Tag: state
The Nature of Empire
Carson v. the Hegemon
Robust Political Economy
Why on earth would anyone trust the state as a reliable mechanism for protecting the interests of the weak against those of the strong, when the state itself is a center of power?
Markets Not Capitalism: An Interview with Charles W. Johnson and Gary Chartier
Bradley Coufal conducts an email interview with Charles Johnson and Gary Chartier regarding Market Not Capitalism. Sample: “For the sake of gaining some background on the both of you in order to contextualize your position, can you explain, briefly, where you see yourself politically, and where you see libertarianism proper (left-lib?) on the political spectrum? Along this same…
Why the State Will Fail
Carson: Take heart, for Babylon’s days are numbered.
General Idea of the Revolution in the Twenty-First Century
D’Amato updates Proudhon.
Newt Gingrich and the Invention of Politics
Tom Knapp: Newt Gingrich, Motherf—-r of Invention.
The Stigmergic Revolution
Kevin Carson to the 1%: Expect us.
To Occupy Wall Street: A “General Strike” Producing for Ourselves
Kevin Carson: The 1% needs us; we don’t need them.
One Cheer for the DADT Repeal
Kevin Carson celebrates the state’s new equal opportunity thuggery
Bad Consciousness or Bad Structure?
Kevin Carson explains why getting our heads in a good place isn’t enough.
The State: Institutionalized Terrorism
David S. D’Amato on the real lesson of 9/11.
Move Over, Lawrence O’Donnell
Although right-wingers like to present the issue as one of preventing the state from redistributing wealth downward, the real issue is one of stopping the state from redistributing wealth upward.
Another Stupid Remark from Mitt — But Who’s Counting?
Kevin Carson: He claims to distrust government. But he’s either stupid or a liar.
Half a League, Half a League, Half a League Onward
Tom Knapp on new developments in the information war.
Some Mirror-Imaging from Jeffrey Sachs
The people had their revolution stolen out from under them by Sachs and his ilk.
Myth of the “Power Vacuum”
David S. D’Amato points to Afghanistan and explains that positions of arbitrary political power ought to be abolished rather than filled.
Egyptians Should Beware Political Unity
David S. D’Amato checks in on the results, so far, of the Arab Spring.
Empire of the Rising Scum
Kevin Carson on the lesson to be drawn from progressive disillusionment with Obama.
“Public Service”? I’m Taking My Business Elsewhere
Kevin Carson puts Steven Cohen in his place.
Legibility & Control: Themes in the Work of James C. Scott
Kevin Carson’s twelfth research study for C4SS has been released.
Anarchy and Democracy
Fighting Fascism
Markets Not Capitalism
The Anatomy of Escape
Organization Theory