source David Graeber In late February and early March 1991, during the first Gulf War, U.S. forces bombed, shelled, and otherwise set fire to thousands of young Iraqi men who were trying to flee Kuwait. There were a series of such incidents—the “Highway of Death,” “Highway 8,” the “Battle of …
http://www.newhopejournal.com/june07.html: The Assault on the Plant Based Diet The Rugged Vegetarian strikes back by Larry L. Dill Ever since the rough hewn darling of the American environmental movement, Edward Abbey (The Monkey Wrench Gang) wrote an essay years ago decrying the wimpiness of vegetarians, I knew we were in for …
source: http://cog.kent.edu/lib/Ellerman4/Chapter4.htm David Ellerman CHAPTER 4: Labor Theory of Property: Intellectual History Locke’s Theory of Property The purpose of this chapter is primarily to relate the modern treatment of the labor theory of property to Locke’s theory of property, to the labor theory of property as developed by the Ricardian …
Chris Hedges source: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_prison_state_of_america_20141228 Prisons employ and exploit the ideal worker. Prisoners do not receive benefits or pensions. They are not paid overtime. They are forbidden to organize and strike. They must show up on time. They are not paid for sick days or granted vacations. They cannot formally complain …
source/author: Andrew Brobyn Introduction In light of recent developments in the colloquial description of ‘anarchy’ and the practical demonstrations of ‘anarchist’ activity across the globe (ranging from protests throughout Europe, revolution in the Middle-East, and the recent Occupy movement), the word ‘anarchy’ is in need of a clear and simple …
by Daniel Colson, Université de Saint-Étienne, Lyon, France Translated by Jesse Cohn & Nathan Jun This essay originally appeared as “Lectures anarchistes de Spinoza,” Rétractions 2 (Summer1998): 119-148. It was reprinted on R.A. Forum (raforum.info). reprinted by Journal of French Philosophy Volume 17, Number 2, Fall 2007 The interest …
“Make the Economy Scream”: Secret Documents Show Nixon, Kissinger Role Backing 1973 Chile Coup Peter Kornbluh, who spearheaded the effort to declassify more than 20,000 secret documents that revealed the role of the CIA and the White House in the Chilean coup, discusses how Nixon and Kissinger backed the Chilean …
“Self-ownership” is a ubiquitous buzzword in libertarian discourse because it’s often used as a platform, along with The Non-Aggression Principle, for property rights. It’s a conundrum of modern libertarianism because it’s impossible, and it can be used to ill ends like voluntary slave contracts (see Robert Nozick and Walter Block). …
In Colorado recently an AP curriculum change was proposed to “promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights” (story). How can “individual rights” be respected if an individual fails to respect an “authority” or statute they don’t agree with…like a …
Voltairine de Cleyre: “Laborers are free to compete among themselves, and so are capitalists to a certain extent. But between laborers and capitalists there is no competition whatever, because through governmental privilege granted to capital, …, the owners of it are enabled to keep the laborers dependent on them …