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Talk of Secession is the ‘New Normal’
by Jose Nino | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
Secession is a four-letter word for the millions of Americans who have gone through the conventional educational pipeline that teaches them that the American state is indivisible and sacrosanct. However, intellectually honest historians whose minds haven’t been warped...

Will Northeastern Syria Become A Flashpoint Between Turkey and the United States?
by Ahmad Al Khaled | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last November, the United States saw a rather dramatic presidential election that put a lot at stake and in many ways was supposed to determine the direction of Washington's foreign policy. The new administration under Joe Biden's leadership has repeatedly signaled...

Another Bogus Impeachment
by Jim Bovard | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
The Senate impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump confirms historian Henry Adams's adage a century ago that politics “has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” The impeachment process was a farce that should fortify Americans’ disdain for...

NATO Planning to Octuple Presence in Iraq
by Dave DeCamp | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Thursday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that the alliance is increasing its military presence in Iraq. “The size of our mission will increase from 500 personnel to around 4,000 and training activities will now include more Iraqi security...

Prepare for Negative Interest Rates
by Daniel Lacalle | Feb 19, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Negative rates are the destruction of money, an economic aberration based on the mistakes of many central banks and some of their economists, who all start from a wrong diagnosis: the idea that economic agents do not take more credit or invest more because they choose...

Nancy Pelosi’s Disastrous Idea To Have a ‘9/11 Commission’ About the Capitol Attack
by Jim Bovard | Feb 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
Many members of Congress remain outraged at the Trump protestors who charged into the Capitol on January 6. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently declared, “We must get to the truth of how this happened…Our next step will be to establish an outside, independent...

Ron Paul Calls Out Joe Biden’s Threat to Restrict Interstate Travel
by Ron Paul | Feb 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
Candidate Joe Biden promised not to abuse his executive authority or shut down the economy in order to fight the coronavirus. Instead, he said he would "listen to the science." An order limiting the ability of Americans to travel across state lines would violate all...
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The Banned Books of the Cold War-Era Soviet Union
by Kym Robinson | Feb 17, 2021 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles
“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”- George R. R. Martin The authoritarian nature of the Soviet Union has been buried by apologist revisionism and has been romanced in the...

Help Support the Libertarian Institute!
by Scott Horton | Feb 16, 2021 | Featured Articles, Scott Horton
This fund drive for the Institute is long overdue. You-all were so generous in the big book fund drive of Summer, 2019, that I couldn't bear to come back to you until the thing was finally done. And there was a severe delay caused by my over-doing it and having to...

Bitcoin is King
by Tom Luongo | Feb 16, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Bitcoin is winning. Period. In fact, it may have already won and the people arrayed against it, no matter how powerful, are finally beginning to realize this. This week saw a slew of major announcements which all point in this direction. Of course the big news...

How To Make Housing Less Affordable
by Bradley Thomas | Feb 15, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Few things in life are more certain than the costs of something exploding whenever government embarks on programs to make them “affordable.” It took just five years after the passage of the “Affordable Care Act” for insurance premiums on the private market to more...

Idaho Cop Arrested For Repeatedly Raping Immobile Cancer Patient
by Matt Agorist | Feb 15, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In one of the most disturbing instances of police sexual misconduct we’ve reported here at the Free Thought Project a retired police corporal was arrested this week for repeatedly raping a woman so sick with cancer that she couldn’t fight back. Scott Wayne McMikle,...

The Military Occupation of Washington DC is a Ticking Time Bomb
by Jim Bovard | Feb 13, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
“Tyranny in form is the first step towards tyranny in substance,” warned Senator John Taylor two hundred years ago in his forgotten classic, Tyranny Unmasked. As the massive National Guard troop deployment in Washington enters its second month, much of the media and...

