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Nexus X HumectressSpeaking On Liberty with Kevin Carson
Listen to the interview. C4SS Senior Fellow and current holder of the Karl Hess Chair in Social Theory, Kevin Carson, participates in a discussion regarding the alternative and challenge that C4SS’s left-wing market anarchism offers to the mainstream libertarian conversation.
So What Are We?
A question for our readers and supporters? What is the best term for the kind of political philosophy we promote here? Terms I’ve used include anarcho-populism, anarcho-pluralism, anti-state radicalism, anarchism without adjectives, anarchism without hyphens, tribal-anarchism, radical decentralism, anarcho-sovereignism, open-ended national-anarchism, third way/third position anarchism, left-paleocon anarchism, and […]
To Pissed Off Libertarians
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Geopolitics and “Conspiracy Theories”
Kerry Bolton is interviewed by Richard Spencer. The United Nations General Assembly Author Kerry Bolton joins Richard to discuss geopolitics and the intersection of global finance, war, and foreign policy. In particular, they examine the “conspiracy theories” regarding major events like the Second World War and the Cold […]
Indiana legalizes shooting cops
From Russia Today. Not all bad news, then! _________________ by Vincent West Hold onto your holsters, folks: shooting a cop dead is now legal in the state of Indiana. Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006 legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force […]
Spying and profiling Muslims in New Jersey is apparently fine
From Russia Today. _______________ The New Jersey State attorney general concluded a three month investigation on Thursday, ruling that law enforcement officers with the New York Police Department were not at fault by profiling and spying on Muslims outside of their jurisdiction. New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa […]
Bill C-304: Hate Speech Clause’s Repeal Gives White Supremacists Rare Moment Of Glee
From HuffPo Canada. Two-thirds—two-fucking-thirds—of this spin-piece’s audience voted in favour of censorship: tie-dye totalitarians! ______________ A Conservative private members’ bill that repeals part of Canada’s hate speech laws has passed the House of Commons with scant media attention, and even less commentary. But it’s being cheered by many […]
Sweet land of… conformity?
From Boston.com. _______ By Claude Fischer Americans aren’t the rugged individuals we think we are. Americans like to see themselves as rugged individualists, a nation defined by the idea that people should set their own course through life. Think of Clint Eastwood rendering justice, rule-bound superiors be damned. […]
Military Heroes, Mercenaries, or Technofascists?
By Thomas Naylor When MSNBC host Chris Hayes had the audacity in his pre-Memorial Day show to question whether every American soldier was entitled to be called a “hero,” he unleashed a virtual firestorm in cyberspace and elsewhere. He had clearly asked the right question, a question that […]
As Goode as It Gets
By W. James Antle III photo: Constitution Party During the Republican primaries, conservatives turned to one candidate after another to be the right’s alternative to Mitt Romney: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and finally Rick Santorum. One by one, their campaigns fizzled. Now, with the […]
Revolt in the Ranks
By Chris Bray Illustration by Miguel Davilla On a September afternoon in the peacetime year of 1821, a regiment of Rhode Island militia completed its annual review and prepared to go home. Suddenly the regiment’s parade field in Providence became the scene of a spontaneous military riot. In […]
The Right’s False Prophet
By Kenneth McIntyre When writing about the work of an academic historian or philosopher—as opposed to a polemicist, a politician, or a popularizer—there is an obvious threshold question with which to begin: is the writer’s work intrinsically interesting or compelling in some way? If this question is answered […]
Plutocracy at the Crossroads?
By Gary Wills Republican operatives describe this year’s presidential election in apocalyptic terms. It will determine our future. It will seal our national fate. Well, they are probably right, but not for the reason they give. They tell Republican voters that President Obama, in a second term where […]
Members of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and their allies, including DGR Blockade White Clay
Whiteclay, NE – Activists from across the country participated in an act of civil disobedience in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. Deep Green Resistance, Un-occupy Albuquerque, Occupy Lincoln and Lakota organizers attached U-Locks to their necks and strung a chain between pairs of activists, blockading the road running […]
Solidarity across North America and the world for long-term anarchist prisoners
A nearly final list of solidarity events for Marie, Eric, and anarchist prisoners around the world. Now that we’ve finally reached June 11, there are at least 40 events and actions planned to express support for Marie and Eric. We’re also encouraged that alongside organizing for them, there […]
The Greek Town that Already Opted Out of the Euro
By Stuart Bramhall An interesting BBC feature about a flourishing Greek town. They have plenty of money because they have their own local currency – the TEMS. If video fails to play go to free link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y9R0v96K48&feature=youtu.be
Speaking On Liberty: Gary Chartier
Listen to the interview at C4SS. C4SS Trustee and Senior Fellow, Gary Chartier, participates in a discussion regarding the alternative and challenge that C4SS’s left-wing market anarchism offers to the mainstream libertarian conversation.
