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Nexus X HumectressNo More Presidents
Do we need a head of state? Does the United States of America need a president?
The World of the Roman Empire
A map of the Eastern hemisphere in 50 A.D. Outside the Caesarian and Han dynasties, traditional tribes were largely independent. The ancient world provides a prototype for an anarchistic post-postmodernity, the proliferation of infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
Tribal Nations of the Western Hemisphere
A look at the pre-colonial Western hemisphere. Actual copies of these maps are available for sale online. They extraordinarily detailed although they are also extraordinarily expensive.
Commonist Tendencies: Mutual Aid Beyond Communism
By Jeff Shantz As capitalist societies in the twenty-first century move from crisis to crisis, oppositional movements in the global North (which have been somewhat stymied (despite ephemeral manifestations like Occupy) are confronted with the pressing need to develop organizational infrastructures that might prepare the ground for a […]
The World Might Be Heading toward a Bloody November and an Even Bloodier Era
One of the (predictably) neglected aspects of Trumpist foreign policy is the fact that Trump has farmed out the Syrian War to Erdogan. This is has been done for multiple reasons. First, it is a means of escalating the war against the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance as part […]
Consociationalism
At some point, the US will likely have to convert to a consociational system in order to avoid complete fragmentation. In fact, I suspect the ruling class will eventually come to see such a system as a possible alternative to the dissolution of the mother country of the […]
Transnational capitalist class
The bulk of the world system explained very nicely in a single Wikipedia entry. Is it merely a coincidence that the “cultural Marxist” revolution happened at the same time as the ascendence of the transnational capitalist class? Far too many Western radicals do not understand the degree to […]
Protesters in Portland target a city commissioner’s home, set fire to city hall
Thinking globally, acting locally. MSN Protests in Portland once again turned violent Thursday night as protesters targeted a city commissioner’s home and then set fire to the Portland City Hall, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. A group of around 60 people gathered at a North Portland […]
Fox News host Laura Ingraham advises Trump to accept defeat with ‘grace and composure’ in unusual messaging shift
I’ve always thought that the neocons who pull the strings at FOX and many of their talking heads were closet anti-Trumpers who had to pretend to be Trumpists in order to keep their ratings up with their nursing home/trailer park coalition audience. Now they’re throwing Orange Man under […]
Tolstoy, history and non-violence
By Terry Hopton It is difficult to discuss Tolstoy’s thought without invoking Berlin’s famous dictum that, ‘Tolstoy was by nature a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog.’ Applying this to Tolstoy’s views of history, which have a prominent place in War and Peace, Berlinshows how Tolstoy’s fox-like […]
Deepening Anarchism: International Relations and the Anarchist Ideal
By Alex Prichard Anarchist practice is localist and anarchist theory has generally followed in itsdisregard for the structures of global politics and the ways in which these underminethe possibility of the anarchist ideals. In this paper I set out one set of reasons as to why this state of […]
How Do Medical Students Get More Experience in the US than Cuba?
By Don Fitz During the last 10 years I have written multiple articles documenting how Cuba has better medical practice and education than the US. To be honest, I have known for a long time that there is an area of medical training where medical students in the […]
The Myth of the Private Sector, Part I: Why Big-Small and Vertical-Horizontal Trumps “Public-Private”
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society Today (Oct. 28) Rachel McKinney, a friend who works as professor of philosophy, complained on Twitter that she was trying to create a midterm exam and “blackboard is complete fucking garbage. No intuitive way to break up questions into sections, […]
No Matter Who Wins, 2020 Was A ‘Middle Finger’ To The Elite
Biden was/is the anointed candidate of the ruling class whose administration will be the Obama/Bush regime rolled into one. But of all eligible voters, 1/3 voted for the opposition, 1/3 voted for a third party or didn’t vote at all, and the majority of Biden voters think Trump […]
Nonviolent revolution
The Wikipedia entry on nonviolent revolution. This is how it’s done. I wouldn’t necessarily endorse every revolution described in this, and I’m not opposed to violence as a matter of principle, but successful revolutions are those which are simply about withdrawing consent from the existing ruling class and […]
Exercise: What Would an Anarchist Program Look Like?