TGIF: What Now, Libertarians?
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 12, 2021 | Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The prospects for individual liberty and the required rollback of the government seem as bleak as ever, but we can't let appearances, no matter how pervasive, be decisive. The spark within most people--the longing to chart one's course in life--never really dies....
News Roundup
News Roundup 2/25/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 25, 2021
US News YouTube removed a Consortium News video that covered election suppression in the Georgia Senate runoff. [Link] Facebook plans to invest $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years. Facebook invested $600 million in the industry since 2018. [Link]...
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Cop Kills Woman
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2021
An unarmed, innocent woman. https://youtu.be/fn87l3GorA0
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Twelve – Iraq War III
by Scott Horton | Feb 20, 2021
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton, A Video Adaptation Commentary by the author. Directed by Gus Cantavero. Access the full video playlist here. https://youtu.be/RLFe4xWvhR8?list=PLq2qhcVwTVJRQuCWXMVUM8SG2qYDFoPZA
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Eleven – Syria
by Scott Horton | Feb 20, 2021
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton, A Video Adaptation Commentary by the author. Directed by Gus Cantavero. Access the full video playlist here....
Tom Woods’ Show
by Scott Horton | Feb 20, 2021
The great Tom Woods had me on for another Scott Horton Week on his show to talk about the new book. War's Roots Iraq War II Syria War All the Time Iran's nuclear program
Cop Kills Man
by Scott Horton | Feb 20, 2021
Father of tiny helpless children gets in a car wreck, calls 911, cop murders him to death so now he can never be there to protect his family. Cop wins "Officer of the Year" award.
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2/19/21 Ben Wizner on the Dangerous Precedent of the Assange Prosecution
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2021
Scott talks to Ben Wizner of the ACLU about the ongoing Julian Assange saga. Assange's attempted prosecution under the Espionage Act is practically unprecedented, says Wizner. While it's true that many leakers of government secrets have been charged for violations of...
2/18/21 Nathan J. Robinson on the Crackdown on Critics of Israel
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2021
Nathan Robinson shares his story of being fired from the Guardian after posting a sarcastic tweet about Israel. After joking about the amount of military aid the U.S. government sends to Israel, Robinson was immediately labeled an anti-semite and swiftly fired from...
2/18/21 Phil Weiss on BDS, Biden and Israel’s Apartheid State
by Scott Horton | Feb 18, 2021
Phil Weiss is back to discuss Israel, beginning with the observation us that now that the two-state solution is essentially off the table for good, it's impossible to ignore the fact that Israel is an apartheid state that has enshrined in law its subjugation of the...
2/17/21 Mike Swanson on the Fragile and Distorted American Economy
by Scott Horton | Feb 18, 2021
Scott talks to Mike Swanson about some of the problems in the U.S. economy and what we can expect in the near future. Scott points out the emerging real estate booms in places like Austin, Texas, as wealthy residents of states with severe lockdowns seek relief in...
Free Man Beyond the Wall
Episode 539: Marxism Part 3 – The Thought of Mao Zedong
by Peter R. Quinones | Feb 17, 2021
84 Minutes Safe for Work Bird is one-fourth of the hosts of the Timeline Earth podcast. Bird joins Pete to go over the thought of Mao Zedong Episode 534: Marxism Part 2 - The Thought of Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili (Joseph Stalin) Episode 524: Marxism Part 1 -...
Episode 538: Further Thoughts on the Culture and Social Media Wars w/ Scott Horton
by Peter R. Quinones | Feb 14, 2021
71 Minutes Some Strong Language Scott Horton is Managing Director of The Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio for Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles and KUCR 88.3 in Riverside, podcasts the Scott Horton Show from scotthorton.org, and is the Editorial...
Episode 537: Winning the Social Media and Culture War w/ Ryan Dawson
by Peter R. Quinones | Feb 12, 2021
82 Minutes PG-13 Ryan Dawson is the host of the Anti-Neocon Report and a documentary filmmaker. Ryan joins Pete to talk about YouTube deleting his account, the answer that he has created, and to give his take on current events. ANCReport.com vid.ancreport.com Get...
Episode 536: The Left Doesn’t Want The Enemy They’re Creating w/ Army Vet Lee Enfield
by Peter R. Quinones | Feb 10, 2021
60 Minutes PG-13 Lee Enfield is the proprietor of EnBlocPress.com and an Army Infantry veteran. Pete asked Lee to come on to answer questions that reference his experience of being in the military. Especially what a soldier would think if a country they just entered...
Conflicts of Interest
COI #72 – Hawks Press Biden to Escalate War in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 17, 2021
On Conflicts of Interest #72, Kyle Anzalone discusses the recent attack on US troops in norther Iraq. The attack left one contractor dead and an American soldier injured. Hawks are claiming Iran was behind the attack and the US must respond. The link between Iran and...
COI #71 – Biden to Take Up Trump’s Wars on Journalism and China
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 15, 2021
