By Brian Doherty, Reason Raymond B. Craib’s new book recounts how Michael Oliver repeatedly tried to create a new country with a government-funded entirely by voluntary contributions. (PM Press) Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age, by Raymond B. […]
“Secession is only good when our team does it,” said the special pleaders at C4SS. “As such, this is the distinction between defending the autonomy of territories like the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities, Freetown Christiania, and ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes from the states they exist within and supporting the […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss Texas Republican’s push for a referendum on the state’s secession from the US.
By Matthew Arostegui Mises Institute It’s been about six years since Michael Malice wrote his article “The Case for American Secession,” for the Observer. Since then, the talk of a disuniting of the American Empire has been discussed by people on the right, left, and the middle. There […]
Whether anyone likes it or not, pan-secessionism is indeed happening. Sanctuaries for everyone and everything. Axios Two layers of security fences have been added to the Supreme Court since the leak last month of a draft abortion opinion. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Some local officials in liberal […]
One of the best descriptions of the mechanics of domestic US politics I have seen to date from Michael Lind. By Michael Lind, Tablet If the Republicans retake Congress in the midterm elections of 2022, as many expect, a lament will be heard in 2023 and 2024 from […]
Tom Woods Show Michael Malice joins us to talk about the surprising news regarding Roe v. Wade and what it means both for the 2022 midterms and for the prospects of national divorce. LISTEN HERE
By Tim Renaud ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) – Some Isle of Palms residents are expected to “declare independence” from South Carolina as they look to form “The Palm Republic.” It stems from when a small group opposed Gov. Henry McMaster’s decision to close the beaches at the […]
By Keith Preston The Russian war in Ukraine has accelerated the rising trend toward multipolarity (or even a multi-order order) within international relations. The Western retaliatory sanctions against Russia have pushed the BRICS nations and their economic allies closer together. The conventional wisdom is that the 21st century […]
This piece I wrote a few years ago has been republished at Nowhere News. By Keith Preston About 20 years ago, I began to formulate ideas for the development of what I now call a “third wave” anarchist movement, with the “first wave” being the era of classical […]
The video below raises many interesting points that are highly relevant to many of the things that have been discussed at ATS over the years. The speakers in the video are Marxist-Leninists (“tankies”) who understand that the various forms of what I call “totalitarian humanism” (“woke,” “political correctness” […]
Deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, details the outcome of the People’s Convoy in Washington, D.C.
This guy gets it. Some of his talks are available on YouTube. Idris Robinson, Ill Will August 16th, 2020 The following is a transcript of a talk delivered in Seattle on July 20, 2020, lightly-edited by the author for readability. A video recording produced by Red May is […]
Idris Robinson revisits and expands upon his seminal essay “How It Might Should Be Done.” In the aftermath of the CHAZ occupation in downtown Seattle, “How It Might Should” was a public talk surveying the horizon of revolutionary potential uncovered by the George Floyd Rebellion during the hot […]
Krystal dives into the reasons why the Trucker Convoy appears to have won their fight for Canada to loosen covid restrictions and how it has contrasted with mass left wing movements
By Matt Taibbi Denouncing truckers for “unacceptable views,” Canada’s Prime Minister skipped town rather than face evidence of his own unpopularity. Is neoliberalism finally cracking? On the morning of the 21st of December, 1989, Romanian General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu was in a foul mood. The Berlin Wall had […]
By David Ng, Breitbart Left-wing Hollywood star Ron Perlman has given up on the United States, calling for secession in the form of a national divorce between red and blue states. Perlman laid out his proposal in a typically gruff tweet on Thursday. “It’s time that every state […]
By Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter and Andrea Cavallier and Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com Rep. Elissa Slotkin, from Michigan, suggested the Canadian government say ‘uncle’ to the truckers in a bid to get trade going again Six auto factories across Michigan and Canada are closing or partially closing Toyota […]
By Jessica Suriano, The Nation A conversation with Richard Kreitner about rethinking the history and the meaning of secession. The United States has never been an equal, peaceful, or functional nation, despite what the history textbooks say. It was built from genocide, slavery, and stolen land. This year, […]
By Dani Anguiano The Guardian Shasta county’s recall efforts highlight how distrust in the government has led to increasing extremism in local politics. A retired police chief and self-described Reagan Republican with decades of public service, Leonard Moty checked all the boxes to represent his community in one […]
The Police Chief in Ottawa held a press conference to insist that no officers on the Ottawa police force have been aiding and abetting the protesting truckers who have all but shut down the Canadian capital. Of course, his declaration merely fueled speculation that cops are, in fact, […]
By Michael Warren Davis, The American Conservative The best reason for breaking up the states is also the most obvious: there’s way too many of them. The idea that one government can effectively govern 300 million people spread over 4 million square miles and worth about $23 trillion […]
By William Costa, The Guardian A 1,600-hectare (4,000-acre) gated community, dubbed El Paraíso Verde, or the Green Paradise, is being carved out of the fertile red earth of Caazapá, one of Paraguay’s poorest regions. The community’s population – consisting mainly of German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants – will […]
J. Xie, S. Sreenivasan, G. Korniss, W. Zhang, C. Lim, and B. K. Szymanski Phys. Rev. E 84, 011130 – Published 22 July 2011 We show how the prevailing majority opinion in a population can be rapidly reversed by a small fraction p of randomly distributed committed agents […]
While Jeff Deist may theoretically be in favor of a “national divorce,” he was opposed to CHAZ/CHOP leftist enclave when it emerged in Seattle. Fortunately, Walter “Defending the Undefendable” Block called him out on that. The bottom line is that if there is going to be a “national […]
People have finally woken up to the fact that they need local and regional civic coordination to erode the dregs of the old neocons.
