Article by Charles Johnson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Bleeding-Heart Libertarians might find a great deal of potential interest in the upcoming month’s issue of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. I mention this partly for selfish (or at least self-promotional) reasons; one of the articles there — The Many Monopolies — is […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Virginia Tech Massacre This is the last of three posts regarding the reasons some progressives oppose gun control. No discussion of gun control would be complete without mentioning the high rate of “lone nut” shooting sprees that occur in the US. I have […]
By Thomas Harding, Gordon Rayner, Damien Mcelroy August 26, 2011 “SMH” – -LONDON: British special forces are on the ground in Libya helping to lead the hunt for Muammar Gaddafi. As a $1.6 million bounty was placed on his head, soldiers from 22 SAS Regiment began guiding rebel […]
Article by Patrick Henningsen. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- With globalist restructuring plans for the Middle East and North Africa looking to be nearly complete, one major hurdle remains. After a relatively easy path to victory in Tunisia and Egypt, and with the project to dismantle and re-privatise the Libyan state nearly complete, only Syria remains as the last serious […]
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From Center for a Stateless Society. —————————————————————————————————————————————— MUTUAL EXCHANGE Mutual exchange is the Center’s goal in two senses—we favor a society rooted in peaceful, voluntary cooperation, and we seek to foster understanding through ongoing dialogue. That’s why we’re inaugurating this new feature of our site. Mutual Exchange will […]
Article by Richard Spencer. I’m not personally anti-MLK. He was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War and U.S. imperialism. The old Jim Crow racial caste system in the South was clearly an antiquated abomination, and desperately needed to be changed, and he was correct to lead and […]
Article by Jasmine Hughes. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– The increasingly dire conditions surrounding the brutal raping of Congo women have been ruling global news for quite a while, but now some new skeletons are coming out of the closet. Al-Jareeza is now shedding light on a lesser-known group of sexual assault victims: […]
Article by Ezra Klein. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- (Calculated Risk) Ken Rogoff wants to call our economic malaise “the Great Contraction.” Richard Posner wants us to at least call it “a depression.” I tend to dismiss arguments over semantics, but in this case, I agree. If it were up to me, […]
Article by E.D. Kain. —————————————————————————————————————————————— Quantum Tuba argues that, contra Warren Buffet, we should not focus on raising taxes on the rich, but rather on smashing elite privilege that favors the rich – an argument I’ve made a variety of in the past on several occasions, though I’ve […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Recent news of the West Memphis Three — freed on the condition that they confess their guilt, thus sparing sociopathic prosecutors any public embarrassment — raises an old question. The state’s defenders commonly argue that, no matter how fallible or corrupt individual public […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Arguably completing a paradigm shift that had already been underway, the Second World War established the United States as a hegemonic power, an empire at the center of a political and economic system that would come to envelop much of the world. Today, […]
From Laurence Vance. —————————————————————————————————————————————– From the New York Times Sunday Review: NO symbol is more sacred in American life right now than the military uniform. The cross is divisive; the flag has been put to partisan struggle. But the uniform commands nearly automatic and universal reverence. In Congress […]
Who would’ve thought? ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Libyan Rebel Oil and Finance Minister Ali Tarhouni: soon to supervise a shake-up in oil deals? (Photo: Reuters) Italian oil company Eni led the charge back into Libya on Monday as rebels swept into capital Tripoli, hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule and […]
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The EPA knows, but aren’t telling. ————————————————————————————————————————————– Does it get more corrupt than this? A corporation is allowed to rip the heart of America’s agricultural system (honeybees are ESSENTIAL for pollination) and not one of the scumbags in Congress or the empty suits in the White House are […]
Watch the video. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– In response to a recent wave of lemonade stand shut downs and harassment of children over such petty regulations as are used to shut them down, several activist gathered at the west lawn of the capitol in Washington, DC to sell lemonade and were […]
Article by Deborah Dupre. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Targeted Killings of non-mainstream reporters in Libya ordered: Attempts to bury truth The Examiner learned in communications from human rights defenders and independent journalists throughout Monday that they were shaken with news of 1300 Libyans killed and 5000 wounded Saturday, plus, the U.S. […]
Wax figure causes controversy. I’ve been to the Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam. These figures are amazingly realistic. This is also an interesting article. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Their arms raised in a Nazi salute, two young tourists pose alongside a waxwork of Adolf Hitler. This was the sight which greeted an […]
From Russia Today. —————————————————————————————————————————————– While the US continues to struggle with its economic issues Congress is on vacation. Many are upset at the news reports that 81 members of Congress have chosen to spend a week relaxing in Israel. These vacations are being paid for by AIPAC. Adam […]
Watch the video. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma — The Cherokee Nation kicked out nearly 3,000 members Monday. They’re the Freedmen, descendants of black slaves once owned by Cherokee Tribal members. The tribe’s supreme court has upheld a Constitutional amendment requiring all the Nation’s citizens to have at least one […]
Watch the video. I have no idea whether this guy’s arguments are correct but he seems to make a good case. Any peak oilers among our readers care to offer a refutation?
