Month: May 2017

Government Will Not Save You From Corporations

Journalists and political partisans have expressed the mistaken presumption that government is a “balancing force” against the excess powers of corporations. This video explains that most excess power of corporations is provided and granted by government and that government seeks partnership with corporations and shares in the profits. […]

Voting Isn’t a Civic Duty

By Chris Shaw With the recent election here in the UK, we see the barrage of comments that regularly follow it. It entails saying something along the lines of “if you don’t vote you can’t complain”. A statement so stupid and banal that it doesn’t deserve the credit […]

Is Communism Dead?

By Libertarian Heathen In the most laughable Nick Sarwark gaffe to date, the Commissar of the National Libertarian Party was interviewed recently and said: “The association of libertarianism with the right is an artifact of the political climate of the Cold War, when communism was seen as a common […]

Arab Regimes under Influence of ‘Atlanticist-Zionist-Wahhabist’ Triangle: US Analyst

My latest interview with Tasnim. TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst said the majority of Arab regimes in the region are under the control of ‘Atlanticist-Zionist-Wahhabist’ triangle. “The majority of Arab governments are controlled by forces that are part of the wider Atlanticist-Zionist-Wahhabist triangle, particularly those in […]

Julian Assange Defiant After Swedes Drop Investigation: ‘The war has just begun’

Julian Assange has declared that “the proper war is just commencing” after Swedish prosecutors unexpectedly dropped their investigation into an allegation of rape against him, ending a torturous seven-year extradition battle that nevertheless leaves significant question marks over his future. The 45-year-old WikiLeaks founder appeared on the balcony […]

Chelsea Manning Released from Prison

By Paulina Firozi The Hill   Former soldier Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking thousands of classified documents. The BBC reported early Wednesday morning that Manning had left Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, citing a U.S. Army spokesman. Former President […]

Why is the Pluralist Commonwealth an American system?

An interesting libertarian socialist perspective. By Gar Alperovitz The Next System William Appleman Williams, in his system-challenging book, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, insisted that at the heart of American foreign policy was a “very powerful and dangerous propensity to define the essentials of American welfare in terms […]

The Faces of Freedom

By The People’s Post Modernist The Absurd Man As a caveat, I feel it is necessary it address the the metaphysics of freedom and the subsequent embodiment of ideas. Anarchists are first and foremost concerned with the concrete (funny considering how many write off anarchist movements as “idealistic”). […]

6 Feminist Myths That Will Not Die

By Christina Hoff Sommers Time Much of what we hear about the plight of American women is false. Some faux facts have been repeated so often they are almost beyond the reach of critical analysis. Though they are baseless, these canards have become the foundation of Congressional debates, […]