USrael Vs. Persia: Destiny, or Insanity?

by Saman Mohammadi, Excavator "Everyone is aware of the difficult and menacing situation in which human society -- shrunk into one community with a common fate — now finds itself, but only a few act accordingly. Most people go on living their every-day life: half frightened, half indifferent, the

Why “Safe Harbor” Laws Are Disastrous For Free Speech

from TorrentFreak In the debate about the American “Stop Online Piracy Act”, some have hailed the decade-old American DMCA as a law that was somehow beneficial for the development of new services on the net. This is not only a complete misconception, but a very dangerous one at that. The DMCA

Child Labor In School And Out

by Brian Anderson, DailyAnarchist The other day I began reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. Though I’m a bit turned off by some aspects of Jobs’s personality, I’m fascinated by the entrepreneurial eagerness that seemed to fill his brain from an early childhood. Looking

Why the Government is Banning Everything

by Jesse Mathewson, ZeroGov Over the past several years the government’s actions against private growing, buying, selling, and even sex have become far more restrictive. We have seen numerous laws being passed across the United States on a state by state basis and even at a federal level call

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Safe At Last!

by Stefano Mugnaini, DailyAnarchist Rejoice at how safe you’ve become! Because now, finally, you live in a country where you can be detained indefinitely, without trial, on the mere suspicion of terrorism. This is because the National Defense Authorization Act, yet another bill to provide fu

“Sharia law is coming!”

by Kent McManigal I just saw another person post a warning that "Sharia law is coming!" No, it's already here. You just don't see it because it's based upon a religion you happen to be a part of. Kinda scary to think you might lose your privileged position and be subject to someone else's

The Violence And Justice Monopoly

by Roman Skaskiw, DailyAnarchist Almost all of us hold two beliefs which contradict a third near-universal belief.  The first is that a state, however else defined, is a geographic monopoly of security and justice.  One cannot appeal a ruling beyond the state, and whatever private providers of

Criminal And Civil Law In Free-Market Justice

by Wendy McElroy, DailyAnarchist What is a natural right as opposed to a right acquired by contract? Natural rights begin with the idea that a human being is a form of property. The question becomes “who is the owner?” There are three possible alternatives: each person is a self-owner; som

Nationalism, Political Parties, and Team Sports

from GonzoTimes Since the Obama Administration has continued renditions (and has since the new administration was barely a month old), CIA black ops secret prisons (there’s one in Somalia now), the extrajudicial assassination of American citizens, wars public and secret throughout the globe,�

HeadLie: Withdrawing Your Money From Banks Will Make The Recession Worse

from SHTFPlan In case you haven’t yet heard, the Greeks are quietly continuing with a run on their banking system, a situation we’ve reported on previously, and one that British EU minister Nigel Farage warned of just a few short months ago. Savings and time deposits have dropped 30% since

Parking is Anarchy

by Skip Lyttle, ZeroGov “That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which we will have.” – Henry David Thoreau How a driver parks demonstrates the character of the individual. Parking is the clearest form of