By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition The United States has long been celebrated as a land of diverse perspectives, where individuals with varied backgrounds and beliefs come together to form a rich tapestry of society. However, a growing body of literature, including works by Max Weber, Bill Bishop, Kai […]
A series of resources on the economy of production, trade, taxation, money and alternative means of exchange. (1765) Anders Chydenius, The National Gain [English] (1844) Karl Marx, The Competition among the Capitalists [English] (1848) Karl Marx, On Free Trade [English] (1848) John Stuart Mill, Of […]
Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: • Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and A… Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Gala Games: https://gala.games/lex – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off GUEST BIO: Michael Malice is a political thinker, […]
By anon (not verified) Based on a talk I gave at the August 12, 2023 Los Angeles Anarchist Book Fair by Wayne Price When the Russian state invaded Ukraine, I was immediately on the side of the Ukrainian people. Mainly this was because, like most people, I hate […]
Gian Piero de Bellis PANARCHY – POLYARCHY – PERSONARCHY (2005) Note A group of individuals, deeply dissatisfied with the dominant mental attitudes and material practices based on compulsory conformity to the majority and the restriction of personal choices, have drafted a series of principles that they […]
From the r/postleftanarchism sidebar: 1) The Left critiquing the Left as an nebulous, anachronistic, distracting, a failure, and at key points a counterproductive force historically (“the left-wing of capital”) critiquing Leftist activists for political careerism, celebrity culture, self-righteousness, privileged vanguardism, and martyrdom critiquing the tendency of Leftists to […]
From Integration Nightmare From Integration Nightmare This July I managed to visit two big anarchist festivals – Balkan Anarchist Bookfair and Anarchy 2023 in St.Imier. The first event attracted hundreds of activists mostly from the Balkans and Western Europe, while the Swiss festival had more people from outside […]
From Full Stop by Shane Burley As mutual aid networks created the infrastructure that allowed for the explosion of mass movements, direct action, and the occupation of public spaces during the 2020 protests, people began to ask if we were building a new society or trying to rediscover […]
By the contemptuous The Contemptuous Communique #3 Resisting The Leftist Creep “The problem with being an individual is that you always wind up outnumbered.” – Jim Goad “Causes are the diversion of the feeble – of those who have lost the power of acting strongly from their own […]
From Anarkistan by Nader Tif Translated from Persian July 31, 2023 The international gathering of anarchists was held from July 19 to 23, 2023 in the city of Saint-Imiér, Switzerland. In these five days, 412 meetings with different topics were held in 12 places of the city. What […]
Gian Piero de Bellis Polyarchy : a Paradigm (2002 – 2013) From state policing to community righting The starting point: ethos and nomos The slippery turn: cratos and lex Policing State policing The deceitful foundations of state policing The contemptible aims of state policing The absurd […]
By anon (not verified) From Transnational Institute of Social Ecology Photoreportage by Efthymis Hadjitheodorou for our Greek comrades at Aftoleksi. July 25, 2023 Photoreportage by Efthymis Hadjitheodorou for our Greek comrades at Aftoleksi. The egalitarian relations which I found in the Jura Mountains, the independence of thought and […]
Eric F. | August 5th, 2023 Center for a Stateless Society One of the main obstacles for a libertarian, even left-libertarian, appreciation of Marxian analysis is the assumption that it necessarily denies any role for the individual to play in both material struggle and general social analysis, leaving that entirely to […]
What if governments didn’t rule locations, but instead ruled minds? That is the question explored in this eBook. “Polystate” refers to the idea of a geographic entity in which multiple overlapping states exist, each consisting of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state. […]
Gian Piero de Bellis Considerations on Anarchy2022 (Saint-Imier, 29-31 July 2022) (2022) Note Some considerations on the anti-authoritarian gathering held in Saint-Imier in July 2022. On 29-31 July 2022 many libertarians gathered in Saint-Imier (Swiss Jura) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Congress […]
Gian Piero de Bellis Anarcho-authoritarians and anarcho-libertarians (2022) Note A critical clarification of certain positions in the anarchist movement that hinder the development and diffusion of the libertarian conception and practice. In all groups that want to refound/revolutionize the whole of society there are […]
