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Nexus X HumectressDavid Brin raises what I think are some of the better criticisms of the neo-reactionary philosophy. I appreciate the neo-reactionaries. Mass democracy and “democratic equality” are the state religions of modern liberal-capitalist regimes, and the core component of their self-legitimating ideological superstructure. When folks ranging from the neocons […]
Many of my right-wing readers will no doubt consider this piece by leftist anti-racist Tim Wise to be blasphemy, but it’s an interesting summary of the arguments for “race realism” and the counter arguments offered by the Left. By Tim Wise Some things are so predictable that you […]
A lengthy symposium from the Center for a Stateless Society on anarchist economics. LOL, most of these guys hate my guts but I’m pleased to see this debate about anarchist economics going on. By Cory Massimino Center for a Stateless Society Introducing the November 2015 Mutual Exchange Symposium […]
This is an interesting critique of Kevin Carson’s individualist-anarchism/mutualism by former Trotskyist turned anarcho-communist Wayne Price. Carson’s reply to Price’s review can be found here. By Wayne Price Anarkismo.Net This is a review of Kevin Carson’s “Studies in Mutualist Political Economy”. Carson seeks to revive individualist anarchist economic […]
This really nails it. World Socialist Website After over 14 years of unending US wars of aggression waged in the name of fighting terrorism, humanitarian intervention and promoting “democracy,” the threat posed to mankind by the eruption of American militarism has never been so acute. In Syria, Washington […]
This is what anarchists and other radicals should be focusing on, not “microaggressions.” Abby Martin interviews retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former national security advisor to the Reagan administration, who spent years as an assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell during both Bush administrations. Today, he […]
During the peak of my ultra-leftist phase about 25 years ago, I recall telling a friend of the Republican persuasion that the ideal GOP society would have the foreign policy of Nazi Germany, the economy of Guatemala, and the civil liberties of the Soviet Union. Regrettably, I seem […]
By Dr. Sean Gabb Libertarian Alliance Writing in the Daily Telegraph on the 10th December 2015, two Members of Parliament – Frank Field and Nicholas Soames – regret the cancellation, in 2010, of the previous Labour Government’s identity card scheme. They argue that the threat of terrorism requires […]
By Doug Ahler and David Broockman Washington Post Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaking at a Dec. 12 town hall meeting in the Convocation Center on the University of South Carolina. (Richard Shiro/AP) Donald Trump is one of the most extreme presidential candidates to gain widespread support in […]
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/17/442083/US-contains-Turkey-downing-jet-Syria-Iraq-Turkish-troops-Keith-Preston The United States is moving to contain Turkey’s “geo-political ambitions” in the Middle East, following its troop deployment in Iraq and downing of a Russian jet last month, says a journalist and analyst in Virginia. “Turkey has some geo-political ambitions of its own […]
By Ted Rall SkewedNews.Net Skewed News — Senator Ted Cruz, by most measures the second most popular presidential candidate among Republican primary voters after Donald Trump, is catching flak for his call to carpet-bomb ISIS. Granted, Cruz’s understanding of warfare isn’t sophisticated. Called out on the fact that […]
By William T. Hathaway Prisons are one of the few growth industries in the USA today. They are becoming money-making institutions, and profits are rising. New ones are being built and old ones expanded to hold all the new slave laborers being captured. The prison-industrial complex is the […]
U.S. elections increasingly remind me of the electoral system that existed in El Salvador in the 1980s, where the two parties were an astoundingly incompetent centrist party (Jose Napoleon Duarte’s Christian Democrats) and an utterly insane bloodthirsty neo-fascist party (Roberto d’Aubuisson’s ARENA-Nationalist Republican Alliance). So I guess the […]
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/12/16/441940/GOP-incompetent-leaders The GOP party consists of “incompetent leaders that are being elevated to the top of the political class,” Keith Preston said in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday. The irresponsible statements made by Republican presidential candidates underscore the level of competence in […]
From the Atlantic. A thorough overview of the much-maligned militant-Muslim Männerbund. What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York […]
Some constructive criticism from Charles Glass. A French news cameraman burst into the bar of Beirut’s Commodore Hotel, where his colleagues gathered most evenings, on November 17, 1983. “At last,” he shouted, cupping both hands upward, “someone with balls!” French warplanes had just bombed the town of […]
Islam, immigration, and interventionism. I’ll be incorporating a response to the Ann-xieties expressed here (and elsewhere) into a future Infernal episode. There’s a lot of raspberrying and dismissiveness in the debate over whether to let the wave of “Syrian” “refugees” wash up on U.S. shores. In the partisan […]
In a better world, Paul would be POTUS. (In an >even< better world, the concept of a POTUS – and other national equivalents – would remain just that.)
