Often claimed by modern socialist anarchists, Benjamin Tucker fits better in the libertarian tradition. There existed, for a time, an alignment between labor reform and socialism on the one hand and individualism and free-market libertarianism on the other. Benjamin...
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The Laissez-Faire Radical: A Quest for the Historical Mises
by Murray N. Rothbard | Jan 25, 2018 | Economics, Featured Articles
That Ludwig von Mises was the outstanding champion of laissez-faire and the free-market economy in this century is well known and needs no documentation. But in the course of refining and codifying his political views, Mises's followers have unwittingly distorted them...
Robert Anton Wilson: Mildly Puzzled All The Time
by David D'Amato | Dec 4, 2017 | Featured Articles
Robert Anton Wilson was born Robert Edward Wilson on January 18, 1932, in Brooklyn. That distinctive middle name, Anton, was the first name of his maternal grandfather, who left Trieste — today Italy, then the Austrian Empire — to escape military conscription, which...
Why Doesn’t James Scott Want to Talk About Property?
by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured Articles
One of the most exciting books of 2017 is James Scott’s Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States (Yale 2017). It deals with all the salient questions (that I care about in any case). In prehistoric times, how did human beings discover how to feed...
TGIF: Is Secession by Referendum Libertarian?
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 13, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman
I have concerns about secession by referendum. Individual secession, of course, is no problem; that's simply libertarianism. Before I get into my reasons, let me stipulate that smaller political jurisdictions are on net preferable to larger ones if for no other reason...
Three Libertarian Arguments Against War
by Jason Kuznicki | Oct 12, 2017 | Featured Articles
I show a lot of interest in vice issues. I belong to a population that has been—fairly or unfairly—associated with vice. But in a sense, vice legislation is small potatoes. The biggest thing separating conservatives from libertarians is the question of war. As I see...
The Anti-Political Nietzsche
by Doreen Cleyre | Jul 14, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Friedrich Nietzsche is a notable German philosopher, popular for his concept of "the will to power" as well as "overman" (sometimes translated as "superman"). Contrary to some people's beliefs, Nietzsche was not a nihilist and the overman was his answer to how we...
Mere Anarchy: The Center Cannot Hold
by Thomas L. Knapp | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
A spectre is haunting Earth — the spectre of freedom. All the powers of the existing order have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Drug Czar, Tillerson and May, European progressives and Chinese financial police. Where is the party in...
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History and Conflict
"We cannot eradicate the past from our memories. But it is not the task of history to kindle new conflicts by reviving hatreds long since dead and by searching the archives for pretexts for new conflicts. We do not have to revenge crimes committed centuries ago by...
Around Us the World dies in hate (poem thing) -Anti-War Blog
In the time that the smoke ate the sun, Poison that blinded my eyes washed by tears, Tears that fall from fear because we shall never have years, Maybe days or if so lucky weeks. The sirens yawn more than we can sleep, The birds have left though the sky is...
Four Star Admiral Slams Body Parts in the Cash Register
ADM Robert Burke arrested for corruption. This is on the heels of the Fat Leonard scandal. This is the tip of the iceberg in corruption. And remember this four star admiral retired with an estimated annual pension of approx 200k. 200,000 dollars a year. "Instead, the...
Wayback Snapshot: Japanese Invasion on American Soil
Yes, American soil has been invaded and occupied in the twentieth century. "In June 1942, the United States launched its first offensive in the Pacific, the Aleutian Campaign. From June 1942 to May 1943 Japan held the Island of Attu. The Battle of Attu took place May...
The US is the World Leader with No Pier
Yet another existential chaos avalanche in American foreign policy. The pier took two months and $350m to build, lasted 12 days, and delivered less than 60 trucks' worth of food (most of which was stolen after it reached Gaza) before it broke and had to be towed away...
Kyle Anzalone on Judge Nap: Antiwar Wrap-Up
Check out Kyle's latest appearance on Judge Napolitano's show, Judging Freedom.
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