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Nexus X HumectressArticle by Matiullah Mati. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. —————————————————————————————————————– Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Eight children and three women died in eastern Afghanistan when NATO-led forces bombarded houses, a provincial official told CNN Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday in Khost province’s Domandera district, according to Khost upper […]
Article by Rory Carroll. ————————————————————————————————– Hugo Chávez rides a horse during his weekly broadcast to his country. He has gone on television to call for judge María Lourdes Afiuni to be jailed. Photograph: Ho New/Reuters Hugo Chávez has long considered Noam Chomsky one of his best friends […]
Interesting article by Stephen Foster that once again demonstrates the limitations of the left/right model of the political spectrum. Hat tip to Chris Donnellan. —————————————————————————————————————— Today is the Fourth of July, a time when we as Americans celebrate our nations independence. Conservatives across the country are pretending to […]
Article by Brad Spangler. This guy is Exhibit A in the case for propaganda by the deed. ————————————————————————————————- Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is literally roasting prisoners alive. Temperatures inside the tents at the prison camp the Sheriff operates are reaching 145°F. By way of comparison, a […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ————————————————————————————————– Law’n’order conservatives frequently like to challenge civil libertarians to show what concrete loss of freedom they’ve experienced under USA PATRIOT and other “counter-terror” (aka “police state”) legislation. Well, first of all it’s hard to say, since under USA PATRIOT it’s an offense even […]
Article by Jim Goad. Wow. ———————————————————————————————– Reading the Declaration of Independence 235 years after it was written, it’s kidney-punchingly obvious that the United States government has become precisely the sort of bloodsucking tyrant against which the Founding Fathers revolted. These days our primary financial and political mechanisms, as […]
Article by Thomas Naylor. ——————————————————————————————————————————- What are the people of Germany doing? Sleeping. Their sleep is filled with nightmares and anxiety, but they are sleeping. We have awaited their awakening for so long, yet they continue to remain stolid, stubborn, and silent as to the crimes committed in […]
Article by Roger Scruton. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ———————————————————————————————————————— The True Finn Party in Finland has broken through the left-liberal consensus to take second place in the polls, reminding voters that Finland is not just a geographical area but a country defined by language, culture, and history, […]
reuters.com Kate Kelland (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger. A biomedical gerontologist and chief […]
This is the final in a series of essays in response to Matthew Lyons’ critique “Rising Above the Herd: Keith Preston’s Authoritarian Anti-Statism.” And here is the transcript of a recent lecture by Lyons where yours truly gets a couple of mentions. Part One may be viewed here. […]
Interesting interpretation of Orwell’s classic by Jonathan Bowden. ————————————————————————————————————————— George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is probably the most important political novel of the twentieth century, but the Trotskyite influence on it is under-appreciated. The entire thesis about the Party’s totalitarianism is a subtle mixture of libertarian and Marxist contra […]
By John O’Reilly and Nate Hawthorne Industrial Worker July / August 2011 This article is the second in a series discussing the themes of the One Big Union and Industrial Unionism. We believe these themes are relevant to the future of our organization and our organization’s vision and […]
Javier Sethness reviews James C. Scott’s “The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia”. ————————————————————————————————————————————- James C. Scott’s latest work, “The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia,” is a deeply important book. The text, a historical-anthropological investigation […]
Article by W. F. Price. Hat tip to David Heleniak. —————————————————————————————————— I’ve made the point a number of times that today, strident feminists are often from successful, well-heeled families. Having attended a private school for some time as a kid, I’ve long been well aware that wealthy urban […]
by Thomas Jefferson and Russell Longcore. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ——————————————————————————————————————— I recently began contemplating the imminent collapse of the US Federal Government. In light of the insane, unconstitutional spending of the Congress and Presidents (Bush and Obama will spend the same ways), the recession/depression that the […]
