if elected, he wouldn’t just go after terrorists—he would kill their families. And while the media has been shocked by this, why weren’t they outraged when President Barack Obama actually did? This is a […]
If the LP continues to grow in this manner, then it may be an excellent for pan-anarchist/pan-secessionist entryism. By Barry Donegan Truth in Media The unexpected, meteoric rise of celebrity presidential candidate Donald Trump has torn the Republican Party asunder, causing many leading GOP politicos that once represented the […]
Gary Johnson goes liberaltarian. The crap that’s been coming from the Libertarian Party in recent elections with characters like Johnson, Austin Petersen, Bob Barr, and Wayne Allan Root supposedly representing “libertarianism” is indicative of why we don’t need a Libertarian Party. Instead, we need a “Pan-Secessionist Meta-Party” or […]
Not so fast, says the latest data. By Seth Abramson Huffington Post On February 27th, Hillary Clinton led Bernie Sanders among African-American voters by 52 points. By March 26th, she led Sanders among African-Americans by just nine points. And today, Public Policy Polling, a widely respected polling organization, […]
Is a serious crack in the PC coalition emerging along racial and ethnic lines? By Sam Dickson Occidental Observer With all the attention on Donald Trump, there has been little discussion of the astonishing rift between Black and Hispanic Democrats on one hand and White liberal Democrats on the other. […]
Non-voters are generally foreign policy non-interventionists, cultural centrists, and economic leftists. By Benjamin Wallace Webb The New Yorker merican elections are peculiar instruments of democracy, because they are so consistent in whom they leave out. In the past three Presidential elections, about forty-five per cent of those eligible […]
In the two videos above, Connor Kilpatrick, a Marxist writer from The Jacobin, takes on well-known vulgar libertarians Austin Petersen and Wayne Allan Root. I disagree with Kilpatrick on a number of points. He’s painting libertarianism with a pretty broad brush. However, the objections he raises to “vulgar […]
Bill Lind on why the GOP is merely the right-wing of totalitarian humanism. By William S. Lind Traditional Right From Washington a panicked Republican Establishment is denouncing Donald Trump as “not a conservative”. The Establishment claims custody of the word “conservative” and with it the right to pronounce […]
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/04/04/458965/Keith-Preston-Trump-Iran/ “Donald Trump is in the process of running for president and part of his strategy from a rhetorical level is to simply say as many outrageous things as he can,” Keith Preston told Press TV on Sunday. The recent criticism of the Iran […]
This is a few years old, but it’s an interesting critique of “vulgar libertarianism” from a de facto Marxist perspective. By Connon Kilpatrick Calling yourself a libertarian today is a lot like wearing a mullet back in the nineteen eighties. It sends a clear signal: business up front, […]
An interesting critique of Sanders (and social democracy generally) from an Austrian/libertarian perspective. By Steve Horwitz Foundation for Economic Education Because of Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the presidency, many Americans are asking if “democratic socialism” is possible. Can there be a form of socialism that really includes the […]
In this podcast we will discuss the notion of scientism or the belief in salvation through science. We will look at the historical manifestations of this cult and the historic consequences of it. We will also discuss the philosophical bankruptcy of scientism as well. Chapter 1 (0:00–42:34): Philosophical […]
In this podcast we will discuss the notion of scientism or the belief in salvation through science. We will look at the historical manifestations of this cult and the historic consequences of it. We will also discuss the philosophical bankruptcy of scientism as well. Chapter 1 (00:00–15:26) What […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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