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Nexus X HumectressRobert Stark interviews Nataliya Kochergova Nataliya Kochergova Sergeevna blogs at Emma the Emo’s Emo Musings . She lives in Norway and is originally from Russia. Why she is with Eivind Berge What Happens When You Date An Angry Incel Why she has an omega fetish Why she calls herself […]
With the Heart of a Wolf There is no such thing as “human rights.” Every day, everywhere, people are bleating like wounded lambs about this “right” or that “right” being infringed upon by some new horror, some tyrannical or fascist oppressor that seeks to take away their precious […]
By Dr. Sean Gabb Libertarian Alliance For the avoidance of doubt, I will begin by saying that the murders this week at Charlie Hebdo were a barbarous crime, and deserve the strongest punishment allowed by law. This being said, the smug chanting of the politicians and media people […]
By Zaid Jilani Alternet Members of a right-wing militia in Georgia plotted to attack police and other government agents. Following the murder of two NYPD officers in New York City, much of the political right moved to blame Mayor de Blasio and other progressive critics of police brutality […]
Revolutionary consciousness is not about individual self-gratification. Rather, it is about the contribution of the individual to the wider struggle. That’s not to say that there cannot be individual motivations for participating in revolutionary struggle. Some people join revolutionary efforts in order to purse achievements as a writer, […]
By Thaddeus Russell Time Magazine Oxford University Press
It’s interesting to listen to this with the benefit of 45 years of hindsight. It holds up pretty well.
H/t Todd Lewis.
April Carter’s classic 1971 work is now available online. See here. The Political Theory of Anarchism April Carter Formerly lecturer in Politics, Lancaster University1971 Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 The Political Theory of Anarchism 13 The Leviathan The Social Contract Hobbes and Godwin Primacy of the Individual […]
By T.C. Sottek The Verge Protests for police reform are sweeping the United States following the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and an untold number of other unarmed or innocent people of color. Amid the anger and sadness, one thing is clear: policing in America […]
By Joel Mathis PhillyMag.Com After decades of pain, some sanity. Kids, gather round. Let me share with you the horrors of my youth. Behold: And: Back in the 1980s, these commercials were on a near-constant loop — especially on Saturday mornings and any other times kids might be […]
We’re getting there. By James Poulos The Daily Beast As the United States becomes more and more disjointed, an increasing number of Americans favors abandoning the Union altogether. In his underrated classic The Cousins’ Wars, Kevin Phillips proves something most Americans would not like to contemplate. Rather than […]
The Antifa need not worry about efforts by fringe right-wing cults to impose fascism in America. Fascism is already here. By Radley Balko Washington Post Sometimes, real life can be stranger than parody. This can be particularly true when it comes to the beat we cover here at […]
Anarchy101.Org If a resource-rich nation such as America or Canada reverted to a pacifistic anarchistic state, how would it defend itself against an organized invasion by a foreign authoritarian state. A likely scenario being that China or Russia would, having depleted their own resources by the late century, […]
By Josh Wiley Cop Block This article is for the irate minority who, like myself, have come to the realization that government, by its nature, constitutes a monopoly on force. Sadly, we live in a world in which there exists at least two classes of citizens: The average […]
By Scott Shackford Reason.Com Right now in New York City, guys selling black market cigarettes are much, much less likely to be harassed and arrested (or worse) by the New York Police Department. Apparently, or at least in the eyes of the New York Post, we’re supposed to […]
Is this how we defeat the police state? Engage in massive protests against police brutality, and elect anti-police local officials who will inspire the cops to stand down? These events lend support for the credibility of ATS’s adoption of the “Mailer model” for building localized resistance. D.C. Beacon […]
The Heritage Foundation Overcriminalization describes the trend to use the criminal law rather than the civil law to solve every problem, to punish every mistake, and to compel compliance with regulatory objectives. Criminal law should be used only if a person intentionally flouts the law or engages in […]
The people get militant, and the pigs back off. It looks like the protests are working. Lesson learned. By Larry Celona, Dana Sauchelli, Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding New York Post Officers at slain cop Rafael Ramos’ funeral. Photo: Dennis A. Clark MORE ON: NYPD Hats worn by […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 240,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 10 […]
Attack the System Keith Preston on the Left and the State December 29, 2014 Keith Preston discusses the relationship between the Left and the State in a lecture to the H.L. Mencken Club. Topics include: -The Left as a form of moralistic zealotry. -The similarities between the authoritarianism […]
Wonderful! This is indicative of a deep rift between the political class and law enforcement. Severe disunity between the state and its enforcer arm is always welcome to revolutionaries. FOX News Associated Press Hundreds of police officers outside the Queens, N.Y. church Saturday where the funeral of Officer […]
Excellent! The military predictably tends to be one of the more conservative sectors of U.S. society. The more liberal the political class and the state become, the more disaffection there will likely be within the ranks of the military. An added factor is that the military will be […]
This is welcome news. Building dissent within the ranks of the military is crucial because, well, the bottom line is that we can’t have a revolution without substantial support from rank and file military and lower level officers. By J.D. Tuccille Reason Shifts in social attitudes, politics, and […]
By Keith Preston Some historians make the credible argument that major historical cycles tend to turn every seventy years or so. For an example of this kind of analysis, see this piece that was written by Steven Yates after the events of September 11, 2001. What this particular […]
