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Nexus X HumectressDHS Bulletin: Self-identified Anarchist Extremists Target Urban Gentrification Sites with Arson
Public Intelligence Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), Homeland Counterterrorism Division, Homegrown Violent Extremism Branch
Global Resistance and Rising Anarchism – The New Politics of the 21st Century
By Devon Douglas-Bowers A number of occurrences have taken place over the past 13 years since the rise of the new millennium; we have seen and are seeing the rise of popular movements all over the world and a resistance to the forces of imperialism, capitalism, and subjugation, […]
Are We “On the Cusp of Getting Bipartisan Prison-Sentencing Reform”?
By Jesse Walker According to National Review‘s Betsy Woodruff, Hill aides are telling her that “we’re on the cusp of getting bipartisan prison-sentencing reform.” If they’re right, that’s a tribute, as Woodruff’s article shows, to carefully crafted left/right alliances. In this case, the team includes not just the civil […]
Leo Strauss and the Right’s Civil War
By Daniel McCarthy I recently reviewed Paul Gottfried’s Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America for the University Bookman. Paul responds to my review here. Note that in addition to Paul’s book being available as an affordable paperback, the Kindle edition is now going for just $12.49—if […]
The GOP Can’t Win as a Party of War in 2014
By Conor Friedersdorf Reuters A group of hawks is called a cast, an aerie, a kettle—or, if John Bolton gets his way, the 114th United States Congress. The one-time U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has set up a PAC and a super PAC to help hawks in […]
Hawks for humanity
By Chase Madar Does the human rights industry adore war? Samantha Power, the U.S. representative to the United Nations, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in July 2013 in Washington.Win McNamee/Getty Images The human rights industry does a lot of noble work around the world. And yet […]
Why Edward Snowden Wouldn’t Get a Fair Trial
By Jesselyn Radack While the controversy surrounding Edward Snowden‘s dissemination of National Security Agency information continues, members of Congress, journalists and advocacy groups keep repeating the same argument: Mr. Snowden should turn himself in, mount a solid defense and all will be righted at trial. That’s a fantasy. […]
The Economic Future of the U.S.A
Daily Mail Poverty, prostitutes and the long, slow death of the Soviet Union: Haunting pictures show desperate struggle to survive in last days of USSR These shocking pictures may look like something out of the Great Depression – but in fact they show life in the last years […]
Bloggers, public have First Amendment protection – US court
Russia Today A federal appeals court has ruled that bloggers and the general public have the same protection of the First Amendment as journalists when sued for defamation. Should the issue be of public concern, the claimant has to prove negligence to win the case. “It’s not a […]
The Truth About Edward Snowden
The Illusion of Government
By Fred Reed In a paroxysm of patriotic musing, I reflected that Washington is an insular, incestuous, inward-looking city, chiefly interested in itself, so politically inbred as to be in danger of hemophilia, out of touch with reality, having remarkably little understanding of or interest in the rest […]
Because more childishness is what the world needs most…
Charles Manson Today: The Final Confessions of a Psychopath
Rolling Stone Charles Manson at Corcoran State Prison. MansonDirect.com By Erik Hedegaard In California’s San Joaquin Valley, about halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno, on the outskirts of the fly-infested, windblown, stink-soaked, dry-mouth town of Corcoran, sits the squat, sprawling expanse of Corcoran State Prison, where Charlie Manson is serving […]
Don’t Vote! It Only Encourages Them…
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Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism
Peter Marshall’s excellent book on historic anarchism. Lively and authoritative, this study of a widely misunderstood subject skillfully navigates the rough waters of anarchistic concepts—from Taoism to Situationism, ranters to punk rockers, individualists to communists, and anarcho-syndicalists to anarcha-feminists. Exploring key anarchist ideas of society and the state, […]
The Funeral of Peter Kropotkin
Westboro Atheists
An excellent critique of atheist fundamentalism. By Robert M. Price “My disagreement with religion and religious people is, I hope, a gentleman’s disagreement. As a humanist, I cannot despise the cultural fruits of religion, including the art, literature, music, and even the fascinating theology it has given rise […]
Duck Dynasty and the Secular Theocracy: Parts 1 & 2
Commentary by David Theroux of the Independent Institute. Duck Dynasty and the Secular Theocracy, Part I Duck Dynasty and the Secular Theocracy, Part II “As was the case with such earlier TV shows as Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction, as well as NPR’s long-running Prairie Home […]
Fuck Foreign Aid! Pan-Abolitionism for a Better Tomorrow
For the new year, I have a dream…. A.D. 2014, and it seems obvious that the highfaluting notion of “progress” remains almost purely a technological phenomenon. Whilst the denizens of Slave Britannia cow under the yoke of political correctness and media censorship, those further south of the sphere […]
Kevin Barrett’s interview with Keith Preston will air today at 11 am Eastern
Listen here. Guest: Keith Preston, author of Attack the System: A New Anarchist Perspective for the 21st Century. Keith discusses the fundamental illegitimacy of the state, the pseudo-religious aura surrounding “the government” and “the law,” and the permutations of statist idolatry in history. Other assertions: *The system props […]
Politics on a Human Scale
An interesting new book by Jeff Taylor. Check it out.
