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Nexus X HumectressBy Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————— David Goodway. Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow: Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward (PM Press edition, 2012). I’ll start by saying I found this a very engaging read. I learned a lot of interesting new things about people whose […]
Watch the video. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— C4SS Advisory Panel member Gary Chartier ‘sat down with Reason.tv’s Zach Weissmueller to discuss why libertarians should stop embracing the word “capitalism,’ why there’s reason to take the concerns of the political Left seriously, and why the economic system in the United States does […]
Listen to the interview. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Keith Preston interviews Dr. Sean Gabb. Topics include: Libertarianism and its defining ethos as the right to be left alone; The question of whether libertarian ideology is culturally specific to Anglo-Saxon civilization or universally applicable across cultural boundaries; The State as a uniquely […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. If all leftists were like Greenwald, I might still be one. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– President Barack Obama speaks at UPS, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) (Credit: AP) (updated below – Update II [Thurs.]) During the Bush years, Guantanamo was the […]
Article by Eric Peters. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Mandatory buckle-up laws set the precedent: Even your own body in your own car is no longer your own personal space. Here’s how it works: The government decides that whatever it is you’re doing is “unsafe” – not specifically in your case, just generally […]
Puke. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A simple response to Reason Contributor Cathy Young’s piece arguing the necessity of true libertarians to support American interventionism would be to link to this article published the same day that details the inevitable fruits of this interventionism applied here at home. The conclusion is obvious: if you support American […]
Well, not exactly. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The U.S. Postal Service renewed its pleas for congressional support Thursday as the floundering agency reported another massive quarterly loss. The Postal Service announced that it sustained a net loss of $3.3 billion in the last three months of 2011, as declining mail volumes and mounting benefit […]
Burn the Schools. A friend of mine’s kid got suspended for an entire year for bringing a water pistol to school. He was in the fourth grade. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— With each passing year, the difference between America’s prisons and America’s public schools becomes smaller and smaller. As you read […]
Oops! —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS – a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies […]
By Chris Martenson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The idea that the very same economic forces that are currently plaguing Greece, et al., are somehow not relevant to the United States’ circumstances does not hold water. As goes the rest of the world, so goes the US. When we back up far […]
From DumpDC. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- from The Daily Bell (Editor’s Note: This article defines the United States of America today, and shows you what a seceding state must be sure it does not replicate.) The easiest way to define regulatory democracy is to look at what America has become. Initially, America […]
Give it a listen. Here’s another version. An here’s an English version with alternative lyrics by Pete Seeger. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Thoughts are free, who can guess them? They flee by like nocturnal shadows. No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them with powder and lead: Thoughts are […]
From BirtherReport.Com —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A Kansas board that denied a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine a license was primarily concerned about the man’s political views. The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts is a 15-member panel appointed by the governor and decides the fate of doctors in Kansas. Terrence […]
Watch the video. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- US troops fire on Iraqi detainees after burning their Holy Quran books in front of them. Amateur footage recently posted on the internet shows American troops firing live ammunition on Iraqi prisoners during a riot in a US detention facility in Iraq back in […]
From the Detroit Free Press. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In an effort to keep kids safe and reduce crime, federal officials are teaming up with the Detroit Police for a truancy sweep today. The effort is part of the Operation Safe Passage Task Force, an ongoing collaborative effort by federal, […]
From Raw Story. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Topics: dona ana county ♦ solitary confinement ♦ Stephen Slevin A New Mexico man, who expects to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for the rest of his life, was awarded $22 million last week after he was tossed in solitary confinement for two years and never given […]
From Armed Forces Journal. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners. My duties with the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force took me into every significant area where our soldiers engage the enemy. Over the course of 12 months, I […]
Article by Stewart Lansley. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Dust Bowl refugees during the Great Depression, 1937. The Great Crash of 1929 was preceded by a period of rapid enrichment for those at the top. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis During the past 30 years, a growing share of the global economic pie has been […]
This is funny. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The Omaha suspension of a white high-school student originally from South Africa is sending shock waves across America as debate rages over who can claim rights to the term “African-American.” South African native Trevor Richards suspended over African-American campaign The case centers on Trevor […]
From Secrecy News. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace. The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to […]
Article by Bob Adelmann. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- When Hollywood film director James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, Terminator) announcedthat he was moving to New Zealand, preppers, fiscal doomsayers, and alarmists had a field day in deciphering his motives for moving, ultimately deciding that Cameron was moving so that he is better able to weather the […]
So says a critic of my article “Should Libertarianism Be Cultural Leftism Minus the State?” It’s great to be attacked as a neo-nazi entryist and leftist hijacker in the same week. In the past, I’ve also been criticized for being anti-feminist, pro-feminist, homophobic, pro-homosexual, Marxist, capitalist, an anarchist […]
By Butler Shaffer. ———————————————————————————————— A news story informs us that the U.S. military is “easing” its restrictions against women serving in combat, so that they can enjoy an “equal playing field” with men in their opportunities to have their minds and bodies ripped apart in wartime. Medals and […]
Article by Paul Gottfried. ———————————————————————————————— In a recent interview with the German weekly Junge Freiheit, popular satirist and onetime fixture of the left Eckhard Henscheid explained why he had moved toward the libertarian right and was fighting censorship in his “democratic” society. Junge Freiheit had been kept from […]
guardian.co.uk Noam Chomsky US foreign policy ‘experts’ only ever provide an echo chamber for American imperial power. A longer, broader view is necessary Part of a US bomber lies in a temple in Phanop village, Laos. ‘We keep it here to remind the children of what happened,’ the […]
