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Beyond Nationalism and Territorialism

By Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1851) Note These passages are taken from Idée générale de la révolution au XIXème siècle. Proudhon seems anticipating some aspects proper of what is now called ‘globalization’ when he refers to an economic revolution that will be universal in getting rid of state-made borders […]

Reflections on Decentralism

By George Woodcock Note Originally published in Anarchy, October 1969     I was asked to write on decentralism in history, and I find myself looking into shadows where small lights shine as fireflies do, endure a little, vanish, and then reappear like Auden’s messages of the just. […]

Is America Racist?

Is America racist? Is it — as President Barack Obama said — “part of our DNA”? Author and talk-show host Larry Elder examines America’s legacy of racism, whether it’s one we can ever escape, and in the process offers a different way of looking at things like Ferguson, […]

Voting Isn’t a Civic Duty

By Chris Shaw With the recent election here in the UK, we see the barrage of comments that regularly follow it. It entails saying something along the lines of “if you don’t vote you can’t complain”. A statement so stupid and banal that it doesn’t deserve the credit […]

Julian Assange Defiant After Swedes Drop Investigation: ‘The war has just begun’

Julian Assange has declared that “the proper war is just commencing” after Swedish prosecutors unexpectedly dropped their investigation into an allegation of rape against him, ending a torturous seven-year extradition battle that nevertheless leaves significant question marks over his future. The 45-year-old WikiLeaks founder appeared on the balcony […]

Chelsea Manning Released from Prison

By Paulina Firozi The Hill   Former soldier Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking thousands of classified documents. The BBC reported early Wednesday morning that Manning had left Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, citing a U.S. Army spokesman. Former President […]

Why is the Pluralist Commonwealth an American system?

An interesting libertarian socialist perspective. By Gar Alperovitz The Next System William Appleman Williams, in his system-challenging book, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, insisted that at the heart of American foreign policy was a “very powerful and dangerous propensity to define the essentials of American welfare in terms […]

The Faces of Freedom

By The People’s Post Modernist The Absurd Man As a caveat, I feel it is necessary it address the the metaphysics of freedom and the subsequent embodiment of ideas. Anarchists are first and foremost concerned with the concrete (funny considering how many write off anarchist movements as “idealistic”). […]

6 Feminist Myths That Will Not Die

By Christina Hoff Sommers Time Much of what we hear about the plight of American women is false. Some faux facts have been repeated so often they are almost beyond the reach of critical analysis. Though they are baseless, these canards have become the foundation of Congressional debates, […]

Global Warming Swindle

By Thomas Sowell Townhall.Com Britain’s Channel 4 has produced a devastating documentary titled “The Great Global Warming Swindle.” It has apparently not been broadcast by any of the networks in the United States. But, fortunately, it is available on the Internet. Distinguished scientists specializing in climate and climate-related […]