“If you revolt before you are organized into democratic, voluntary associations, you will create a power vaccuum that will be filled by authority. Authority is a ‘pioneer’ element– to use ecological terms– and will always be the first form of social organization. Democracy and anarchy are higher orders […]
I generally agree that the busybody, do-gooder, tattletale, know-it-all soccer mom types that the label “Karen” is meant to ridicule deserve the ridicule they get. It is this demographic that is one of the primary constituents for the therapeutic state and totalitarian humanism. Although women named Karen now […]
Krystal and Saagar give an update on coronavirus case numbers, watch CNBC Squawk Box anchors spar on-air over coronavirus death toll.
Krystal and Saagar discuss the firing of Central Park ‘Karen’ and released video that shows a Minneapolis cop with his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning, black man who later died.
As the saying goes, “You can’t make this shit up.” As one who is interested in political strategy, I have to hand it to the Trumpists on this one. Shore up with right-wing vote with pro-religion, pro-gun, pro-life, pro-Red Tribe/hate liberals rhetoric, and then cut into the black, […]
Biden has really given FAUX News a lot of ammunition with which to work Dinesh D’souza’s “Democrats are the real racists!” angle. The Democrats would be in a much better position if they would simply euthanize this guy, stuff him like Lenin, and make a ventriloquist dummy out […]
A couple of lines in a message from a reader illustrate perfectly well why I reject domestic US politics. Americans, to the degree they are even aware that the US has an empire, seem largely apathetic about it or reflexively supportive of it (“if not us, who else?”), […]
I consider Maoism to be the Eastern world’s version of Nazism (with ordinary Marxism-Leninism being more like Eastern fascism). But the Maoist critique of international relations, both geopolitically and socioeconomically, is correct. I could almost be an “anarcho-Maoist,” lol. In fact, I generally agree with the geopolitical analysis […]
The “Bolobolo” novel, written by the Swiss utopian writer Hans Widmer in 1983, outlines an interesting vision of a utopian anarchist future that is more or less based on an-com principles and which is something of a more modern version of William Morris’ “News from Nowhere.” It’s not […]
I’ve generally found this 40-page page pamphlet by Adam Knott to be a helpful tool when introducing anarchist ideas to “civilians.” It’s available in PDF form here. One libertarian once told me it was the purest form of anarchism yet devised, and I tend to agree. The following […]
This blog post from a few years ago describes a process I have noticed as well. As “libertarian” movements continue to grow, they also continue to split off into different tendencies based on their various hyphenated affiliations.
By Troy Southgate I don’t find it too far-fetched to claim that National-Anarchism is having the kind of impact – beneath the radar, in most cases – that Zen has had on Buddhism. When the purity of the latter was brought into question after its dissection into two […]
At least in this case the cops involved were immediately fired rather than having the higher-ups cover for them. It remains to be seen if they will be criminally prosecuted. The first question I always ask about a case like this is “Would a civilian get away with […]
By Jason Lemon Newsweek Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced the end of his state of emergency declaration for the novel coronavirus pandemic, with just 851 deaths reported and without ever implementing a lockdown.
𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒚 25, 1923
By Jonathan Ponciano Forbes The super rich are a whole lot richer than they were two months ago. Twenty five of the wealthiest people on Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires are worth a whopping $255 billion more than when the U.S. stock market hit a mid-pandemic low […]
By Libor Jany Minneapolis Star Tribune Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday after the detention and death of 47-year-old George Floyd — a scene that unfolded in a Facebook video showing a white officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded with police, “I can’t breathe.” Floyd […]
By Bryan Doherty Reason In a day-long virtual meeting, after four ballots, the 1,035 delegates assembled for the Libertarian Party’s online convention selected Jo Jorgensen as their presidential candidate. She won with slightly over 51 percent of the vote (not every delegate voted in every round) on that […]
This dude is as narcissistic as Trump which is quite an accomplishment. Krystal and Saagar discuss Charlamagne Tha God’s interview with Joy Reid, saying that we should not place the burden on black voters to show up for Joe Biden, but put the burden on Biden to show […]
This is some pretty good commentary. I disagree with some of this but I do agree that the state everywhere is the enemy. Although some of his arguments would be stronger if he embraced Hardt and Negri’s “Empire” thesis.
Marianne moves to the left of AOC. Interesting. Although endorsing social democrats rather than neoliberals is not exactly revolutionary.
