CollectivelyConscious.Net eblog.com | Original Post Date: May 20, 2014 – If you believe that the U.S. economy is heading in the right direction, you really need to read this article. As we look toward the second half of 2014, there are economic red flags all over the place. Industrial […]
By Keith Preston For an opposing perspective, see this article by Joseph Nye. For an article that makes comparable arguments, see this piece in Foreign Policy by Gideon Rachman. When the future history of the former United States of America is written, the pivotal turning point that likely […]
By Devon Douglas Bowers Activist Post A number of occurrences have taken place over the past 13 years since the rise of the new millennium; we have seen and are seeing the rise of popular movements all over the world and a resistance to the forces of imperialism, […]
Read this classic lecture from 2000 by Professor Van Creveld, and then read my “Philosophical Anarchism and the Death of Empire” from 2003. Van Creveld’s lecture describes the emerging world order, and my essay outlines a new paradigm for the “worldwide Grey Tribe” as it might be called. […]
For those who are unfamiliar with this classic work by Roderick Long, it’s definitely a must read. Part I Part 2
The ironic thing for me about the Hoppe vs Carson debate is that while I am a big fan of the work of both men, I doubt I would ever get invited to a gathering of either the Property and Freedom Society or the Center for a Stateless […]
Before there can be Left party, there has to be a class base for the Left. Take the example of the Green Party, probably the largest left party in the U.S. at present.The problem with the Green Party, aside from the usual problems that plague all third parties, […]
I posted these thoughts in the comments thread in response the recent article, “The True Global Minority,” by Bay Area Guy from Alternative Right, and follow up comments by “Dota.” I’m reposting this as a main blog entry because I think it summarizes the current “state of the […]
Duh? By Brendan James Talking Points Memo AP Photo / Patrick Semansky ByBrendan JamesPublishedApril 18, 2014, 10:43 AM EDT 627520 views A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy—namely, that it no longer exists. Asking “[w]ho really rules?” researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page […]
Sorry, free-market absolutist libertarians, but “Let them eat cake!” is a non-starter during a time of growing poverty and widening class divisions. Libertarians and anarchists need to move past fanatical views on economics, and develop a more pragmatic libertarian-populist progressive-conservative radical-center idistributist-decentralist approach that can appeal to the […]
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If you ignore all of the personal attacks, this is actually a very interesting discussion of libertarian economics from two years ago on the Libertarian Alliance blog featuring Paul Marks, Ian B, Roderick Long, Kevin Carson, Bill Green and others. Check it out. Contrary to what many seem […]
It seems like Joel Kotkin and I are pretty much on the same page in terms of our analysis of the present state of U.S. class relations. By Joel Kotkin An Excerpt from Joel Kotkin’s Forthcoming book The New Class Conflict available for pre-order now from Telos Press […]
This should ruffle some feathers. I should qualify that I am not necessarily taking Hoppe’s side in this argument, which is a growing argument in libertarian and anarchist milieus, concerning whether anti-statism is more compatible with a leftist or rightist worldview. As those who are familiar with the […]
“Victory for the Eurosceptic forces would likely be a victory for protectionism, economic nationalism, immigration barriers, and Putin.” They say that like it’s a bad thing. I always did think Reason tended to be a bit neoconnish and this illustrates it. Support for “free trade” (globalization) is definitely […]
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The Huey P. Newton Gun Club protested against police shootings with an armed march in Dallas on Wednesday. Dallas-Fortworth Fox News reports: Earlier Wednesday, other demonstrators held an open carry gun march through South Dallas to protest against police shootings. Organizers there said the show of force served […]
As I have previously stated in the “Liberty and Populism” essay, in a relatively short period of time, the progressive therapeutic statists and totalitarian humanists will be the unquestioned status quo. These progressive statists will be allies of the neoliberal plutocratic elites, and the military industrial complex. They […]
Listen to the interview. Robert Stark talks to John Robb of Global Guerrillas . John is an author, inventor, entrepreneur, technology analyst, engineer, and military pilot. He’s started numerous successful technology companies, including one in the financial sector that sold for $295 m and one that pioneered the […]
Listen to the interview here. Robert Stark interviews Keith Preston of Attack the System Topics include: Keith’s interest in alternative economics that opposes both capitalism and socialism such as distributism Why third way economics theories have limited influence but a large potential audience NEITHER PROGRESSIVE NOR CONSERVATIVE: […]
This article from C4SS by Carson is fine in so far as the discussion of alternative economic paradigms and the falseness of the “big government vs big capital” dichotomy is concerned. Those are Carson’s primary areas of specialization. But this piece is more problematic for what it does […]
Old but gold. _________ by AntisocialMisanthropicPessimist I think immigration, as a subset of private property, is one area where the AnCaps have a serious practical issue, that is assuming AnCaps have enough clout to matter anyway. Basically, if you didn’t personally appropriate something, you don’t own it. […]
A collection of Star Wars art re-imagines the classic sci-fi story as a gritty TV series with realistic political undertones, exploring the moral ambiguity of military conflict and civil war. Poor kids are conscripted into the Storm Trooper infantry, and rebel insurgents are defectors from the imperial underclass […]
Listen to the interview. Topics include: •The recent elections in Europe •How the elections were a referendum on the neoliberal establishment •How European Nationalist parties are moving to the left economically •Whether the United State could see similar movements •Ralph Nader’s call for a left right alliance against […]
