By Yasmin Nair Alternet The United States has five percent of the world’s population, but houses 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Conventional wisdom has it that it is the systemic, widening, and tightening grip of conservatives, particularly racist Republicans and Southern Democrats, over the years that led […]
Is nothing sacred? CNN.Com A man is suing the TSA after he says he opened his suitcase to find his mother’s ashes dumped out.
This is long but well worth the read. There are some fantastic nuggets of data and analysis in this. Among other things, this argues pretty convincingly that the left/right red/blue Democrat/Republican divide in the U.S. is a much stronger conflict and a much greater source of outgroup hostility […]
We at AttacktheSystem.Com are working on the possibility of an online event for October 24 in honor of Free Nations Day, an annual event some of our colleagues began a couple of years ago as a counter to United Nations Day. Anyone who is involved with secessionist, independence, […]
As it should be. Resistance to the police state is by far the most important domestic issue in the United States, much more so than competing economic philosophies, or the “Who’s Most Oppressed?” pissing contest. By Matt Agorist Free Thought Project After a 9 hour deliberation, a jury […]
Defend all enemies of the state! If this man is convicted, then there should be Ferguson-style uprisings until he is released. By Scott Shackford Reason.Com Attempting to serve a search warrant by entering a house through a window got Killeen, Texas, Police Detective Charles Dinwiddie shot in the […]
Some damn good points. The Daily Caller http://launch.newsinc.com/?type=VideoPlayer/Single&widgetId=1&trackingGroup=69016&siteSection=dailycaller&videoId=27129557 Last May, one of the most influential conservative and religious intellectual leader in America gave a somber speech in Washington, declaring it to be “Good Friday in America for Christians.” In this exclusive two part video interview, Princeton’s Robert P. […]
Ah! Much better. By Petr Mach Reason.Com Dalibor Roháč wrote an interesting Reason piece where he argues that despite all its flaws, the European Union (E.U.) is the best real scenario that European libertarians can have and, therefore, should accept it. Roháč enumerates many of the E.U.’s weaknesses—and […]
The new city-state system begins to rise. By Misha Glenny BBC News Hundreds of mayors are getting together to build a global network that could shift the balance of power and create a new force to be reckoned with. Tousle-haired and enthusiastic Mayor Eberhard van der Laan welcomes […]
Maria C. Werlau World Affairs When mass protests against the government erupted in Venezuela early in February, murder rates in the country were already shocking—close to twenty-five thousand people dead in the previous year, with ninety-seven percent of cases going unsolved. They would soon get worse, as motorcycle […]
By Nathan Goodman Center for a Stateless Society A new report from the Open Society Justice Initiative documents the overuse of pretrial detention around the globe. The report estimates that around 3.3 million people are currently incarcerated awaiting trial. These people have yet to be convicted of any crime, […]
By Graeme Wood The Atlantic On a clear morning this past February, the inmates in the B Yard of Pelican Bay State Prison filed out of their cellblock a few at a time and let a cool, salty breeze blow across their bodies. Their home, the California prison […]
Tom Sunic & Luke Ford speak on Islam and the West On Sunday September 21st Luke Ford and Tom Sunic spoke on Islam Vs The West at the JEM (Jewish Educational Movement) in Beverly Hills. Charles Edward Lincoln organized the event.
Dr. Gabb is interviewed by Dan and Cait Greene. Listen here Dr Sean Gabb is a writer and broadcaster and academic. He is the author of twenty books, which include ten novels and three volumes of poetry. He has been commercially translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Slovak, Hungarian […]
The Sunni and Shiites of the Middle East or the Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland have nothing on anarchists.
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The End of Capitalism This is one of the most striking and intelligent articles I’ve ever read, encouraging a total reconfiguring of how to view capitalism and revolution. Russell Means was a leader in the American Indian Movement (AIM) of the 1960s and 70s, and remains one of […]
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn’s classic Portland Declaration would seem to be a decent program for the right-wing of pan-secessionism, particularly those with a religious or traditional conservative bent, just as the “Wisdom and Vision” statement is an excellent model for the left-wing of pan-secessionism. by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. The […]
By Greg Johnson Counter-Currents.Com As I write, the Scottish independence referendum remains undecided, but the “No” camp is in the lead. Regardless of the outcome, though, Scotland will have more independence, either leaving the UK altogether or enjoying greater autonomy within it. I was, frankly, surprised that many White Nationalists […]
What do our English or Scottish readers think of Sean’s analysis here? I’m not familiar with enough with the issues he raises to have an opinion on them. Besides, I’m neither English nor Scottish, so it’s none of my business. By Dr. Sean Gabb Libertarian Alliance Last week, […]
We’re gaining ground, folks. Just keep pushing. Scott Malone Reuters A girl holds a U.S. flag next to a sculpture after a naturalization ceremony in New York July 22, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton (Reuters) – The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist […]
By Daniel Hawkins The Art of Not Being Governed Something earth-shattering is about to happen. Tomorrow, the British-ruled country known as Scotland will vote for their independence. The news has been focusing almost entirely on what this will mean for the UK and Europe. Most people have been […]
By David Morris Alternet Since 1945 the number of nations has soared from about 60 to more than 180. The first wave of new sovereign states came with the decolonization movement of the 1960s and 1970s; the second in the early 1990s with the break-up of the Soviet […]
Wall Street Journal Luci Gutiérrez It happened last Sunday at football stadiums around the country. Suddenly, 50,000 individuals became a single unit, almost a single mind, focused intently on what was happening on the field—that particular touchdown grab or dive into the end zone. Somehow, virtually simultaneously, each […]
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I do a weekly show titled Crypto Convos where I interview various members of the bitcoin counter-economy and every now and then I’ll do a weekend edition. Mike Kimberl is a good friend and homeless rights activist who works alongside Food Not Bombs and the bitcoin-fueled homeless outreach […]
I was recently on a Women in Bitcoin panel at Porcupine Freedom Festival, an anarchist/libertarian themed festival sponsored by the Free State Project. Stephanie Murphy of Let’s Talk Bitcoin moderated and the panel featured Paige Peterson of MaidSafe, musician Tatiana Moroz, myself representing Bitcoin Not Bombs, and Lyn […]
This is, along with foreign policy and international geopolitics, is the issue that anarchists, libertarians, and anti-statists of all types should be focused on, rather than arcane economic theories or sectarian tribal/cultural rivalries. By John W. Whitehead Rutherford Institute “Police are specialists in violence. They are armed, trained, […]
A Yale chaplain comes under fire for daring to suggest that Israel might have contributed to some of the problems in the Middle East. Read all about it. And more here.
