The Great Replacement Isn’t Real
Presents an interesting argument that claims of drastic demographic change are overstated.
History repeats itself. We are coming back to the small, tribal states.
By Helena Celestino Political Critique Celena Celestino: How do you explain the Brexit vote? What must Europe must to avoid losing more members states? Zygmunt Bauman: Starting from the second sub-question: let’s hope that the mess that the Brexit adventure has cast and will be casting further on the (no […]
Robert Stark interviews Yan Pagh about the Alt Center
The Stark Truth. Listen here. Robert Stark and co-host Sam Kevorkian talk to Yan Pagh. Yan is based in Denmark and runs the Alt-Center Facebook Group Topics: The basic definition of the Alt-Center as rejecting the far left, […]
Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice
By Frances Lee By Autostraddle There is a particularly aggressive strand of social justice activism weaving in and out of my Seattle community that has troubled me, silenced my loved ones, and turned away potential allies. I believe in justice. I believe in liberation. I believe it is […]
Free Speech, Democracy, and “Repressive Tolerance”
A veteran anarcho-communist questions the Marcusean approach appropriated by the Antifa and SJWs. By Wayne Price Arkismo.Net There has recently been controversy on the Left over “free speech” for right-wingers (not necessarily fascists). Should it be supported or physically opposed? Some leftists have revived interest in the ideas […]
Zionism and the Power Elite
By Keith Preston Any discussion of the relationship between Zionism and the “power elite” in Western countries must inevitably begin with a qualification of meanings, as these terms have been used in ways as to imply multiple definitions. For purposes of this discussion, the term “Zionism” is meant […]
Some Reflections on Anti-Zionism
By Keith Preston It is fashionable in many of the political circles that I travel in to attribute a range of problems involving international relations, along with other concerns, to “Zionism.” Used in these contexts, Zionism has two meanings, i.e. the state-nationalism of the Israeli regime itself, and […]
Black and White, Unite and Fight!
The extent to which most people react to a particular situation or event is quite remarkable and to suggest that such behaviour impairs their overall judgement in terms of lacking the fundamental ability to make an accurate and realistic analysis of the realities behind the political, social and […]
Keith Preston: Trump’s policies making US more isolated from allies
Press TV. Listen here. US President Donald Trump’s “protectionist” policies on trade, climate change and a host of other issues will further isolate the US from its traditional allies and the rest of the world, says an American analyst. Keith Preston, director of the AttacktheSystem.org, said the annual […]
National-Anarchist Movement Conference 2017: A Summary
By Keith Preston Special thanks to Peter Topfer, Adam Ormes, Thom Forester, and Sean Jobst for their assistance in the writing of this summary. On June 17 and 18, the first ever conference of the National-Anarchist Movement (N-AM) took place in Madrid. The process of arranging this conference […]
Attacking the Left from the Left
“I believe that Herr Marx is a very serious if not very honest revolutionary, and that he really is in favour of the rebellion of the masses, and I wonder how he manages to overlook the fact that the establishment of a universal dictatorship, collective or individual, a […]
Changing the World-for Real
“This is what we humans call Planet Earth. A big, blue-green mass of globular rotation with a surface of around 510 million km². Now, as you will observe, it is shown without borders or boundaries. Not because we National-Anarchists believe in the abolition of borders and boundaries, of […]
200 protesters, officers injured in violent anti-G20 rallies in Germany
The international ruling class gathers, and the reactionary Left strikes in retaliation. Classic heel vs. heel match. Press TV. Watch here. Protesters have continued their rallies in the German city of Hamburg against an ongoing G20 summit, setting up burning barricades and vandalizing public and private public properties. Friday night’s […]
Iran and the Left: Why They Supported Islamic Reaction
An old Trotskyist article from the 1970s on the relationship between Left and Islamic fundamentalism during the Iranian Revolution. Workers Vanguard Spartacist League When mullah rule was established in Iran in early 1979, the vast bulk of the Western left actively supported Ayatollah Khomeini’s seizure of power. Virtually […]
Anni Cyrus on Sharia
Anni Cyrus and Steven Crowder talk all Sharia and Islamization while covering Women’s Right as feminist are fighting for or not??? … Nothing to learn but the truth! Aired 06/19/2017
Linda Sarsour: The Enemy of the State.
Enemy of this state, perhaps. But obviously not all states.