The European elections saw gains by the far right, far left, libertarians, and radical populists. The common thread was opposition to the budding continental empire of the EU and its dominance by the neoliberal plutocracy. The Europeans need the message of anarcho-pluralism and pan-secessionism as much as Americans […]
This is the most interesting development I’ve seen in mainstream U.S. politics since the Ron Paul phenomenon. Hopefully, it will have a similar effect. The Ron Paul campaign not only spearheaded massive growth in the mainstream libertarian movement, but served as a “gateway drug” that led many of […]
By Timothy Noah The Washington Post Ralph Nader wants liberals and conservatives to work together. In his new book, “Unstoppable,” he cites many instances in which such cooperation ought to be possible, at least theoretically. But the book’s greater value may lie in the opportunity to contemplate, almost […]
By Kristen East The Washington Times Ralph Nader is at it again, this time on a mission that he says will bring America’s liberals and conservatives together in the fight against corporate overreach and government secrecy. Building on a new book he has published, the longtime activist, author […]
Broadview.Net We at Broadview Networks are not only dedicated hosted phone providers, we’re also enthusiasts of all things business. Whether we’re watching Bill Gates give a TED talk or reading about the oil boom in North Dakota, we love it all. An article from last year looking at […]
By Noah Millman Family of slaves in Georgia, circa 1850. Wikimedia Commons. I finally got around to reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’s case for reparations on the plane down to New Orleans (where I am now, working on a film; blogging may be even more sporadic than usual this summer). […]
By George Eaton New Statesman Nigel Farage arrives to speak at Ukip public meeting at Old Basing Village Hall on April 9, 2014 in Basingstoke. Photograph: Getty Images. For most of its existence, Ukip has positioned itself well to the right of the Conservative Party on the economy, […]
The Stark Truth Robert: I’m joined here with Charles Lincoln. We are going to be discussing some of his economic views. Charles: Thanks, Robert. Always good to talk. Robert: So on one of our previous […]
By Keith Preston AlternativeRight.Com by Keith Preston Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) bears the distinction of being a writer who resisted virtually all of the dominant trends of his era. He lived during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, precisely the time that modernity was fully consolidating itself […]
It looks like Ralph might have been reading ATS. By Ralph Nader The American Conservative illustration by Michael Hogue There was a time in the Depression of the 1930s when conservative thought sprang from the dire concrete reality of that terrible era, not from abstractions. They did not […]
Russia Today The Italian government will include revenue from drug traffic, prostitution and smuggling while calculating its gross domestic product (GDP) in a bid to boost its shaky economy. Starting this October, Italy will include revenues from “the illegal activities: drug trafficking, prostitution and smuggling services (cigarettes or […]
The Stark Truth with Robert Stark. This was recorded a few months back, but it’s a good one. Listen here. Robert Stark welcomes back Keith Preston of Attack the System. Topics include: Keith’s article “Who am I? Left, Right, or Center”: http://attackthesystem.com/2014/02/21/who-am-i-left-right-or-center/ How his anti-imperialist views on foreign policy overlap […]
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“The transformation of the Front from fringe group into France’s leading working-class party is not sudden. In the 1980s Jean-Marie Le Pen – the founder of the FN and the current leader’s father – targeted urban voters who were leaving the Communist Party in droves. It was he […]
The Left has abandoned class-based politics in favor of the identity politics, therapeutism, and cosmopolitanism of the left-wing of the middle class, and that is encouraged by international capitalist elites. Because of this, the Left has become worthless at representing the interests of the poor and working class. […]
Is PC the fault of the Frankfurt School, or capitalism? By Michael Acuna Common Ruin Across the paleoconservative blogosphere, on every “libertarian” forum and racist webpage, a strange concept is faulted for the turmoil witnessed in North America and Europe today, as well as for the alleged breakdown […]
By Pat Buchanan The American Conservative Last summer, in this capital of gridlock, a miracle occurred. The American people rose as one and told the government of the United States not to drag us into another Middle East war in Syria. Barack Obama was ready to launch air and […]
By Kerry Anne Iacknowledge.Net The United States, the home of Capitalism, is about to demonstrate its ultimate failure, as the cannibalistic economic system consumes the nation’s economy from within. The US economy is rigged toward the 1% of wealthiest citizens and corporations, this radically skews outcomes to the […]
By Dr. Gary North LewRockwell.Com/GaryNorth.Com Today is a big day for me. It probably isn’t a big day for you, but it is a big day for me. On this day, 40 years ago, the first issue of Remnant Review was mailed to subscribers. It was a technologically primitive newsletter. […]
As I’ve been predicting. I lean towards the bus blockers on this one. By Brenda Walker VDARE.Com Progressives in San Francisco are at war with themselves as anti-free market activists and immigrants are attacking – sometimes physically – the liberal but mostly white tech industry which funds the […]
The Dangerous Times Libyan Rebels celebrate village victory firing off AK47 shots as they ride out in convoy, 30 km from Bani Walid, on September 3, 2011. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)1 It’s not just that I think morality is non-cognitive and largely bad in most people, it’s that […]
This is includes an extensive discussion of my book, Attack the System. By Dr. Paul Gottfried This essay was authored by Paul Gottfried for Nomocracy in Politics. As a young faculty member at Rockford College forty years ago, my divisional chairman, who was a devout Straussian, once told […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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