James Mill and Libertarian Class Analysis
By Murray Rothbard Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, volume 2, chapter 3: “James Mill, Ricardo, and the Ricardian System.” An MP3 audio file of this chapter, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach, is available for download. The theory of class conflict as a key to political history did […]
Rand Paul: Not Such a Sell-Out After All?
This is an interesting take on the question. By Barry Lyndon I’m starting to think I must be the only voice in an avalanche of Paulites who wasn’t outraged by Senator Rand Paul’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. As a libertarian with a perspective of the Scottish independence movement […]
America is a Battlefield: In the war against tyranny
By Justin Raimondo On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, proffered a resolution declaring: “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all […]
Wisconsin: Death Throes of the Beast
By Kevin Carson Last Tuesday’s vote to recall (or not) Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is just the latest illustration of a positive feedback loop we’ve been in for some time. Capitalism — the 500-year-old historic system of political economy we actually live under — had heavily depended on […]
Enemies of Society: An Anthology of Individualist & Egoist Thought
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Blaming Welfare Queens
From Kyle’s Corner. _______________ In these troubling economic times those that wish to defend the establishment are scrambling for a demographic to scapegoat. Naturally, they have landed on the poor. Recently, a young conservative, Christine Rousselle , demonstrated the point in her essay “My Time at Walmart: Why […]
Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They’re Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement
By Thomas Francis During his sophomore year in high school, Cody Beck finally got fed up with hearing homophobic cracks. If his classmates thought being gay was weird (Beck was openly bisexual), he had a confession that would blow their minds. He told them he is sexually attracted to dogs […]
Why Obama’s Re-Election is Going to Look a Lot Like 2008
This article and my recent broadcast at VOR, “Electing a New People,” explain why the Left will be dominant in Western politics for the foreseeable future and why any serious anti-state movement should identify the pro-state Left rather than the reactionary Right as its primary enemy. By Ruy […]
Did the White House Direct the Police Crackdown on Occupy?
By Dave Lindorff A new trove of heavily redacted documents provided by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on behalf of filmmaker Michael Moore and the National Lawyers […]
Drugs and Repression from Obama to Cuomo
By Alexander Cockburn A heart in love will decipher every squiggle in a letter as a kiss. In the final days of the 2008 campaign and in the opening ones of his administration, Obama and his top legal aides seemed to the eager ears of marijuana legalizers on […]
Carson’s Second Appearance on Truth Jihad, American Freedom Radio
Kevin Carson, Senior Fellow and Karl Hess Chair in Social Theory at Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS), was interviewed June 1 by Kevin Barrett on Truth Jihad, American Freedom Radio. The interview, which takes up the the first hour and continues for part of the second, centers on the […]
Secede From the Regime
On June 5, 2012, In Podcast, By egarris Standard Podcast Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download Ryan McMaken interviews Lew on the history and prospects for liberty.
