Commentary
The Security State: An Ever Bigger and Dumber Dinosaur
Kevin Carson: It’s like Brazil (the movie, not the country).
How the State Promotes Authoritarianism
Carson: The US government arguably has a conscious interest in promoting authoritarianism abroad.
The State is an Autoimmune Disease
Knapp: In Manchester on Monday, not even one righteous juror was to be found.
Ryan’s Hopes: Romney’s Veep Pick Proves Electoral Politics is a Fantasy World
Knapp: If Paul Ryan is a “libertarian,” so was Leonid Brezhnev.
Enthymemetic Warfare: Or, Seeing the Fnords
Carson: It’s not what the ruling class wants, of course. But it’s exactly what we want.
The Concupiscence of Hierarchy
Kevin Carson: The system’s rules are set up to favor the interests of those inside the corporate-state power structure, against those on the outside proposing fundamental change.
Resisting America’s Torture State
Goodman: A state that commits torture on a mass scale is a far more heinous criminal.
Gore Vidal, RIP
Thomas L. Knapp: I’ll miss Gore Vidal. And I’ll remain thankful that so many of his insights are immortalized in print.
Capitalists Criticize Obama for … Capitalism?
Carson: And the Oscar goes to the Capitalist with a straight face.
The London Olympics: Capitalism in Action
Carson: Exactly what we’re fighting against.
“Scandal?” The FDA’s Just Doing Its Job
Carson: Protecting big business from real accountability
Obama vs. Medical Access
Goodman: Government overreach vs. affordable care.
ALEC is an Enemy of Liberty
Goodman: With ALEC, Newspeak reaches new heights.
Dissecting the Corporate Creature
D’Amato: Big Governement and Big Business are more similar than different.
The Phony “War on Cops” and the Real War on Us
Carson: With crime rates low, cops try to defend their hyper-militarization.
“Green Economy?” We’re Not Green Enough to Buy It
Carson: Time to decide, “Green” Capitalism or Solidarity Economy? You shouldn’t have to think about it long.
If You Love Your Freedom, Thank a Dirty Effing Hippie
Carson: Freedom, not from the state, but from the people’s willingness to defy authority.
The Court and the “Ring of Capitalists”
D’Amato: The more things “change” …
Power Doesn’t Just Attract Mean and Stupid People — It Makes Them That Way
Carson: Hierarchy as sociopathy’s Typhoid Mary.
The Manufactured Debate Over Obamacare
Carson: Heads they win, tails you lose.
Anarchy and Democracy
Fighting Fascism
Markets Not Capitalism
The Anatomy of Escape
Organization Theory