Gian Piero de Bellis The mono-anarchists (2023) Note A reflection on the anarchist conception and the risks that it may increasingly become an ideology like any other, despotic, authoritarian, completely useless. The history of the ruling classes and the state rulers has always been […]
It seems most of the conflicts on the libertarian left are between these three contending sets of values. Enlightenment classical liberalism 2. The advancement of historically oppressed populations 3. Wider libertarian, anarchist, decentralist, anti-authoritarian, or anti-statist principles. I would argue that #1 is the baseline, the irreducible minimum […]
Gian Piero de Bellis Anarcho-communism & anarcho-capitalism: a critical assessment (2023) Note A critical reflection on two ideologies that narrow the anarchists’ field of choice and blur the image of anarchy as a conception and practice open to multiple lifestyles and voluntary forms of social organisation. […]
Ep. 2375 Christianity and the State: Time to Abandon Tired Ideas
Gian Piero de Bellis Polyarchy : a Paradigm (2000 – 2013) From totalitarian democracy to libertarian polyarchy Politics as democracy Democracy : etymology (descriptive) Democracy : ethics (prescriptive) Democracy : praxis (practice) The pre-conditions for democracy The disappearance of the pre-conditions The totalitarian democracy Democracy as statocracy Beyond […]
Gian Piero de Bellis The Saint-Imier Gathering (19-23 July 2023) Part II: the anarcho-statists (2023) Note Personal critical reflexion on the Saint-Imier gathering (19-23 July 2023) The gathering held in Saint-Imier (19-23 July 2023) [see Part I] has made very clear to all […]
Gian Piero de Bellis The Saint-Imier Gathering (19-23 July 2023) Part I: The anarcho-authoritarians (2023) Note Personal critical reflexion on the Saint-Imier gathering (19-23 July 2023) At the beginning of the year 2020 some individuals started making preparations for a large gathering of anti-authoritarians […]
By anon (not verified) A Guide to Anarcho-Syndicalism and Libertarian Socialism, Review of Tom Wetzel’s Overcoming Capitalism: Strategy for the Working Class in the 21st Century by Wayne Price This is an important book. Tom Wetzel presents a vision of a free, equal, and cooperative society, without classes, […]
J. Hoberman A scene from Unrest. (Courtesy of KimStim) This article appears in the June 26/July 3, 2023 issue. Cyril Schäublin’s Unrest may be the most orderly movie about anarchists ever made. That is part of the point. Uncannily serene as well as romantic, absurdist, and politically astute, […]
From Sabot Media Anaculture is a method by which we can abolish the State and implement a gift economy based on self-determination, horizontality, mutual aid, and solidarity. One where people contribute what work they can, doing what they are passionate about, and share in the more mundane responsibilities […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition The evolution of campus activism in American universities has witnessed a shift from fervent support for freedom of speech during the Free Speech Movement to staunch opposition among Millennials. This transformation is influenced by generational differences, cultural shifts, and the significant impact of […]
Todd Lewis will be joined by Keith Preston to discuss what exactly is anarchism and who exactly is an anarchist. Even anarchists themselves get into historical and praxis arguments over who is and isn’t an anarchist. Like the Pharaohs of old writing their competitors out of history. Get […]
Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem Sofia Quaglia Language can shape how you think in subtle and profound ways. But most researchers only study English speakers. READ How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism Kai Ye The privacy-focused messaging app […]
By thecollective From Freedom News UK Events, Jul 18th July 19th sees the first sessions of a five-day celebration of anarchist thought in the Swiss border town that hosted the visionaries of a definitive, and historic, break with Marxism. St Imier is as far as history tells, one […]
By Liza Featherstone There’s no substitute for building worker power and winning state power to change the world. But we also shouldn’t reject the utopian spirit that has long driven many to create egalitarian living and working arrangements. Illustration of members of the Oneida Community in upstate New […]
The identity of the young militiawoman on a barricade in Barcelona had been a mystery until an exhibition in Montpellier of long-lost works by its author, Antoni Campañà From EL PAÍS June 28, 2023 She was a nameless woman standing on a barricade in Barcelona in 1936, a […]
Ep. 2364 Gene Epstein: Should We Abandon the Nonaggression Principle?
