Keith Preston
Weimar America
Free Your Mind Conference 05 – Gabriel Brown (April 7th, 2017)
The General Strike
The centralized state apparatus maintains and enforces anti-union laws because without them, the centralized state apparatus would not exist. It is illegal for workers from one workplace to cease production in solidarity with workers from another workplace. An unified labor strike cannot be allowed to happen over […]
When Insurrections Die
Anarchist News New Content from Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro When Insurrections Die by Gilles Duve – Listen MP3 – YouTube or Read it – PDF – Text Are fascism and democracy two sides of the same statist coin? What can the history of fascism tell us about […]
The Brilliant: Episode 44 – How do we fight?
The Brilliant. Listen here. As a person who has been involved in the post-left anarchist space I’ve had a fight or two with other anarchists. How did we do that? What was off and on the table? Was there a winner/loser? Was it the right thing to do? […]
Anews podcast – episode 6 (April 9 2017)
Listen here. This is the sixth episode of the podcast for Anarchist News dot org. This is a topical news project based on the posts of Anarchist News, about what is happening in the anarchist space. It was recorded the 6th of April and covers the last […]
IGDCAST: CrimethInc. on Repression, Syria, Trump & the Road Ahead
It’s Going Down. Listen here. We’re several months into the Trump regime and we can now begin to make some relative critiques and analyses about our activity and how things have gone down. How have our predictions about Trump played out? Where has our analysis fallen flat? How […]
666D Interuniversal Teichmuller Chess with Anatoly Karlin
The Stark Truth. Listen here. Robert Stark, co-host Pilleater, and Rabbit talk to Anatoly Karlin. He blogs at The Unz Review and has a new Russian language podcast rogpr(Russian Occupation Government Public Relations) hosted by Kirill Nesterov (@strana_mechty), and with @paypigdog. Topics: […]
Keith Preston on Trump’s Attack on Syria
Tasmin News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst said “pro-Israeli forces within the United States have for years exercised considerable pressure on the US to take action against Syria”, stressing that the recent attack on the Arab country seeks to serve the interests of Israel in […]
Robert Stark talks to Rabbit about Trump’s Betrayal & Attack on Syria
The Stark Truth. Listen here. Robert Stark and co-host Pilleater talk to Rabbit about Trump’s attack on Syria and the betrayal of his base. Rabbit blogs at AltLeft.com – “The left wing of the AltRight” Topics: The gas “attack” in syria and […]
It’s Time Us Left-Wingers Stood Up to PC
By Andrew Doyle Spiked Online any of us on the left are tired of playing a losing game. Too often we are unhorsed by the worst excesses of our own side, in particular the mindless peddling of identity politics as a substitute for rigorous debate. Each week brings […]
Time to Hedge State Reserve Funds with Gold
By Jp Cortez Financially prudent individuals set aside surplus funds to protect against unforeseen expenditures. This way, when faced with loss of income, house repairs, car trouble, or anything else, they will have a buffer against unanticipated downturns. In the same vein, almost every state in the United […]
No point in ‘alarmist rhetoric’ over US undemocratic measures under Trump
Press TV. Listen here. There is no reason to step up “alarmist rhetoric” in the wake of the undemocratic trend across the US under President Donald Trump, says a senior political commentator. Keith Preston, the chief editor and director at AttacktheSystem.com, made the remarks in an interview with […]
Robert Stark talks to Bay Area Guy about Trump & Healthcare
The Stark Truth. Listen here. Robert Stark and co-host Pilleater talk to Bay Area-based blogger Bay Area Guy of Occident Invicta. Topics: Bay Area Guy’s article Healthcare and The Donald about the demise of the Republican healthcare bill, and its implications for Trumpian nationalism How America’s healthcare […]
Max Stirner: The Dissolute Life of an Egoist
By Keith Preston German intellectual culture of the early nineteenth century produced an amazing variety of thinkers whose influence would continue to be felt two centuries later. Among the most interesting of these were those influenced in various ways by G.W.F. Hegel, but who utilized Hegel merely as […]
Gun-Totin’ Left-Wingers Demonstrate at the Arizona Capitol: Is Bloodshed on the Horizon?