This is funny as hell. Jeff Sessions was one of the first RepubliCONS to opportunistically attach himself to Trump in 2016, only to be used, abused, and discarded by the Orange Man. Saagar Enjeti discusses the significance of Trump’s endorsement of Tommy Tuberville, who hired the chief GOP […]
I actually feel somewhat sorry for folks whose vision is so limited that “To vote Biden or not to vote Biden?” actually seems to them to be a profound question. Though I’m glad to see Kyle and Krystal taking the attitude that Biden can go fuck himself. Krystal […]
Big Weed. It had to happen. The US is moving away from Prohibition, but only one step down to crony/state-capitalism. True “legalization” or “decriminalization” would simply mean that whoever wants to farms marijuana and sells it whoever wants to buy. Those who want to smoke will smoke and […]
A heroine for our time. By Jeff Maysh BBC News Sandeep Kaur pulled on a wig and adjusted her designer sunglasses in her rear-view mirror. June 6, 2014 was a typically sunny afternoon in California’s Santa Clarita Valley and a quiet one, except for the screams of passengers […]
People are realizing that wage slavery actually kind of sucks. By Sam Blum VOX Amid the pandemic, workers whose jobs once defined their lives are questioning what it was all for. Nina Rudnick sometimes dreams of an escape. As a director at a psychological research nonprofit, Rudnick, 37, […]
Poverty + poor diet + crummy healthcare=more diabetes/circulatory disorders/amputations By Lizzie Presser ProPublica It was a Friday evening in the hospital after a particularly grueling week when Dr. Foluso Fakorede, the only cardiologist in Bolivar County, Mississippi, walked into Room 336. Henry Dotstry lay on a cot, his […]
A description of life under the military dictatorship in Argentina during the 1970s. By Uki Goni New York Review of Books The white supremacists chanting “blood and soil” as they marched through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 were probably unaware that the leading Nazi ideologue who […]
An interesting article about the death penalty in Texas. By Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Part I. Ms. Lyons, Hi, if you are reading this then they killed me. I wanted to tell you that I enjoyed talking to you, you seem like a really great lady. I’m sorry […]
I generally agree with David’s analysis of what Trump’s 2nd term would be like. He would mostly govern like a normal Republican while using his position to attack his rivals in the state, among the politicians, and in the media. For those who care about the Democrat vs. […]
I am not a fan of Jacobin boys like Michael Brooks and Ben Burgis and their left-statist/social-democratic/reformist/Berniebro perspective, but I would have to share their disdain for the “Intellectual Dark Web.” The problem I see with the IDW people who are more leftward in their origins is that […]
Of course, that’s what government is for. What does anyone expect?
Apparently, Andrew Cuomo was shipping COVID-19 victims off to nursing homes. Genius idea, Andrew.
Kyle takes his stand with the 46%. Between the 46% who either don’t vote or vote third-party, the 67% of voters who constitute the “exhausted majority,” the minority of Blue Tribers and Red Tribers who are tired of the bullshit, and former establishmentarians who see through it all […]
This discussion is somewhat interesting but kind of sad. Krystal says her favorite presidents were FDR and LBJ. No surprise there (“Welfare Statism Uber Alles”). For Saager, it’s John Quincy Adams, Lincoln, Grant, and FDR. Sounds rather neoconnish. I guess that’s what passes for “national-populism” nowadays. My favorite […]
The purpose of the state is as follows: 1. Maintaining a monopoly on violence. 2. Monopolizing territory and resources. 3. Exploiting subjections while protecting, enriching, and empowering an artificially privileged elite. 4. Expanding its own power and realm of influence. 5. Maintaining a self-legitimating ideological superstructure.
My best guess is that virtually everything in this is probably correct. By Nexus X Humectress The following is a thought experiment imagining what the most effective response could have been, keeping in mind that the infection rate is determined by the intensity of exposure to virus particles […]
By Carey Wedler Foundation for Economic Education Every Memorial Day, Americans pay their respects to soldiers who have died while fighting for the US military. Though the good intentions and courage of those who enlist in the armed forces are admirable, the best way to honor those individuals […]
This data is a year old and was compiled by a researcher at PBS. I couldn’t find a credible source with up to date data.
An-com Wayne Price on post-capitalism. I should probably point out that NONE of the perspectives I have posted here recently care for my position. Not Price, not Carson, not WSA, not LibCom, not Anarkismo, and not orthodox libertarians. I’m generally too libertarian for the libsocs/libcoms/an-syns/an-coms, and “too left” […]
Carson replies to Wayne Price By Kevin Carson Center for a Stateless Society Wayne Price’s overall summary of my approach in Studies in Mutualist Political Economy (also available online) is quite even-handed and fair (unlike some others, e.g. the critique of Markets Not Capitalism, ed. by Charles Johnson […]
An-com Wayne Price critiques Carson’s individualist-anarchism. By Wayne Price Anarchist Library Kevin Carson is attempting to resurrect anarchist economic theory. This is interesting because most current anarchist political economy is speculation about a post-capitalist, post-revolutionary, economy—what it would look like and how it might work. There is little […]
By D. Morse and B. Sousa Anarkismo Have you ever noticed that when you are in an argument you want to have the last word? It often feels like the last word contains its own authority, as if you are the assaulted party and now you have defended […]
The libcoms attack Carson. LibCom.Org Kevin Carson responded to an article in Ideas and Action, the webzine of Workers Solidarity Alliance criticizing C4ss. I am member of WSA and have contributed to Ideas and Action and plan to regularly so I thought I would respond to Carson. I […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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