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What Have You Done Today to Render Government Obsolete?

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. – R. Buckminster Fuller Instead of fighting government, we should simply render it obsolete, argues Dave Ridley in one of his best videos yet. For example, Dave’s journalism works toward making mainstream media […]

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Yes, “Outside the System” Activism is Part of a Coherent Strategy for Liberty

Yes, Virginia, there is a coherent market anarchist strategy for achieving liberty. Since we’re programmed to accept only state-run elections as a valid change vector, this can be hard to accept – but it’s true. If you dismiss it out of hand, you’re letting a great opportunity pass you by, so please give this your […]

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6 Shocking Facts About the Future of Farming

The BBC’s documentary A Farm for the Future is both shocking and encouraging. It’s shocking as it lays out how modern farming methods are doomed by their dependence on fossil fuels and encouraging as it explains how productive and efficient permaculture can be. 22 Billion Slaves? Here are some interesting facts I picked up from […]

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Check out the Free Market at Work in Argentina

In The Take (2004) laid off workers in an IMF-bankrupted nation demonstrate free market principles as they take back the means of production from bailed-out, absentee landlords and rebuild their own lives as productive people. To some it might look like a struggle against capitalism. But I would say it is an example of free […]

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Who Will Join Me in Educating Delaware Valley Juries?

For some time now I have been seeking collaborators to do fully-informed jury (FIJA) activism in the Delaware Valley (Philadelphia area). But someone told me they had no idea what that was or why it might be important. Thanks to David of No Third Solution, here is your answer: Why FIJA Activism is Important. Please […]

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Eminent Domain is Theft in Abington, Too

Saturday morning, sixteen hardy liberty lovers, undaunted by the cold weather and steady rain, gathered in the domain of the Abingtown township commissioners, a nasty little criminal gang that likes to steal from little old ladies. Their latest target is a storefront and parking lot in their suburban Philadelphia fiefdom. We came out, under the […]

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Let’s Do a “Taxation is Theft” Campaign [FMP Op]

Taxation is theft. It’s not a new concept for me or probably for many of you, but it is a game-changing connection to make for those not familiar with liberty. So when FSK suggested a campaign to put “taxation is theft” stickers on all those political lawn sign eyesores that are polluting the public spaces […]

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Planting Hemp at the DEA. Who’s Up for Repeating it?

Check out these gentleman who want to plant hemp crops without being harassed by the DEA. They planted hemp right on the lawn of a DEA building. This is brilliant, and reminiscent of Jesse’s public gardening op in Keene, New Hampshire. I love how they did this op – who wants to repeat it? Hemp […]

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IDEA: Snazzy Multi-Author Libertarian Anarchist Blog for a Mainstream Audience

Update: I did this in early 2011 as Anarch.me but interest fizzled and I couldn’t get enough posts. I’m passing the project on to someone else. Here’s an idea: a multi-author libertarian anarchist blog, well-designed and -marketed, that stands out (just short of attention-whoring) and addresses a mainstream audience. The concept is one of many […]

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Early Sales Pitch for the Free Me Project

Here’s my first try at a quick sales pitch/description of what the Free Me Project is. Criticism welcome. :) The Free Me Project is the market anarchist’s answer to the Free State Project. It says we have to free people, not states. Its work is the evolution of humanity towards complete liberty using peaceful means […]