Events
Conference Call — January 27th, 2010
On Wednesday January 27th, 2010 at 8:00 PM Central time, please join us for our monthly evening conference call. The informal agenda is simply open chat on the Center, current events and anarchism.
Conference Call — January 9th, 2010
On Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 9:00 AM Central time, please join us for our monthly morning Conference Call. The informal agenda is simply open chat on the Center, current events and anarchism.
Conference Call — December 30th, 2009
On Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 8:00 PM Central time, please join us for our monthly evening conference call. The informal agenda is simply open chat on the Center, current events and anarchism.
Books
The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low Overhead Manifesto
Kevin Carson’s third book manuscript is available in unfinished form…
Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective
This book applies the economic principles of individualist anarchism, as developed in Studies in Mutualist Political Economy, to the study of the large organization.
Studies in Mutualist Political Economy
This book is an attempt to revive individualist anarchist political economy, to incorporate the useful developments of the last hundred years, and to make it relevant to the problems of the twenty-first century. We hope this work will go at least part of the way to providing a new theoretical and practical foundation for free market socialist economics.
Odds & Ends
Knapp: Bourgeois Libertarianism
C4SS News Analyst Thomas L. Knapp posted a bit to his personal blog called “A bit about bourgeois libertarianism“. Knapp seems to be drawing a Venn diagram and pointing to the area where the circles overlap for Carson’s “vulgar libertarianism” (i.e. dumbed down libertarianism that real libertarians look down on in the same way that Marxists look down on “vulgar Marxism”, from which the term is derived) and Mencken’s “booboisie“.
VIDEO: Introduction to Anarchism (ATP101) — Course Intro and Lectures 1 through 3
First up on the new C4SS channel on YouTube — videos for the course introduction and first three lectures in Gary Chartier’s Introduction to Anarchism (ATP101) course.
Chartier: Poverty Without the State
C4SS Advisory Panel member Gary Chartier on how the state perpetuates poverty, and why the free society is the best hope for the poor (and everyone else, too) — Poverty Without the State.
Supporter Updates
C4SS Fundraiser: Almost There! Can You Put Us Over the Top?
We’ve almost met our goal for this quarter’s fundraising to keep C4SS going strong. We’re only $190 short, but we also have only a couple of days left.
C4SS Fundraiser: Please help!
Our first quarter 2010 fundraising drive has run into extra innings. Please donate now!
A Special Message From Thomas L. Knapp — 2010: Year of the Anarchist?
Let’s make 2010 the Year of the Anarchist!
Feature Articles
Obama’s Mann Plan: Why You Should Want a Non-Government Education
Alex R. Knight III on Obama’s education “reform” plan.
Holding Onto Ideology As We Move Past Dogma
If your only plastic soldier is the Bazooka Guy, then your army is going to suck.
Softening the Transition To a Stateless Society
Darian Worden presents some thoughts on achieving anarchy.
Commentary
How Not to Argue for IP
Kevin Carson explains that so-called “intellectual property” adds to GDP only by perversely counting unnecessary costs as productivity.
To Bury Caesar, Not to Praise Him
Thomas L. Knapp on what the Ides of March ought to remind us of.
The Tragedy of Rachel Corrie is the Tragedy of Government
Alex R. Knight III offers an anarchist reflection on the seven year anniversary of her death.
News Releases
C4SS Welcomes Darian Worden, Promotes Tom Knapp
C4SS announces additional staff member and a promotion.
C4SS Advisory Panel Announced
Market anarchist media center names advisory panel.
Gil Guillory named Research Associate
Libertarian writer and entrepreneur Gil Guillory has been named a Research Associate at the Molinari Institute.
Studies
The Alternative Economy As A Singularity
C4SS Research Associate Kevin Carson’s seventh paper — The Alternative Economy as a Singularity. [PDF]
Resilient Communities and Local Economies
C4SS Research Associate Kevin Carson’s sixth study — SOCIETY AFTER STATE CAPITALISM: Resilient Communities and Local Economies [PDF].
The Homebrew Industrial Revolution
The latest study from C4SS Research Associate Kevin Carson: The Homebrew Industrial Revolution [PDF].
Summary:
Neighborhood workshops, desktop manufacturing, household micro-enterprises and online horizontal networks of peer producers will come to dominate the informal economy that must arise as the state-allied formal economy stagnates and decays.
Audio Commentary
Audio clip of the day, 10-31-2009: Hillary Clinton is a Terrorist
Mike Gogulski: Hillary Clinton is a Terrorist [mp3, 1:30].
Podcasters, radio producers and all other media are welcome to replay this clip in its entirety in their productions.
Audio clip of the day, 10-27-2009: Hoh quits, war in Afghanistan continues
Mike Gogulski: Hoh quits, war in Afghanistan continues [mp3, 1:31].
Audio Clip of the Day, 10-26-2009: Public Option Privilege
Mike Gogulski: Public Option Privilege [mp3, 1:19].
Podcasters, radio producers and all other media are welcome to replay this clip in its entirety in their productions.
