http://c4ss.org Building awareness of the market anarchist alternative Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:36:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://c4ss.org/content/26 Democratic congressmen and activists are outraged by the “new war strategy” presented in President Bush’s “Iraq speech” of January 10. But the content of the speech should have been no surprise. The exact number of troops in the strategy put forth might not have been expected, but it should be ... http://c4ss.org/content/24 Large-scale terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons have exposed the sham of government protection. The government of the United States, the world’s only superpower, stood by helpless as North Korea’s dictator thumbed his nose and detonated a nuclear explosive. Iran proceeds with its nuclear development, undeterred by U.S. condemnation. ... http://c4ss.org/content/22 What should a large group of bystanders do if they see a handful of attackers unjustly assaulting and tormenting an unarmed individual? The answer seems obvious: come to the victim's aid by disarming and overpowering the attackers. But on November 14, when UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was assaulted in the university library, ... http://c4ss.org/content/21 Fifty years ago, the Hungarian Revolt of 1956 started as a peaceful student demonstration in central Budapest on October 23. The violent reaction of the government soon turned the protests into a nationwide uprising against Soviet control of Hungary. The Hungarian workers and the Hungarian youth were fighting against the ... http://c4ss.org/content/20 Last Friday, the Grameen Bank and its founder, Bangladeshi banker and economist Muhammad Yunus, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below.” The Nobel Peace Prize committee is certainly right in asserting that lasting peace requires the breaking out of ... http://c4ss.org/content/17 An essential element for government of, by, and for the people is the acceptance of following majority rule while respecting minority rights. Purely following the will of the majority is what lost Athens the Peloponnesian War, and when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution of the first modern government which ... http://c4ss.org/content/16 Child exploitation is an evil that has plagued humanity throughout its history. Social awareness of child welfare and consensus on its definition is relatively recent but on the rise. Following this trend, many in Congress work continuously to address this issue, creating new legislative prerogatives for the State ... http://c4ss.org/content/15 When the United States invaded Iraq, it did so with the proclaimed goal of delivering the Iraqi people from dictatorship and helping them achieve a democratic society. Now the dictator is gone, but instead of democracy, Iraq has civil war. What went wrong? Well, more things than one, perhaps. But ... http://c4ss.org/content/14 It seems to me the problem the world has with North Korea and its dictator Kim Jong-Il getting nuclear weapons of mass destruction boils down to two main points. First, North Korea is a communist dictatorship that cannot ever be trusted, and so its getting such horrible weapons is a ... http://c4ss.org/content/12