"Throughout American history, every time there’s been mobilization and victory by marginalized groups or workers, the response on the right has been state, paramilitary, and vigilante violence." - @kevincarson1.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60759

"Centralizing decision-making has rendered it easy both for politics to take the place of science and for mistakes to be dramatically amplified." - Gary Chartier c4ss.org/content/56688

"Libertarians, have a rather clear-cut choice in facing the repression. They tacitly or otherwise support the state or they can remain with the Resistance. There is no convenient middle course such as simply opting out of the struggle." - Karl Hess c4ss.org/content/29500

"There are simply more left libertarianisms on heaven and earth than are dreamt of in Zwolinski's philosophy." - @zacharywoodman.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60672

War, pacifism, proportionality, violence against innocent shields, and more, are among the topics discussed on the latest episode of The Long Library. Listen/watch below👇 c4ss.org/content/60572

In a new episode of "Seeds of Revolution" @rechelon.bsky.social discussed the differences between liberal and radical abolitionism and the corruption of radical prison abolition by liberal nonprofits👇 c4ss.org/content/60741

"Liberal-anarchism invites us to reimagine freedom not as isolation or license, but as non-domination and mutual respect." - Wesley Whitman c4ss.org/content/60717

"What Trump has in mind is clearly a consolidation of power on the model of Hungary’s Victor Orban; but he’s doing everything completely in the wrong order, and as ineptly as humanly possible." - @kevincarson1.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60723

Come say hi to us and grab a sticker or book tomorrow at the NYC anarchist book fair🏴 c4ss.org/content/60687

"I define Anarchism as the belief in the greatest amount of liberty compatible with equality of liberty; or, in other words, as the belief in every liberty except the liberty to invade." - Benjamin Tucker c4ss.org/content/12189

"Feeling our anger is easy, but we have a responsibility to think our anger as well." - Roderick Long c4ss.org/content/17334

"We must protect individual rights, whether of immigrants, drug users, gun owners, or queer folks, especially trans youth. Let’s create a network of sanctuaries that eventually engulfs the entire world." - @lglitterbomb.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/58636

"Anarchism and Marxism emphasize dramatically different vulnerabilities in capitalism, which in turn imply dramatically different strategic orientations toward the world." - @mutual-a.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60363

"News flash: markets coordinated economic activity to some extent for thousands of years before the rise of capitalism, and will likely continue to serve an important coordinating function long after its demise." - @kevincarson1.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60502

"Jury nullification is exercising conscience rather than helping the state unjustly cage human beings." - @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/38208

"We need those who consider themselves allies to help us strike at the root. We need an end to all the institutions that carry out these disgusting orders, and allow them to come up. Trans justice requires radical change." - @mchugh-alex.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/51405

"While hierarchical firms do result in fewer transaction costs, this comes at the expense of stifling the localized and tacit knowledge that workers have in guiding the firm." - @zacharywoodman.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60672

"Here we come in contact with privileges and handicaps maintained by the government. These artificial restrictions and handicaps, no less than natural obstacles, affect the exchange value of things under which they are produced." - Laurance Labadie c4ss.org/content/60648

"Liberty is a multi-faceted thing. It certainly doesn’t exclude freedom in the workplace. Libertarians who wish to provide a comprehensive attack on authority and oppression should take notice of this truth." - Nick Manley c4ss.org/content/31283

"Transphobia is made up of rhetoric, behaviors, and systems that promote the fear, distrust, pathologization, and marginalization of trans people." - Selena Q. Rose c4ss.org/content/57524

"The fact that this new level of authoritarianism has grown out of the previous American culture makes it clear that we cannot go back to the status quo ante. Once Trumpism is defeated, we can never return to 'normal.'" - @kevincarson1.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60609

"Fascism is a particular kind of right-wing authoritarian nationalism. It seeks to remake society to better serve the nation, to strengthen and clarify social hierarchies, and to mobilize a chosen mass of people against designated enemies." - Darian Worden c4ss.org/content/52447

"While hierarchical firms do result in fewer transaction costs, this comes at the expense of stifling the localized and tacit knowledge that workers have in guiding the firm." - @zacharywoodman.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/6067...

