December 2010
23 posts
The USSR Died, But the State Survived →
Belarus, the former Soviet Republic that has remained largely unchanged since the fall of the Iron Curtain, is immersed in a political maelstrom following a contentious presidential election that…
Our official editorial policy →
The Center has now officially adopted a formal editorial policy. This policy reflects the outcome of careful discussion among various stakeholders. Although we expect it to be subject to…
The State Makes Serfs →
It’s not unreasonable to worry that corporate and government interests are forcing the average person into serfdom. Chris Hedges’ words in a recent interview with The Raw Story exemplify the…
State-Corporate Healthcare: No “Right to Choose” →
Those of us dwelling on the free market left, the strange breed that understands corporate domination as a protuberance of state power, are seen as paradoxical outliers within the American political…
OBAMACARE Individual Mandate Struck Down, What... →
The court ruling striking down the ObamaCare individual mandate to buy health insurance is good news, but it shouldn’t be portrayed as some grand victory for “Liberty-with-a-capital-L” because the…
The Thin Black Line →
In “But what kind of stateless society?” Jeremy Weiland raises — in a constructive manner — several important issues surrounding what the Center for a Stateless Society does and how we do it. I…
Ignorance is Strength →
Barbara Tuchman, in “The March of Folly,” quoted Nelson Rockefeller on the resumed bombing of North Vietnam: “We ought to all support the President. He is the man who has all the information and…
Cyber World War One →
After losing the Democratic Party’s primary in 2006, US Senator Joe Lieberman formed a new party and sought re-election on its ticket. In doing so, he bucked an American branding fad: While many…
Wage Slavery: The Short Version →
Reconciling free market libertarianism and libertarian socialism should never be a matter of ignoring differences. Instead, such reconciliation ought to be understood as building a synthesis….
The Ivory Coast and “Power-Sharing” →
Ethnic and cultural frictions have long simmered in Ivory Coast, a francophone, West African state known for its cocoa exports and — until recently — its relative peace and prosperity. For years the…
Weiland: What Kind of Stateless Society? →
Jeremy Weiland has published some intelligent questions about the Center (and other matters) well worth discussing.
While not a thorough response, I’ll add briefly that I’ve typically opted for…
C4SS Begins Mirroring Wikileaks →
The Center for a Stateless Society is now hosting a mirror site of Wikileaks — an international whistle-blower site which reactionary elements in the US government have been attempting to suppress…
Wikileaks As Systems Disruption →
In a previous column (“Civil Aviation: A Case Study in Systems Disruption,” C4SS, Nov. 23), I argued that Al Qaeda’s “failed” attacks on the civil aviation system were in fact successes because…
The State’s Corporate Wasteland →
The perceived inefficiency of government is often measured against the wholly unsubstantiated myth of the well-oiled corporate machine. The state’s many modules, thought of as shiftlessly…
RELEASE: Anarchists Launch Wikileaks Mirror,... →
For Immediate Release
12/05/10
POC Thomas L. Knapp
Media Contact: media@c4ss.org
530-618-C4SS
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ANARCHISTS LAUNCH WIKILEAKS MIRROR, ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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Corporate Welfare Disguised As “Free Trade” →
Economic historian Robert Higgs recently pointed out that, when the state engages in “bribing or intimidating foreign governments to assist big multinational corporations,” we call it “U.S. foreign…
Can a Journalist Have a Political Objective? →
Public officials reeling from the first round of diplomatic cable releases are trying to find as many ways to fight WikiLeaks as possible. A major area of attack seems to revolve around defining…
When the Government Promises It Won’t Abuse Its... →
Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne used to point out (“The 7 Vital Principles of Government”) the obvious truth that, no matter what promises are made by the sponsors of a law you…
Media Coordinator Update, 12/03/10 →
Dear C4SS supporters,
I’ll start with the bad news first:
Thus far, I’ve only been able to verify one “mainstream media pickup” of a C4SS commentary in the last week. That would be the Deming, New…
The Empire Drones On →
Critics of American foreign policy center the great majority of their analyses on Iraq and Afghanistan, rightly recognized as the focal points of current U.S. military action. That attention —…
Green Rising: The Dangers of Political... →
For those who genuinely value individual rights, the question of whether human beings are responsible for global climate change bears no weight on arguments concerning the role of the state in…
The State Serves Poison As Food →
On Tuesday, the Senate voted in an overwhelming majority to pass food safety legislation that the Associated Press reports “potentially giv[es] the government broad new powers to increase…
The Unintended Humor in Wikileaks Criticism →
Sheldon Richman, in the Christian Science Monitor (“Bradley Manning isn’t a Criminal; He’s a Hero,” Nov. 29), raised the issue of the American public’s right to know about government operations…