Center for a Stateless Society

Building awareness of the market anarchist alternative

  

Without the State, No Troops to Support

by Jeremy Weiland, March 6, 2007
Filed under: Commentary

As the United States’ military engagement in Iraq approaches the four year mark, public support continues to deteriorate. Despite this turning tide, politicians and pundits critical of the war continue to adhere to a curiously cautious ritual: qualifying their critique with assurances that they “support the troops”. Many war advocates dismiss this rhetoric as duplicitous, […]

The President and the Physician

by Per Bylund, January 8, 2007
Filed under: Commentary

Democratic congressmen and activists are outraged by the “new war strategy” presented in President Bush’s “Iraq speech” of January 8… but it should be no surprise that the President seeks to follow this war through no matter the cost.

In the Freelance Nuclear Age, Government Is a Liability

by Sheldon Richman, December 5, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

Large-scale terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons have exposed the sham of government protection.

What Makes Police Brutality Possible?

by Roderick Long, November 17, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

The recent brutal taser assault on a UCLA student dramatically demonstrates the inequality of authority inherent to government. As such inequality is unnecessary to the provision of security services, government should be abolished.

The Hungarian Revolt – Then and Today

by Matt Jenny, October 23, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

The Hungarian workers and youth in 1956 were fighting against the power which was supposedly governing in their interest. Despite the revolution’s failure, its spirit is of as much relevance today as it has ever been.

The Nobel Peace Prize vs. Peace and Prosperity

by Matt Jenny, October 18, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

Grameen Bank is, contrary to popular belief, an institution which relies heavily on state subsidies and its methods are not as much of an example of development from below as one would hope.

The Maintenance of Minority Rights

by Nigel Watt, October 17, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

The best way to protect the rights of a minority from other groups is the elimination of the State.

Child Exploitation and the Myth of Moral Management

by Jeremy Weiland, October 11, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

How can government possibly be trusted to protect minors?

The Solution for Iraq: Toss the State Out the Window

by Roderick Long, October 10, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

The problem in Iraq is government itself.

The Evil of the “Axis”

by Per Bylund, October 10, 2006
Filed under: Commentary

Governments of any sort simply can’t be trusted with nuclear weapons.