By Professor Steven Yates NewsWithViews.com “Frannie,” he said, and turned her around so he could look into her eyes. “What, Stuart?” “Do you think… do you think people ever learn anything?” She opened her mouth to speak, hesitated, fell silent. The kerosene lamp flickered. Her eyes seemed very […]
It looks like mass democracy is working. By Mark Strauss Expand The good news: For those who are worried that the nation is more divided than ever, there’s finally one contentious issue that a majority of Americans agree upon. The bad news: Most people are okay with the […]
I don’t agree with the random murders of anyone, not cops or anyone else, but if this is true it really is an example of fourth generation warfare within the domestic U.S. A Muslim terrorist takes out a couple of the king’s knights and wins the admiration of […]
The religious right and the PC left united against sex worker rights. By Elizabeth Berstein During a blustery New York City winter in the final weeks of 2008,two very different cinematic events focused on the politics of gender,sexuality, and human rights stood out for their symmetry. The first […]
By Steve Fraser BillMoyers.Com Moyers has a very good interview with the author of this book here. The following excerpt is from the introduction to Steve Fraser’s new book, The Age of Acquiescence. Marx once described high finance as “the Vatican of capitalism,” its diktat to be obeyed […]
By Danny Haiphong FilmsforAction.Org The nascent movement against racist police brutality in the US received a boost of energy from the non-indictment of Eric Garner’s murderers in blue. Thousands filled the streets from New York City to Berkeley, California to protest racist injustice and declare #BlackLivesMatter. In typical fashion, the militarized police and mass incarceration state responded […]
By Justin Raimondo Antiwar.Com The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on how the US government tortured detainees at Guantanamo and at secret “black sites” all over the world has focused on how they did it: rectal feeding, hanging detainees by their arms, “stress positions,” beatings, etc. The prurience of […]
By William S. Lind Traditional Right Just as Germany had its V weapons, the V-1 and V-2, so Washington now has its S weapon. If another country does something we don’t like, Washington hits it with economic sanctions. As Iran’s economy shows, sanctions can do a country quite […]
By John Robb Global Guerrillas It should be clear to everyone that the economic and political system that replaced feudal agriculture is starting to fall apart. It’s also pretty clear we need a new system, one that can operate at a global scale and fully embrace the potential […]
The State is the mafia with a flag. Why does the mafia exist? To control territory, monopolize resources, enrich and protect an artificially privileged elite, exploit subjects, and expand its own realm of power and domination. When a gang’s territory is threatened, it responds with extreme violence. How […]
What I’ve been saying all along. The money quote: “The current trends in America, Wall Street getting richer, everyone else getting poorer, politicians of both parties feeding brazenly at Wall Street’s trough, the party of the Left in full blown attack gear not on inequality, which it has […]
A lecture by American Communist Michael Parenti lamenting the downfall of Communism. What I found most interesting about this is how much his rhetoric mirrors that of “Love It or Leave It” types in the West: “Communism: Love It or Leave It!” LOL. I actually agree with many […]
Good article from 2010 about over criminalization in the US. The Economist IN 2000 four Americans were charged with importing lobster tails in plastic bags rather than cardboard boxes, in violation of a Honduran regulation that Honduras no longer enforces. They had fallen foul of the Lacey Act, […]
Robert Stark interviews Anthony Migchels on the Basic Income Anthony Migchels is a monetary reform advocate from the Netherlands. His website is Real Currencies Topics include: Proposals for a basic income How a basic income should be implemented and how […]
Robert Stark interviews Paul Gottfried on Dugin & Neoconservatives Paul Gottfried recently retired as Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College, PA. He is the author of After Liberalism, Multiculturalism and the Politics […]
I used to think the primary obstacle to the victory of pan-secessionist/fourth generation forces in the U.S. would be America’s massive military-industrial complex. However, the more conversations I have with actual military personnel and the more I observe trends in the military, the less I am convinced of […]
Even as the forces of totalitarian humanism continue to become more extreme and outlandish, cracks are emerged. Demographics have doomed the Red Tribe to death. Internal contradictions will bring the demise of the Blue Tribe. The Grey Tribe is up next. By Tim Dunkin Traditional Right If there […]
No surprise here. People are tribal by nature. Most people’s reaction is that “they” (terrorists) did something awful to “us” (Americans). so whatever we do to them is justified. By Christopher Ingraham Washington Post The Senate Intelligence Committee’s five-year investigation into the CIA’s torture of suspected terrorists just […]
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Totalitarian humanist student activism means brownshirting those with whom you disagree. By Robby Soave Reason Another day, another group of insolent students demanding that their university censor a prominent speaker and deprive the rest of campus of the opportunity to learn from him. George Will is slated to […]
By Elizabeth Nolan Brown Reason “Free speech all the time. Not just when admin says when, where, what about,” read one side of the neon-yellow sign fielded by Ali Cohen, an education major at Coastal Carolina University, during a recent campus rally. On the sign’s flip side: “#BlackLivesMatter. […]
The great thing about the latest torture revelations is that it confirms one of the main things we anarchists are always saying. The state is no different from the mafia. It exists to control territory, protect an artificially privileged ruling class, exploit subjects, monopolize resources, and expand its […]
This is consistent with Scott Alexander’s analysis of the growth of a “Grey Tribe” as a third force in U.S. politics, beyond the “Red Tribe” and “Blue Tribe,” that regards the state rather than either traditional in-groups or traditional out-groups as the primary enemy.Apparently, the Grey Tribe is […]
After watching this, I’m almost convinced Abby Martin could be one of us.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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