Anarchism and Other Essays: Anarchism: What It Really Stands For Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays (Third revised edition, New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917) Ever reviled, accursed, ne'er understood, Thou art the grisly terror of our age. "Wreck of all order," cry the multitude, "Art thou, and war and murder's endless rage." O, let them cry. THE history of human growth and development is at the same time the history of the terrible struggle of every new idea heralding the approach of a brighter dawn. Anarchism could not hope to escape the fate of all other ideas of innovation. To deal even remotely with all that is being said and done against Anarchism would necessitate the writing of a whole volume. The strange phenomenon of the opposition to Anarchism is that it brings to light the relation between so-called intelligence and ignorance. What, then, are the objections? The emotions of the ignorant man are continuously kept at a pitch by the most blood-curdling stories about Anarchism. Destruction and violence!
The Institute for Anarchist Studies | Promoting critical scholarship exploring social domination and reconstructive visions of a free society. All About Anarchism This classic statement of anarchism was written by a diverse group of anarchists in Cardiff around 1980 and it is an interesting historical record of the optimism of mainstream anarchist thought at that time. There is probably more rubbish talked about anarchism than any other political idea. Actually, it has nothing to do with a belief in chaos, death and destruction. Anarchists do not normally carry bombs, nor do they ascribe any virtue to beating up old ladies. It is no accident that the sinister image of the mad anarchist is so accepted. The alleged necessity of authority is so firmly planted in the average mind that anarchy, which means simply 'no government' is almost unthinkable to most people. Yet there are a limitless range of possible societies without the State. Various sorts of anarchists have differing ideas on exactly how society ought to be organised. Very few people seem to understand anarchism, even though it is a very simple, straightforward idea. Large Scale Campaigns
Anarchism: For & Against by Albert Meltzer Table of Contents Introduction Inalienable Tenets of Anarchism The Class Struggle Organisation and Anarchism The Role of an Anarchist in an Authoritarian Society Bringing About the New Society The Marxist Criticism of Anarchism The Social-Democratic Critique of Anarchism The Liberal-Democratic Objection to Anarchism The Fascist Objection to Anarchism The Average Person's Objection to Anarchism Introduction The Historical Background to Anarchism It is not without interest that what might be called the anarchist approach goes back into antiquity; nor that there is an anarchism of sorts in the peasant movements that struggled against State oppression over the centuries. In particular, we may cite three philosophical precursors of Anarchism, Godwin, Proudhon, and perhaps Hegel. Godwin is the father of the Stateless Society movement, which diverged into three lines. The third school of descent from Godwin is simple liberalism, or conservative individualism. The Class Struggle
Constitution Myths Have you ever heard someone say, "That's unconstitutional!" or "That's my constitutional right!" and wondered if they were right? You might be surprised how often people get it wrong. You might also be surprised how often people get it right. Your best defense against misconception is reading and knowing your Constitution. A lot of people presume a lot of things about the Constitution. One critique of this page is that it is full of nit-picks. The Air Force The Constitution was ratified in 1787, long, long before the advent of the airplane. Congressional Districts Congressional Districts divide almost every state in the United States into two or more chunks; each district should be roughly equal in population throughout the state and indeed, the entire country. The Electoral College The concept of the presidential elector is certainly in the Constitution, but never is the group of people collectively referred to as "The Electoral College." Executive Orders Executive Privilege God Marriage
Brave New World Revisited (1958) by Aldous Huxley Contents Foreword I Over-PopulationII Quantity, Quality, Morality III Over-Organization IV Propaganda in a Democratic Society V Propaganda Under a Dictatorship VI The Arts of Selling VII Brainwashing VIII Chemical Persuasion IX Subconscious Persuasion X Hypnopaedia XI Education for Freedom XII What Can Be Done? Foreword The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice to all the facts of a complex situation. On such a theme one can be brief only by omission and simplification. But life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything. The subject of freedom and its enemies is enormous, and what I have written is certainly too short to do it full justice; but at least I have touched on many aspects of the problem. I. In 1931, when Brave New World was being written, I was convinced that there was still plenty of time. Moreover, the yearly increases are themselves increasing.
What Congress Would Look Like If It Were Demographically Representative of America More Infographics on Good amazon War on Terror, the board game : The definition of terrorism That would leave 'ism'. Doesn't make much sense, but it means more than a word so widespread and unquestioningly accepted that few people question the official definition of 'Terrorism'. "You're Either With Us or Against Us" Ever since George W. Bush reduced one of the most complex era-defining issues of the day into a glib distillation of two sides, things have taken a bizarre turn for the worse. Suddenly we live in a world of black-and-white. If terrorism is an act of political violence, then surely the War on Terror is one form of political violence to wipe out another. The recent additions to the "Terrorism Bill" (2005) make it illegal to glorify or justify terrorism. By outlawing this, the British government are practically saying there is no cause of terrorism. The dialogue has effectively been closed. Terrorism n. The best way of tackling the "War on Terror", we thought, was to try and define the title: Clearly this last word was going to be problematic. Terrorists are Monsters!
Top 10 Rush Limbaugh Racist Quotes We never anticipated the popularity of this article, nor the controversy that it would cause. But all we can say is, “Thank you, Rush, for being you.” Before we get into the Top 10 Racist Limbaugh Quotes of All-Time, here are some of Limbaugh’s most recent racist statements. MUST READ: Rush Limbaugh Goes Off On Mexicans [VIDEO] Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? Limbaugh Says Steinbrenner Was A “Cracker Who Made African-Americans Millionaires” Limbaugh: Obama & Oprah Are Only Successful Because They’re Black AUDIO: Limbaugh Calls Gov. Limbaugh Calls Obama “Uppity” Limbaugh Says Kennedy “Had Negroes Serve Him Booze” Limbaugh: Black Frame Of Mind Is Terrible, Tiger’s Women Not Helping Do you think any of Limbaugh’s recent rants belong in the TOP 10? 1. Source No, but I’ve noticed that all racist bigots think like Rush Limbaugh. John Wayne Gacy 2. Source The communist connection is an old way of dealing with black leaders. 3. Source 4. 5. Source Decent human beings care Rush. 6. 7. Source 8. 9. Source
When ego kills » Filibuster Cartoons » Archive At the very least, the hideous murder-spree of Anders Behring Breivik has highlighted just how strange and foreign much of Europe can still appear to Anglosphere eyes — even in this late age of globalization. The dozens of victims of Utoya island, for example, were not only gunned down in a mysterious place most of us have never heard of, but were participating in a political party “youth camp,” which, though common in European societies, have no real equivalent in North America. In the wake of this site’s recent debates over language, it was similarly somewhat jarring to note just how effortlessly bilingual the killer apparently is, a reflection of a growing European understanding that one’s native tongue is essentially reserved for the private and familial, while anything public or important — even murder manifestos — are best done in English.