The Awlaki Sanction: Who's Next on the List?

From William Norman Grigg. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The links connecting Anwar al-Awlaki to anti-American terrorism were entirely suppositious, forged through unsubstantiated official assertion. He was, at most, a clerical propagandistwho never exercised command authority. For that matter, no evidence has been presented that he ever had an operational role in a […]

Italian Worshiper Tears Both Eyes Out at Mass

In the spirit of Origen. Article by Greg Wilson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— An Italian man tore both of his eyes out in the middle of the priest’s homily at a church near Pisa, according to reports. Fellow parishioners watched in horror as Aldo Bianchini, 46, used his bare hands to […]

The System is Finished

From ZeroHedge.Com. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Finch: Why are you doing this? Evey Hammond: Because he was right. Finch: About what? Evey Hammond: That the world needs more than just a building right now. It needs hope.    The dialogue above occurred at the end of the dystopian movie V for Vendetta. […]

US launches international design competition for memorial to victims of slavery

From the Washington Post. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations launched an international design competition Friday for a permanent memorial to victims of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The memorial will be constructed at U.N. headquarters in New York and the competition is open to all […]

Prostitution should be legalized

Article by Ian Huyett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— In 2005, a Yale behavioral scientist trained a group of capuchin monkeys to use money. To receive food, monkeys had to turn in coins that visionary Keith Chen provided them. Trading in more coins meant getting more food. It wasn’t long before Chen […]

Marines Heading to Wall Street to Protect Protesters

Article by Tim King. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— This is a war against people who are utilizing their constitutional rights.   by Tim King   (SALEM, Ore.) – The protesters on Wall Street will soon have the protection of United States Marines who will form a human wall between the crowds of […]

US becomes a center of poverty-wage manufacturing

From the Green Star. ————————————————————————————————– Aided by the plummeting dollar, the wage gap between American workers and their brutally exploited counter-parts in Mexico and Asia is increasingly being narrowed. Asked by a New York Times columnist why Siemens chose to build a new plant in Charlotte, North Carolina […]

Creating Independence

From The Color of Food. ——————————————————————————————— I was standing on 40 acres of uncultivated farmland on a crisp October day when I met this young black farmer; Soon-to-be-farmer actually. I was like him, or he was like me: interested in farming, looking for how to get started, noting […]

Lively Dissent in the Sepulchral City

Article by Andy Nowicki.   This is Andy’s review of the National Policy Institute conference at which I was a featured speaker. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Editor’s Note: To avoid subjecting AltRight readers to navel-gazing, I’ve resisted writing about the recent NPI conference in Washington, DC, “Towards a New Nationalism,” which I organized […]

Wall Street Greed and Accountability

Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A clear, consistent message underlying the Occupation of Wall Street over the past couple weeks says that the greed of the big banks is a far-reaching social problem. Standing in as representatives of an entire corporate system, an economy characterized by mercenary avarice […]

OCCUPY WALL STREET (the theory)

Article by John Robb. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- This type of protest has been very effective over the last year in toppling regimes in north Africa.  It’s proving relatively successful in the US too. Open source protest is an organizational technique.  Probably the only organizational technique that can assemble a massive […]

The “Market” Doesn’t Discipline, Ron Paul. We Do.

Article by Ross Kenyon. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Ron Paul claimed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on September 26th that market discipline is stricter than government discipline. This claim depends upon a number of institutions being set up wherein the true costs of production and consumption are actually being internalized by […]

The Cost Of A Demobilized Left

Article by Matthew Yglesias. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Watching the growth of Occupy Wall Street solidarity protests around the country, it’s hard not to be reminded of the lost opportunity to mobilize a left-wing popular movement back in the winter of 2008-2009 and the spring of 2009. That was a time […]

Against the Institution: A Warning for ‘Occupy Wall Street’

Article by Andrew Gavin Marshall. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– October 03, 2011 “Information Clearing House” — I fully endorse the efforts and actions of the Occupy Wall Street protests, now emerging internationally, there are concerns which need to be addressed and kept in mind as the movement moves forward. The process through which a […]

WARNING: Corporate-Fascist Military Coup Brewing in US?

Article by Tony Cartalucci. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Beware of pretenders supplied by the establishment to “save us” from collapsing system. by Tony Cartalucci September 30, 2011 – The US intelligence community, in conjunction with Wall Street corporate-financier interests, have spent an inordinate amount of time positioning themselves for a possible military […]

Which nation rates the top prize as the stupidest country on Earth?

Article by John Kaminski. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Oh, what a contest it is! Humanity on parade; bring your barf bag. Which of the 196 recognized nations on our formerly lovely planet can rightfully claim the title of the stupidest country on Earth? One thing is certain — there is no […]

Samir Khan: Proud to be an American traitor

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Samir Khan was proud to be a traitor. In a way, he was among the most dangerous of al Qaeda terrorists. By turning his back on the country he grew up in, he gained credibility and coupled that with his intimate knowledge of Western culture […]

The Day America Died: The only Future for Americans is a Nightmare

Article by Paul Craig Roberts. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Some of us have watched this day approach and have warned of its coming, only to be greeted with boos and hisses from “patriots” who have come to regard the US Constitution as a device that coddles criminals and terrorists and gets […]

It’s The Money, Stupid

From DumpDC.Com. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— “A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.” — Howard Scott (Editor’s note: I have written over and over and over about how secession cannot be successful without The Power of the Purse. But what you may not have […]

California governor signs law preventing male circumcision ban

From CNN.     ———————————————————————————————————————————————– (CNN) — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that prevents local governments from banning the practice of male circumcision. The legislation comes in response to an effort this summer by a San Francisco Bay Area advocacy group opposed to the […]

Death of the Classics

Article by Paul Gottfried.   ———————————————————————————————————————————————— My friend Daniel J. Flynn is publishing a book called Blue Collar Intellectuals. One chapter I’ve seen in proofs, “The People’s Professor,” got me to thinking about a development in post-WWII America it is hard to imagine taking place in the present age. […]

Is The War On Terror A Hoax?