Why Sweatshop Jobs Are Worth Defending – A Short Response to Long
By Matt Zwolinski Roderick Long raises some important concerns about my defense of sweatshops. I’m short on time, preparing for the symposium on John Tomasi’s book next week, but I wanted to get in at least a quick initial response. I trust and hope that we will have plenty of time to continue […]
Dial 911 for Mommy
By Gavin McInnes After leaving dinner with my in-laws here in Brooklyn on Monday, I saw two men standing on the curb looking very righteous. One was Asian and the other was white, which in this area usually signifies they’re yuppie gentrifiers. Sitting on the sidewalk next to […]
Dissident News Digest June 9, 2012
Officials Confirm: Obama Decides Who Lives and Who Dies: The President has put himself at the helm of the drone assassination program and directly oversees lengthy ‘kill lists’ which include several U.S. citizens. Construction Activities at Military Site Fuel Latest Round of Iranian Nuclear Fears: A satellite image […]
More U.S. Soldiers Dying from Suicide Than Combat
cryptogon.com Via: AP: Suicides are surging among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year far outdistance the U.S. forces killed in action […]
Seven UN peacekeepers killed in Ivory Coast
rt.com Seven UN peacekeepers have been killed in a remote area of southwestern Ivory Coast. They were ambushed during a mission to protect civilians threatened by attack. Over 40 of their colleagues who stayed on guard remain in danger, the UN said. A group of peacekeepers were on […]
The Stark Truth: Interview with Paul Craig Roberts
Listen to the interview. May 25, 2012 Robert Stark interviews Paul Craig Roberts. Topics include: PCR’s role in the Reagan administration and supply-side economics; How job outsourcing was engineered by Wall Street and corporations; The military-industrial complex; Neoconservatives, foreign policy in the Middle East, and war with Iran; […]
Rand Paul Betrays His Father’s Principles, Endorses Mitt Romney
June 8th, 2012 Libertarian Party [Prediction: The Ron Paul movement will eventually split into two camps. One will be a more system-friendly movement for whom Rand Paul is the figurehead. The other will be a more radically anti-state movement whose radicalism surpasses that of Ron Paul. The latter […]
Voting is a Waste of Time
From Kyle’s Corner. __________________ I’m tired of hearing activists gripe about the “apathetic non-voter”. The reasoning goes like this, if Americans would just pay more attention and vote then everything would be better. This is a ridiculous expectation; it discounts at least 230 years of American history and […]
VDARE, Lew Rockwell, and the Race-Obsessed Paleo Problem
An oldy-but-goody from Dylan Waco at the Left Conservative. _______________ Fresh off the heels of my post about the generational gap within the paleo movement on matters of race, comes the latest race obsessed nonsense from the folks at VDare. This time the issue is the alleged sellout […]
The “F” Word
By Paul Gottfried Although the adjective “fascist,” as George Orwell pointed out during and right after World War II, was a slur applied to “those we don’t like,” the indiscriminate use of the “F” word seems more common now than it was in 1945. Political correctness drives this […]
American Support For Secession Increases 10% in Just 2 Years..
Says a new Rasmussen poll. Twenty-four percent of Americans now agree with us. Sixteen percent are undecided. We’re getting there. Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:18:45 AM by CNSNews.com (CNSNews.com) – Nearly one-quarter of Americans believe that states have the right to secede, according to a recent […]
End of the Nation-State
By Doug Casey There have been a fair number of references to the subject of “phyles” in this publication. But it occurs to me that I’ve never discussed the topic myself in any detail. Especially how phyles are likely to replace the nation-state, one of mankind’s worst inventions. […]
R. I. P. Richard Hunt
By Wayne John Sturgeon Richard Hunt, former editor of the UK based “Green Anarchist” and “Alternative Green” magazines, died may 2nd 2012. He was 79 years old. Green Anarchist, a publication he launched in the mid to late 80s, was a very beautifully illustrated magazine (Richard was an excellent […]
Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson is an Asshole
Laurence Vance explains why. In the Gary Johnson interview with Robert Wenzel, when asked about what a libertarian was, Johnson said that, speaking with a broad brush, most Americans are fiscally responsible and socially tolerant and that, with a broad brush, that is what libertarians are about. What planet is […]
The Almighty, Impotent State Or, the Crisis of Authority
This article by Sigmund Knag and published by the Independent Institute goes a long way towards helping us understand the internal dynamics of modern states. It can be read in full here. I have long argued that it is not sufficient for anarchists and other anti-statists to simply attack […]
Technological Progress: Cui Bono?
By Kevin Carson On a recent episode of PBS Newshour, economist Richard Freeman and futurist Ray Kurzweil argued the significance of technological progress. Freeman warned “We don’t want it to be that there’ll 20 or 30 billionaires controlling everything, and the rest of us struggling for the one or […]
What do America and Israel Have in Common?
‘Human barcode’ could make society more organized, but invades privacy, civil liberties
By Meghan Neal
The Agorist Revolutionary Alternative
By J. Neal Schulman Been watching the news? Greece? Spain? Ireland? Egypt? Iran? Mexico? Revolution is in the air all over the place. Agorism Poster by thorsmitersaw Back in the early 1970′s Samuel Edward Konkin III, a libertarian activist, editor, and writer — began looking for alternatives to traditional […]
Objectivism and The State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand
By Roy Childs First published in 1969 in SIL’s Individualist newsletter, Mr. Childs (1949 – 1992) was a brilliant libertarian author who wrote with outstanding passion and eloquence on the ideas of liberty. Nineteen of his essays are collected in Liberty Against Power Dear Miss Rand: The purpose of this letter […]
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