Spencer Sunshine’s NYC Ford Foundation funded Lecture (June 28th, 2017)
The Far Right Today in the US and New York City Verso Books Brooklyn, New York At 7 p.m. on June 28th, 2017, at the Verso Book Store in Brooklyn, New York, Spencer Sunshine a known prominent figure of the Anti-Fascist Action (Antifa), and also paid contributing writer […]
No, It’s Not about “Globalism vs. Nationalism”
It’s about globalism/globalization vs non-state actors. Some thoughts on the present political polarization, geopolitical rivalries, the G20, and “populist-nationalism.” The present political polarization represents an effort by the various factions of the ruling class attempting to create constituencies for themselves. Most of the mainstream media represents the dominant […]
Anarchism and Democracy: Response to Shawn Wilbur and Gabriel Amadej
By William Gillis Center for a Stateless Society Shawn Wilbur argues that “anarchy” and “democracy” are completely distinct principles—philosophically. Philosophically, there is “no middle ground.” However, in actual living, there is “the likelihood that we might continue to have recourse to practices that we think of as ‘democratic.’ It […]
Anarchism and Democracy: Reply to Alexander Reid Ross
By William Gillis Center for a Stateless Society It marks a nice contrast from Wayne Price’s relatively “aw shucks” disinterest in philosophical critiques of democracy that Alexander Reid Ross brings history and philosophical language to the defense of democracy. Unfortunately, I have a violent allergic reaction to the […]
Social, but Still Not Democratic
By Shawn Wilbur Center for a Stateless Society As long as there has been something called “anarchism,” anarchists have been struggling to define it—and, as often as not, they have been in struggle against other self-identified anarchists. At this point in our history, this seems both hard to […]
Further Response on Democratic Anarchism
By Wayne Price Center for a Stateless Society Having already written three essays on the topic of anarchism’s relation to democracy, I will only present a few comments. These are generally in response to the interesting remarks of other writers in this series. I do not think that […]
On the Democracy and Anarchism Debate
By Kevin Carson Center for a Stateless Society In “The Regime of Liberty,” Gabriel Amadej advocates the Proudhonian ideal – reflected in the dictum “property is liberty” – of some individual sphere of last resort where means of subsistence are secure from the will of the majority: “Democracy […]
Individualist Anarchism vs. Social Anarchism
By Wayne Price Center for a Stateless Society This C4SS discussion about anarchism and democracy has been intriguing—even though I am one of only two writers who have regarded them as compatible concepts. The brief essay by Grayson, “Demolish the Demos,” is especially useful. It clarifies what is at the root […]
Do Fascists and Marxists Actually Exist?
No, says Paul Gottfried. By Paul Gottfried The American Conservative Women’s March, March 2017. Photo by Mark Dixon/Flickr/Creative Commons During last year’s election season, we were treated to multiple comments about how Donald J. Trump was no Edmund Burke. As a historian and political observer I find such […]
Keith Preston: Chemical attack warning signals another US strike in Syria
Press TV. Listen here. An ominous warning to the Syrian government against staging a chemical weapons attack indicates that the United States could be on the verge of another military strike inside Syria, an analyst say. “It sounds as if the United States may be planning an attack […]
Anarchism and Democracy: Response to Wittorff
By William Gillis Center for a Stateless Society I should clarify for Derek Wittorff that I wasn’t embracing, for example, calling all collective decisionmaking “democracy.” Rather, I was entertaining the more extreme definitions out there. I was attempting to point out how some kernel of “the rule of […]
Formality, Collectivity and Anarchy
By Derek Wittorff Center for a Stateless Society I found William Gillis’ essay “The Abolition of Rulership Or The Rule Of All Over All” to be a very interesting read. It covered many of the same points as my essay without much disagreement, and in a much less […]
Embracing the Antinomies
By Shawn Wilbur Center for a Stateless Society It should be clear that one of the key conflicts in these debates about anarchy and democracy is a struggle over the nature of anarchism. And it is probably safe to say that nearly all anarchists wrestle with the difficulties […]
Anarchism and Democracy: A Response to Goodman
By William Gillis Center for a Stateless Society Nathan Goodman brings an interesting definition of “democracy” to the conversation — and one that I didn’t preemptively critique — openness. Seeking to bridge the oft-stated dichotomy of markets and democracy, Nathan cites Don Lavoie’s conception which essentially posits markets […]
Gay Pride Marchers with Jewish Flags Told to Leave Chicago Parade
By Harriet Sinclair Newsweek Jewish people celebrating LGBT Pride in Chicago were told not to display Star of David flags because other people found them ‘offensive.’ The Jewish Star of David flag was banned from the city’s annual Dyke March celebrations, and several people carrying the flag were removed […]
Ralph Nader: The Democrats are Unable to Defend the U.S. from the “Most Vicious” Republican Party in History
By Jon Schwarz The Democratic Party is at its lowest ebb in the memory of everyone now alive. It’s lost the White House and both houses of Congress. On the state level it’s weaker than at any time since 1920. And so far in 2017 Democrats have gone 0 for […]
They’re Wrong About Everything
By Matthew Continetti National Review More evidence the political class doesn’t know what it’s talking about Events are turning me into a radical skeptic. I no longer believe what I read, unless what I am reading is an empirically verifiable account of the past. I no longer have […]
D.C. cops used ‘rape as punishment’ after Inauguration Day mass arrests, lawsuit says
By Alan Pyke Think Progress When black-clad marchers began smashing windows in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, the city’s police force — reputedly the best in the country at upholding protesters’ rights during disruptive demonstrations — went nuclear. Officers quickly deployed pepper spray, tear gas, and crowd-control grenades of various types. The […]
Praise of Folly Podcast Interview #4: Michael Cushman
Todd Lewis interviews Michael Cushman on Southern Nationalism.
