Glenn Greenwald’s introduction: “At some point in the future, I believe history will be quite clear about who the actual criminals are in this case: not Mehanna, but rather the architects of the policies he felt compelled to battle and the entities that have conspired to consign him to a cage for two decades”
“The reason I’m wrong isn’t because gay people shouldn’t join the Army. It’s because no-one should join the Army.”
A glimpse at sleeping on Denver’s 16th Street Mall in face of the urban camping ban being discussed.
Kevin Carson gives the standard left-libertarian view of the state as an economic siphon to make possible a parasitic rentier class.
Chomsky’s assessment of Obama’s presidency: "In many ways, it’s a little worse than what I expected, but I didn’t expect anything."
My “I Was Arrested at Occupy Denver” essay is included as page 6 of this publication.
"I’m astounded that adults argue this so-called philosophy." There’s also a part 2 where you can learn about the silly notion of "libertarian/socialism": http://www.opednews.com/articles/Delusional-Anarchists-Part-by-Joe-Giambrone-120513-310.html
Quebec criminalized protest in wake of the Montreal student strikes. This is how the people of Montreal responded.
A satire of the entertainment industry’s rent-seeking, set in the first century near the Sea of Galilee.
Mormonism in Boston during the 70s and 80s
An article arguing that “Democratic socialism is the very essence of Mormon theology and scripture.” See also my list of Mormon anarchism links: http://americancynic.net/log/2011/4/18/mormon_anarchism_/_some_links.html
Reportedly, the FBI search warrant was for black clothing, paint, sticks, computers and cell phones, and ‘anarchist materials or literature.’ According to an FBI Domestic Terrorism guide published by greenisthenewred.com, “anarchists are criminals seeking an ideology to justify their actions,” and are “not dedicated to a particular issue.” Common meeting places are “college campuses, underground clubs, coffee houses/ internet cafes.” The implication is that owning “anarchist” literature is enough to indicate to the FBI that one is a criminal – even if that person happens to be a student studying political thought. Or maybe particularly if you are a student – the FBI document states that anarchists are “educated persons of various backgrounds, often students.”
My first experience being arrested and some comments on the liberal/radical divide within the Occupy Wall Street movement.
My fellow teetotaler gives a righteous rant on the Obama administration’s hypocritical drug policies: “it’s not a god damned joke! People who smoke marijuana must be set free. It is insane to lock people up.”
“I’d go Rothbard one further. Why is the criterion for de facto government status the amount of profits directly subsidized from state revenue? What about corporations that function within a web of state regulatory protections, and artificial property rights like Bill Gates’ ‘intellectual property,’ without which they couldn’t operate in black ink for a single day. Anyone who’s read much of my work for any length of time knows that I consider the entire Fortune 500 a pretty good proxy for such de facto branches of the state. As I already argued in an earlier post, the largest corporations are so intertwined with the state that the very distinction between ‘public’ and ‘private’ becomes meaningless.”
