Nov 12, 2011
The Stigmergic Revolution
Posted by Kevin Carson in Commentary, Feature Articles • 6 commentsKevin Carson to the 1%: Expect us.
Kevin Carson to the 1%: Expect us.
In my last column, I argued that the real significance of Occupy Together is not its effectiveness in pressuring the 1%’s state to enact reforms, but rather in showing the 99% our own strength. We’re an entire society in ourselves, the producers, and we don’t need the 1% — it’s they who would starve without [...]
Michael Lind, at Salon (“Why libertarians apologize for autocracy,” Aug. 30,) charges libertarians with an affinity for authoritarian regimes when it comes to implementing “free market reform.” Of course he produces the obligatory quote from Mises on Mussolini having “saved European civilization,” along with the standard anecdotes of Hayek’s Chicago Boys and Pinochet. He makes [...]
Charles Johnson rips apart Juan Cole’s ahistorical view of relations between big business and the state
MUTUAL EXCHANGE Mutual exchange is the Center’s goal in two senses—we favor a society rooted in peaceful, voluntary cooperation, and we seek to foster understanding through ongoing dialogue. That’s why we’re inaugurating this new feature of our site. Mutual Exchange will provide opportunites for conversation about issues that matter to the Center’s various publics. A [...]
Around the world, from the North Atlantic to Anatolia, political and economic instability have stimulated a reassessment of the requirements of constitutional government. In what seems to be an acknowledgment of the new realities of the Information Age, the political class has stressed popular involvement in the drafting process, a “participatory” approach to overhauling the [...]
Guest article from Jim Davidson…
Kevin Carson puts Steven Cohen in his place.
Brad Spangler explains agorism to the guy in the Lenin t-shirt.
Anna Morgenstern examines options outside the reformist realm.