Javier Sethness reviews James C. Scott’s “The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia”. ————————————————————————————————————————————- James C. Scott’s latest work, “The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia,” is a deeply important book. The text, a historical-anthropological investigation […]
Article by W. F. Price. Hat tip to David Heleniak. —————————————————————————————————— I’ve made the point a number of times that today, strident feminists are often from successful, well-heeled families. Having attended a private school for some time as a kid, I’ve long been well aware that wealthy urban […]
by Thomas Jefferson and Russell Longcore. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ——————————————————————————————————————— I recently began contemplating the imminent collapse of the US Federal Government. In light of the insane, unconstitutional spending of the Congress and Presidents (Bush and Obama will spend the same ways), the recession/depression that the […]
Article by Kevin Koenninger. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ————————————————————————————————————— DAYTON, Ohio (CN) – Dayton police “mistook” a mentally handicapped teenager’s speech impediment for “disrespect,” so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from “upward of 20 police officers” after the boy rode his bicycle […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————- The Hill reports that “President Obama … defiantly said he does not need to discuss the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution because U.S. military involvement in Libya has not come to that point.” The President evidently regards the “fuss” over whether or […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————- Rick Santorum is exercised lately over “a conscious effort on the part of the left to desensitize America and what American values are so they can be more pliable to the new values they would like to impose on Americans.” Santorum’s got it […]
…after ten years on death row. ———————————————————————————————— Cory Maye of Mississippi was charged with capital murder after shooting a cop in his home in 2001. They mistook him for a drug dealer, and he mistook them for an armed intruder. Maye maintained he was trying to protect his […]
Here it comes. ————————————————————————————————————————— In 2012, we shall find out who is right politically, when the issue goes on the ballot in battleground states. But is moral truth to be discovered at a ballot box? Do we have no superior moral compass than majority rule? “A new kind […]
From the Daily Mail. Over time, more and more comments of this type will start coming from mainstream figures. —————————————————————————————————————————————— A Riverside County Supervisor is proposing the Golden state be split in two. This, says Jeff Stone, would allow officials in the new ‘State of South California’ to […]
A very interesting article from American Third Position. I’m sometimes asked how mass immigration can be a pro-state or pro-ruling class policy given it’s illegality. First of all, not all of it is illegal. Second, it it often subsidized by the state or by capitalism directly or indirectly. […]
Barney Fife strikes again. Hat tip to Jim Duncan.
Article by Nick Robertson. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ————————————————————————————————— Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) — The Yemeni government has lost control over five provinces, and security in the country is deteriorating, the nation’s acting president told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday. In his first interview with a Western […]
The Census data is now available. The two most obvious political implications of this are that the anti-immigration movement is a failure and that the future of ethnic conflict in North American will be a scenario where everyone is a “minority.” This second point is one where both […]
Let’s talk about widespread consciousness, not “concentrated forces.” Once everyone realizes the US is in worse shape than Greece, secession will look better and better. Of course some of the leaders may be state bureaucrats who want to ensure their own big fat pensions by cutting off the […]
Article by Michel Bauwens. —————————————————————————————————————————— What has developed through both conscious organizing drives and the actions of many individual residents is a significant urban agricultural movement in Detroit. All over the city there are now thousands of family gardens, more than two hundred community gardens, and dozens of […]
New book from Sean Gabb. —————————————————————————————————————– The “War against Tobacco” is one of the central facts of modern life. In this book, Sean Gabb analyses the nature and progress of the “war”. The stated reasons for the war have varied according to time and place. According to Dr […]
