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Turn It Into an Anarchist Oasis?
Watch the video LAS VEGAS (AP) — The tiny Nevada town that’s home to one of the most powerful men in Congress is up for sale. The main properties in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s hometown of Searchlight went on the market this week for just under $5 […]
Turning Our Schools Into Totalitarian Enclaves
By John Whitehead “Unfortunately, children do not organize, have no access to the media, and do not vote. They are relatively powerless to improve their own condition. Children need adults who will advocate for them.” ~ Professor David Elkind, Tufts University Just as the 9/11 terrorist attacks created […]
Why Fascists Hate Anarchy
by Ryder Wes Hardin
Classical fascism and classical anarchism are philosophical brothers with a lengthy history of fighting each other. Both were composed of former Marxists equipped with militancy and syndicalism intertwined with
America’s Role in a Darkening Age
By Pat Buchanan When, in the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev said, “We will bury you,” and, “Your children will live under communism,” Eisenhower’s America scoffed. By 1980, however, the tide did indeed seem to be with the East. America had suffered a decade of defeats. Southeast Asia had fallen. […]
Why the GOP Could Be in the Wilderness For a Long Time
By Daniel Larison White House Photo Ross Douthat makes a fair point: But just because the G.O.P. looks like it could spend a generation in the wilderness doesn’t meant that it actually will. National parties exist to win national elections, and that incentive alone often suffices to drive […]
Oliver Stone vs. the Empire
By John Buffalo Mailer Oliver Stone Dilma Rousseff (Creative Commons) Oliver Stone has the same gripe with Barack Obama as he did with George W. Bush—namely, they both stand for American Empire, and he does not. Stone is a three-time Oscar winner, has made over 60 films, including […]
Hagel Hearing: The War Party’s Waterloo
By Justin Raimondo We have to be thankful to Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of our more theatrical solons, for dramatizing the way in which the Israel lobby intimidates members of Congress: by asking Chuck Hagel if he could name a single Senator who was so intimidated he merely […]
Meet the Contractors Turning America’s Police Into a Paramilitary Force
By John Knefel The national security state has an annual budget of around $1 trillion. Of that huge pile of money, large amounts go to private companies the federal government awards contracts to. Some, like Lockheed Martin or Boeing, are household names, but many of the contractors fly […]
America Is Turning Into One Big Prison for People in Debt
By Steve Fraser Shakespeare’s Polonius offered this classic advice to his son: “neither a borrower nor a lender be.” Many of our nation’s Founding Fathers emphatically saw it otherwise. They often lived by the maxim: always a borrower, never a lender be. As tobacco and rice planters, slave […]
The “Death of Private Property”?
By David D’Amato A few days ago, I heard Greg Gutfeld — a self-styled libertarian and host of Fox News’ Red Eye — grieve the “death of private property” in his comment on homeless people squatting in Bank of America-owned houses. As a free marketer, defender of private […]
Two Cheers for the Coming Collapse of the U.S. Economy!
George Takei, ‘Star Trek’ Star, On Coming Out, LGBT Rights And ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
Huffington Post George Takei says there’s a not-so-secret mission — or two — behind the bitingly funny videos and Facebook updates which the “Star Trek” legend posts regularly to his 3.5 million Facebook followers, who grow by 40,000 per week. “I think my new image as a comic […]
Pushing gun control a problem for red state Democrats
By David Lightmari High-end rifles in a gun shop in Arizona in 2011 | Will Seberger/MCT More on this Story Story | Newtown massacre may impel states to beef up mental health services Story | Gun debate begins in Congress, but both sides start out far apart By […]
Democracy in America, Revisited
By Morris Berman Since American democracy is in the process of disintegrating, it might be worthwhile to reflect on the nature of the phenomenon, and the sources of its dialectical death. In 1982 the eminent French scholar, Pierre Manent, published a study of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in […]
A Government of the Rich, by the Rich, and for the Corporations
By John Whitehead “The shaping of the will of Congress and the choosing of the American president has become a privilege reserved to the country’s equestrian classes, a.k.a. the 20% of the population that holds 93% of the wealth, the happy few who run the corporations and the […]
Trying To Reform Government Is Largely a Waste of Time
By Steven Greenhut Whenever I speak or write about California’s pension and public debt problems, I always hear from well-intentioned, conservative- and libertarian-minded people who want me to consider their solutions. Most of their ideas – caps on this kind of spending or that, changed pension formulas, public […]
Why Anarchism+ Is A Conservative Movement
By Legionscatz As someone who has typically placed themselves on the left of the anarchist movement, a common trend I have noticed emerging among my so-called “comrades” is that much of the left’s philosophy is becoming indistinguishable from the socially conservative movements that most anarchists have traditionally opposed. […]
Feminism: The Goddess That Fails
By Becky Kevorkian Despite what they would like you to believe, feminists are not for “equality”, they are for the special interests of women specifically, while ignoring very real instances of inequalities against men. If feminists were truly a group oriented toward supporting equality for all, they would […]
Is America’s economic future hopelessly lost?
