Editor's Note: This Murray Rothbard article was originally featured in the Spring-Autumn 1967 issue of Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought, and is republished with permission of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Credit for the translation belongs to Mamela...
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‘Humanitarianism’ As an Excuse for Colonialism and Imperialism
Spreading civilization and human rights has long been used as an excuse for state-building through colonialism and imperialism. This idea dates back at least to early Spanish and colonial efforts in the New World, and the rationale was initially employed as just one...
Imperialists Will Always Double Down
While one could choose many appropriate representatives of the quotidian inanity of U.S. foreign policy—the deleterious consequences of which somehow never do anything to dent the authors’ respective career prospects—one could find many equal to but none better than...
News Roundup 12/24/2023
Ukraine Biden Issues Executive Order Allowing Sanctions on Banks Doing Business with Russia WSJ Japan to Send Patriot Interceptors to the US, Freeing Up American Supplies to Send to Ukraine BBC Ukrainian Soldiers Facing Shortage of Artillery Shells WashPo Western...
The Christmas Truce of World War I
For a tragically short time, the Spirit of the Prince of Peace drowned out the murderous demands of the State. In August 1914, Europe's major powers threw themselves into war with gleeful abandon. Germany, a rising power with vast aspirations, plowed across Belgium,...
Houthis Attack Cargo Ships in Red Sea
The Houthis conducted two attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea. One vessel was hit with a projectile, causing a fire, but the crew suffered no injuries.
US Issues Hundreds of New Sanctions Targeting Russia
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the US has put 250 individuals and entities on blacklists for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Washington has waged an economic war aimed at destroying the Russian economy for the past 20 months. However, Moscow...
Russian Oil Revenue Higher in October Than Any Month in 2021
A Bloomberg analysis of Russian energy exports found Moscow has largely successfully circumvented the Group of 7’s (G7) price cap on Russian oil exports. The Kremlin has found buyers in India and China to replace exports to Europe. Additionally, Moscow has contracted...
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