PoliceAbuse.Com
This appears to be a rather useful resource.
Keith Preston
If You’re Not an Extremist, You’re Not Paying Attention
From Kevin Carson. Read the entire article. If you think the anti-government paranoids of right and left are “extremists,” it’s a safe bet you don’t know much of anything at all about the actual historical record of federal law enforcement, the content of legislation like the 1996 Counter-Terrorism […]
The New Ruling Class And Taxpayer Funded Brainwashing
by Dr. Sean Gabb One of the many annoyances of living in a country like England—and I believe this also applies to America—is that lack of effective opposition within the mainstream media to outrageous acts of the authorities. I do not mean by this that when the police […]
Understanding Carl Schmitt
My interview with Richard Spencer for AltRight Radio. Listen to the podcast.
The American Economy: It Ain't Doin' Too Good
From The Economic Collapse. Does anyone really want to hear that America is in decline? For decades, most of us have been raised to believe that the United States is “number one” and that anyone who doubts that fact is a “gloom and doomer” that should just pack […]
US Drops From First To Seventh In Average Wealth Per Adult, Behind Singapore, Sweden, And… France
From Tyler Durden. (hat tip to James O’Meara) As if we needed more warnings that the US is rapidly losing its position as the world’s superpower and wealth aggregator, is the following chart from Credit Suisse, which ranks the top 10 countries in the world in terms of […]
"They’re Inhuman and They Don’t Need to Be Loved…"
This is a great bit of commentary from ATS contributor MRDA. This is a particularly good comment: “I wonder: does Morrissey’s little outburst offer a snapshot of what could happen if the Left acknowledge that their favoured folk aren’t always as innocent, victimized and enlightened as they portray […]
Lloyd Lacy: Memphis, Black National Anarchist
Lloyd Lacy is interviewed by Andrew Yeoman. Read the interview on BANA’s blog.
Leftist Psychology: Delusions in Disguise
by Michael Parish I’ve blogged on here before about the psychological inadequacies plaguing the modern Left, but I’ve never systematically analyzed them and presented a full conclusion. So, to cop a line from Lenny Bruce, I, as a “surgeon with a scalpal for false values” will dedicate this […]
Only the Guilty Need Fear? Tell It to Anne Frank
by Kevin Carson The U.S. government’s attempt to expand the surveillance state — in this case to make it easier to wiretap the Internet — is pretty much a dog-bites-man story. A fairly typical response is: “I’m not worried. After all, I’m not doing anything wrong.” Sure. Because […]
If you really wanted to make a "better" state, it should be easy enough.
Good suggestions from Anna Morgenstern: Even within the context of welfare-state capitalism, if people were serious about reform, they could do it quite easily. But the most logical reforms are not on the table, because of ideological bullshit. The truth is, social-democrat types love the super rich and […]
The Lying Media and the War on Terror
Excellent post from Sheldon Richman. The U.S. media does need formal censorship in order to silence dissident opinion. Because it is part of the wider ruling class apparatus, the media practices self-censorship. See the evidence: Who Owns the Media? The Six Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We […]
The Revolution Must Be Fun
A set of podcasts advocating a left/right populist alliance from a progressive perspective.
Cultural Roots and Collective Identity in a Libertarian Society
Gary Chartier’s submission to the Libertarian Alliance’s current essay contest.
The Left/Right Libertarian Economic Debate: Inequality-Good or Bad?
An Immoral System Can Only Be Sustained by Immorality by Kevin Carson [Keith: As a Hobbesian, Nietzschean, and Stirnerite, I reject the paradigm that posits a morality/immorality dichotomy, but that’s just nit-picking. This is good stuff.] Should We Care About Inequality? by Jason Sorens, founder of the Free […]
News on the Empire
Obama Can’t Stand Up to His General-And That’s Dangerous by Andrew Bacevich Afghanistan Nine Years On by Chris Sands The New Antiwar Populism by Justin Raimondo The U.S. Edges Closer to Invading Pakistan by Eric Margolis The Real Costs of the Wars by Bob Adelmann First Guantanamo Habeas […]
Indigenous Resistance: From Colombia to Palestine
Article by Anna Baltzer The gravest threat of all faced by Colombia’s indigenous population is cultural destruction and extinction. Of Colombia’s 102 indigenous tribes, 32 percent are in danger of disappearance. Eighteen tribes have fewer than two hundred persons remaining. One of the most important forms of resistance […]
The Trial of Geert Wilders: Totalitarian Humanism in Action
Read the report from the BBC. (hat tip to Brady Campbell) I’m not a fan of Wilders. His politics are basically the same as those of the neocons, e.g. Zionism, Islamophobia, and neoliberal economics. Nor do I agree with ideas like banning the Koran, minarets, headscarves, or burquas […]
Feminism/Multiculturalism Clash in New Jersey Domestic Violence Case
State court throws out religion as defense in case involving husband’s non-consensual sex with wife. (hat tip to David Heleniak)
Diego Santillan's After the Revolution
The full text of this work is available online. As for as I know, Santillan’s book is the most comprehensive explanation of how an anarcho-syndicalist economy is supposed to work. Here’s Santillan’s biographical entry from Wikipedia.
Karl Marx: Bourgeois Con Man?
Interesting discussion of Marxism by Gary North from a Mises Institute seminar from 1988. I don’t agree with North’s religious determinism any more than I agree with Marx’s and John Stuart Mill’s economic determinism, but North’s critique of Marxism (and Marxists) is rather penetrating. This comparison of Marxist […]
The Criminalization of Dissent
Amy Goodman’s discussion of the recent attacks by the feds on antiwar activists.
