Attack the System

“Your constitutional rights have nothing to do with the law.”

From Rad Geek Peoples Daily. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— From a recent submission to Reason’s Brickbats column: Mark Chase got a federal court order allowing him to paint on Ocean City, Maryland’s boardwalk without a license. That didn’t impress Baltimore police, who arrested him for painting at the Inner Harbor without a permit. When Chase complained […]

Our Star Chamber

Article by Jason Kuznicki. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Every day lately I ask myself the same question: How the hell did we fall this far? American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of […]

Wall Street Couldn't Have Done It Alone

  Article by Sheldon Richman. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— To Occupy Wall Street: Wall Street couldn’t have done it alone. It takes a government and/or its central bank, the Federal Reserve System, to:   Create barriers to entry for the purpose of sheltering existing banks from competition and radical innovation, then […]

“Studying” GI Suicides: Congress Cops Out

Article by Stuart Bramhall. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Staff Sgt Jared Hagemann Nov 5, 1985 – June 28, 2011 This is the third of a series of posts highlighting the important work of the veteran owned and operated GI coffeehouse movement. Coffee Strong at Fort Lewis is continuing their September fundraising drive, as they […]

Here's A Surprise: EU Green Party Adopts The Pirate Party's Position On Copyright

From TechDirt. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– from the didn’t-see-that-coming,-did-you? dept While some try to write off the Pirate Party’s positions on things because of its name (and I still believe its name limits the party’s effectiveness), it appears that more and more people are recognizing that its positions on things like copyright aren’t […]

The Science of Anarchism

Article by David D’Amato. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- This weekend (Saturday, October 8th) in the New York Times Todd Gitlin, a Columbia University professor of journalism, wrote “that the core of the [Occupy] movement … consists of what right-wing critics call anarchists.” Rather than taking the same snide, dismissive approach to anarchism that […]

Mutual Markets vs. Corporate Capitalism

From Rad Geek Peoples Daily. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— So, going through the final rounds of work on Markets Not Capitalism with Gary[1] and the rest of the Collective has really been reminding me that I’ve accumulated a lot of occasional and fragmentary writing — papers, paragraphs, notes, etc. — that I really ought […]

An Interview with Lew Rockwell

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Peak Silver Revisited: Impacts of a Global Depression, Declining Ore Grades & a Falling EROI

Article by Steve St. Angelo. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– The world is about to peak in global silver production.  This will not occur due to a lack of silver to mine, but rather as a result of the peaking of world energy resources, declining ore grades, and a falling Energy Returned On […]

Grocery worker: "I gave out semen-tainted yogurt"

WTF? ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample at an Albuquerque market pleaded guilty Thursday. Under terms of his plea agreement, Anthony Garcia admitted he tainted a sample of the yogurt he was handing out at Sunflower Market in January. He […]

The Greatest Antiwar Ad Ever Seen

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Eric Cantor Condemns Occupy Wall Street 'Mobs': They're 'Pitting Americans Against Americans'

From the Huffington Post. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– October 07, 2011 “Huffington Post’ – – WASHINGTON — Top House GOP leaders assured attendees at the 2011 Values Voter Summit Friday morning that despite all the attention on fixing the nation’s economy, they remain committed to pushing the priorities of social conservatives, including […]

Defense secretary to U.S. troops in Iraq: 'I want to make damn sure you're protected'

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————–   U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says any agreement to keep U.S. troops in Iraq beyond the end of the year must include legal immunity. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says negotiations to keep U.S. troops in Iraq is ongoing Iraq’s leadership has agreed […]

Federal authorities target 'marijuana industry' in California

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————-   While medical marijuana is legal in California, prosecuters claim that operations are making profit off of healthy buyers. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: A U.S. attorney says some take “advantage of (a) laxed enforcement environment” NEW: Another U.S. attorney claims “profiteers” “hijacked” the state’s medical marijuana law An […]

One Percenter Anarchists?

Given that I’ve had several people tell me we seem to be the only “true” anarchists around, last night I thought of a possible new term for us: One Percenter Anarchists. You know, the ones who really are revolutionaries.

Occupy Wall Street: The Class War & The Nationalist Solution

Article by Robert Stark. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Actress Roseanne Barr expressed the sentiment of a lof of Americans when she problaimed on Russia Today’s Max Keiser show that if she were President “part of my platform is, of course, the guilty must be punished and that we no logner let […]

The Jig Is Up On Wall Street

Article by Thomas Naylor. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Humble though its beginnings, the so-called Occupy Wall Street protest movement launched recently in Liberty Park in Lower Manhattan could have profound national and international political and economic implications.  Finally, the Libertarian Left has the right target for its concerns, and it is […]

U.S. Drone Controllers Said To Be Infected By Computer Virus

From NPR. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————   EnlargeEthan Miller/Getty Images  Some of the computers controlling America’s fleet of drone aircraft are reportedly infected by a persistent virus. In this file photo, a senior airman remotely operates an MQ-9 Reaper during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, […]

Does The Economy Need A Little Inflation?