Your Freedom is My Freedom: The Premise of Anarchism
Human Iterations Sometimes words are just words — interchangeable and discardable — but sometimes a word belies a knot in our thought, tightly wound and tensely connected. “Anarchy” is one such word. Centuries ago the English peasantry rose up to overthrow the king and radically remake society. The […]
The Next Wave of Anarchist Movements
A reader on Facebook recently asked me for a definition of National-Anarchism, and my response is posted below. I think this is a pretty good summary of the ATS philosophy and the general pan-anarchist perspective as well. This definition is broad enough to include the many hyphenated forms […]
Why You Must Understand the System before It Can Be Dismantled
Rutgers Online: http://online.rutgers.edu/master-library-info/ Many people who think of themselves as dissenters opposed to government regulations have hopes and dreams, and lofty goals of one day being the ones who help to take it all apart. Besides being able to recite the names of a few prominent pan-anarchists, do […]
The Centralising Axiom
By Chris Shaw The multiple debates surrounding ideology constantly devolve into simplistic concepts like capitalism and socialism, referring to each other as opposing axiomatic systems that proffer significantly different visions of the world. However, both are fundamentally centralist systems. They understand society, economy and politics as universalisable wholes […]
Don’t Like Militarized Police and Mass Incarceration? Blame Progressivism.
By Thaddeus Russell Reason Our cities are saturated with militarized law enforcement officers. An extraordinarily high number of American civilians are killed by police each year. The U.S. prison population is the largest in the world. And we are only beginning to understand why. In recent years, scholars […]
This is Going to Ruffle Some Feathers…
The ever expanding political polarization in the United States appears to be splitting off into four basic factions. The two largest factions are the Red Tribe represented by the Republicans and the Blue Tribe represented by the Democrats, and this conflict between the mainstream tribes is now turning […]
We Are Inches From A New World War, And Clintonists Are To Blame
By Caitlin Johnstone Medium.Com This is your fault, Clinton Democrats. You created this, and if our species is plunged into a new world war or extinction via nuclear holocaust, it will be your fault. You knuckle-dragging, vagina hat-wearing McCarthyite morons made this happen. American military provocations against the […]
U.S. risks further battles as it steps deeper into Syrian quagmire
The US ruling class is the world’s largest collection of idiots. Treason to Washington is loyalty to humanity. By Louisa Loveluck and David Filipov Washington Post BEIRUT — The United States is becoming more perilously drawn into Syria’s fragmented war as it fights on increasingly congested battlefields surrounding […]
The Revolutionary Potential of Illegal Immigrants
Manifesto of the Free Humans by Derrick Broze and John Vibes Since the issue of borders and immigration continues to be a hot topic of debate among “libertarians” I figured I would share a quote from my recent book. Please feel free to respond regarding your thoughts on […]
Anarchy and Democracy: Examining the Divide
By Shawn Wilbur Center for a Stateless Society This piece is the fifth essay in the June C4SS Mutual Exchange Symposium: “Anarchy and Democracy.” Philosophical Considerations If we had the luxury of sticking to the philosophical terrain, the question of distinguishing anarchy and democracy would, it seems to […]
The Linguistics of Democracy
By Alexander Reid Ross Center for a Stateless Society This piece is the fourth essay in the June C4SS Mutual Exchange Symposium: “Anarchy and Democracy.” Democracy is a word that evokes an array of affective responses depending on time, place, and people involved. For the Patriot movement, democracy […]
Democracy Isn’t Working
By Rik Storey AltRight.Com Democracy is failing citizens across the West, society is polarising, and the achievement of your goals in the future is becoming increasingly uncertain. No, ‘the people’ cannot be trusted to make the right decisions. Since Trump gloriously restricted CNN and the BBC’s press access, […]
Democracy is for the Dogs
By Ilana Mercer A succinct distinction between a republic and a democracy shows that the American republic rests in peace and that voting in the Unites States is undeniably democratic, not republican. In “Does Democracy Promote Peace,” legal scholar James Ostrowski does just that: Democracy is nothing more […]
Anarchism or Vanguardism? Critique of Guerrilla Ideology of the IRPGF
The Free Online main text from nothingiseverlost.. shared with thanks Guerrilla ideology reduces all revolutionary questions to quantitative problems of military force. Nothing could be more disastrous. – James Carr, Power does not come any more from the barrel of a gun than it comes from a ballot box. […]
Anarchists, It is Our Duty to Vote in Elections
I can’t say I agree with this, but I’m always amazed at the diversity of anarchist thought. By Paddy Vipond Trouble and Squeak As election fever reaches its sweaty, unbearable heights in both the UK with the coming General Election, and in the US as Hilary Clinton officially […]
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