Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? – Questions For Corbett
States, ruling classes, and power elites already practice anarchy. The state is only for us peasants.
For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power
By Selam Gebrekidan New York Times LONDON — In Hungary, the prime minister can now rule by decree. In Britain, ministers have what a critic called “eye-watering” power to detain people and close borders. Israel’s prime minister has shut down courts and begun an intrusive surveillance of citizens. […]
Yes, I’m Definitely an Anarchist
The State is Organized Crime
With all due respect to organized crime.
Our Enemy, the State
As Coronavirus Spreads, Poll Shows Nearly 60% in US Believe Political System Designed Solely to Serve Rich and Powerful
We’re a majority now, but we need to get our numbers up further. By Julia Conley Common Dreams New polling out Wednesday backdropped by the continuing coronavirus outbreak shows that most of the country believes the U.S. political system works only for the wealthy and elite rather than […]
The Response To Coronavirus ‘Is Central Planning on Steroids’: Rep. Thomas Massie
The “Who Cares? Act” is statism on steroids, ruling class looting on steroids, and political class opportunism on steroids.
Donald Trump and Conservative Intellectuals
An interesting discussion of Trump from November 2016, immediately after Trump’s election, that nails the essence of Trumpism fairly well, i.e. a symbolic triumph of populism against elitism where the principal division is social class. The speakers in this video are “conservative intellectuals” of the old-bourgeois variety, and […]
Rawabi and the Case for Cooperative Governance
By Jidy Chitta Startup Societies Foundation As the startup societies movement has matured a few core tenets have emerged to explain the value of creating startup societies to the broader world. The concept of competitive governance is one of those tenets. In a nutshell, the theory of competitive […]
Panarchy and Entrepreneurial Cities
By Pedro Dias Startup Societies Foundation In 1860, the Belgian economist and botanist Paul Emile de Puydt published the essay Panarchy, originally in French¹, in the periodical Revue Trimestrielle, in which he outlined a political system in which everyone would have the right to choose under which form […]
Autonomy and Federalism
By Sam Dolfgoff (1986) The revival of interest in anarchism has recently produced works on the ideology and history of the libertarian movement. By far, most modern writers confirm popular misconceptions about how the anarchists view the relationships of society to the state, of individual freedom and local […]
From megalopolis to communitas
By Murray Bookchin (1974) Panarchy.Org The city has completed its historic evolution. Its dialectic from the village, temple area, fortress or administrative center, each dominated by agrarian interests, to the polis and medieval commune during an era when town and country were in some kind of equilibrium, to […]
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
A contemporary scholarly masterpiece that completely debunks the state. Available at Amazon. Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today’s states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle […]
Alexander Berkman said it in 1929
Given that the “Who CARES? Act” is the Burgfriendenspolitik of the modern US economy, Alexander Berkman’s characterization of social democrats from 1929 has relevance. The present ruling class action is a mere looting spree and mass theft, as opposed to outright mass murder as was the case in […]
Could an Anarchist Society Defend Itself?
In my view, the only valid argument against the anarchist position is the one David Friedman called “the hard problem,” i.e. the question of whether a stateless territory could potentially defend itself against external invasions by states. All the other arguments are merely special pleading on behalf of […]
Anarchist Writings on Coronavirus
The Anarchist Library Against the Coronavirus and the Opportunism of the State — CrimethInc. Mar 27, 2020 18 pp. Against the Quarantine of Passions, the Social Epidemic — Anonymous Mar 28, 2020 7 pp. An Anarchist Perspective on the Coronavirus Pandemic — Anonymous Mar 29, 2020 4 pp. […]
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How Would A Libertarian Solve The Pandemic Crisis?
A great an-cap libertarian vs. left-civil libertarian discussion.
Is this COVID-19…or COVID-1984?
A timely video from the great Carey Wedler.
A Reminder of Why I am an Anarchist
The current public health/economic crisis is definitely a reminder of why I am an anarchist. Thus far, the responses to the situation by the various factions of the state/ruling class/power elite have been as follows: Republicans: “The ruling class is suffering. Let’s bail them out! Maybe give a […]
Resisting the Federal Government in These Dark Days?
Tom Woods talks to the Tenth Amendment Center’s Michael Boldin and Free Man Beyond the Wall host Peter Quinones about state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws, and whether it might apply in the current circumstances. Listen here.
Anarchy in Albion: Building utopia in the heart of Yorkshire
Freedom News I often seek solace at the Brotherhood Church. This may sound like an odd statement for an anarchist, but — despite its name — I am not referring to some religious cult or new-age retreat. I am talking about a Tolstoy-inspired, anarchist commune which has stood […]
1919: When the Bolsheviks Turned on the Workers
Crimethinc One hundred years ago in Russia, thousands of workers were on strike in the city of Astrakhan and at the Putilov factory in Petrograd, the capital of the revolution. Strikes at the Putilov factory had been one of the principal sparks that set off the February Revolution […]
What to do About the Corona Crisis?