Watch videos of this event filmed by Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance. —————————————————————————————————— Property and Freedom Society Sixth Annual Meeting Bodrum, Turkey, 26-30 May 2011 Karia Princess Hotel Video shot by Sean Gabb, Director of the Libertarian Alliance Friday, May 27 Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Welcome and Introductions Hans-Hermann […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————— Against the backdrop of anti-government protests and his regime’s brutal response, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the country on June 20. Downplaying both the demonstrations and the dissatisfaction that they represent, Assad called on “the people and the state [to] come together.” With […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————— Nicholas Kristoff, in a New York Times op-ed (“Our Lefty Military,” June 16), lauds the “astonishingly liberal ethos” that governs the military internally — single-payer health insurance, job security, educational opportunities, free daycare — in support of Gen. Wesley Clark’s description of it […]
Article by Jean-Guy Allard. —————————————————————————————————— 22 year old Raymond Herisse, shot to death while sitting in his car, by Miami police on May 31 during Urban Beach Week. Police say they found a gun in his car after they killed him and made vague references to an unnamed witness […]
Article by Max Read ——————————————————————————————————- The trial of fashion designer John Galliano, who was fired from his own label earlier this year over charges that he made anti-Semitic comments to a woman at a French bar, starts this week in Paris—and the new details emerging aren’t pretty. It […]
Article by Mike Riggs. This kind of thing is an example of how fast the political climate can change. Stuff like this would have been unthinkable twenty years ago. ———————————————————————————————————– Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce “bi-partisan legislation tomorrow ending the federal war […]
That’s not the term he uses, but he describes it perfectly and offers the correct solution. Watch Sean Gabb’s video of Gottfried’s lecture at the 2011 annual conference of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey. It’s interesting how a former leftist radical like me and a […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. As much I have always disagreed with Buchanan’s unrepentant Nixon-Reagan Republicanism and his philistine “culture warrior” outlook, he is one of the few relatively mainstream commentators that qualifies as a competent political analyst. The analysis of prevailing trends that Buchanan offers here is basically […]
From Wikipedia The Non-Conformists of the 1930s refers to a nebula of groups and individuals during the inter-war period in France which was looking for new solutions to face the political, economical and social crisis. The name was coined in 1969 by the historian Jean-Louis Loubet del Bayle […]
Article by Jack Hunter. ————————————————————————————————————————— Part of being the “Southern Avenger” —the talk-radio moniker I have used for over a decade broadcasting from Charleston, South Carolina—means defending a political act many Americans consider radical: secession. In May 2009, I quoted a contemporary advocate of disunion, Kirkpatrick Sale, in […]
Article by Alexander Baron. —————————————————————————————————— It is difficult to imagine a less appealing human being than Aleister Crowley. Okay, there are serial killers, and the usual bogeymen: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Tony Blair!, etc, but of those human beings who have not committed actual murder, surely he must […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————– The mainstream meme emerging from the CNN/Union Leader Republican presidential debate is apparently that everyone went easy on Romney, which makes him, somehow, the “front runner.” Less noticed but more credible – and much more interesting – was what one post-debate analysis by […]
An anarchist insurrection at the Stanley Cup? The Vancouver PD seems to think so. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ——————————————————————————————————- (CNN) — Hours after a crushing Stanley Cup defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins, Vancouver residents on Thursday were trying to come to terms with the […]
From FoxNews. ————————————————————————————————- David Burgert, 47, is the former leader of a Flathead County militia group known as Project 7, named for the number “7” on Flathead County license plates in Montana. Project 7 allegedly plotted to assassinate local officials, go to war with the National Guard […]
Richard Lynn reviews Dr. Byron Roth’s book making the case for immigration skepticism. While I think Dr. Roth’s presentation of the findings of the available data from the social science research and historical evidence is accurate, I disagree that the findings of “IQ realists” are grounds for racial […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- With the growing recession and epidemic of foreclosures and homelessness, squatting is becoming increasingly common worldwide. By definition squatting is “illegally” occupying a building that doesn’t belong to you without the owner’s permission. Obviously the simplest form of squatting is remaining in your […]
Review of my friend Jack Ross’ new book by Sheldon Richman. ——————————————————————————————————– I arrived home last night to find on my doorstep a copy of the new book Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism by Jack Ross. How thrilling! I knew Rabbi Berger, who died in […]