The Washington Times HONOLULU, January 26, 2013 ― With national optimism now at a historical all-time low since the Carter Administration, many are wondering whether or not America’s best days are behind us. Scarce employment opportunities and rapidly rising costs of food and energy have made life increasingly […]
BACKFIRE: Seattle Gun Buyback Turns Into Gun Show; Collectors Waved “Wads of Cash” At Those In Line
Mac Slavo SHTFPlan.com Leave it to enterprising Americans to always find a loophole in the midst of ever-expanding government regulation. While thousands of Seattle residents lined up for hours to trade their handguns, rifles and family heirlooms away in exchange for up to $200 in gift cards as […]
Post-Election Analysis
In this edition of Attack the System, Keith Preston discusses the results and voting patterns of the 2012 Presidential Election. Keith’s analysis got lost in the shuffle at Counter-Currents, but despite the time throw, it is still well worth listening to. 55:16 / 51 words Email Keith: kppgarv@mindspring.com
How Occupy Wall Street Is Beating the Liberty Movement
Huffington Post When a group of young libertarians gathered in Pepperdine last week for a Students for Liberty conference, they probably did not expect to begin their day listening to a speech advocating for greater cooperation between the Liberty and the Occupy Wall Street movements.
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Against “Thick” Anarchism
By Joseph Hunter Usually this is a derogatory term for those anarchists who are not deemed “thick” enough in their prescriptions for a stateless society. It is becoming more and more accepted among anarchists that this is a bad thing and that mere opposition to the state is […]
Game to destroy CCTV cameras: vandalism or valid protest?
From The Guardian. I wonder if it’ll catch on… ______ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jan/25/activists-destroy-cctv-cameras-germany-video As a youth in a ski mask marches down a Berlin U-Bahn train, dressed head-to-toe in black, commuters may feel their only protection is the ceiling-mounted CCTV camera nearby. But he is not interested in stealing wallets […]
A Woman’s Work? Behind a Gun
(Previously posted at Mere Anti-Statism) Two days ago, the Stateside military lifted its ban on females assuming combat roles. According to The Guardian, Pentagon Defence Secretary (and civilian-assassination-endorsing piece-of-shit) Leon Panetta, together with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey, scribbled away the 1994 prohibition […]
Native America Calling: The Gun Control Debate
From Lingit Latseen On Native America Calling: Gun Control Debate I discussed gun control from a Native American context. This show was hosted by Tara Gatewood with myself, Vince Rinehart, as a guest. It aired live on January 25, 2013. Download the Show Here. For a very brief […]
Cornel West on Obama
The Corporatization of Higher Education
by Dr. Shepherd Bliss
The new Center for Ethics, Law, and Society at Sonoma State University in Northern California has caused quite a stir among our academic community during the first week of classes, as well as from those outside SSU.
It’s Not the Jews Fault If You’re a Loser
Dr. Sean Gabb on the intellectual sinkhole of anti-Semitism. This is an ex cathedra statement, not an invitation to debate. It is made in view of certain comments recently posted on this blog. The problem with anti-semitic conspiracy theories is that they involve continuous selection. Therefore, you take […]
Should There be Laws Against Drinking and Driving?