One crisis chases the next. We are constantly being confronted with new threat scenarios. In our pursuit of security, we accept restrictions on our freedom all too easily and enable state and capitalist monitors to control and examine every aspect of our everyday life. Most people believe everything […]
Don’t Let Panic Force You to Support a Growing Fascist Police State
By Ahjamu Umi Its important to contextualize what’s happening throughout the world today with the challenges facing us from the potential growth of COVID 19. If what we are learning is true, this virus has devastating capacity. Even if you are healthy and strong, you can hold the […]
Josiah Warren, the Most Practical Anarchist
It’s time for anarchists to stop wasting time arguing over the capitalism/socialism false dichotomy. “Neither statism nor corporatism” should be our economic battle cry. The real divide is between order-givers and order-takers, and between the power elite and those who are subordinated to the power elite. By David […]
An Anarchist Programme
A classical anarchist manifesto from 1920. By Errico Malatesta Anarchist Library 1. Aims and Objectives We believe that most of the ills that afflict mankind stem from a bad social organisation; and that Man could destroy them if he wished and knew how. Present society is the result […]
Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus
The cockroaches are coming out of the baseboards. By Larry Elliot The Guardian Gordon Brown has urged world leaders to create a temporary form of global government to tackle the twin medical and economic crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The former Labour prime minister, who was at […]
When Disease Comes, Rulers Grab More Power
The state is grabbing more power, the ruling class has gone looting, and the sheeple are going along with it, as usual. By Anne Applebaum The Atlantic On March 13—Friday the 13th, as it happened—my husband was driving down a Polish highway when he turned on the news […]
The Great Purge: The Deformation of the Conservative Movement
I have a chapter in this book where I argued that the postwar conservative movement was nothing other than a front for the military-industrial complex and right-wing of the US ruling class (the Sunbelt industries that were in conflict with the “northeastern establishment”). The other authors were all […]
How I Became an Anarchist by Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall’s “Demanding the Possible” is the best book on the general history and theory of anarchism that there is.
Italian Anarchist Federation : #Coronavirus and emergency – We do not forget which side of the barricade we are on
Communique by the Correspondence Commission of the Italian Anarchist Federation about the coronavirus and the state of emergency. Originally published by the Italian Anarchist Federation. Translated by Enough 14. In the face of this crisis, state and capital are showing, with unprecedented evidence, their immense limitations and their […]
The Wolves Come Out at Night
From mutual aid to dual power in the state of emergency
Rest assured, governments around the world will use/are using the current public health crisis as a pretext for a permanent power grab. Because that’s what governments do. We need to be prepared with a bottom-up response to ruling class shenanigans that are intended to strengthen class subjugation. By […]
Surviving the Virus: An Anarchist Guide
The Coronavirus crisis is a pretext for a major power grab by governments and corporations. An interesting analysis from Crimethinc. Read it here.
President of Liberland talks about progress in the establishment of the first libertarian state
The No Party 2020
An interview with anarchist Howard J. Ehrlich
No Gods No Masters A History of Anarchism
“Political Anarchy” Is How the West Got Rich
By Ryan McMaken Mises Institute It is not uncommon to encounter political theorists and pundits who insist that political centralization is a boon to economic growth. In both cases, it is claimed the presence of a unifying central regime—whether in Brussels or in Washington, DC, for example—is essential […]
Jacob Hornberger: Let the Free Market Determine Rates, Pick the Best Money
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation with a mission to present the principled case for the libertarian philosophy. Mr. Hornberger is a native of Texas, served […]
Anarchy? – Questions For Rose
Larken and Amanda Rose of The Rose Channel join James in Acapulco to answer some questions from our previous conversation about how to talk to statists.
Visions of Anarchy – James Scott, David Friedman, & Robert Ellickson
A rare conversation among eminent exponents of left-wing anarchism, anarcho-capitalism, and classical liberalism. See below the fold for full info & cue times.
Anarchy: More or Less Government?
By Will Schnack Evolution of Consent Compared to monarchy, is democracy more or less government? It seems to depend on who is asked. Some will suggest that democracy is less government than monarchy is, because people have the ability to participate directly in the governing process. Others, however, […]
TROY SOUTHGATE (Thomas Sankara) & ADAM ORMES (The Individual in Community)
Two leading National-Anarchists deliver their respective talks at a public meeting of the Associação de Jornalistas e Homens de Letras do Porto (Portugal), followed by a question and answer session involving both speakers. The organizers of this event were José Almeida and Manuel Rezende from Café Odisseia. 00:00 […]
R.I.P. Aragorn Bang
Some sad news from AnarchistNews.Org. Apparently, anarchist publisher Aragorn Bang has passed away. Aragorn was a long time anarchist from the Bay Area, and the force behind the Little Black Cart publishing venture. R.I.P. At 10:26pm on Thursday February 13 Aragorn! walked on. After a debilitating stroke he […]
No Gods No Masters A History of Anarchism
‘I Was In Three Riots In Four Months’ – A 30+ Year Anarchist Journey
Pete invited Keith Preston to return to the show to talk about his 30+ year journey through anarchism. Keith has devoted much of that time to anarchism’s historical study and hosts the largest pan-archist site on the web, Attack The System. Listen here. AttackTheSystem.com Keith’s Books Donate at […]
Episode 101 – Season 5 with Bellamy
A great interview that covers many topics that are relevant to ATS such as the value of “pan-secessionism” as opposed to “world domination anarchism,”and left-wing authoritarianism. Listen here. “Since Bellamy was here at the start of The Brilliant project it is great to check in where he is […]
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