Life in PC Land
It’s Official: Rand Paul Sucks Donkey Kongs
Watch the video. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul claimed it would be “enlightening” for National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden and intelligence director James Clapper to “share a prison cell,” noting “the law has to be applied equally.”
Beyond Partisanship: The Fundamentals of Pan-Secessionist Activism
Attack the System Beyond Partisanship: The Fundamentals of Pan-Secessionist Activism January 5, 2014 Keith Preston gives a comprehensive overview of the ARV-ATS strategic outlook and clarifies certain misconceptions. Topics include: Why the philosophy of self-determination transcends ordinary partisan boundaries. The need to distinguish the meta-political and meta-strategic concepts […]
Mr. Snowden, It’s Time to Come Out and Take a Stand Publicly as to Your Intentions
By Sibel Edmonds When It Comes to Whistleblowing, Integrity & Purity of Intentions Matter MostA week ago I began writing a series of commentaries on significant consequences and conflicts of interest associated with Glenn Greenwald, his new PayPal billionaire boss, and the ownership and commoditization of the 50,000-page […]
Keith Preston interviewed by Kevin Barrett on Truth Jihad Radio
Listen to the interview here. Guest: Keith Preston, author of Attack the System: A New Anarchist Perspective for the 21st Century. Keith discusses the fundamental illegitimacy of the state, the pseudo-religious aura surrounding “the government” and “the law,” and the permutations of statist idolatry in history. Other assertions: […]
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Keith Preston interviewed on Imperium Europa
Listen to the interview here. It covers a wide range of topics.
After This Year’s Mess, Small Is More Beautiful Than Ever
By Kirkpatrick Sale There is one and only one conclusion that I should think everyone alive during this last year of sequester and shutdown and gridlock and Obamacare, and unprecedented government intrusion, would come to is this: the government we have in this country is too incompetent, […]
Attack the System: Who Are the Power Elite?
Attack the System Who Are the Power Elite? December 29, 2013 Keith Preston dissects the American ruling class. Topics include: The difference between power elite analysis and conspiracy theories. Power elite analysis versus theories of democratic pluralism. Classical elite theory as developed during the interwar period of the […]
The Complete List of Weird Sex Laws in the U.S.A.
Observation Deck Over on io9, we posted a map of all the weirdest sex laws in the U.S.A. We didn’t have room for every weird sex law we found, and some of them we had to shorten a bit to make them fit. So here’s the complete, unedited […]
The Anarchic Model of the Iroquois Native Americans
Why Conservative Christians Need to Be Libertarians
By Laurence Vance I admire much of the work of the Acton Institute. I recently very favorably reviewed Robert Sirico’s new book (he is the organization’s president). However, I deplore the people there that are Christian warmongers. The Acton Institute is advertising a new event to be held […]
Why Do Some Libertarian Atheists Get So Upset When You Mention Religion?