Obituary by Kevin Carson. Richard Garner, Rest in Peace I just learned that prolific UK Libertarian Alliance writer Richard Garner is dead. My first knowledge of him was via his “What Is Mutualism?” pamphlet at Larry Gambone’s Red Lion Press, which I encountered when I was just beginning […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. The war on Libya is a glaring illustration of the current alliance between capitalism and totalitarian humanism. —————————————————————————————————— Wikipedia (updated below) When the war in Libya began, the U.S. government convinced a large number of war supporters that we were there to achieve the […]
Article by John Glaser. Believe it or not, Dana Rohrabacher was actually associated with the libertarian movement in its late 60s/early 70s radical heydey. The wolves often find their hideaways in strange places. ——————————————————————————————————— This perfectly exemplifies the intensity of American nationalism, which makes U.S. officials incapable of […]
Article by John Whitehead. —————————————————————————————————– “He [a federal agent] had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there.” ~ Anthony Wright, victim of a Dept. of Education SWAT team raid The militarization of American police – no doubt a blowback effect of […]
Article by Butler Shafer. —————————————————————————————————— The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. ~ H.L. Mencken Bill Clinton – the examplar of truth in modern America – has […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————- At the beginning of this month (June 1), as a prelude to an expansive study of the Fortune 500 due later this summer, Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) published an analysis of “the current corporate tax debate.” Anarchists oppose taxes on principle as […]
Article by David D’Amato. ————————————————————————————————- In a column for the Huffington Post on Monday, June 13, 2011, Columbia University’s Steven Cohen asserts that “every American should be frightened by the profound and intensifying attack on government and public service.” Cohen submits a vision of the United States very […]
Article by Thomas Knapp. —————————————————————————————————– In 1996, US President Bill Clinton grudgingly, famously and dishonestly announced that “the era of big government is over.” Fifteen years later, a hypothetically (very hypothetically) honest President Barack Obama would be doing the world a favor by announcing that the era of […]
Interesting analysis of the demographics of mainstream politics in Canada from Larry Gambone, one of my favorite contemporary anarchist writers. Read the article. This draws a little too much on ideas like Adorno’s “authoritarian personality” theory for my tastes. I disagree that liberals and leftists are inherently compassionate, […]
Who the hell ever heard of someone pulling only a year in the pen for murder? You can do more time than that for driving offenses in some states. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. “Murder is a crime unless it’s done by a policeman.” –The Clash —————————————————————————————————— Los […]
From Infoshop.Org —————————————————————————————————- In George Orwell’s world of 1984… were a billion people suffering from the effects of malnutrition? Was a full seventh of that fictional population hungry? Obviously things were rough in that fictitious world, but was it really that bad? Was it hard for billions of […]
Article by Susan Jacobson. —————————————————————————————————— For Keith McHenry, feeding the homeless and working poor is a way of life. Homeless himself except for a 1987 Chevrolet van in which he sleeps, McHenry gave up promising careers in graphic design and marketing to crisscross the country, spreading the gospel […]
Article by Christian Bonk. —————————————————————————————————– On April 20th of this year, a group called the BCHRT (British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, a sort of maple-syrup-flavored version of a Stalinist show-trial committee) fined stand-up comedian Guy Earle $15,000 for offending a lesbian woman, Lorna Pardy, from the stage at […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnJLfzWNHYQ&feature=related —————————————————————————————————— The criminal trial of a Christian couple charged with a public order offence for criticising Islam is due in court today (Tuesday 8 December 2009). Last night hundreds of Christians gathered to pray about the case, concerned about its implications for free speech and religious liberty.
A conflict emerges between the neocon and liberal-internationalist wings of the ruling class. Beck serves as a mouthpiece for the neocon perspective. Watch the viddy. —————————————————————————————————— Glenn gave a passionate condemnation of US foreign policy on tonight’s TV show. As the Middle East continues to burn, the United […]
Article by Alex Newman. ——————————————————————————————————- A secretive cabal of some of the world’s most influential people known as the Bilderberg group will be meeting from June 9 to the 12th in St. Moritz, Switzerland — but this year, more attention than usual is being afforded to the gathering […]
Article by Roderick Long. ———————————————————————————————— The Decline and Fall of Private Law in Iceland Many libertarians are familiar with the system of private law that prevailed in Iceland during the Free Commonwealth period (930-1262). Market mechanisms, rather than a governmental monopoly of power, provided the incentives to cooperate […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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