By Stephen Lemons Phoenix Hey, lefties with guns, that’s cool. At least, that was my first impression upon seeing about 40 or so assorted anarchists, Brown Berets, and members of a group calling itself the Phoenix John Brown Gun Club across the street from the state Capitol, openly […]
What Has Yale Become?
Letter to the American Left: Antifa is Not Your Friend
By Nicholas Goroff Occupy.Com Though to many they may seem to be revolutionaries, primed to take the fight against whatever variety of perceived fascism, the self-proclaimed anti-fascists of “Antifa” are a millstone around the neck of the political left and possibly a greater danger to progressive and liberal […]
Anews podcast – episode 4 (March 26th 2017)
Listen here. Anarchist News
Intro to Anarchy: Power & Violence
Round-table Episode #1: Race Realism
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston (anarchist), Sean Gabb (classical liberal) and Alex Fontana (altright) to discuss Race Realism.
The Importance of Mutuality in the Realm of Tradition
By Chris Shaw Tradition is the conception of a solid society of recognised rules and customs with distributed classes of people. Generally seen as the lower and higher orders, society actually has much more complex relations of heredity and hierarchy, which take on different realms and situations. While […]
Unraveling Classical Political Theory: The Roots of the Left, Part I: Classical Liberalism and Progressivism
The Last Vagabond In episode 6, Keith and Tim discuss classical liberalism and reform liberalism (often considered progressivism today), which is a philosophy that came out of the enlightenment that held the idea that citizens have inalienable rights against established systems of power, like the monarchy or the state. […]
Robert Stark talks to Giovanni Dannato about Solutions to Social Problems
Stark Truth Radio. Listen here. Robert Stark and co-host Pilleater talk to Giovanni Donnato. Giovanni blogs at Colony of Commodus and is the author of A Kingdom For the Introvert. Follow Giovanni on Twitter. Topics: What Might A Post-Western Aesthetic Look Like? Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti, the concept of arcology, […]
Is Anarchism Worth It?
By Chris Shaw This question comes as a result of the lack of cohesiveness amongst the adherents of anarchism. Anarchists, while professing a common universality of values and beliefs, act as roving tribes when it comes to meetings between their different ideological sects. None seem to coalesce around […]
Anarchist News Podcast
Great new anarchist podcast. Listen here.
Keith Preston is Interviewed by Augustus Invictus
Greek farmers fight police in Athens over tax hikes
Greek farmers armed with shepherd’s crooks and stones fought riot police in a violent protest against tax hikes outside the Ministry of Agriculture in Athens.
Praise of Folly Podcast #33 Libertarianism Past, Present and Future
Todd Lewis Keith Preston discuss the history of libertarianism, its current fissions and its future.
Chase Rachels & Derrick Broze Debate “Libertarian-Right” Alliance
On March 8, 2017, authors and activists Derrick Broze and Chase Rachels debated the proposition of a call for a “libertarian-right alliance.” —————————————————– This is a great discussion. Both of these guys are very knowledgeable and articulate.
Idaho Democrat Leader Brain Malfunction: “We Can’t Say Gold Is Going to Protect Us from Inflation When [It has Risen from] $27 an Ounce to $1,218 an Ounce”
By: Jp Cortez The Dunning-Kruger effect is the idea that low-ability people tend to suffer from illusory superiority. The phenomenon, first studied by David Dunning and Justin Kruger, says that people who know the least tend to overvalue their own competence, and tend to believe that they are experiencing some […]
Unraveling Political Theory: What is the Alt-Right?
The Last American Vagabond In part 5, Keith and Tim take a look at the recently popularized term “alt-right,” which, to those who have done any type of research, is a complex term that means many things to many different people. If one was to simply do a […]
States Consider Removing Income and Sales Taxes from the Monetary Metals
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click Here Precious metals markets can certainly be volatile from week to week, but over time they are a more reliable store of value than Federal Reserve Notes. Gold and silver remain the world’s most enduring and most widely recognized form of money. […]
Donald Trump’s State Department approves Saudi Arabia weapons sales blocked by Barack Obama
Apparently, Trump has decided to be just another tool of the Anglo-American-Zionist Wahhabist axis of evil. No US President that ever moved to dismantle the empire would be allowed to survive. The wider ruling class and deep state interests would force him out by means of political maneuvering, […]
The Democratic Party seems to have no earthly idea why it is so damn unpopular
Right now is an ideal time for the promotion and cultivation of ATS ideas. Thanks to the bizarre nature of the US electoral system, a perceived “fascist” party is the ruling party, with control over the entire federal government and most of the states, and in opposition to […]
Is the Left Moving Towards the ATS Position?
