You are in Control
There’s a great article in Time magazine by Amanda Ripley (I wrote a review of her great book, The Unthinkable in the City Journal) on one of the most under covered security lessons of 9/11: that an aware citizenry can defend itself. It ends with this telling para which depicts the government reasserting its authority to prop up its legitimacy:After the passengers...
Read MoreSecession, County by County,
Part 2: Atlanta
“Atlanta secession effort raises race issues”Renewed push for mostly white suburbs to split off from Fulton CountyMSNBC, January 7, 2010In the cradle of the civil rights movement, a new secession effort is under way that would break off Atlanta’s predominantly white, wealthy suburbs to the north from poorer, black neighborhoods in the south.There’s a renewed push to...
Read MoreSecession, County by County,
Part 1: Oregon
The Origins of the Wise Use Movement“The Battle to Claim the New West”Jeffrey St. ClairCounterpunch, Jan. 8-10, 2010The county power movement, as it’s called, is centered on some 70 western counties that are surrounded by the public domain and are defiantly declaring their independence. It’s a kind of mini-secessionist movement, charged by anger at federal authority...
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Entrepreneurialism & Community Service:
A Strategy for Ethnic Interest Activism
Entrepreneurialism, Economic Sanctions, and TribalismPrior to attacking Serbia and Iraq militarily, the US used so-called “economic sanctions” against these countries. One hears the term, “economic sanctions,” and thinks that it only applies to whole countries. Think again.On October 29, 2009, the MetroWest Daily News, which covers the area west of Boston,...
Read MoreBy Guillaume Faye 10
Call to Young Europeans
Translated by Greg Johnson, with thanks to Michael O’MearaFrom Réfléchir & Agir, no. 9 (Summer 2001).To avoid repeating myself, I must first point out the statement that I made at the beginning of the manifesto Why We Fight. Now let us summarize, following this statement, some suggestions referred to in this manifesto. Because of our historically unprecedented...
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Bay Area National Anarchists:
An Interview with Andrew Yeoman, Part 2
TOQ Online: Is there a religious or spiritual dimension to National Anarchism, or is it a purely political form of association?Andrew Yeoman: At its heart National Anarchism is a purely political framework, but any group or religious movement can adopt it to advance the aim of establishing an autonomous region or community. Religion has a special importance for National Anarchism...
Read MoreDecentralizing the Decentralist Movement
For three years in a row, between 2006 and 2008, a North American secessionist convention was held where delegates from actual secessionist organizations and interested observers gathered to discuss the possibility of decentralizing the United States into smaller political units. Thus far, it does not appear there will be another convention for 2009. I suspect this is for the...
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Bay Area National Anarchists:
An Interview with Andrew Yeoman, Part 1
TOQ Online: Anarchism is an idea familiar to all but understood by only a few. The term conjures up images of foreign-looking people hurling spluttering cherry bombs at Tsars and industrialists. What is anarchism, and in what sense are National Anarchists anarchists?Andrew Yeoman: In my opinion anarchism is most easily understood in terms of the Greek origin of the word: anarch. ...
Read MoreBy D. E. Hobson 5
Troy Southgate’s Tradition and Revolution
Tradition and Revolution:The Collected Writings of Troy SouthgateTroy SouthgateAarhus, Denmark: Integral Tradition Publishing, 2007Troy Southgate is a musician, writer, and political activist who is well-known in rightist circles in the UK and Europe, but not in the United States. Tradition and Revolution brings together interviews, musings, poetry, stories, fictionalized diary...
Read MoreThe Revolution Within Anarchism:
Goodbye, Ultra-Leftism; Hello, Pan-Secessionism
For any movement or system of thought to remain relevant or dynamic, it must possess the internal capability of periodically reassessing its present course and shifting its focus and direction. Thus far, political anarchism has experienced two distinct stages. The first of these was the era of “classical” anarchism. Roughly defined, this was the period between the Marx/Bakunin...
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