What an idiot. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Though most central bankers hate inflation, policies that promote inflation may boost the U.S. economy, some economists say. Ken Rogoff, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, says the Federal Reserve’s efforts to boost growth haven’t worked and the central bank needs to […]

As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines

From the Wall Street Journal. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— By GARY FIELDS And JOHN R. EMSHWILLER For centuries, a bedrock principle of criminal law has held that people must know they are doing something wrong before they can be found guilty. The concept is known as mens rea, Latin for a “guilty mind.” Federal […]

'NY Police Beat Wall Street Protesters'

Watch the Video. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A New York police officer bashes away at protesters with a baton using it like a baseball bat and wielding it with both hands, as he swings at the demonstrators, the footage shows. Protesters from the “Occupy Wall Street” movement who have been marching […]

Police arrest man for child pornography after tipoff from burglars

Article by Kim Hutcherson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Kraig Stockard of Delhi, California, posted $25,000 bail after being booked for possession of child pornography. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Police arrest a man on child pornography charges after a tip from two burglary suspects The burglars found child pornography on CDs Kraig Stockard has […]

President's Daughters now Designated ‘Senior Staff’

From Front Porch Politics. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Costs of family safari to Africa starting to come out The president’s two daughters, Sasha and Malia, were listed as “Senior Staff” on the manifest of a family safari to Africa, which cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars at a minimum, according […]

Welf Herfurth’s “A Life in the Political Wilderness”

Don’t forget to order a copy.  I have a limited number of copies available for $20.00 + postage. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- “A Life in the Political Wilderness” (photo: Finis Mundi) A new title issued by the Portuguese publishing firm Finis Mundi Press, Welf Herfurth’s, A Life in the Political Wilderness, is unquestionably […]

Anwar al-Awlaki and American Exceptionalism

Article by Justin Raimondo. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— When US special forces took aim at Anwar al-Awlaki, and pulled the trigger, they ruptured the very foundations of our political system – and paved the way for its future collapse. The skeptical reader is bound to ask: Really? Can it be true that the – […]

A Fatal Self-Absorption The Tea Party and American Exceptionalism

Article by Fred Reed. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– If I were to speechify to a conclave of Tea Partyers, “America is the free-est…the most democratic…the best educated and most dynamic country the world has ever known, an example to all mankind,” the assembled would hoot and hooroar and applaud in dizzy […]

Global Revolution: Live from Occupy Wall Street

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Something Big Is Happening: Occupy Together

Article by Jim Hightower. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– October 05, 2011 “Creators” — To paraphrase one of Bob Dylan’s songs of youthful protest, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bellafante?” A New York Times writer, Ginia Bellafante, is but one of many establishment reporters and […]

Secret US-Israeli Nuke Transfers Led To Fukushima Blasts

From Rense.Com. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- By Yoichi Shimatsu A Rense World Exclusive Copyright 2011 – All Rights Reserved 10-2-11   Sixteen tons and what you get is a nuclear catastrophe. The explosions that rocked the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant were more powerful than the combustion of hydrogen gas, as claimed […]

Honduran Farmers Slaughtered In Name Of Global Warming

From Infowars.Com ————————————————————————————————————————————————— UN-accredited companies violently seize land to grow biofuels as part of carbon trading scheme Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, October 4, 2011 23 farmers in Honduras were slaughtered in cold blood by hired mercenaries as they tried to protect their land from being seized by […]

Obama impeachment a possibility, says Ron Paul

Article by David Hirschhorn. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Ron Paul said President Obama’s decision was a ‘step in the wrong direction.’ | AP PhotosClose By DAN HIRSCHHORN | 10/3/11 3:52 PM EDT Ron Paul said Monday that President Barack Obama’s targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki might be an impeachable offense. Asked at a Manchester, N.H. town […]

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 […]

Not a Dime's Worth of Difference

The Stark Truth: Wall Street Protest & The American Police State

My latest interview with Robert Stark. September 30, 2011 Robert Stark and returning guest Keith Preston discuss: The Occupy Wall Street protest andcomparison with the Tea Party; US political dissidents to be locked up for life under McCain-Lieberman bill; New laws dealing with government surveillance of the Internet; Reasons for the growing police state;

Get ready for 1% tax on all bank transactions if HR 4646 is passed

House Bill 4646 Has Been Reintroduced(Not Passed Yet)   Get ready for 1% tax on all bank transactions if HR 4646 is passed. It is in committee now. This bill was put forth by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA). Watch for this AFTER November elections; remember this BEFORE you […]

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 […]

Occupy Wall Street Protestor on Federal Reserve

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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 […]

Support the Troops-Bring them Home

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 […]