This is an interesting document. I would agree with many of the statements made in this, and much of the overall analysis that is provided. The ostensible goals may even be admirable in many ways. But this “program” would ultimately end up the same way as all “world transformative” […]
Lincoln Project EPICALLY FAILS As MORE Republicans Vote Trump
They didn’t “fail” if Biden wins. It may be true that the general public doesn’t care what a bunch of warmed-over Bushies think, but it doesn’t matter if they’re the ones pulling the strings. The goal of the Lincoln Project and other similar efforts was to create a […]
Are We In For Hellish ‘Bipartisan’ Consensus Under Biden?
To ask the question is to answer it. We are presently one state’s electoral votes away from a ruling class unity regime. The Bush and Obama regimes rolled into one.
November 3: D-Day in the War to End the War on Drugs
A slowdown of the “war on drugs” is always a good thing. As Knapp points out, the casualties of the drug war have probably reached Holocaust levels by now. Although as the drug war recedes, look for the state to identify new targets, which could be anything from […]
The Election Was a Tie. Now What?
By Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute Election Day 2020 finally arrived, and it looks like it’s going to be a long process before the official winner is finally determined. There will be lawsuits over which ballots will be counted. Both sides will be accused of fraud and of other misdeeds. […]
Dr Richard D Wolff Vs Dr David D Friedman | Socialism Vs Capitalism Debate
Two of the very best representatives of their respective positions debate. An oversimplification of my general view would be that Libertarians are right about the state and microeconomics. Marxists are right about macroeconomics and economic history. Some highlights: -Friedman sounds like he’s discussing economics but Wolff often sounds […]
What Will It Take for Americans to Consider Breaking Up?
I would point out that Jeff Deist, a supposed vocal proponent of secession, was actually opposed to CHAZ/CHOP, which probably indicates that many libertarians would oppose any form of secession that does not conform to bourgeois economic or behavioral norms, just as many left-wing anarchists oppose any kind […]
Remember the Great Thomas Naylor
I knew Tom. He was a big influence on the development of my thinking.
The Mafia Wars Continue
“The Republican Myth: Donald Trump and his supporters are Eliot Ness and the Untouchables, fighting valiantly (but ultimately unsuccessfully) to take down Al Capone and the Deep State Gang. The Democratic Myth: Joe Biden and his supporters are Frank J. Wilson and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, actually […]
Will The GOP Embrace Working Populism?
The GOP would be about as sincere in their populism as they are in their evangelical Christianity and pro-life views. Editor at American Affairs, Julius Krein, discusses President Trump’s win of unions in Ohio.
Director of People’s Action, George Goehl, reacts to how voters in rural America voted in the election.
Krystal and Saager are always hoping to be able to unite the working class around “populist” (welfarist and trade protectionist) issues. I don’t think that will happen. The culture war divisions are so deeply entrenched that there is no buying anyone’s way around them. Class divisions will become […]
Latest 2020 Battleground Election Results And What To Expect TODAY
The most important part of this is the evidence that the candidate that raises the most money is no longer the guaranteed winner. What I think that means is that cultural, ideology, and socioeconomic divisions are so wide that politicians can’t simply buy their way around these anymore. […]
How Will Dems Justify Loss With Blacks, Latinos?
It makes perfect sense that as US society becomes more diverse and integrated, more members of minority communities would regard civil rights/discrimination issues as less immediate concerns, and become more concerned about other issues related to the economy, culture/social mores/religion, environment, education, foreign policy, etc.
Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
Here it comes. At present, it looks like Dementia Man may win with literally the minimum number of electoral votes allowed. Orange Man is not likely to go away quietly. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral […]
Fears of violence grow as US election produces no clear winner – analysis
By Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post Not for generations has there been such a profound division in the US and question about whether the country will come out of this unscathed. The boarded-up stores in Washington and several other US cities, along with the fear of election violence […]
National Guard activated after widespread violence in Portland, NYPD arrests about 50 protesters
It goes without saying that FOX will blame any election-related violence on the “left” while the rest of the media will blame Trumpists and the “far-right.” And they will all probably be right. FOX News The Oregon National Guard was activated in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday night in […]
‘Count Every Vote’: Protests Over Ballot Tallies Sweep Through U.S. Cities
The “You Cheated!” Olympics are starting. By Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Simon Romero, New York Times PORTLAND, Ore. — Calling on election officials to “count every vote,” protesters marched through the streets of several American cities on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s aggressive effort to challenge […]
Armed Protesters Menace Arizona Vote Center Amid Lies About Uncounted GOP Votes
By Chris Walker, Truthout A group of at least 200 Trump supporters, many of them armed, gathered outside an elections center in Arizona on Wednesday night, demanding access to see ballots after a false rumor spread online alleging that their votes weren’t being counted. The group congregated outside […]
Enraged Trump Supporters Swarm Election Offices as Count Goes On and Conspiracies Abound
Notice that this is what left and liberal media is worried about when a ruling class unity regime that will be the Obama and Bush regimes rolled into one is six electoral votes from taking power. A lot of Trumpists and others further to the right are obviously […]
Never Forget: The State is the Mafia Writ Large
No Matter Who Wins, They Win…
California just passed a major privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track people and gather data
The only good laws are those which repeal other laws or place restrictions on the power of institutional authority. As an anarchist, I’ve often been asked if I think there is any such thing as a “good law.” I’m always like, “Yeah, sure, Bill of Rights, 13th Amendment, […]
Michigan Voters Approve Electronic Communications and Data Privacy Amendment
Controlling the power of technology, and those who possess it, is just as important as controlling the power of the state. Traditional civil libertarianism has mostly been about curbing the power of the political government, the military, and organized religion. But corporations, banks, technology, media, and universities all […]
Massachusetts Voters Affirm the Right To Repair Your Own Car
While I don’t care for the vulgar libertarian economic outlook of Reason, they get so many things right on both state and class issues, often much, much more so than the “left” (a low standard to be sure). By Eric Boehm, Reason The most expensive ballot initiative campaign […]
Remembering C. S. Lewis
Lewis’ “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment” is well worth checking out. By David Downing, Chronicles C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) is arguably the most influential Christian writer of the 20th century. To tell the story of his life is to speak of a remarkable journey out of youthful skepticism into […]
National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted
Most of these numbers are predictable, but the category to really look at is education levels and the relationship between the managerial/new clerical classes and the Democraps. Of course, the super-rich (the ones who actually pull the strings) are too small in number to show up in these […]
The Serfs of Silicon Valley
By John M. Dejak, Chronicles In the summer of 2003 my bride, our three little kids, and I headed to Chicago for that all-important summer job after my second year of law school. We acquired a “summer lease” for an apartment on North Orchard Street in the highly sought-after […]
Neanderthals And Humans Were at War For Over 100,000 Years, Evidence Shows
The wrong side won. By Nicholas Longrich, The Conservation Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa, evolving into us. The other struck out overland, into Asia, then Europe, becoming Homo neanderthalensis – the Neanderthals. They weren’t our ancestors, but a sister species, […]
Who’s Going in What Direction?
I found this on a social media site and thought it was interesting. I can’t say any of this is “wrong” (for one thing, it’s based on a single person’s observations and experiences). The only criticism I would have is that it underestimates the dangers of authoritarian leftism […]
No Democracy Here
By Mark Crispin Miller In a genuinely democratic country, where the will of the electorate is sacrosanct, there would be no rush to call a close, contested presidential race, especially one using new mail-in ballot systems nationwide. Rather, there would be a comprehensive, thorough and (somehow) impartial forensic […]
A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath
“Half-right — 49 out of 50 voters chose one of TWO sociopaths.” – Thomas L. Knapp By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic The moment every Donald Trump opponent has been waiting for is at hand: Joe Biden seems to be taking the lead. So why am I not happy? […]
Oregon Becomes the First State to Decriminalize Use of All Drugs
By Jacob Sullum, Reason Oregon voters today approved a ballot initiative that decriminalizes noncommercial possession of all drugs, something no jurisdiction in the United States has ever done. With 70 percent of precincts reporting, 59 percent of voters favored Measure 110. The initiative’s supporters included the Oregon Democratic […]
The Lessons of the 2020 Election
Whether Trump is reelected or not, the main lesson I take from both 2016 or 2020 is this. Between all Trump voters, all third-party voters, and all non-voters (my people), a supermajority of Americans said to the ruling class, “No matter how fraudulent, malevolent, or incompetent the supposed […]
Voter turnout is estimated to be the highest in 120 years
But how many of these folks really take this shit seriously and how many just don’t want to be left out of all the hype? By Rani Molla, Vox The early voter turnout rate for the 2020 election reached a record high, and it looks like total turnout […]
The Weapons Industry Doesn’t Care Who’s President
By Greg Shupak, The Nation This summer, Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing—builder of the intercontinental ballistic missile—declared himself cheerfully indifferent to the presidential election. “I think both candidates, at least in my view, appear globally oriented and interested in the defense of our country and I believe they’ll […]
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