On COI #71, Kyle and Will discuss the Biden administration's continued push to extradite Julian Assange. Picking up where Trump left off, Biden's DOJ has submitted an appeal to UK judge Vanessa Baraitser to challenge her January ruling against extradition on grounds...
COI #70 – Biden Keeps Several Key Trump Policies and Tech Censorship
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 12, 2021
On COI #70, Kyle discusses several key Biden policies he will keep from Trump. Biden's Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said the US will continue to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The announcement signals the US will maintain many of the increasingly...
COI #69 – How an ‘Elite-Cabal’ ‘Fortified’ the 2020 Election Narrative
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 10, 2021
On COI #69, Joanne Leon, host of Around the Empire, returns to the show to discuss the 2020 election. A new Time magazine article - The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election - explains how an 'elite-cabal' 'saved democracy' by 'influencing...
Don't Tread on Anyone
Why Democrats AND Republicans Are Wrong About Government – Book Summary and Analysis
by Keith Knight | Feb 23, 2021
https://youtu.be/1ydfn5PUKbY Buy the book ***Busting Myths About the State and the Libertarian Alternative***: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1610166965?tag=lrc18-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1 LBRY / Odysee:...
The Truth About the U.S. / Saudi Genocide in Yemen – Scott Horton and Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Feb 22, 2021
https://youtu.be/oF5SaB330gQ Mankind is a mixture of good and evil, of cooperative and criminal tendencies. In my view, the anarchist society is one which maximizes the tendencies for the good and the cooperative, while it minimizes both the opportunity and the moral...
Mind Control, Body Language, & Crystallizing Public Opinion. Chase Hughes & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Feb 21, 2021
https://youtu.be/kjNGSxKb7Z0 Visit Chase Hughes: https://www.chasehughes.com/ **Six-Minute X-Ray: Rapid Behavior Profiling**: https://www.amazon.com/Six-Minute-X-Ray-Rapid-Behavior-Profiling/dp/1735141607 The Behavior Panel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBehaviorPanel...
Deception in War, Arming ISIS, & the Military Industrial Complex. Scott Horton & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Feb 20, 2021
https://youtu.be/S2c8lqfL6CU A final word about conscription: of all the ways in which war aggrandizes the State, this is perhaps the most flagrant and most despotic. But the most striking fact about conscription is the absurdity of the arguments put forward on its...
Liberty Weekly Podcast
David Friedman: What Anarchists Can Learn From Other Legal Systems Ep. 151
by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 3, 2021
https://youtu.be/Ut4X7B1sHII Keith Knight and I tag teamed an interview with David D. Friedman about his newest book, "Legal Systems Very Different From Ours." I asked him some burning questions I had from what I consider to be a Liberty Weekly Classic--"Non-State...
Recovering Addict Explains How Gov’t Spurs Addiction Ep. 150 ft. the Clean Libertarian
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 29, 2021
https://youtu.be/kyuxnMc-NSc In this episode of the podcast, Drew Cook joins me to share his story of recovery and to explain his first hand account of how the state creates addicts. Drew is the host of The Clean Libertarian and has been a long time listener of the...
How 2021 Could Be Better Ep. 149 ft. Jose Galison
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 23, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oCgFf2cLs&feature=youtu.be I joined Jose Galison on "No Way Jose" to finish up a belated recap of 2020. We discuss the 2020 campaign trail, allegations of election fraud, Hunter Biden, internet censorship, "trusting the experts,"...
Bastard Jurisprudence: The English Common Law Perverted
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 16, 2021
There are a few rights of passage in law school. Many of them occur in constitutional law. For instance, constitutional law is where most students will learn for the first time that judicial review, the power to declare laws unconstitutional, was not a power granted...
Year Zero
Reporting The Revolution w/Erik Sawyer
by Tommy Salmons | Feb 3, 2021
Erik Sawyer, formerly of the Revolution Report, joined Tommy to discuss current events, culture, and the Libertarian Party. They cover r/wallstreetbets, Doug Mackey, identity politics, the multi-front war against the cathedral, and how the culture of the LP has been...
Techno-tyranny And Subversive Technologies w/Ryan Bunting
by Tommy Salmons | Jan 28, 2021
I asked Ryan to join me on the show once again. We wanted to chat about the tech tyranny and subversive technology that helps to keep your information safe, secure, and uncensored. ryanbunting.com for any of your graphic design needs Paypal.me/tommysalmons...
Ideology And The Death Of Nations w/Coop
by Tommy Salmons | Jan 22, 2021
Tommy invited Coop onto the show to discuss the parallels between modern culture, relativity, objectivism, and how nations enter the period of their ultimate demise. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerencounterspodcast/coopfinal.mp3
Red, White, and Clear; An Interview With Me
by Tommy Salmons | Jan 18, 2021
Last Friday Mike Korbel asked me to be a guest on his podcast, The Invictus Mind. I’ve known Mike a few years and happily agreed to appear. We have a laid back informal chat about the growing technocratic state and how people may find avenues to free themselves from...