Article by Paul Craig Roberts.   ———————————————————————————————————————————————- September 30, 2011 “Information Clearing House” —  In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all in the name of the “war on terror.” Washington’s attacks on the countries constitute naked […]

The hunting of America….another treasonous Act

Article by Marti Oakley. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Who could imagine this day would come?  Obviously, the Pentagon, the Bush Administration not only imagined it, but put it in motion.  Our own government in collusion with the military are openly moving against the people of the United States.  It is more than […]

CIA contractor charged in Pakistan deaths arrested in Colorado

From Jim Spellman, CNN.   ————————————————————————————————————————————————–   Raymond Davis, seen here in a January 2011 photo, was arrested on charges that he killed two men in Pakistan. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Raymond Davis is charged with misdemeanor assault, a sheriff’s official says Davis is accused of getting into a fistfight […]

New Details On Al Qaeda Pentagon Lunch: Defense Dept. Was “Impressed” With Terrorist’s Presentation

More government efficiency for you.   ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Top Pentagon lawyer booked known extremist as featured guest speaker Steve Watson & Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com May 20, 2011 New details have emerged in the case of the Al Qaeda front man who was invited to a Pentagon lunch just […]

Rick Perry’s Vulnerabilities with the Right

From the National Journal.   “The US ruling class has continually drifted leftward over the last century to the point where the “Old Left”, the Marxist/Trotskyist/New Deal intellectual Left of the 1930s, are now the ostensible conservative Republicans while the Marcusean cultural Marxists of the 1960s “New Left” […]

The Regionalist: Stormin’ Norman, Decentralist

Article by Bill Kauffman. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- In 1969, Norman Mailer, the dukes-up bard of Brooklyn and a self-proclaimed “left conservative,” undertook a campaign for mayor of the city that had, seven decades earlier, swallowed his borough of homes and churches. Competing in the Democratic primary against a quartet of […]

Anarchism

Article by Bill Kauffman. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Perhaps no political term is quite so misunderstood as “anarchy.” In the popular press, it is a synonym for disorder and chaos, not to mention looting and pillage: countries like Haiti are always being “plunged into anarchy.” The anarchist, meanwhile, is frozen into […]

Contentment Without Religion

Article by Russell Longcore. I don’t generally post articles about religion here, as I like to keep religion and politics separate. I also consider the militant atheism of some strands of classical anarchism (and today’s “New Atheists”) as archaic and largely irrelevant to modern societies. I also don’t […]

Are We At War With Pakistan?

Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– In the days before the Empire, generals – particularly Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs – kept their mouths shut. The Founders’ justified fears of military intrusion into the political realm were still present in the American consciousness, and the idea that an American […]

One Cheer for the DADT Repeal

Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————— With the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the U.S. armed forces ceased at least a major part of their official discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.  Since the Congressional deal last Fall — one of Obama’s promises he actually followed through […]

Thugs of the Organized Criminal Class

Article by David D’Amato. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– The fact that “we live in a post-9/11 world” has become a convenient refrain for law enforcement over the past decade — and one that can apparently be called upon to justify limitless growth of the American police state. This week, reporting on […]

Another Illinois Arrest for Recording a Cop

Article by Radley Balko. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— It’s interesting that the local DA dropped the charges in this case. But only after the guy spent a night in jail. “I’m just an ordinary citizen. I was on my way to the movies, and all of a sudden I’m facing a […]

Ralph Nader’s Grand Alliance

Article by Michael Tracy. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— It’s no secret that Ralph Nader has held the Democratic Party establishment in low regard for decades now: the marginally more palatable alternative in an ugly duopoly, he claims, is still quite ugly. But lately Nader’s disdain has reached a new high. “It’s […]

Ralph Nader Hearts Ron Paul, Hails Potential Left-Libertarian Alliance

Article by Matt Welch. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Michael Tracey, who wrote about restrictive teen-driving laws in the June issue of Reason, catches up with the consumer crusader for The American Conservative: Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential race, one might assume that Nader has little to be cheerful about. Yet […]

Man, 26, charged in plot to bomb Pentagon using model airplane

From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Model planes used as attack drones? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, a U.S. citizen, is charged in plot to bomb Pentagon and Capitol He was allegedly going to use a $6,500 remote-controlled plane laden with explosives He is accused of pledging jihad against the United […]

7-Eleven stores in Taiwan pull Hitler lookalike items

From CNN. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— These items were pulled from 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan after complaints about their resemblance to Adolf Hitler. In Taiwan, 7-Eleven stores have pulled products featuring a cartoon vampire that bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler after receiving complaints from the Israel Economic and Cultural […]

A $64 million runway for no one in Alaska?

From CNN. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— A $64 million runway for no one in Alaska? The route a hovercraft would take between the village of Akutan and the runway on Akun Island. September 28th, 2011 12:56 PM ET   Remember Alaska’s “Bridge to Nowhere,” a $400 million span that was supposed […]