By Nicolas Gregoris Mises Institute Neil Sedaka said it best – “breaking up is hard to do”. Ask any 16-year-old and they’ll tell you that’s certainly true, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) recently made headlines when she suggested not just a breakup, but a “National Divorce” on […]
By Peter R. Quiñones I hope that you understand, or are at least beginning to, that the radical Left is not going to stop. Many people have pointed out that their belief in equity for all, which really means the destruction of the status quo and the lifting […]
Timothy Snyder’s viewpoint is interesting. Of course, he is a Yale academic, and therefore a high priest among the new clerisy, and his main concerns are both preserving the empire and achieving the hegemony of the Blue Tribe within the empire. His main fear is the emergence of […]
Kevin Carson is by far the best contemporary left-anarchist economist. His ideas on economics are more or less what I think the dominant mode of production would look like in a world where anarchist movements achieved political hegemony on a cultural and intellectual level. Although, like Noam Chomsky, […]
By Joe Quick, Seasteading Institute A new nation based on freedom and natural rights is currently being founded right in your backyard! If you are ready to stop arguing and start seasteading, join Atlas Island and be a part of sea-cession. Atlas Island is a clear three stage […]
By Kevin Carson, Anarchist Library Reviews Abstract Preface Part One: Background Chapter One: The Age of Mass and Maneuver I. A Conflict of Visions II. The Triumph of Mass in the Old Left III. The Assault on Working Class Agency IV. Workerism/Laborism Chapter Two: Transition I. Drastic Reductions […]
By Anton Woronczuk, Truthout The world is in a prolonged period of global unrest. Since the financial crisis of 2008, every region of the planet has experienced levels of mass protest unprecedented in recent history, from the Arab Spring in the Middle East and Black Lives Matter in the U.S., to […]
I am for every political, cultural, ideological, economic, identity, or issue-based group there is forming “sanctuaries” of their own. By JENNIFER BAILEY JBAILEY@DANCOMNEWS.COM A group of local citizens called the Vermilion County Constitutionalists have been trying since last year to have Vermilion County become Illinois’ 68th Second Amendment […]
By Antonia Hitchens The Atlantic In rural Oregon, voters fed up with their state’s leftward turn have embraced a simple and outlandish idea: What if we were just Idaho? In the summer of 2015, a chimney sweep in Elgin, Oregon, redrew the map of the American West. “Imagine […]
By Stephen Marche, Washington Post When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) talks about a “National Divorce,” as she did again in a tweet on Wednesday, she may be advancing the cause of secession or she may just be seeking attention. Either way, she knows what she’s doing — […]
By Joel Schlosberg, Garrison Center As “the city that never sleeps” turned the calendar to 2022 with the inauguration of Eric Adams just after midnight, partygoers didn’t need Frank Sinatra’s reminder to “start spreading the news” heard on the New Year’s broadcast from Times Square. New Yorkers were […]
By Stephen Marche Foreign Policy A significant portion of Americans seek the destruction of political authority. What if they succeed? The unimaginable has become reality in the United States. Buffoonish mobs desecrating the U.S. Capitol building, tanks parading down the streets of Washington, running battles between protesters and […]
By Dana Williams Tactics are the techniques and actions used by social movements that implement strategies for the purpose of achieving goals. For anarchist movements, tactics can assume a reactive, diagnostic, or destructive force for opposing hierarchy, repression, and inequality. Tactics can also assume a proactive, prognostic, or […]
By Olúfémi O. Táíwò The Nation Elite economists have been promoting a model of governance resembling nothing so much as a game of Monopoly. If you’re in the market for a banana republic, have I got a deal for you. Head on down to the digital offices of […]
More pan-secessionism in action. So far this hasn’t passed. By Morgan Phillips, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com ‘If the Biden administration sues me, we will take it all the way to the Supreme Court,’ state treasurer John Murante said The proposal, backed by $79 billion in additional funding, would […]
Have we pan-secessionists found our leader? If the person who gets the pan-secessionist ball rolling turns out to be this illiterate fruitbat, so be it. “Marjorie Taylor Greene is a troll. But it’s not either or. She can be a troll, and she can be a serious threat to […]
By Ilya Somin The Week Realistically, your ballot doesn’t matter. ‘Foot voting’ does. American democratic institutions are in crisis. One of the worst flaws of the status quo is the near-powerlessness of the individual voter over the policies which determine so much of daily life. Closely related is […]
This is a 2009 article from the late anarchist anthropologist David Graeber, who died last year, and who was probably as influential as any anarchist in the 21st century so far. I am posting this because the third section of this piece, the discussion of anarchism in the […]
Anarchist News Mutual aid has been in the spotlight recently in light of the current crisis, but what exactly does it mean? And what makes it a powerful form of anarchist praxis unique from charity and volunteering? Well, ‘mutual aid’ is essentially the very radical notion that co-operation, rather […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Voters in the French territory of New Caledonia vote Sunday on whether to remain a part of France, The Associated Press reports. New Caledonia, an archipelago in the South Pacific with a population of around 250,000, became a French colony in 1853, gained […]
By Byron Libertarianism Something that Libertarians often fail to do is to learn from our enemies. It is unquestionable that many different ideologies have had much greater success in the 20th century than libertarianism or classical liberalism. No matter how repressive these ideologies may be, it’s worth studying […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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