"Just as the Diggers almost 400 years ago tore down physical walls and began cultivating a reclaimed commons, we must tear down the legal walls and reclaim for ourselves the benefits created by our own collective intellect." - @kevincarson1.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60607

"Here we come in contact with privileges and handicaps maintained by the government. These artificial restrictions and handicaps, no less than natural obstacles, affect the exchange value of things under which they are produced." - Laurance Labadie c4ss.org/content/60648

"Whenever we engage in sub-rational communication, then, we are in dangerous territory. Sometimes we must fight there, but it should always be to push things back onto our preferred turf." - @jasonleebyas.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/49981

"What libertarians and anarchists have the tools to recognize is that a 'multipolar world' isn’t the only option, that the goal for the anti-war movement is a nonpolar world, a globe ruled by no one, a free society based on autonomy and cooperation." - Spooky c4ss.org/content/58547

🔥Close the ICE Camps 🔥Defund the police 🔥Resist Nazi gangs

"If centralized solutions like state judicial systems were the only option on the menu for rape survivors, there would be no hope." - @rechelon.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/59691

"Every hierarchical institution in America — whether 'public' or 'private' — is rife with this kind of thing, straight out of the Soviet planned economy — because organizations are controlled by MBAs instead of the people who do the work." - @kevincarson1.bsky.social c4ss.org/content/60605

Aaaargh! Fuck the State

This is a brilliant article by @kevincarson1.bsky.social . What people say and do are different things. You can't achieve socialism, workers democracy by dictatorship. You can't achieve real liberation ends by authoritian means.

"Army trans people. Defend Equality" Sticker seen in Edmonton, Alberta

Sticker spotted in Sag Harbor, NY

"No one is illegal" Sticker seen in Pittsburgh

Anti-ICE pasteup spotted in San Diego, California

we love public art.

Radical stickers seen around Melbourne. We've got a bunch of copies of these, and numerous other designs. If you're interested in buying a mix pack of radical slaps, check out: radicalstickers.bigcartel.com

Highly recommended, and not because Aaron is a friend (or my multiple appearances). RL is an unusually deep, reflective, charitable, and wide ranging space for important conversations on the past, present, and future of a free and open society from the philosophical to the highly applied.

"Libertarianism, taken seriously, is incredibly corrosive to traditional hierarchies and power structures... it's a philosophy of radical dynamism... conservatism is a philosophy of radical stasis." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cQv...

If a political command is unjust, you really can just say no. Even if the command comes from the guy whose name is on your paychecks. There's no metaphysical feature of the world compelling obedience, and, in fact, morality gives you a duty to disobey unjust commands.

“[T]he anarchist movement is part of what I would call the age old movement toward … common decency.” ~Robert Anton Wilson (1962) @anarchistlibrary.bsky.social theanarchistlibrary.org/library/robe...

THE TREE OF LIBERTY THIRSTS 🏴 NSP 68 with @zacharywoodman.bsky.social of @c4ssdotorg.bsky.social & @notesonliberty.bsky.social is out now! 🔗 youtu.be/cNWsCc7alyk @lucystag.bsky.social #anarchism #libertarian

In Ep 5 I got to talk to @prisonculture.bsky.social about the dangers of putting ppl on pedestals, what to do when you are getting canceled, how to relate to the concept of hope, how norms about sex and romance influence resistance work, and more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Mikhail Bakunin: “I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.”

If you want a thoughtful podcast that calmly digs into the ideologies behind our contemporary politics, and charts a humane, cosmopolitan, and liberal path forward, you'll likely enjoy my own ReImagining Liberty. I get brilliant guests and have focused conversations about politics and ideas.

Trump's cult leader status has been strongly rooted in his acting as the main protagonist stand-in for conspiracists the country over, so maybe the only thing that could break his cult leader status is him pivoting to the main *antagonist* of the conspiracists' story.

My latest chat with Roderick is unfortunately as timely as ever. The essay we discuss was deeply influential on me and brings a lot of clarity to the enduring moral questions surrounding war.

From kingly adulation and bribery to record high taxes and spending to free speech crackdowns to economic planning to militarized cities to FEMA camps to child rapist leaders, right-wingers were absolutely correct about everything they saw coming. Too bad they support it all.