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I Must Speak Out
I Must Speak Out: The Best of The Voluntaryist, 1982-1999 © 1999 Carl Watner 485 pages What distinguishes the State from an organized gang? Carl Watner argues in I Must Speak Out that nothing whatsoever does, except its subjects’ belief. … Continue reading
The Monkey Wrench Gang
The Monkey Wrench Gang© 1975 Edward Abbey352 pages “Three things my daddy tried to learn me. ‘Son’, he always said, ‘remember these three precepts and you can’t go wrong. One, never eat at a place called Mom’s. Two, never play … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, American Southwest, anarchism, Edward Abbey, environmentalism, New Mexico
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V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta© 1988 Alan Moore and David Lloyd300 pages Remember, remember the Fifth of November. The Britain of 1998 is a nation that has lost its spirit,. After nuclear war and crop failures, widespread disorder was quelled only by … Continue reading
The Iron Web
The Iron Web© 2009 Larken Rose363 pages All Jessica wanted to do to celebrate her 19th birthday was go camping and test out her skills navigating with a GPS. At no point during the celebration did … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, libertarianism, Man vs State, philosophy, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, thriller
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Human Scale
Human Scale© 1980 Kirkpatrick Sale500 pages Human Scale is an ambitious assault on big business, big government — the very concept of Bigness. Opening with biology, Kirkpatrick Sale first establishes his basic operating principle: for … Continue reading
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness© 1952 Dorothy Day288 pages (Harper Collins, 2009( Dorothy Day came of age amid the Great War, a child of struggling parents whose labors to make ends meet stayed with her even after they had achieved some … Continue reading
Look Homeward, America!
Look Homeward, America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists© 2006 Bill Kauffman250 pages “The Little Way. That is what we seek. That — contrary to the ethic of personal parking spaces, of the dollar-sign god — is the … Continue reading
Red Emma Speaks
Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader© 1973, 1996 ed. Alix Kates Shulman464 pages Emma Goldman was an incorrigible political activist and social critic during the Gilded Age, speaking out against nearly everything society held dear – the government, capitalism, … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, essays, mindfulness, philosophy, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social criticism, Society and Culture
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