Anarchist turned Commie Christopher Gunderson says: “ Preston’s fantasy that poor Blacks will “trade” civil rights protections and affirmative action for “reparations” resulting in mutual “sovereignty” (that is to say some David Duke-style scheme to partition the country on racial lines) should not require the dignity of refutation.” Let’s […]
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat […]
Listen to the interview. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Keith Preston interviews Thomas N. Naylor of the Second Vermont Republic. Topics include: How support for secession grew out of opposition to the wars initiated by the Bush administration; The negative impact of the Obama presidency on the secessionist movement; How the military-industrial […]
Johann Hari explains why. Here’s how I see the future scenario in the West: There will eventually be a split between the totalitarian humanists with their universalist outlook and the multiculturalists and their cultural relativist outlook. The former will represent the prevailing ideology of the ruling class while […]
…appears to be on its way to being coopted as just another branch of insurgent upper middle class ideology. I explained why in “Should Libertarianism Be Cultural Leftism Minus the State?”. A serious anti-state radicalism needs to be grounded in demographic groups that are most directly in conflict with […]
From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States — and that Iran is ready to help anyone who confronts “cancerous” Israel. “You see every now and then in this way they say that all […]
From Reuters. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Inmates working at a Vermont correctional unit’s print shop managed to sneak a prank image of a pig into a state police crest that is emblazoned on police cars, and 30 cruisers sported the design for the last year, officials said on Thursday. The official […]
From My Fox Twin Cities. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— (NewsCore)(New York Post) – A Transportation Security Administration screener was busted for allegedly stealing $5,000 from a passenger who was going through a security checkpoint at New York’s JFK airport, the latest in a string of snafus by the federal agency, authorities […]
From the SHTF Plan. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– While President Obama’s supporters hailed his withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq as the end of the war in the middle east, behind the scenes the Pentagon has been quietly massing troops and armaments on two islands located just south of the Strait of Hormuz, […]
From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— By Barbara Starr U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has come to the conclusion there is a growing likelihood Israel could attack Iran sometime this spring in an effort to destroy its suspected nuclear weapons program, according to a senior administration official. The official declined to […]
Article from Infowars. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In Indianapolis, local cops and the FBI have set-up a massive surveillance grid ahead of the Super Bowl, slated for February 5th. The heightened security – including a smartphone photo and video surveillance network, the installation of 150 new manhole covers, and the virtual […]
From the Intel Hub. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Two British tourists were arrested by the Department of Homeland Security and denied entry to the country after posting two tweets that were apparently considered terrorist threats by overzealous agents who did not posses even rudimentary knowledge of the difference between British and […]
From The Huffington Post. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- A sign of uncertain times, or marketing of questionable taste? As Occupy Miami received its most certain eviction notice yet, possibly leading to a sunset showdown of sorts with police, a Miami security company issued a statement boasting their readiness to “intervene, should riots occur.” Apparently, […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The Israeli drone aircraft, the Eitan, is pictured in February 2010. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The plane spins in the air and loses a wing before the crash, a witness says The drone is capable of reaching parts of Iran — and carrying missiles No injuries are […]
From Financial Sense. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The biggest problem for investors today in trying to forecast the future price of silver is the enormous amount of contradictory analysis on the Internet. There are bulls, bears, paper traders, physical buyers, technical analysts, hedge funds, commercial banks and silver manufacturers all trying […]
From The Daily Mail. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Pentagon is set to launch a floating naval base in the Middle East, a move which would make the military more flexible but could cause friction with America’s friends and foes alike. The vessel, which has unofficially been called the ‘mothership’, is […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Smoke rises between Occupy Oakland protesters and police cordoning off an intersection Saturday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: More than 100 protesters are arrested after they enter a downtown Oakland YMCA building NEW: Occupy protesters claim an attempt to enter Oakland City Hall Police say activists threw bottles, flares […]
From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- updated 10:05 AM EST, Sat January 28, 2012 The Transportation Security Administration’s Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response teams (VIPR) conducted 3,895 surface transportation operations in 2010, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Screenings occurred at some of the nation’s 500 Amtrak stations. STORY HIGHLIGHTS […]
As evidenced by my being quoted in this piece by maverick journalist Celia Farber. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Documentary Film Review: “The Greater Good” “At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– To paraphrase the assessment of libertarian socialist Rosa Luxemburg a century ago, we face an imminent choice between freedom and barbarism. There are only two possible outcomes in the present struggle between the authoritarian institutions of state and corporation, and the emergent society […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Auburn University philosophy professor Roderick Long coined the term “conflationism” for the tendency to confuse the free market — whether in accusatory or apologetic polemics — with actually existing capitalism. Left-conflationism is the practice of attacking the evils of actually existing corporate capitalism […]
And non-religion is the fastest growing religious perspective. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The increasing secularization of American society has taken a particular toll on Protestant identity, presenting the prospect that after more than 200 years of history, the United States may soon no longer be a majority Protestant country, according to […]
Christopher Gunderson aka “Ned Day,” “Chris Day,” and other pseudonyms recently posted this about yours truly on Facebook. “Keith Preston is a known racist, though with a peculiar anarchist pedigree, and the fact that you are quoting him favorably confirms my suspicion that there is something rotten in […]
Article by Ian Huyett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- To those wary of corporate power, Halliburton — a multinational oil field services provider — has become a sort of caricature, rivaled only by Monsanto in epitomizing shameless boardroom gluttony. Until 2007, Halliburton owned Kellogg Brown & Root, a company that specializes in […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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