Giving Back With a Spoon, Taking With a Shovel
New piece from Kevin Carson. See also: Market Anarchism vs Market Statism by Anna Morgenstern Here’s an interesting critique of left-libertarianism from, well, a left-libertarian (more or less): Why I Am Not a Left-Libertarian by Bryan Caplan
Carl Schmitt, Part IV
The final installment of my series on Schmitt.
Totalitarian Humanism Continues Its Long March
The Death of the Office Joke SOME OF THE EQUALITY ACT PROVISIONS… Vegans, teetotallers and atheists given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups Churches forced to hire homosexuals and transsexuals against the tenets of their faith when employing staff under planned Labour equality laws Gipsies and […]
Should Gays Have Equal Right to Kill for the Empire?
Great stuff from my old editor at Anti-State.Com Jeremy Sapienza. It’s too bad Jeremy’s gleefully malicious but hilarious “Grim Milestone in Iraq-159,000 Troops Remain Alive” and “Why I Hate the Troops” articles aren’t available anymore.
State Worship: The Real Theocratic Threat
Good stuff from Jack Hunter. Also, a very astute analysis of the irreversible decline of the American empire from Dilip Hiro. Those familiar with stock exchanges know that the share price of a dwindling company does not go over a cliff in a free fall. It declines, attracts new […]
"Reluctant Anarchist" Joseph Sobran Dies at 64
Read his obituary at The American Conservative. And read how a conservative Catholic writer for National Review became an anarchist.
What Is the Best Way for Measuring the Size of the State?
I recently had a conversation with a professional sociologist, a liberal who actually believes in federal bureaucracy as an ideal, and who claimed that the best way of measuring the size of government is to consider the total number of government employees and their ratio to the size […]
Max Stirner: The Anarchist Everybody Loves to Hate
Jason McQuinn’s piece on Stirner from Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed.
Street Battles in Spain
Watch it on Youtube. The Spirit of ’36 lives on.
Labor Struggle: A Free Market Model
New extended essay by Kevin Carson.
Ontario Anti-Prostitute Laws Struck Down
Landmark Canadian court ruling. Bedford and prostitutes Valerie Scott and Amy Lebovitch took on the legal might of the federal and provincial governments, their battle waged on a shoestring legal aid budget and the volunteer services of expert witnesses and lawyers. Scott said the decision means sex workers […]
Stop the Internet Blacklist
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How's This for "Hope and Change"?
Obama argues his assassination program is a state secret. Glenn Greenwald discusses it. Says Glenn: At this point, I didn’t believe it was possible, but the Obama administration has just reached an all-new low in its abysmal civil liberties record. In response to the lawsuit filed by Anwar […]
Where Are the Liberals? Where Are the Conservatives?
Bill Bishop discusses his book “The Big Sort” where he talks about the political splintering of the U.S. into liberal and conservative local communities.
The Geography of the Rural Poor
A study showing where the rural poor are located, including a breakdown along ethnic lines. Unfortunately, the authors offer no solutions other than more welfare statism. One thing I would love to see anarchists and libertarians do is wage a campaign to expose and attack laws and regulations […]
The Dangers of Decentralization? Words from a Reader
Some comments from a reader named “Jared”: Totalitarian humanism is something that I agree is a serious threat and where I live in Canada, it has advanced into law where people can be incarcerated for expressing opinions that are deemed hateful. [Keith: At present, the First Amendment and […]
Thomas Sowell interview from 1999
There are some great quotes in this.
The Racial Breakdown of America's Biggest Cities
To what degree are Americans integrated or segregated? Cartographer Eric Fischer figures it out.
Does Cultural Authoritarianism Breed Political Authoritarianism?
Kevin Carson says yes. There’s some pretty good discussion going on with this, including comments from Carson, Gary Chartier, and myself.
U.S. Homicide Rates Since 1900
Homicide Rates in the United States 1900-1990
Topics for debate
Chris George recently offered these comments in response to my “Liberty and Populism: Building an Effective Resistance Movement for North America” essay. Chris raises some really good issues here. I’d like to know what others here might have to say on some of these questions. On the whole, […]
Dissent on HIV/AIDS
Lew Rockwell interviews filmmaker Brent Leung. Listen to the podcast.
Iraq: South Korea in the Middle East?
Interesting article from Scott Ritter. It is in this topsy-turvy world created by political hype and media spin that a president can, with a straight face, announce the withdrawal of American “combat troops” from Iraq, while leaving behind six combat brigades (renamed, but not reorganized) comprising some 50,000 […]
More on Dennis Steele's Campaign for an Independent Vermont
Press coverage from regional media. Read the article here. And other article here. Why Vermont Gubernatorial Candidates Are Afraid to Debate Dennis Steele by Thomas Naylor (Thanks, Jim!)
U.S. Population Growth
U.S. Census Bureau data on population growth. Clearly, the growth of incarceration rates is light years ahead of what could be accounted for by ordinary population growth. The Census Bureau also provides projections for the future, but these are highly speculative. We have shown their ‘middle estimates’ extending […]
U.S. Incarceration Rates Since 1920
The U.S. prison population has quintupled since 1980.
Your Guide to Recording the Police
Helpful tips from Radley Balko. So far Massachusetts is the only state to explicitly uphold a conviction for recording on-duty cops, and Illinois and Massachusetts are the only states where it is clearly illegal. The Illinois law has yet to be considered by the state’s Supreme Court, while […]
55% of Violent Crimes, 84% of Property Crimes Go Unsolved
Some interesting stats on the clearance rates for crimes. Two in five murderers, three in five rapists, and three in four armed robbers, and nine in ten burglars “get away with it.” It’s also true that in some large cities the clearance rate for homicides is less than […]
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