From the Legal Ruralism blog. —————————————————————————————————— Many immigrants who have been placed in removal proceedings in the U.S. the past few years have been asking themselves the same question: why was I sent to a detention facility in the middle of nowhere? In California, for example, immigrants who […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————– History, since the agricultural revolution, can be usefully conceptualized as an offensive-defensive arms race between technologies of abundance and social structures of expropriation. Until the appearance of agriculture, human society didn’t produce a large enough surplus to support much in the way of […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————— “I place the chances for the birth of a Palestinian state this fall at fifty-fifty,” says Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab for CNN. Citing the “favor” toward the idea of the “world community,” Kuttab notes that — to satisfy the U.S. — there may […]
Commentary by Charles Johnson. —————————————————————————————————– First, William cited it as an example of a particular kind of view about freed markets (the view that they tend to have centrifugal effects on economic ownership and thus to undermine bossism, landlordism, and other forms of economic hierarchy). This view may […]
Article by Joseph Margulies. —————————————————————————————————— WikiLeaks recently released a trove of secret risk assessments regarding nearly every prisoner who has ever been held at Guantánamo Bay. I have been continually involved in Guantánamo litigation longer than any lawyer in the world, having been counsel of record in Rasul […]
Article by David C. Savage. —————————————————————————————————- The Supreme Court gave corporations a major win Wednesday, ruling in a 5-4 decision that companies can block their disgruntled customers from joining together in a class-action lawsuit. The ruling arose from a California lawsuit involving cellphones, but it will have a […]
Article by Peter Brimelow. Viewing Brimelow’s article along with this piece from Anthony Gregory and Walter Block makes for an interesting comparison/contrast. —————————————————————————————————- Walter Block says that it was contemplating this phenomenon of one ethnic group swamping another, specifically the Russians swamping the Baltic Republics, that caused Murray […]
Article by E.D. Kain. ———————————————————————————————— I’ve written recently about what I termed ‘front-end’ redistribution. That is, redistribution of wealth and resources prior to state redistribution – or, the way it should be in a perfect world. One example of this is collective bargaining between organized labor and management. […]
Lecture by David Friedman. ———————————————————————————————— Well-known anarcho-capitalist thinker David D. Friedman on the subject of “Anarchy and Efficient Law”, from the Mises Brasil Austrian Economics seminar.
Article by Kevin DeAnna. ————————————————————————————————– A report from the government of Denmark has concluded that the nation’s restrictions on immigration have saved the country 6.7 billion Euros. “Now that we can see that it does matter who comes into the country, I have no scruples in further restricting […]
Now available from Amazon.Com. The Radical Tradition: Philosophy, Metapolitics & the Conservative Revolution Edited by Troy Southgate This latest book from Primordial Traditions is rather different to the other texts in the series. Those publications focussing on religious and esoteric topics – including Northern mythology, Tantra, Alchemy and […]
From Infoshop. —————————————————————————————————– “I will say I’m sorry I shot you the day you stand before the court and admit what you did was an act of violence.” Those were the uncompromising words Larry Naman, a 57 year-old homeless man with what up to that point had been […]
Article by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. ————————————————————————————————– A nation of immigrants: This is a convenient myth developed as a response to the 1960s movements against colonialism, neocolonialism, and white supremacy. The ruling class and its brain trust offered multiculturalism, diversity, and affirmative action in response to demands for decolonization, justice, […]
Watch the video. —————————————————————————————————– Be careful who you call for help.
http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2011/04/read-this-book.html ——————————————————————————————————– A compelling case for a stateless society. Anarchy happens when people organize their lives peacefully and voluntarily— without the aggressive violence of the state. This simple but powerful book explains why the state is illegitimate, unnecessary, and dangerous, and what we can do to begin achieving […]
Watch the video. ————————————————————————————————- Will the United States collapse like the former Russian Empire? Will the dollar fall? What will happen to America? What will life in the future look like? What is the evidence?