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Ukraine’s transition from a former member of the USSR with a command economy to a chaotic market economy has been a challenging and transformative journey. Under President Leonid Kravchuk’s leadership, Ukraine embarked on the path toward a market-oriented system. However, the 1990s proved […]
By anon (not verified) International Anti-Authoritarian Gathering July 19-23 St-Imier, Switzerland https://anarchy2023.org/en On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first anti-authoritarian international, international meetings are being prepared in the Swiss Jura mountains. They will take place from July 19 to 23, 2023 – with an extension […]
International Anti-Authoritarian Gathering Anarchy 2023 – St-Imier July 19-23, 2023 On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first anti-authoritarian international, international meetings are being prepared in the Swiss Jura mountains. They will take place from July 19 to 23, 2023 – with an extension of a […]
Alex Kaschuta Subversive is a podcast by Alex Kaschuta about ideas that may not fit neatly into the Overton window and could use a nudge, or a sledgehammer. Alex chats to thinkers across the spectrum from iconoclast philosophers, rogue scientists, *real* journalists, and our true intellectual elite, Twitter […]
Singer: Pete Seeger Lyrics: The Workers on the S. P. line to strike sent out a call; But Casey Jones, the engineer, he wouldn’t strike at all; His boiler it was leaking, and its drivers on the bum, And his engine and its bearings, they were all out […]
Singer:Unknown(sorry) Lyrics: There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows, Some are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue blooded queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl; But the only and thoroughbred […]
Singer: Utah Phillips Lyrics: Are you poor, forlorn and hungry? Are there lots of things you lack? Is your life made up of misery? Then dump the bosses off your back. Are your clothes all patched and tattered? Are you living in a shack? Would you have your […]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PaJcHc3hbqQJCBIxnB5oqUCmKGDYN-Ng/view?pli=1&fbclid=IwAR2qFvmKbaLvsZPBnnQUx1CJsgncMkbo6LxjNRwBPG5u_YgQg4kwZShU_nA A workshop introducing anarchism and Nonviolent Communication (among other things) to a bunch of psychologists and people studying to be psychologists, most of whom were from China.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley “Suppose you had the revolution you are talking and dreaming about. Suppose your side had won, and you had the kind of society you wanted. How would you live, you personally, in that society? Start living that way […]
This was the very first essay ever written for Attack the System. It dates to circa 1999/2000 CE/AD. It will be left up to the reader to determine how well it holds up under the test of time. American Revolutionary Vanguard While many contemporary American revolutionaries consistently bemoan […]
Technological advances are rendering geography-based governments obsolete, and states must adapt to an increasingly digital world Benedict Macon-Cooney February 9, 2022 Image Credit: Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Throughout history, the concept of the state has been in flux. Power has been centralized and decentralized, often in an oscillating manner. […]
Balaji S. Srinivasan: The Network State February 21, 2021 Summary Balaji has turned his attention to the creation a Network State, in particular a polis with a transhumanist mission “which starts with a virtual university, bootstraps a digital economy, and can be forked to create new opt-in polities.” […]
Balaji Srinivasan’s “The Network State” isn’t just a thought experiment — it’s a blueprint that, right or wrong, will inform how powerful tech leaders interact with governments for years to come. “The Network State” has undeniable appeal among some of the most powerful figures in tech. | Illustration: […]
Balaji Srinivasan’s thesis of forming countries online underpins a thought-provoking bestseller and maybe a new asset class – earning him a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022 list. By Marc Hochstein Dec 5, 2022 at 7:30 a.m. EST Updated May 26, 2023 at 5:05 p.m. EDT Balaji Srinivasan […]
Ep. 1550 Michael Malice on Anarchism and Emma Goldman
Statements from Three Anarchist Organizations 2023-06-24 Current Events Български čeština čeština Deutsch Early on June 24, Vladimir Putin addressed Russia about the unfolding rebellion of the Wagner private military company, saying that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion is “pushing the country toward anarchy and fratricide.” This is a misuse of […]
Beyond anarchy 2023 Why doesn’t anarchism reach more people? (2023) Note Presented as material for discussion in occasion of the 2023 Saint-Imier gathering (19-23 July) to celebrate the 150 years from the Congress of the Anti-authoritarian International (Saint-Imier, 15-16 September 1872) When I […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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