As a teenager I lived on the streets for as short a period as I could manage. This one experience brought more violence into my life than I care to remember, let alone describe, but it did not define me. I mention the experience for one reason; it is not ignorance or...
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Want to end the protests and riots? End the War on Drugs
by Koen Swinkels | May 31, 2020 | Blog
The War on Drugs is the immediate cause of, and pretext for, the system of oppression, and police violence and militarization. Ending the War on Drugs is also a project that can unite rather than divide, something that people from different races and different...
Admiral McJackass
by Zack Sorenson | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog
What a tool. Admiral McRaven's NY Times oped - in which we hear that an anonymous Army general has said: " 'I don’t like the Democrats, but Trump is destroying the Republic!' " McRaven explains which "republic" Trump is destroying: "Those words echoed with me...
5 Simple Ways To Support The Counter-Economy
by Sal Mayweather | Nov 6, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Even if you aren’t prepared to engage in radical counter-economics, there are small steps everyone can take to either participate in, or at a minimum, support the counter-economy. I’ve assembled a list of 5 simple ways everyday people can participate in the agorist...
WATCH: Cop Smells Weed, Walks Up to Innocent Man, Beats, Falsely Arrests Him
by Matt Agorist | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles
Austin, TX — In case after infuriating case, the Free Thought Project has reported on instances of horrifying rights violations all stemming from a police officer claiming to smell a plant. We have seen both women and men sodomized and raped — often times in public —...
Nick Gillespie And Why Government Oppression Creates Rock And Roll
by Zack Sorenson | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog
On Thad Russell's podcast, he featured a discussion between himself and Dave Smith and Nick Gillespie. Admittedly, this was a major pull, and a fantastic piece of media. Among the many great things said, Nick Gillespie commented on the libertarian commitment to end...
DNC Candidates Plan to Bring Empire Home guest Joanne Leon
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 9, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
Joanne Leon returns to the show to talk about the race for the Democratic Party nomination. Joanne breaks down the horrific plan offered by Mayor Pete in response to mass shootings. She explains his plan is likely to lead to the oppression of more Americans. Kyle and...
Citizens Disobey New Zealand Gun Ban, Only 530 of 300,000 People Turned Guns In
by Matt Agorist | Jun 6, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
In March, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the “first tranche” in a number of moves to restrict the rights of New Zealand citizens to protect themselves with firearms. This move was in direct response to the horrific murders that unfolded on March...
Immigration Tyranny and Cruelty Come Home
by Jacob Hornberger | May 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
I can’t help but wonder if what has happened to Theresa Todd will cause conservative-leaning libertarians to abandon their support of immigration controls, the system of immigration central planning, cruelty, and tyranny that both conservatives and progressives have...
9/6/18 Alice Speri on the Israeli ‘Justice’ System
by Scott Horton | Sep 10, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Alice Speri explains what the Israeli justice system is like for Palestinians who resist Israel's soldiers and protest its illegal settlements. Instead of the usual court system, Palestinians are tried in what amount to military courts, often after grueling...
Antiwar Radio
by Scott Horton | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog
This morning on Antiwar Radio: Alice Speri on Israel's merciless oppression of the Palestinians 8:30 Pacific, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles; kpfk.org
News Roundup 5/21/18
by Kyle Anzalone | May 21, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump will nominate Robert Wilkie to head the VA. [Link] Dan Wright and Joanne Leon update the insanity of Russiagate. [Link] Jeremy Scahill hosts Ron Wyden and Norman Finkelstein on the Intercepted podcast. Wyden discusses the torturer Gina Haspel, and Finkelstein...
Mises and Rothbard on Catalan Secession
by David Gordon | Oct 12, 2017 | Featured Articles
Many people in Catalonia wish to secede from Spain and form their own country, but the Spanish government has used force to block them from doing so. What should libertarians think of this conflict? In trying to answer this question, it is useful to seek guidance from...
The Antiwar Comic: Don’t Be a Pharaohist!
by Tony DiGerolamo | Aug 26, 2017 | Blog
I like this comic a lot because it encompasses so much of what war is really about. The impact of war decades and decades later, while simultaneously planting the seeds of another. Why can't we just all get along? For more comics, visit the Webcomic Factory. Also,...
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War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...
How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”
I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)
Yes, Andrew Sullivan Demanded W. Bush Nuke Iraq
He wrote on October 17, 2001: THE COMING CONFLICT: The sophisticated form of anthrax delivered to Tom Daschle's office forces us to ask a simple question. What are these people trying to do? I think they're testing the waters. They want to know how we will respond to...