Article by Kevin Koenninger. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ————————————————————————————————————— DAYTON, Ohio (CN) – Dayton police “mistook” a mentally handicapped teenager’s speech impediment for “disrespect,” so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from “upward of 20 police officers” after the boy rode his bicycle […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————- The Hill reports that “President Obama … defiantly said he does not need to discuss the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution because U.S. military involvement in Libya has not come to that point.” The President evidently regards the “fuss” over whether or […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————- Rick Santorum is exercised lately over “a conscious effort on the part of the left to desensitize America and what American values are so they can be more pliable to the new values they would like to impose on Americans.” Santorum’s got it […]
…after ten years on death row. ———————————————————————————————— Cory Maye of Mississippi was charged with capital murder after shooting a cop in his home in 2001. They mistook him for a drug dealer, and he mistook them for an armed intruder. Maye maintained he was trying to protect his […]
Here it comes. ————————————————————————————————————————— In 2012, we shall find out who is right politically, when the issue goes on the ballot in battleground states. But is moral truth to be discovered at a ballot box? Do we have no superior moral compass than majority rule? “A new kind […]
From the Daily Mail. Over time, more and more comments of this type will start coming from mainstream figures. —————————————————————————————————————————————— A Riverside County Supervisor is proposing the Golden state be split in two. This, says Jeff Stone, would allow officials in the new ‘State of South California’ to […]
A very interesting article from American Third Position. I’m sometimes asked how mass immigration can be a pro-state or pro-ruling class policy given it’s illegality. First of all, not all of it is illegal. Second, it it often subsidized by the state or by capitalism directly or indirectly. […]
Barney Fife strikes again. Hat tip to Jim Duncan.
Article by Nick Robertson. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ————————————————————————————————— Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) — The Yemeni government has lost control over five provinces, and security in the country is deteriorating, the nation’s acting president told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday. In his first interview with a Western […]
Paul Gottfried on the figure from American history hated by neocons and liberals alike. —————————————————————————————————————————————– HL Mencken celebrates the end of Prohibition. Recently I’ve been thinking about someone whose name is attached to an organization I’m currently president of, H.L. Mencken (1880-1956). For years I’ve tried to understand […]
Vince vince@thedailyattack.com The Daily Attack In spite of attention grabbing headlines, Bitcoin has proven its resiliency the past few days by maintaining a stable price in the $16-17 per BTC range. Many wrote off Bitcoin as doomed after it’s largest exchanger, MtGox was taken off line following a […]
This is the second in a series of essays in response to Matthew Lyons’ critique “Rising Above the Herd: Keith Preston’s Authoritarian Anti-Statism.” And here is the transcript of a recent lecture by Lyons where yours truly gets a couple of mentions. Part One may be viewed here. […]
The Census data is now available. The two most obvious political implications of this are that the anti-immigration movement is a failure and that the future of ethnic conflict in North American will be a scenario where everyone is a “minority.” This second point is one where both […]
Let’s talk about widespread consciousness, not “concentrated forces.” Once everyone realizes the US is in worse shape than Greece, secession will look better and better. Of course some of the leaders may be state bureaucrats who want to ensure their own big fat pensions by cutting off the […]
Article by Michel Bauwens. —————————————————————————————————————————— What has developed through both conscious organizing drives and the actions of many individual residents is a significant urban agricultural movement in Detroit. All over the city there are now thousands of family gardens, more than two hundred community gardens, and dozens of […]
New book from Sean Gabb. —————————————————————————————————————– The “War against Tobacco” is one of the central facts of modern life. In this book, Sean Gabb analyses the nature and progress of the “war”. The stated reasons for the war have varied according to time and place. According to Dr […]
Watch videos of this event filmed by Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance. —————————————————————————————————— Property and Freedom Society Sixth Annual Meeting Bodrum, Turkey, 26-30 May 2011 Karia Princess Hotel Video shot by Sean Gabb, Director of the Libertarian Alliance Friday, May 27 Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Welcome and Introductions Hans-Hermann […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————— Against the backdrop of anti-government protests and his regime’s brutal response, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the country on June 20. Downplaying both the demonstrations and the dissatisfaction that they represent, Assad called on “the people and the state [to] come together.” With […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————— Nicholas Kristoff, in a New York Times op-ed (“Our Lefty Military,” June 16), lauds the “astonishingly liberal ethos” that governs the military internally — single-payer health insurance, job security, educational opportunities, free daycare — in support of Gen. Wesley Clark’s description of it […]