By Laurence Vance It happens every time I even mention religion in an article or blog post. Some libertarian atheists get so upset. Today I was referred to the work of the atheist George Smith, something I was already familiar with. For an introduction to Smith, here is […]
This will shock you, gentle reader, but most feminists are not libertarians, and neither are most gays
By Walter Block 1. Check this out on the feminists, at least those in India responsible for this horrid video. There has been a spate of horrendous rapes in this country. Do the feminists there come out against rape? Well, of course, some of them do, quite properly, […]
The Return of Debtors Prisons
The Daily Mail The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that debtors’ prisons are unconstitutional – but that has done little to stop some judges from jailing people because they cannot pay their court fines. In an troubling development straight out of a Charles Dickens novel, indigent defendants […]
George Soros and Totalitarian Humanism
By Robert Wenzel The DC reports: The gay advocacy group that launched a pressure campaign to block comedian Bob Newhart from speaking at a Catholic summit is funded by progressive billionaire George Soros and has close links to President Obama’s new White House counselor, records reveal. Newhart, 84, pulled […]
Treating Phil Robertson seriously means slouching toward ‘Idiocracy’
By David McElroy It finally occurred to me over the weekend why I hate the responses of people on both sides of the Phil Robertson controversy. I would object to pretty much any reaction to what Robertson said — because paying attention to him at all is treating […]
Utah Is on Track to End Homelessness by 2015 With This One Simple Idea
Nationswell.Com Give them an apartment first, ask questions later. Utah has reduced its rate of chronic homelessness by 78 percent over the past eight years, moving 2000 people off the street and putting the state on track to eradicate homelessness altogether by 2015. How’d they do it? The […]
Californians outraged after police acquire military armored vehicle to patrol city
Russia Today Police in Salinas, California are under fire after the department acquired a heavily armored military vehicle for SWAT team operations. The $650,000 vehicle was gifted to the Salinas Police Department from the government through the 1033 program, which redistributes used equipment to other agencies. According to […]
Texas student reports rape and gets suspended for ‘public lewdness’
Raw Story A former Texas high school student has come forward with accusations that school officials suspended her for “public lewdness” after she reported that she had been raped in a band room. In her first extensive interview, Rachel Bradshaw-Bean told NBC News that a boy had asked […]
US schools attempted to ban 49 books in 2013
Russia Today Censorship in American schools and libraries is on the rise as more institutions attempt to ban books tackling racial and sexual issues, as well as those written by minorities, according to the anti-censorship group Kids’ Right to Read Project. In a report by the Guardian, the […]
Christmas in Colorado
The “War on Christmas” As Blowback
By Roderick Long I spent my last two years of elementary school in Idaho Falls, a town that was at that time 70% Mormon. In the public school the only Christmas songs that were permitted were purely secular ones with no religious references. I spent high school in […]
Saudi blogger may face death penalty for apostasy
Russia Today Saudi blogger and activist, Raif Badawi, currently serving his 7-year prison term for “insulting Islam”, may soon appear in a higher court on graver charges of apostasy. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to death. Bringing Badawi back to court to face graver charges was […]
Thai police officer killed in clashes with anti-government protesters
Russia Today Thai police say an officer has been killed during an anti-government rally in the country’s capital, Bangkok. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters who attempted to halt planning for the February elections over the controversial security law. The officer died after being airlifted to […]
‘Tracked everywhere you go’: Snowden delivers Xmas message on govt spying
Russia Today NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has delivered his ‘Alternative Christmas Message’ via a British TV channel. The whistleblower called for an end to mass spying by governments, stating that a child born today will have “no conception of privacy.” Snowden’s address aired by the UK’s Channel 4 […]
Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?
Toronto Star Laura Kane / Toronto Star Order this photo Dr. James Cantor of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has spent the last decade on research suggesting that pedophilia is a deep-rooted, unchangeable predisposition. Pedophilia has been widely viewed as a psychological disorder triggered by early […]
McDonald’s takes down employee website following ridicule
Russia Today Following repeated backlash over the advice handed out on its McResource website, McDonald’s has officially taken the page down altogether. The McResource website was intended to help employees manage stress, health, and financial issues, but had come under fire multiple times over the past few months. […]
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