By Lawrence Jarach Introduction The Fear of Anarchism The Fear of Anarcho-Primitivism Thousands Die Iatrogenically Thousands Die Industrially “Millions Will Die” and Other Absurdities Work After the Revolution Can Any Anarchist Feed Six Billion People? Why I am Not an Anti-Primitivist Glossary Introduction There has never been a […]
By Stefan Gleason Is America on the cusp of a revolution that will usher in a new monetary order? The lessons of history tell us that no fiat currency retains its value for long or lasts forever. And as Shakespeare noted, “what’s past is prologue.” Major episodes in […]
This is interesting. Apparently, Trump’s supporters are a small but vocal minority. Gallup.Com by Andrew Dugan Story Highlights Trump’s net favorable stands at -27, well below others Ben Carson has seen largest gain in overall public familiarity Chris Christie’s image improves modestly WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 2016 presidential […]
I’m generally inclined to trust the results of a Gallup poll on issues like this. Not only is Gallup a generally reputable polling company, but the company was founded by evangelical Christians and leans to the center-right politically, so it’s unlikely they would be inclined to skew the […]
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/12/441462/Sauid-Araba-USled-Wahhabism-axis-US-visa-legislation-iran-Daesh-San-Bernardino “Saudi Arabia is part of the American-led axis that is the dominant coalition in the international ruling class,” Preston says. The United States has long led a Saudi Wahhabist axis which has given rise to a string of extremist groups waging war and terror in the Middle […]
One of our readers, “John S.,” raises what might be the most pertinent questions regarding the future of anarchism, and the other ideas we discuss here at ATS. I think if anarchy became significantly popular, and actually started to effect politics, economics and/or social issues, it would be […]
By John McWhorter Opposition to racism used to be a political stance. Now it has every marking of a religion, with both good and deleterious effects on American society. An anthropology article from 1956 used to get around more than it does now, “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema.” […]
The media represents the various factions of the power elite: FOX and the WSJ represent the “conservative” wing of the ruling class, the traditional networks, WaPo and CNN represent the centrist sectors of the power elite, and MSNBC and HuffPo represent the liberal wing of the elite. All […]
A talk from anarcho-communist Wayne Price. He’s half-way there. Add to Price’s statement this statement from a libertarian group: “Right/Left, small “L” and big “L” libertarians are welcome. Libertarian Socialists. Ancaps, Ancoms, and other anarchist types are welcome, as well. Objectivists, Agorists, Georgists… Constitutional and Conservative libertarians …As […]
A recent lecture by Chomsky. Presented by Haymarket Books and the Schools of Public Engagement (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engag…) at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu), Noam Chomsky discusses the persistent and largely invariant features of U.S. foreign policy — in the words of U.S. planners, “the overall framework of order” — and […]
Ian Mayes recently offered the following comments: I have a theory that in about 20 years, if not sooner, the word “anarchist” will primarily be associated with the anarcho-capitalists. This is because the anarcho-capitalists are very vocal and persistent in claiming to be anarchists, especially on the internet. […]
Justin Raimondo has the best critique of Donald Trump to date. Trump’s politics are on the level of a bunch of frat guys talking at keg part, but Trump’s not nearly as much of a “fascist” as the neocons-or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. By Justin Raimondo Antiwar.Com The latest […]
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Press TV. Read here: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/10/441101/US-Russia-confrontation-NATO-war-Daesh-Syria-nofly-zone The Pentagon says enforcing a no-fly zone over Syria could trigger a direct confrontation between the US and Russia. A potential confrontation between the United States and Russia would create an “extraordinarily dangerous” situation which drags world nations into a war, says an American […]
An interesting critique of yours truly from what appears to be a Stirnerite perspective. Read it here: http://sireinzige.blogspot.ca/2015/12/panned-anarchism.html —————————————————- Keith Preston actually took some time on his site to respond to my criticism of his approach so I shall return the favor. http://attackthesystem.com/2015/11/26/the-legacy-of-anarchist-successes/#more-37998 I think I should get […]