Article by Jean-Guy Allard. —————————————————————————————————— 22 year old Raymond Herisse, shot to death while sitting in his car, by Miami police on May 31 during Urban Beach Week. Police say they found a gun in his car after they killed him and made vague references to an unnamed witness […]
Article by Max Read ——————————————————————————————————- The trial of fashion designer John Galliano, who was fired from his own label earlier this year over charges that he made anti-Semitic comments to a woman at a French bar, starts this week in Paris—and the new details emerging aren’t pretty. It […]
Article by Mike Riggs. This kind of thing is an example of how fast the political climate can change. Stuff like this would have been unthinkable twenty years ago. ———————————————————————————————————– Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce “bi-partisan legislation tomorrow ending the federal war […]
That’s not the term he uses, but he describes it perfectly and offers the correct solution. Watch Sean Gabb’s video of Gottfried’s lecture at the 2011 annual conference of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey. It’s interesting how a former leftist radical like me and a […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. As much I have always disagreed with Buchanan’s unrepentant Nixon-Reagan Republicanism and his philistine “culture warrior” outlook, he is one of the few relatively mainstream commentators that qualifies as a competent political analyst. The analysis of prevailing trends that Buchanan offers here is basically […]
From Wikipedia The Non-Conformists of the 1930s refers to a nebula of groups and individuals during the inter-war period in France which was looking for new solutions to face the political, economical and social crisis. The name was coined in 1969 by the historian Jean-Louis Loubet del Bayle […]
Article by Jack Hunter. ————————————————————————————————————————— Part of being the “Southern Avenger” —the talk-radio moniker I have used for over a decade broadcasting from Charleston, South Carolina—means defending a political act many Americans consider radical: secession. In May 2009, I quoted a contemporary advocate of disunion, Kirkpatrick Sale, in […]
This is the first in a series of essays in response to Matthew Lyons’ critique “Rising Above the Herd: Keith Preston’s Authoritarian Anti-Statism.” And here is the transcript of a recent lecture by Lyons where yours truly gets a couple of mentions. by Keith Preston Part One Anarchism […]
Article by Alexander Baron. —————————————————————————————————— It is difficult to imagine a less appealing human being than Aleister Crowley. Okay, there are serial killers, and the usual bogeymen: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Tony Blair!, etc, but of those human beings who have not committed actual murder, surely he must […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————– The mainstream meme emerging from the CNN/Union Leader Republican presidential debate is apparently that everyone went easy on Romney, which makes him, somehow, the “front runner.” Less noticed but more credible – and much more interesting – was what one post-debate analysis by […]
An anarchist insurrection at the Stanley Cup? The Vancouver PD seems to think so. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ——————————————————————————————————- (CNN) — Hours after a crushing Stanley Cup defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins, Vancouver residents on Thursday were trying to come to terms with the […]
Vince Rinehart The Daily Attack 6/16/11 – Move your cash into Bitcoin while protecting your identity The crypto-currency of the future is here: Bitcoin. As can be expected, the government has been making a huge stink about this decentralized, difficult to stop, nearly impossible to control, psuedonymous digital […]
I recently commented on Larry Gambone’s explanation for “conservative support among ordinary people.” See the earlier post which includes a link to Larry’s initial comments. Larry’s critique of the Right provoked a lot of negative comments from our readers, even among those who lean leftward in many ways. […]
From FoxNews. ————————————————————————————————- David Burgert, 47, is the former leader of a Flathead County militia group known as Project 7, named for the number “7” on Flathead County license plates in Montana. Project 7 allegedly plotted to assassinate local officials, go to war with the National Guard […]
Richard Lynn reviews Dr. Byron Roth’s book making the case for immigration skepticism. While I think Dr. Roth’s presentation of the findings of the available data from the social science research and historical evidence is accurate, I disagree that the findings of “IQ realists” are grounds for racial […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- With the growing recession and epidemic of foreclosures and homelessness, squatting is becoming increasingly common worldwide. By definition squatting is “illegally” occupying a building that doesn’t belong to you without the owner’s permission. Obviously the simplest form of squatting is remaining in your […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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