The meaning of freedom outlined and discussed. Great thinkers, idiots, and everything in-between. This category runs the gamut from historical essays to heated forum debates. Anarchism, agorism, statism? The definition (or rejection) of labels and terms.
In 2001, three years before his death, SEK III provided the website Libertarian Peacenik, with a brief history of the new libertarian philosophy that emerged after the movement split in 1969.
In July 1969, the Students for a Democratic Society split in Chicago four ways and the Anarchists were purged. Over Labor Day Young Americans for Freedom split. [...]
Originally appeared in “The Dandelion”, spring 1980
Read from “Mostly on the Edge”, by Karl Hess, in the selected readings section. The book is an autobiography
Karl Hess (1923-1994) was an American writer and libertarian activist. He joined the Libertarian Party and was the editor of its newspaper from 1986 to 1990. This short text first appeared [...]
I recently ordered Fugitive Essays by Frank Chodorov (1887-1966), a collection of his essays, and have been thoroughly enjoying the read. In it, he rails against statism of all stripes. He is a staunch individualist who opposed intervention in the marketplace and foreign affairs.
I just finished reading his essay entitled If We Quit Voting, and [...]
The personal philosophy of anarchism and agorism, are showing significant growth from political activists who have been engaged with the state for the last decade. The journey towards this political philosophy occurred independently and simultaneously, between me and Ben, the co-founder of JustLive. We also noticed this trend amongst those we interact with on social networks and [...]
An informative article titled “New underground economy” from the Washington Times, provides data points that demonstrate the growth of the underground “black” economy. It reveals that the public is naturally gravitating towards an agorist way of commerce, based over economic oppression and distrust of the state.
The article highlights a significant rise of “unbanked” households, [...]
Learn more about Agorism in this informative audio series based on Konkin’s theory of counter-economics in order to defeat the state. Background info and Youtube audio via Pete Eyre.
ARLINGTON, VA -Last summer Mike Gogulski posted an audio version of himself reading The Agorist Class Theory(.pdf from Agorism.info), written by Wally Conger based on the notes of the late [...]
Today (July 8th) is Samuel E. Konkin III birthday, he would have been 63, in memoriam I posted a great audio version of his classic work ‘New Libertarian Manifesto’, with text included. The video is narrated by Mike Gogulski [www.nostate.com].
Free download of SEK III’s New Libertarian Manifesto in .pdf form.
New Libertarian Manifesto — The 25th [...]
Frankly, I’m fed up with protests that achieve nothing, but more power for the state and less credibility for dissent. We can walk out of the system anytime, you don’t need to go to these criminals and ask for your inherent rights.
Agorism promotes the idea of ignoring government, by dispelling the myth that these crooks [...]
Oscar winning documentary on freedom activist Karl Hess.
Via Wikipedia
Hess began reading American anarchists largely due to the recommendations of his friend Murray Rothbard. Hess said that upon reading the works of Emma Goldman he discovered that anarchists believed everything he had hoped the Republican Party would represent, and that Goldman was the source for [...]
"…The [Nazi] dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway… Most of us did not want to think about fundamental things and never had. There was no need to. Nazism gave us some [...]
Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS) has put out a new quiz, meant to serve as a more well-rounded and thorough alternative to many of the other “political quizzes” (such as the Political Compass) that are currently bouncing around the Interwebs.
Mike Gogulski introduces the quiz as follows:
Dear C4SS readers, supporters and friends,
I am very pleased [...]
Darian Worden has posted a succinct outline of effective steps anyone can take right now to build liberty in their own lives, and thus to increase the measure of liberty in the world — from the ground up.
Think about what you can do in your personal life to expand freedom – then act on this [...]
This is the third installment of The Saturday Sound-Off: A combination of a thought-provoking essay with an equally inspiring work of music, art, design, poetry, drama, fictional prose, or film.
Today’s Sound-Off is a special May Day edition — as a salute to workers around the world.
[The title of this post is] a reference to [...]
Anna Morgenstern has posted a succinct and helpful post at Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS), describing the difference between markets and free markets.
Be sure to check out the original post for comments, discussion, and other writings on similar topics.
This is another post in a series on definitions; to better understand what people mean when [...]
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