Article by Richard Spencer. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Ding, Dong, the oppressive dictator is dead! And don’t fret, Libyans, that civil order has been destroyed, for soon NATO will install wonderful “Democracy” in your homeland! … While my guess is that the American public couldn’t care less about the recent toppling […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ———————————————————————————————- The phone rang. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon and it was my day off. Sitting in my rather neglected garden, as the late afternoon light sparkled golden on the tops of the plum trees, I put down my book – the 1995 […]
This is welcome news as it should create a rift between the neoconservatives, who’ve adopted Perry as their annointed candidate, and their religious right stooges. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Leading Republican contender and prominent Christian candidate Rick Perry has been accused of hypocrisy after it was revealed that he invested thousands […]
Article by Alexander Dugin. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Heraclitus called “hostility” the “father of things.” Everywhere in the world there are opposing poles: executioners and victims, men and women, coercive authority and rebelious subject. War of the elements. War of classes, nations, races, economic formations, material interests, ambitions, ideas. Ever since […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— 1967 Detroit Riots Progressive “scholarly” research into gun control generally makes two equally salient points: 1) the aim of gun control legislation is to control people (mainly disenfranchised minorities and the poor), not guns and 2) in countries with strict gun control laws, […]
Article by Luke Harding. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Libya: rebel fighters speed to join frontline fighting in the village of Maya, from where Tripoli could be seen in the distance. Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP He has ruled Libya for 42 years, but Muammar Gaddafi‘s defiant regime was on Sunday entering its final […]
From ABC News. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Marilyn Berenzweig was a successful New York textile designer who loved her work and comfortable lifestyle. For the past year, however, she and her husband have been living in a tent city in the New Jersey woods. “The weather, the bugs, the dirt; I […]
From ABC Australia. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— The kingdom of Bhutan is placing environmental concerns and spiritual wellbeing over rampant capitalism.
From CNN. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Two of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons — Saif al-Islam and Saadi — have been arrested by opposition forces in Tripoli, rebel officials said. There was no immediate reaction from Libyan government officials to the claims. CNN could not confirm the arrests, and […]
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Article by Jaweed Kaleem. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- While overall church attendance has declined slightly in the United States in recent decades, a new study says attendance at religious services among white Americans who did not go to college has fallen more than twice as quickly as it has among more […]
Article by Clyde Prestowitz. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– In the 1990s, the doctrine of globalization was wholeheartedly and unquestioningly embraced by the vast majority of the American elite. Globalization was seen as a kind of Americanization that would make the rest of the world rich, democratic, and peaceful while further enriching […]
Article by Megan Quinn. —————————————————————————————————————————————– Havana, Cuba — At the Organipónico de Alamar, a neighborhood agriculture project, a workers’ collective runs a large urban farm, a produce market and a restaurant. Hand tools and human labor replace oil-driven machinery. Worm cultivation and composting create productive soil. Drip irrigation […]
Article by Tara Kelly. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– PETA knows how to raise eyebrows. The animal rights group’s memorable campaigns have entailed everything from celebrities posing nude for its anti-fur campaign to scantily clad women having an erotic moment with their vegetables to support veganism. Now, PETA has pulled out all […]
by James Matthew Wilson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Devon, PA. For months now, I have been sitting on an incomplete draft of a series of essays on “Localism and the Universal Church,” wherein I seek to show that the commitment of myself and many Catholics to the small platoons of family, […]
Article by David Crossland. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- One of the most graphic accounts of World War I, the diary of German author Ernst Jünger, has been published for the first time. Its dispassionate description of life and death on the Western Front is a cold indictment of war — even […]
Article from Pravda. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- nter-racial mixing isn’t what many people think. I heard about one white person who believed that if whites and blacks have kids they’re destroying the white race. No, they’re not. The genes for the white race are still there, but their opportunity to be […]
Article by Raul Rodriguez. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– San Francisco – One in four California households with children reported food hardship, according to a new analysis of Gallup data released last Thursday by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). “It’s disturbing, but not surprising,” said Kelly Hardy, director of health […]
Article by Kelley Vlahos. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Of the many revelations and questions still unresolved following the recent riots in Britain, a novel yet not altogether surprising thread has emerged but has hardly been noticed by the mainstream media: These riots were not dominated, driven nor taken advantage of by […]
Article by Philip Giraldi. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– The only change anyone can believe in in Washington is that nothing ever changes. The choice between Republican and Democrat in 2012 will likely boil down to who will be making what kind of cuts in social programs to support continuous warfare overseas. […]
Article by Nat Hentoff. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- By executive order on Aug. 4, President Barack Obama refused entry to the United States of war criminals and human-rights violators (jurist.org, Aug. 4). He ignored, as he often does, the deeply documented factual evidence of war crimes committed by the Bush-Cheney […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- iStockphoto Several weeks ago, a New York Times article by Noam Cohen examined the case of Aaron Swartz, the 24-year-old copyright reform advocate who was arrested in July, after allegedly downloading academic articles that had been placed behind a paywall, thus making them available […]
Article by Stephen Walt. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– If memory serves, one of the lessons of Roger Fisher’s little book International Conflict for Beginners was “settle conflicts early and often.” This isn’t always possible, of course, but his basic insight was that unresolved conflicts are dangerous precisely because they provide opportunities […]
From Infoshop.Org. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Introduction: The meaning of the term ‘underclass’ The spontaneous uprising of the British ‘underclass’ was, of course, easily crushed by the massive force of the state amassed against it, illustrating one of the main lessons of History once more: that spontaneous uprisings can never overturn […]
Article by John Pilger. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Bankers loot the Treasury, MPs fiddle their expenses . . . and then the establishment turns on deprived young people in England’s inner cities and calls them criminals. The August disturbances weren’t riots: they were the revolt of the working class. On a […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– In the wake of Romney’s “corporations are people” gaffe, Reuters’ John F. Wasik points out what ought to be obvious, but may not be for many Americans. “The ‘people’ Washington helps most,” he argues, are “big corporations,” noting the “infinite amounts of money” […]
Corporations or the State? —————————————————————————————————————————————————- I’ve generally sided with those who claim business is more powerful than government; that the present-day nation-state functions basically as a rubber stamp for business, which is where the real Power resides. Admittedly the largest government, that of the United States, has a […]
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Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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