https://youtu.be/sDgfh4qilo4 Whereas Marx rejected chattel slavery and extrapolated a long historical march to an eventual socialist reordering through revolutionary upheaval, Fitzhugh saw a readily available alternative. “Slavery is a form, and the very best form, of...
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
The Most Powerful Social Influence
by Keith Knight | Sep 25, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/XYoq1FKK5_w ... an opposition or revolutionary movement, or indeed any mass movement from below, cannot be primarily guided by ordinary economic motives. For such a mass movement to form, the masses must be fired up, must be aroused to a rare and...
Ron Paul: Fake News? CNN Claims Iran Tried To Seize UK Tanker
by Scott Horton | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog
Yesterday CNN was the sole source of an article accusing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of trying to seize a UK tanker in the Persian Gulf. Though CNN claimed there was video of the attempt, none has surfaced. Iran strongly denies any such attempt. Is this another psy-op...
The Libertarian Presidential Candidate We Need
by Steven Woskow | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog
Keith Preston at Attack The System wants a candidate that might actually be a libertarian. He argues they need to run on a platform of ending the federal government for real. Not “enforcing the Tenth Amendment, ” not “going back to the Constitution,” not “reducing...
Trump Names the IRGC ‘Terrorists’
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 9, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #334, I discuss the Trump admin naming Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror organization. I explain the false arguments used by the Trump admin to claim the IRGC supports terror groups. The move makes a conflict with Iran more likely. Links Eric...
Israel First
by Scott Horton | Apr 8, 2019 | Blog
Netanyahu says Trump labeled Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terror group at his request. I believe him.
Bin Ladenite Suicide Bomber Kills 41 Iranian Revolutionary Guards
by Scott Horton | Feb 13, 2019 | Blog
Was the CIA and Trump government behind it? Mossad? It's a fair question.
If The US Used Arbitration Instead Of War
by Zack Sorenson | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog
I previously discussed why I believe that the American revolution is only half-complete. In my opinion, a government consistent with the principles and premises of the American revolution would not have the constitutional right to go to war. Such a government would...
The Jefferson Nobody Knows
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. | Apr 28, 2017 | Featured Articles, Politics
Following up on his successful and highly regarded James Madison and the Making of America (St. Martin’s, 2012), Kevin Gutzman has returned with a fresh look at Jefferson in Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America. It could well have...
How White Helmets Videos Are Made
by Moon of Alabama | Nov 21, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The video below was originally uploaded on November 18 in the channel of the RFSMediaOffice (Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office), a propaganda organization supporting various groups fighting the Syrian state. It depicts the "Making of" a scene where people in...
11/11/16 Jim Powell on Woodrow Wilson’s great blunder
by Scott Horton | Nov 11, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show
Historian and author Jim Powell commemorates Armistice Day by discussing how Woodrow Wilson’s intervention in WWI gave rise to Hitler, Stalin, and WWII; then summarizes the 2,000 year history of the triumph of liberty – led by 65 revolutionary men and women who...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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