I wanted to write down and submit to the Libertarian Institute what I saw today at the protest in downtown Pittsburgh over the George Floyd killing. Some background on me: I am a Libertarian—a minarchist, not an anarchist. I was brought into the movement by the Ron...
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Anarchism and Pandemics
by William Gillis | Apr 9, 2020 | Events, Featured Articles
Anarchists face the question: Without nations and states wouldn’t a free society be especially ravaged by pandemics? Who would enforce quarantines without rebuilding a centralized institution of violence? It’s a fair question. Anarchism isn’t about a finite goal, but...
Jon Utley, Heroic Champion of Peace and Freedom, RIP
by Jim Bovard | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog
Jon Utley, one of the most dedicated and principled pro-freedom activists in the nation, passed away yesterday. For 30 years, Jon was in the forefront of the antiwar movement since he spearheaded a group to oppose President George H.W. Bush’s war against Iraq. Jon was...
Atlantic Council Loves Ukrainian Nazis
by Scott Horton | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog
The Azov Battalion? They might love Hitler a little bit, but really are a bunch of heroes now, don't you know?: In their recent New York Times op-ed, “We once fought jihadists. Now we battle white supremacists,” Democratic Congressman Max Rose and former Federal...
Is Anarcho-Capitalism A Contradiction?
by Bradley Thomas | Feb 3, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Is it possible for a stateless society to adequately protect property rights? Any Rothbardian anarcho-capitalist has no doubt been confronted with the assertion that a state is necessary to enforce the property rights so vital to a market-based, capitalist system. Is...
You Might be a Libertarian
by Arlo Pignotti | Jan 26, 2020 | Blog
If the police call your home asking you to donate to their fundraiser and you respond, “Am I being detained?” you might be a Libertarian. If you didn’t recognize Walter White had a problem until the FIFTH season of Breaking Bad. You might be a Libertarian. If you...
Year Zero 93: On The Invictus Mind Podcast
by Tommy Salmons | Jan 20, 2020 | Blog, Year Zero
A few weeks ago Michael Korbel invited me on The Invictus Mind to discuss my life and how I became an anarchist. Listen to Year Zero
Nothing Personal…Except Your Freedom
by Phil Gibson | Jul 24, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
What is freedom? How do we protect it? As a libertarian, anarchist, agorist, minarchist, collapsatarian, or whatever liberty-minded label your strut from this radical spectrum, it's easy to get bogged down by the difference between human rights (civil rights/personal...
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Speaking of democracy…
Democracy has been a much discussed topic of late, what with the separation of President Joe Biden from his delegates only weeks before the upcoming Democratic party convention, to be held in Chicago from August 19 to 22, 2024. There have been brokered conventions in...
Corruption-A-Go-Go: Taliban Continues to Receive US Funding
The US State Department needs to be disbanded and all overseas embassies should be converted to ATM-style kiosks. The Taliban has just received 239 million debt-bucks in US State Department aid. 239 millions dollars. The disaster in Afghanistan continues to cascade...
Further China Reading
From a reader: “Hello Joseph. I just ordered your book, and I noticed it was short. I would like to know if there is an up to date book on American foreign policy towards China that you could recommend that is well-researched and truthful with good policy suggestions....
Raptor Woes Continue to Plague the Air Force
More mismanagement and strategic deficit disorder at the Pentagon. The F22 Raptor is a very capable late 20th century aircraft and arguably superior to the much more expensive and increasingly anachronistic F35; it is being put out to pasture early because of...
Anti-War Blog – What Will You Do On The Day After?
They did it, finally. The wisdom of the statists, the planet ruined. Desolation, misery, nature blackened to near extinction. The whispering legacy of civilisation. The educated mastery of science and technology used to destroy it all, everything. They called it...
Is the Medal of Honor Now Subject to Woke Revisionism?
Note: We just returned from a short vacation visiting new grandchildren hence the brief interregnum of posting. The Medal of Honor is the highest citation for combat action in the US military. It's premature to say exactly what direction this is going because the DoD...
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