Article by Edmund D. Cohen. Dr. Cohen discusses the case of radio evangelist and uber-fruitbat Harold Camping, who claims the Christian Judgment Day is going to happen on May 21. ———————————————————————————————————– My clearest recurring impression of Camping is his deep, un spoken longing that his way of life—wandering […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ————————————————————————————————— Well, it sure didn’t take long for the Tucson Truce to collapse. After Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot on Jan. 8 by a berserker who killed six others, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl, and wounded 13, the media were aflame […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————– “Thailand and Cambodia have,” according to BBC News, “reached a ceasefire after a week of fighting along a disputed border … . Both countries said the truce was struck following talks between the two militaries.” The border between the two countries has been […]
Article by Darian Worden. ————————————————————————————————- As the British royal wedding fades out of the news cycle, it’s important to take a look at the freedoms that were trampled to make it a perfect day for royalty. In the days leading up to the wedding, numerous squats and social […]
Thanks to our wonderful neoliberal economy. Article from Daily Kos. ————————————————————————————————– You may have heard about McDonald’s putting on a big public relations blitz about offering 50,000 new jobs around the country. In some places, there were big crowds that showed up to apply and interview. Today, Bloomberg […]
Article by Sean Gabb. ————————————————————————————————— Because it is unwritten, and because its various conventions are in continual flux, the English Constitution can be rather opaque to foreign observers. Some of these fail to understand the nature of convention, and assume that the Queen of England is an absolute […]
Article by Chuck Baldwin. ——————————————————————————————————- At this point, it may be helpful if I give a little history lesson. The Tea Party movement began in 2007 as a grassroots effort to support the 2008 Presidential candidacy of Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. I am proud to say that […]
Interesting observations from Vinay Supta. —————————————————————————————————- * The “fading away of the state” is a long-held dream of many radical political ideologies. I never believed it was possible, and then I realized something. * The Church and State were once peers. Over the past few centuries, the Church […]
Article by Michael Bauwens. Required reading. —————————————————————————————————– This is a follow up on yesterday’s post, arguing that the idea and practice of markets, should be divorced from their present embeddedness in an unsustainable infinite growth system such as capitalism. Today, we look at the ideas of mutualist Kevin […]
From Infoshop. ————————————————————————————————— As far as we are aware police have left the Offmarket social centre and Grow Heathrow site, but the operation is still ongoing at the Ratstar. There is currently 12 TSG vans outside the building with a crowd of around 40 people outside in support. […]
Article by James Abourezk. ——————————————————————————————————- You remember Helen Thomas? She was the senior White House Correspondent who always opened Presidential press conferences and closed them by saying the magic words: “Thank you Mr. President.” Her Wikipedia entry cites her professional accomplishments: “Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is […]
Article by John Sinclair. —————————————————————————————————- Only the most nave, cynical or deluded among us can subscribe to the pervasive mythology of drug police, prosecutors and judges as fearless warriors valiantly fighting a depraved horde of heartless pushers and evil dope fiends whose anti-social pursuit of self-gratification by getting […]
Article by Alexander Cockburn. —————————————————————————————————— Americans were offered closure Wednesday to one of among the multifarious strands of our national dementias. It took the drab guise of the “long-form” birth certificate, signed and filed in Hawaii on August 8, 1961, indicating that the president is a legitimate occupant […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. ————————————————————————————————– The first four Directors of the CIA (from 1947-1953) were military officers, but since then, there has been a tradition (generally though imperfectly observed) of keeping the agency under civilian rather than military leadership. That’s why George Bush’s 2006 nomination of Gen. Michael […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————- While the rest of the “news” media was busy covering the Great Birth Certificate Drama, Rachel Maddow spared her audience yet another hour of having to watch that walking hairpiece make a fool of himself (and us), and instead focused on the real […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. —————————————————————————————————- Remember when Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the world that Guantanamo Prison held “the most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the earth” and gave assurances that nevertheless “we’re treating these people as if the Geneva Convention applied?” The […]
A rough draft is now available online. This looks to be good stuff, as would be expected from Carson.