My long range vision for ARV-ATS has always been to develop an anarchist-led revolutionary Left that works with the radical Right for the purpose of dismantling the American empire (Rome on the Potomac). Now that Donald Trump has taken the throne as the latest clown-emperor, it would appear […]
An Open Letter Denouncing Anti-Fascist Action Bay Area (aka Antifa)
Antifa has no place in Oakland because it is a racist, reactionary, reductive, counter-revolutionary, and nihilistic organization that has attacked workers and community members as well as engaged in intimidation increasing police repression against marginalized communities. I am writing this open letter to demand that Antifa in Oakland […]
Praise of Folly Podcast #32: State vs Anti- State
Todd Lewis and I discuss the case for anarchism against the state.
Unraveling Political Theory: What is Anarchism?
The Last American Vagabond
Keith Preston: Trump’s claim that Obama wiretapped his phone is plausible
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump’s explosive allegation that then-president Barack Obama wiretapped him during the 2016 election campaign is “plausible” since it has taken place during previous US administrations, an American political analyst in Virginia says. “It’s entirely credible and entirely possible and believable that […]
Sound Money Is Rising at the State Level
By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange Inflation is the most pernicious of taxes levied by our government. Officials systematically devalue the Federal Reserve Note “dollar,” then levy capital gains taxes on assets when their dollar price rises. The “gains” are largely illusory. Rising asset prices over time reflect […]
National Futurist Party Platform
National Futurist Party Platform In Progress: Banking: Nationalization of the Federal Reserve, and mandate the Fed grant interest free loans. Support for a public infrastructure bank to fund public works projects, and interest free loans for businesses and mortgages. Debt: Complete Dept Forgiveness for student loans and mortgages. […]
Who and What Counts as Anarchism?
From an anarcho-communist Facebook commentator. WHO AND WHAT COUNTS AS ANARCHISM? There’s a number of different views on who’s deemed to be a real anarchist and what’s deemed to be legitimate schools of anarchist politics. Let’s imagine a spectrum of these views, measured in terms of “strictness” of […]
Trump’s Use of Navy SEAL’s Wife Highlights All the Key Ingredients of U.S. War Propaganda
By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept During his Tuesday night address to the U.S. Congress, President Trump paid tribute to Ryan Owens, the Navy SEAL killed in the January commando raid in Yemen that Trump ordered. As he did so, television cameras focused for almost four full minutes on Owens’s […]
Gentrification
Anarchy and Peace with Penny Rimbaud of Crass
Noisey In this Noisey film ‘Get Out of Your Own Way,’ we join the anarcho-punk artist in the English countryside to talk life, zen, and World War I poet Wilfred Owen. Watch here. Penny Rimbaud is a 73-year-old artist, poet, and activist who, in 1977—alongside Steve Ignorant—founded Crass: […]
The Deep State’s Hatred of Trump Is Not the Same as Yours
By Paul Street Truth-Dig Jim Lo Scalzo / Pool image via AP Last October, three weeks before the presidential election, I wrote an essay for left progressives titled “The Ruling Class’s Hatred of Trump is Different Than Yours.” People on the left, I noted, loathed the white-nationalist, quasi-fascist […]
An Unexpected Path to Liberal Revival
By Stephen Yearwood I saw two maps shown by John King on CNN when he was analyzing the 2012 election. They illustrated with striking clarity the political divide in this nation. Those maps pointed towards a possible path liberals could take to reasert their importance in the political […]
Keith Preston: Trump Admin. May Provide Europe with Opportunity to Assert Its Own Identity
Tasmin News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst described European nations as age-old “colonies” of the US Empire, noting that policies by the country’s new administration on Europe can give this chance to the 28-member bloc to assert its own “identity” and “independence”. “Europe faces no […]
Recent Comments