Dr. Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance injects some common sense into the issue of drinking and driving. http://www.libertarian.co.uk/multimedia/2013-01-22-sig-drink.mp3 Sean Gabb, Director of the Libertarian Alliance, speaking on BBC Radio 4 on the 22nd January 2013. The excuse for this discussion was a story about an Irish local […]
Homeless man threatened to kill Obama to get free health care in prison
Russia Today A Florida man has been sentenced to prison — again — for threatening to kill the president of the United States — again. Stephen Espalin says he only made the threat to get free medical care, though, and it wasn’t the first time he tried it […]
Women in combat: Will they have to register for the draft?
Christian Science Monitor Now that the Pentagon is lifting its ban on women in combat, does this mean that women could potentially be drafted, too? And as a practical matter: When women turn 18, will they now need to register, as men do, so that they can be […]
The Ghastly Idea of ‘Equality for All’
By Kirkpatrick Sale Equality is a pernicious and dangerous political policy, but that’s exactly what Obama declared in full voice in his second inaugural speech as the cause and preoccupation of his government for the next four years. He explicitly promised equality for women, gays, illegal immigrants, the […]
Libertarian Anticapitalism
By Charles Johnson For most of the 20th century, American libertarians were mostly seen as — and mostly saw themselves as — defenders of capitalism. Was that an accurate view of 20th century libertarians were about? If accurate, is that a good thing about libertarianism, or a […]
There’s Nothing Wrong With ‘Doping’
By Samuel Goldman Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.com The last few weeks have seen a number of events related to the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports.
90 Sheriffs and Two Sheriffs Associations Have Pledged to Ignore “Obama Gun Control”
By Mike Riggs Last week, Reason’s Ed Krayewski noted that a handful of sheriffs around the country had pledged to ignore new gun regulations being pushed by President Obama. If Oath Keeper Sheriff Richard Mack is to be believed, the number of sheriffs who are now refusing to […]
National-Anarchism: Methodology and Application
Signed copies of NATIONAL-ANARCHISM: METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION are now available to pre-order. The book is 150 pages in length and costs just £15 with free postage to anywhere in the world. The Paypal address is: blackfrontpress@yahoo.co.uk More details below.
American National-Anarchism
This essay is included in the recently released National-Anarchism: Methodology and Application, edited by Troy Southgate and available from Black Front Press. by Jamie O’Hara and Craig FitzGerald
Silver and Gold
By Ludwig Von
Despite the Great Depression and numerous extended financial troubles in the century since passage of the Federal Reserve Act (I may detail these in a future article), supporters cite the “panics” and other crises of the late 19th century
Cop to Motorist: “I’ll Shoot You in the F***ing Back!”
Bill Clinton to Democrats: Don’t trivialize gun culture
By Byron Tau ‘Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents,’ Clinton said. | AP Photo By BYRON TAU | 1/19/13 4:55 PM EST Updated: 1/20/13 12:52 PM EST Former President Bill Clinton warned a group of top Democratic donors at a private Saturday meeting not to […]
49% Think U.S. Should Withdraw Troops from Europe
Rasmussenreports.Com As Congress and the president consider possible cuts in defense spending, half (49%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the United States should withdraw its troops from Western Europe. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 31% disagree. One-in-five (20%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click […]
65% See Gun Rights As Protection Against Tyranny
Rasmussenreports.Com Two-out-of-three Americans recognize that their constitutional right to own a gun was intended to ensure their freedom. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 65% of American Adults think the purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure that people are able to protect […]
NRA Shooting Self in Foot
American Spectator The National Rifle Association is hobbling its own public relations effort by remaining committed to its original Sandy Hook response, namely that an armed guard should be stationed in every school. This view was introduced by Wayne LaPierre at a tone-deaf, now-infamous press conference. That event was […]
Rand Paul Slams Chris Christie For Being Too Liberal: Election 2016 Just Got Under Way
By Chris Miles Rand Paul Slams Chris Christie For Being Too Liberal Election 2016 Just Got Under Way The next Republican presidential primary is already heating up. On Friday, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) slammed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his recent positions — from the Hurricane Sandy […]
Sick and Tired of the Neocons: Lew Rockwell interviews Justin Raimondo
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Gun Control: Who Gets Control?
By Darian Worden Supporting gun control laws means giving government more credit than it deserves. Government is an institution run and staffed by people with their own interests and personalities. Are they really any smarter, more competent, or less likely to escalate violence than the average person? If […]
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