A few weeks back I wrote an article using a recent address by President Dallin H. Oaks wherein he lays out five principles of government which he teaches are inspired of God. Building on his argument in my article I explain how consensual governments such as anarchist, libertarian, or voluntaryist governments better follow the inspired...
Introduction In this paper I wish to show that the consistent application of the principles expounded in Mormon scripture, should lead a person to become an anarchist. In other words, every Mormon should look forward to the abolition of government and the building of a socialist society based on free association and mutual cooperation. Attempting...
“For always in thine eyes, O Liberty!Shines that high light whereby the world is saved;And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee.”John Hay. On Picket Duty. The “Workmen’s Advocate” need not have gone to the trouble of declaring, apropos of nothing concerning it,that it had not “even faintly expressed admiration” for Liberty. I...
These days, when people say the word “libertarian,” they are thinking of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and other tech bros who have tried to claim the label. Because of their support for Donald Trump, and particularly Musk’s recent actions as de facto president, libertarianism has gotten a rather bad reputation. This is unfortunate, since none...
Mainstream right-libertarianism has a long history of tending to prioritize what Albert O. Hirschman called “exit” (i.e., the ability to escape governance through relocation or circumvention) over “voice” (having a say in the governance process that one lives under). Now, there’s nothing wrong with the notion of exit as such. Under an oppressive state, as...
As Zimbabwe commemorates 45 years of independence, the spectacle of celebration orchestrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a dilapidated and waterlogged stadium serves as a metaphor for the trajectory of the postcolonial state. The accumulation of rainwater in the cracks of this Midlands venue epitomises not only infrastructural decay but also the consequential runoff from...
Contents In here you’ll find… Part One: An introduction to the radical idea of dropping out. Part two: Doing it yourself! And as an old man once wrote: In this system, if you’re not revolting against work, then — like it or not — you’re working against revolt. Why I’m doing this When I first...
Sunn: How has the healthcare system in Rojava been able to isolate health from business? In other words, at present, how is healthcare in Rojava different from a capitalist system? Dr. Mohammed: For health in Rojava, the system is decentralized, with co-chairs for all departments and health institutions to ensures women’s rights in departments. So...
“For always in thine eyes, O Liberty!Shines that high light whereby the world is saved;And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee.”John Hay. On Picket Duty. A Boston firm announced a cut-down in the wages of its workmen in the following original way: “Next week your wages will be razed to fifteen dollars...
There was a time when Robert Mugabe stood as the towering figure of African liberation. Raised fists, Pan-Africanist banners, and chants of self-rule marked Zimbabwe’s emergence from white settler colonialism. Mugabe, like many of his generation, represented the victory of the oppressed against imperial domination. But history, with its ruthless clarity, would later mark him...
Translator’s Preface: This is my first time translating anything into English from Japanese so there are bound to be more than a few mistakes in this translation. I’m also pretty stupid so there may be parts where I have misinterpreted the meaning of a sentence and warped it into something completely different. But I think...
Following Iran’s rocket and drone strikes on the Israeli apartheid regime on April 13th, authoritarian leftists in the Global North once again turned a blind eye to the struggles of oppressed peoples. Instead of focusing on the class struggles of the people, they centered their political analysis on states, offering support to oppressive regimes, and...
To start off, anarchists believe in the idea that no one knows what’s best for you better than you do. It rejects hierarchy, including those formed in organizing spaces which leave decision-making up to a handful of faceless “leads.” Anarchy is this idea that people have the autonomy to make decisions for themselves and cooperate...
[T]he emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves, that the struggle for the emancipation of the working classes means not a struggle for class privileges and monopolies, but for equal rights and duties, and the abolition of all class rule. — General Rules of the first International Workingmen’s Association...
Mutt. — Editorial What motivated us to theme this second issue of the magazine around Insurgency & Counterinsurgency is our desire to crystialize our dispersed experiences of betrayal, repression and defeat into not only a critique of the left and some sections of the anarchist scene but to present an alternative with teeth. We also...