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Nexus X HumectressNorman Finkelstein Responds to Bill Maher Regarding Muslims
H/t Todd Lewis.
Anarchism by Branch
Good introductory overview. The Basics of Philosophy Introduction Back to Top Anarchism is the political philosophy which rejects (and supports the elimination of ) compulsory government or compulsory rule, and holds that society can (and should) be organized without a coercive state. This may, or may not, involve […]
Anarchism and Political Theory: Contemporary Problems
By Uri Gordon Anarchist Library Abstract Acknowledgements Introduction Contemporary Anarchism: A first look Two Agendas Between Philosophy and Participatory Research Discussion Part I. Explaining Anarchism Chapter 1: What Moves the Movement? Anarchism as a Political Culture The A-word From Networks to Political Culture Forms of organisation Campaigning and […]
Let the Fire Burn: The MOVE Bombings 30 Years Later
The Waco of the 1980s. PBS.Org MOVE members and police during the 1978 confrontation outside MOVE headquarters. It’s the week of the 29th anniversary of the MOVE bombings, and for those who were in the middle of it and are still with us, the memories of those tragic events […]
Imprisoned Member of Philadelphia Radical Group MOVE Dies
R.I.P. Phil Africa. Heroic resistance fighter against state repression. ABCNew.Go.Com Free Thought Project Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – According to Ramona Africa, a representative for the MOVE 9, Phil Africa, the organization’s First Minister of Defense, passed away in prison under suspicious circumstances this week.Phil was a legendary activist and political prisoner, […]
France Declares War on Islam
By John Robb Global Guerrillas “It is a war against terrorism, against jihadism, against radical Islam, against everything that is aimed at breaking fraternity, freedom, solidarity… There needs to be a firm message about the values of the republic and of secularism.” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls Based on […]
The White and the Right
A review of Greg Johnson’s “New Right Versus Old Right” By Keith Preston
March of the Hypocrites
By Justin Raimondo Antiwar.Com It was only natural that “world leaders” would place themselves at the head of the Paris “unity” demonstration held to express outrage at the vicious Charlie Hebdo murders. Daniel Wickham, a student at the London School of Economics, compiled a list of the enemies […]
An Amnesty for Prisoners of the War on Drugs
Nothing less is acceptable. By Ernest Drucker and Mike Trace Huffington Post Atty. General Eric Holder’s long overdue realization that “too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason” was an important step toward a national recognition […]
NYPD Brass to Rank and File: Start Writing More Summonses Or Else
The case of the NYPD “work slow down” is an example of why a Machiavellian approach to political strategy and activism is necessary. If there were a large and well-organized anarchist movement in North America, that was in turn organizing a larger federation of anti-state groups, we would […]
The Mindset of the Average Republican Voter
TomWoods.Com (1) The American political establishment has done a super job keeping our country prosperous and our liberties protected, so I’m sure whatever candidate they push on me is probably a good one. (2) Our country is basically bankrupt. Unfunded entitlement liabilities are in excess of twice world […]
History and Evolution of the Non-Aligned Movement
Is the Non-Aligned Movement a prototype for a future Free Nations Coalition? Ministry of External Affairs Government of India History The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and […]
Nothing Good Has Ever Come Out of the Right-Wing
This single statement sums up the history of the right-wing pretty well with some qualifications, For instance, medieval Europeans generally didn’t believe in a flat earth and there were conservative critics of the excesses of the industrial revolution. But but you will never believe who said this. “It […]
Conservative Statism
By Roger Hicks The Telegraph It’s generally assumed that statism is a characteristic of the political Left, which the Tory Right is opposed to, but in fact, both the Left and the Right are committed to the STATE and, in their own rather different ways, each as statist […]
Robert Stark interviews Ann Sterzinger
Robert Stark interviews Ann Sterzinger Ann Sterzinger is a writer, publisher of HOPELESS BOOKS , and Editor of Takimag . Topics include: Her Catholic upbringing and how she lost faith in religion Her career in Journalism as a proofreader and freelance writer The upper middle class women who dominate the […]
Robert Stark interviews Luke Ford on Nationalism
Robert Stark interviews Luke Ford on Nationalism Topics: Luke’s thoughts on the Tom Sunic event at the JEM Center including both Jews and White Nationalist Why Jews and White Nationalist are hostile towards each other and how it’s awkward for Luke to have ties to both groups How […]
Robert Stark interviews Nataliya Kochergova
Robert 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 […]
Might Over Rights
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 […]
Hot Air and the Paris Atrocities
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 […]
The Right-Wing Terror Plot You Didn’t Hear About This Week
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 […]
On Revolutionary Consciousness
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, […]
Did Liberals Put Black America Behind Bars?
By Thaddeus Russell Time Magazine Oxford University Press
Karl Hess Speaks at UCLA in 1970
It’s interesting to listen to this with the benefit of 45 years of hindsight. It holds up pretty well.
The Late Great Anarchist Karl Hess
H/t Todd Lewis.
The Political Theory of Anarchism
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 […]
If we want to reduce police brutality we have to end the war on drugs
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 […]
It’s the End of the War on Drugs as We Know It
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 […]
America’s Slumbering Secession Obsession
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 […]
This Bitch Wrote a Blog Post Criticizing Libertarians and You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next
The State of American Fascism as it was in 2014
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 […]
How would a anarchistic nation defend itself against a foreign invasion?
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, […]
Defense and Law Enforcement in an Anarchist Society
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 […]
NYPD Punishes City by Not Citing, Arresting Citizens as Much. Oh, No!
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 […]
NYC arrests tumble 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage
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 […]
Overcriminalization
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 […]
Wary NYPD cops letting minor crimes slide
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 […]
2014 in Review: Yearly Highlights of AttacktheSystem.Com
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 […]
Keith Preston on the Left and the State
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 […]
Police turn their backs on Mayor de Blasio during funeral for fallen NYPD cop
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 […]
Obama Support among Military Plummets to 15 Percent
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 […]
In a Military Embracing Social Change, Troops Increasingly Identify as Independent and Libertarian
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 […]
Historical Paradigms, Partisan Cycles and the Future of the Anarchist Movement
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 […]
The Fate of Empires
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 […]
Pretty Much Every U.S. Demographic Group Believes Torture Is Justified
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 […]
Eyewitness claims ‘people were CLAPPING AND LAUGHING’ at the scene where two cops were killed
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 […]
Militarized Humanitarianism Meets Carceral Feminism: The Politics of Sex, Rights, and Freedom in Contemporary Antitrafficking Campaigns
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 […]
Why Have Americans Stopped Resisting Economic Privilege?
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 […]
Eric Garner, American Occupation, and the Decline of Empire
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 […]
Why Did They Torture?
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 […]
Russia and China’s Potential Economic Weapons Against the West
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 […]
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