While the G-20 Protests (naturally lacking the corporate backing of more recent protests) have gone largely ignored by the mainstream media that has not stopped thousands from turning out to the protest the gathering of some of the world's most powerful heads of state.

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Voluntaryism is the political philosophy I specifically most identify with because it holds the conceptual essence of my beliefs:

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We think that what happened in Venezuela since 1999 has been an unhappy mix of big-mouthed leadership and state capitalism, based on the plentiful oil income.

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Political Dissent, Grass Roots Activism, and Violence.

During this month's town hall meetings held by members of Congress, activists have protested while displaying pictures depicting President Obama as the Joker or as Hitler, wearing guns openly to the protests, and advocating violence in furtherance of political objectives.

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Just when you thought it was safe to be critical of government: Obama is spying on you.

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The military is spying on US citizens. Posse Comitatus goes in the waste bin as John Towery, a member of the Force Protection Service at Fort Lewis spied on activist in the Washington state area.

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A philosophical look at dignity, freedom, idealism & expectations. Any feedback would be appreciated.

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Hugh Farrell and Gina "Tiga" Wertz have their first court date on July 14th: they've been charged with racketeering-–charges originally intended to target the mob–-for allegedly "conspiring" to engage in tree sits, participate in non-violent civil disobedience, and  …

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A very good book on American Politics.

I just finished reading a really good book on american political history.

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The following text was prepared as a leaflet and was distributed at a talk given by Noam Chomsky in Madison, WI., April 7th, 2009 about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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As the world's grandees jet into London for the G20 summit, they'll be confronted by a mob of incensed anti-capitalists intent on revolution. But since anarchists live by chaos, will they be organised enough to change the world?

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How should anarchists relate to revolutionary or left-wing populist governments? Should they denounce them out of hand? Should they join in the movement? What are the traps to avoid? This is an important question as radicalized populations are creating movements which give rise t …

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Castoriadis, widely considered one of the most serious theorists of democracy, was an ardent proponent of direct democracy. He believed equality and freedom were inseparable.

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A declaration by the students occupying the Athens School of Economics was quite clear about how they see the issue: "The democratic regime in its peaceful facade doesn't kill an Alex every day, precisely because it kills thousands of Ahmets, Fatimas, Jorjes, Jin Tiaos and Benaji …

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Marilyn Hedstrom, a deputy sheriff for the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, led an undercover life for a year to help infiltrate the group to monitor protester plans for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, according to the Star Tribune.

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A mistaken but recurring theme by some of the commentators to this blog is that modern Austrian economics has been completely taken over by libertarianism and extreme laissez faire. First, I personally think that sound economics should be policy relevant.

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Now don't get me wrong, I expect to be as critical of his presidency as anyone -- and I have serious condemnations for many things he's already said and done.

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As with anarchism, there are many ways to think of anarchafeminism. It can be thought of as a way to promote anarchist ideas within the feminist movement or vice versa - to promote feminist ideas within the anarchist movement.

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Endgame is a two-volume work by Derrick Jensen, published in 2006, which argues that civilization is inherently unsustainable and addresses the resulting question of what to do about it.

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The C.S.A. is doing something that might strike you as a little odd: obsessively following the upcoming presidential and congressional election.

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All successes and failures are relative. The way we measure a victory or disappointment is almost more important than whether people actually deem victory or defeat.

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Over a year ago, a group of anarchists hoping to initiate nationwide anti-authoritarian organizing against the DNC and RNC formed a project called Unconventional Action.

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Today Hollywood's take on the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, "Battle in Seattle" premiers in cities across the U.S.

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Like other people, anarchists love to take sides. Whatever the issue (or non-issue) is, we can be counted on to express our opinions, to open our big mouths and spout some rhetoric—trite or funny, searing or banal, a century old or made up on the spot.

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There is a reoccuring problem that occurs within internal libertarian and anarchist discourse that I like to call the anarcho-semantics problem.

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