A very important piece illustrating how pan-secessionism is not just for leftists or rightists, but for everyone who genuinely opposes the system, or who simply wants self-determination for their own community or culture. By Michael Cushman Southern Nationalist Network Some Northern Leftists in the United States are willing […]
I’m sure we’ll get honorable mention at this conference. Nobody is taking the game away from the Left. Instead, the Left is giving the game away. The Left is now the center, and unfortunately some anarchists have failed to adapt to the 21st century. The would prefer to […]
This is an example of why I have suggested in past that anarchists, libertarians, and allied others attempt to gain political preeminence at the local and municipal level, even within the context of the overarching state system. This was a strategy pursued by the Spanish anarchists, and later […]
Resistance is growing. Russia Today Reuters / Yannis Behrakis A panel of top global narcotics experts fronted by prominent public figures including Kofi Annan, Richard Branson and eight ex-national presidents, is strongly urging that drugs be a matter for health professionals, not the police, in a new report. […]
This is interesting. Look for the GOP to attempt to co-opt this in the future by adopting something akin to a “Brown strategy” in the style of the “Southern strategy” they adopted during the Nixon era, and that sustained them until 2008. The GOP is already trying to […]
Dr. Strangelove meets the Dragon Lady. Slate.Com Hillary and Henry.Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Hillary Clinton has written a review of Henry Kissinger’s new book World Order for the Washington Post; it’s mostly boilerplate, but there are a few interesting lines: Kissinger is a friend, and I relied on […]
Good words from Navid Nasr: “I see that a lot of people, a lot of activists are upset with the oh-so “progressive” Elizabeth Warren due to the fact that she finally said something about Palestine and Palestinians and that something turned out to be a reiteration of AIPAC […]
Good words from former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. There’s a great deal of very interesting information on this fellow’s Facebook page. This guy is a genuine veteran of the struggle against the system. “Though many want to follow in the example of the original Black Panther Party […]
One of our readers, “Julius Ebola,” offered these thoughts in a recent comments thread. I think these are points that are well worth considering. Thoughts on some of these ideas anyone? “Sectarianism and opportunism are useful as general political concepts, and that seems to be how Rothbard understood […]
Robert Stark interviews Tom Sunic on Islam in Europe Tomislav Sunic (Foreign Ministry of Croatia) comes to Los Angeles, California Posted on August 30, 2014 by Charles Edward Lincoln III | Leave a comment Dr. Tomislav Sunic, Ph.D. Author, Translator, Former US Professor […]
Luke Ford is Back! Robert Stark interviews returning guest, journalist, and blogger Luke Ford. Topics include: Why Luke does not view racism as a legitimate concept How writing on topics such as race are associated with a low social status How Luke […]
Robert Stark interviews John Robb on Open Source Warfare Topics include: John Robb’s book Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization The Four Generations of Warfare theory How open source warfare became […]
Robert Stark interviews Sebastian Ronin Sebastian Ronin is the founder of the Renaissance Party of North America and the President of the Canadian branch Topics include: Mr. Ronin’s involvement with the Green Party in […]
In case anyone is wondering what I mean when I talk about “totalitarian humanism,” here it is:
It looks like some more “right-opportunism” is on the way. The upside is that this opens the door for those with more radical views to come in. The Daily Beast Democrats have long loathed the conservative billionaires, but they’re united on one topic, at least: militarized police. How […]
These two guys, who headed the Libertarian Party ticket in 2012, are perfect illustrations of what I call “system libertarians.” By “system libertarians,” I don’t mean “right-opportunists” who are simply trying to hijack libertarianism towards other ends like Rand Paul, Bob Barr, the Kochs, etc. By all accounts, […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Random Meanderings The Republicans and the Democrats disagree about the role that the government should play in providing social services. The former insist that it should be smaller and intervene less in the economy. In contradistinction, the latter maintain that the public interest would be […]
I agree with the analysis in this piece by Robert Lindsay if we stick to defining the Left as “advocating state intervention in the economy on behalf of objectives sought by reform liberals, progressives, and socialists.” Over the past thirty years, US economic policy has mostly been about […]
A principal difficulty with the Randian “let them eat cake” model of libertarianism is that extreme inequality of wealth, whatever one thinks of it from the perspective of “social justice,” normally produces abhorrent political outcomes. It invites either the ascension of the demagogue promising to uplift the poor, […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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