This post from a social media site nails it as far as how the level of “freedom,” “democracy,” “human rights,” etc. of the USA should be evaluated. While it’s true we also have a large lumpenproletarian “underclass,” anyone in the USA who is middle class or above in income is part of the global 1%. […]

The USA is the government of the world

By Matt Agorist, Free Thought Project In the last three weeks, after the Trumpists were duped into thinking they could stop the election of Joe Biden by walking into the capitol and taking selfies with cops, the American technocratic police state has shifted into hyperdrive. In the name of stopping the “insurrection” that wasn’t, President […]

The Internet’s War On Wall Street Did What Government Could Not—It United America

GAMESTOP PEASANT REVOLT 2021 EXPLAINED: reddit vs. wall street

An interesting essay on economic history from Kevin Carson. I’ve found that it’s possible to make interesting comparisons and find interesting parallels between different public intellectuals. I’ve said before that Noam Chomsky is the Bertrand Russell of our time, the elder left-liberal icon whose ideas range from the brilliant and humane to the ridiculous and […]

Capitalism’s Just-So Stories

An interview with Bookchin from 1979. This is what real anarchism looks like, folks. I can only imagine what kind of monstrosity he would find the USA of today to be, and what a joke he would find many of today’s “anarchists” to be. By Jeff Riggenbach, Reason There’s certainly nothing precedent-shattering about the thought […]

Interview with Murray Bookchin

MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms All readings (pdf) — updated regularly Suggested readings: [review “Escheat and Anarchy“] Collective Force: Notes on Contribution and Disposition Frédéric Tufferd, “Unity in Socialism” (1887) Related readings: Rambles in the Fields of Anarchist Individualism Rambles… (pdf collection) John Beverley Robinson, “Egoism“ James L. Walker, “The Philosophy of Egoism“ Max Stirner, […]

Constructing Anarchisms: The Anarchist and « Their Own »

While I have always rejected, and continue to reject, the view that Trump was a “fascist” (as opposed to a low-rent Nixon), I do see certain potential dangers regarding right-wing authoritarianism. The cult-like sectors of the right-wing could potentially be marshaled in an authoritarian, statist direction by a competent demagogue or effective authoritarian leader (for […]

QAnon’s ‘Great Awakening’ failed to materialize. What’s next could be worse

A recent Reuters investigation may indicate that “Q Anon” was in fact an FBI cyber psyop. A man holding up a “Q” sign at a rally of Trump supporters. Published: January 2021Share on: Twitter / FacebookPowered by A recent Reuters investigation may indicate that “Q Anon” was in fact an FBI cyber psyop. The “Q […]

FYI: A recent Reuters investigation may indicate that “Q Anon” was in fact an FBI cyber psyop.

MAIN PAGE: Constructing Anarchisms All readings (pdf) — updated regularly Suggested readings: [Week 5 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Synthesis Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Self-Government and the Citizen-State Legal Order Authority and Authority-Effects But What About the Children? Bakunin, “What is Authority?“ From last week: [Week 4 Readings (pdf)] Constructing an Anarchism: Tradition Gérard Lacaze-Duthiers, “The True […]

Constructing Anarchisms: Vital Things

I always thought that as the “right-wing” in its various forms continued to shrink in size and lose power politically, it would move in two directions. Some would be co-opted by totalitarian humanism (like the neocons, corporate Republicans, and Never Trumpers). Others would become more militant and even terroristic, which seems to be happening, and […]

House Democrats Briefed on Disturbing Assassination, Coup Plots by Trump Supporters