Philosophy
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.
By Harold on November 30, 2011
Posted in Featured Posts, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged activism, agorism, anti-state, End The Fed, John Bush, Samuel Konkin, video |
During Houston’s 2011 End The Fed Rally, attendees were fortunate to have their minds expanded by the revolutionary strategy of Agorism by John Bush. John is a hard working activist and inspiring speaker based out of Austin, Texas. John is not only spreading the message of true freedom, he is also working on numerous projects [...]
By Ben on February 28, 2011
Posted in Featured Posts, Philosophy | Tagged class theory, definition, left-libertarian, OCR, PDF, Roderick Long, text format |
Roderick T. Long’s brilliant “Toward a Libertarian Theory of Class” had only been available as a scanned PDF. It’s now been OCR’d and we’re happy to make it available here.
Wally Conger posted this review in praise of the work when it came out in scanned-PDF form:
Roderick T. Long’s “Toward a Libertarian Theory of Class,” [...]
By Harold on January 31, 2011
Posted in Featured Posts, Philosophy | Tagged agorism, anarchism, government, jim davidson, libertarianism, New Libertarian Manifesto, Samuel Konkin, sovereign, statism |
Below is an excellent primer I would like to share that is the epitome of seeking liberty through an agorist strategy. Davidson is a man of great wisdom and true grit, who’s gift to humanity is his ideology of living life as a sovereign being. His writings are informative from a historical context, witty, and [...]
By Harold on August 4, 2010
Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged agorism, anarchism, Karl Hess, left-libertarian, libertarianism, minarchism, New Libertarian Manifesto, Rothbard, Samuel Konkin |
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. [...]
By Harold on July 26, 2010
Posted in Philosophy, Politics | Tagged anarchism, anarcho-capitalism, anti-state, Karl Hess, liberty, video |
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 [...]
By Kevin on July 21, 2010
Posted in Books, Mental, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged essay, Frank Chodorov, individualism, non-voting, protest |
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 [...]
By Harold on July 12, 2010
Posted in History, Movies, News and Views, Philosophy | Tagged anarchism, documentary |
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 [...]
By Harold on July 8, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Finances, News and Views, Philosophy | Tagged agorism, anarcho-capitalism, anti-state, ba, black markets, government, Samuel Konkin, state |
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, [...]
By Harold on July 8, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged agorism, anti-state, New Libertarian Manifesto, Samuel Konkin, state, video |
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 [...]
By Harold on July 8, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged agorism, libertarianism, New Libertarian Manifesto, political activism, Samuel Konkin, video |
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 [...]
By Harold on June 28, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, News and Views, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged agent provocateur, agorism, anarchism, black-bloc, capitalism, fake anarchy, Free State Project, g20, police, political activism, PorcFest, protest, state |
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 [...]
By Harold on June 17, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, History, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged anarchism, documentary, Emma Goldman, Karl Hess, left-libertarian, libertarianism, Rothbard, Samuel Konkin, taxation, video |
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 [...]
By Harold on June 3, 2010
Posted in Philosophy, Politics | Tagged agorism, anarchism, anarcho-capitalism, anti-state, definition, interview, left-libertarian, libertarianism, New Libertarian Manifesto, Rothbard, Samuel Konkin |
A great transcript from Spaz.org, of an interview with the grandfather of Agorism, Samuel E. Konkin III. He discusses the roots of his agorist philosophy, and how it evolved from the libertarian movement at the end of the 60’s and early 70’s.
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You don’t know SEK3 and call yourself a Libertarian? Well, actually and unfortunately [...]