Press TV. Listen here. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/05/440413/US-military-budget- “The United States spends more money on military production and military activities than certainly any other nation in the world,” Keith Preston told Press TV on Saturday. The United States spends about half of its federal budget on military production–six times the military […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Random Meanderings Academic Composition Attitudes toward hierarchies shed light on fundamental differences between the left and the right. The latter tends to be skeptical of them and for this reason, leftists often rally around the ideal of equality. On the other hand, the right views […]
This is woman is one of the more impressive people in Congress. http://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4563951 President Obama is sending an “expeditionary force” of U.S. military special operators to carry out raids against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, a move that expands on their decision to send about 50 special operators […]
Press TV. Listen here: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/12/02/439987/US-Saudi-Arabia-Daesh-Syria-IRAQ The US does not “want ISIS (Daesh) to spread into Saudi Arabia and some of the other” Persian Gulf puppet countries, Keith Preston told Press TV on Wednesday. The United States is allowing Daesh terrorists to remain and grow in Syria, but simultaneously […]
Expect more cracks of this type to emerge on the Left in the future. Žižek’s thoughts on the refugee crisis are useless, even harmful, for creating a pan-European leftist movement capable of challenging the far-right. Photo by Mariana Costa, via Flickr. In a recent article Žižek replied to […]
Press TV. Listen here: http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/11/30/439755/Graham-McCain-most-hawkish-wing US Senators “Graham and McCain represent the most hawkish wing or the most extremist wing of the American foreign policy establishment,” Keith Preston told Press TV on Monday. The recent call by US Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham to send 20,000 […]
Truthdig Commerce Square in Lisbon, Portugal. (Pinkcandy / Shutterstock.com) After a general election left political options in Portugal a bit hazy this month, a coalition made up of the Socialist, Communist, Green and Left Bloc parties ousted a conservative government that held the reins for a […]
How ISIS is being used as a tool of the Anglo-American-Zionist-Wahhabist axis. By Taxi Plato’s Guns The Mainstream Media is doing all it can to avoid addressing the obvious: naming, dissecting and damning ISIS’s major backers and supporters. There are no such informative and sanguine reports being penned […]
If true, this is big news. By Michael Bassett Asia Observer Swiss-educated reformer Kim Jong-un is liberating North Korea by proliferating a capitalist, knowledge-based economy, says Michael Bassett. When Kim Jong-il died, speculation ran awry that North Korea would either collapse or be taken over by hard-liners. Analysts watched doggedly […]
The news is all made up. Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media? That means nearly everything we hear on the radio, read in the news, and see on television (including ‘news’). I’m talking about General Electric […]
Pat Buchanan on the prospects for World War Three. Right now, this is the main issue that radicals and dissident, and indeed all reasonable people, in the United State and Europe should be focused on. This is serious business, and a reminded of why our first priority radicals, […]
Institute for Anarchist Studies Murray Bookchin was a pivotal, polarizing figure in the post-WWII history of anarchism. He put ecology and democracy on the anarchist agenda in a way that was as novel as it is enduring.
Read the full text of this lecture here.
By Reihan Salam National Review Jamelle Bouie argues that the United States might never become a “majority-minority” country, as the white majority will expand over time through intermarriage and assimilation: It’s hard to overstate the significance of this. Whites are the mainstream of American life, with tremendous representation […]
What follows is the transcript of a debate that I had on this question with a left-anarchist/libertarian socialist on a social media forum. His comments are in italics and my response are in standard font. A defence of anarchism as (1) libertarian socialism, and (2) an anti-hierarchical and […]
The SJW-speak aside, this is actually pretty interesting. A lot of the right questions are getting asked. By Uri Gordon Infoshop In L. Cordeiro-Rodrigues and M. Simendic, eds. 2015. Philosophies of Multiculturalism: Beyond liberalism, London: Routledge This chapter examines anarchist approaches to ethno-cultural difference , offering three main […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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