Article by Michael Earl Patton. ————————————————————————————————— I need a lawyer, not because I did anything wrong, but apparently because I am in the cross-hairs of the city. I will explain the “crime,” such as it exists in the eyes of the city, below. I am the secretary of […]
Article by James Clingman. ———————————————————————————————- For years now we have been involved in movements, events, and initiatives organized for the purpose of saving Black people from the ravages and vestiges of historical discrimination, disparity, and disenfranchisement. We have had meetings, conferences, forums, and seminars whose purpose was to […]
Article by Sebastian Ernst Ronin advocating Novocadia as the suitable destination for a white separatist homeland. What’s ironic is that while that region may be among the whitest in North American, it’s also among the most liberal. It would be even more ironic if in the post-American scenario […]
Remembering Austria’s Bruno Kreisky. Hat tip to Chris Donnellan. ——————————————————————————————————- Kreisky led his country for 13 years, from 1970-83, winning a clear majority for the Socialist party of Austria a remarkable three times. During his time in office as the first popularly elected “red” chancellor, he transformed Austria […]
…of serious enemies of the state. I first became suspicious of this guy back when he was a governor of New Mexico and said he opposed the drug war, but then refused to pardon drug war prisoners because drugs laws were enacted “by the democratic process” or some […]
Listen to the broadcast from Mathaba.Net. Hat tip to Troy Southgate.
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————- Wednesday’s (April 27) press conference marks a first for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, a move being called “a high stakes gamble” that could compromise the Fed’s “allure or mystique.” Against a background of an ailing economy and growing criticism of Fed policies […]
A Meetup group for Workplace Democracy. —————————————————————————————————— This is an exploratory group for people interested in learning about, participating in, or starting worker-owned and worker-managed collectives, cooperatives, businesses or organizations. Wikipedia explains worker self-management (or autogestion) as “a form of workplace decision-making in which the workers themselves agree […]
Article by Brett Stevens. ————————————————————————————————— Incompetent people (and by that I mean people who cannot predict the real-world results of their actions, at all) have one thing in common, whether insane, stupid, criminal, oblivious or intoxicated: It’s not their fault. Honest. If you are incompetent in this world, […]
From the Economic Collapse. ——————————————————————————————————– Once upon a time in America, virtually anyone with a high school education and the willingness to work hard could get a good job. Fifty years ago a “good job” would enable someone to own a home, buy a car, take a couple […]
John Derbyshire discusses the possible Republican candidates next year. It’s the usual collection of dimwits, opportunists, and sociopaths along with one cool guy, Ron Paul, or maybe two, if Gary Johnson runs. Trump is the wild card. —————————————————————————————————– Mitt Romney. Dear old Mitt. Always a bridesmaid, never a […]
From Infoshop. ————————————————————————————————— For over two weeks, indigenous peoples and supporters have occupied Glen Cove, a “sacred gathering place and burial ground that has been utilized by numerous Native American tribes since at least 1,500 BC,” located on the outskirts of Vallejo, California in the Bay Area. The […]
Article by Saman Mohammadi. —————————————————————————————————- Who would have thought twenty years ago that a wrestler would become one of the heroes of our age? Then again, it shouldn’t be so surprising because wrestlers are special men. They can both face the ridicule of a crowd and raise them […]
Article by Ralph Raico. ——————————————————————————————– With the end of the 20th century rapidly approaching, this is a time to look back and gain some perspective on where we stand as a nation. Were the Founding Fathers somehow to return, they would find it impossible to recognize our political […]
Article by John R. MacArthur. —————————————————————————————————- To understand the utter absurdity of America’s intervention in the Libyan civil war, I recommend a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York to see its new exhibition of German Expressionism. It will be much more instructive than reading […]
Article by Nicole Colson and Alan Maass. ————————————————————————————————– THE U.S.-led military operation in Libya has morphed from the initial imposition of a “no-fly zone,” ostensibly to prevent Muammar el-Qaddafi’s regime from carrying out a massacre, into an ongoing bombing campaign with no end in sight–and now there’s increasing […]
From Truthdig. ———————————————————————————————————– In a column for Bloomberg, Ralph Nader has outlined the reasons he believes President Obama will not be defeated in 2012. Though the piece certainly doesn’t read as an endorsement for Obama—it’s more critique than anything—Nader argued that a combination of Republican shortcomings and the […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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