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In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by former PWTorch.com contributor Benjamin Tucker to discuss the latest happenings in the build to Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania. They also take calls and emails on Bron Breakker, Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania, and more.Then in a bonus episode from five years ago this weekend, Greg was joined by PWTorch.com contributor Zack Heydorn to preview WWE Elimination Chamber match by match. They also analyze the Halftime Heat match from last Sunday. In addition, they field calls regarding possible AEW TV announcers, a comparison of Lex Luger and Randy Orton's careers, a possible Curt Hawkins win, and more.

In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, former PWTorch.com contributor Benjamin Tucker joins Greg to discuss WWE Summerslam follow-up in relation to The Bloodline on Smackdown and Seth Rollins on Raw. They also talk AEW All In hype so far and answer reader email questions.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3276210/advertisement

My guest today is a special one. He's absolutely one of the most unsung heroes in the world of films and filmmaking, and particularly in this age when movies being shot and projected on film is a rarity. Benjamin Tucker is a film projectionist. But he also happens to be the Chief Projectionist at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles…and is responsible for projecting some of the most memorable and important films and creating an experience that is truly the definition of movie magic. It's a fascinating talk that delves into the purest passions of why we love movies, and why seeing them projected in a theater with an audience can be a religious experience… Church is session, no heretics allowed! It's a great talk!   Please listen, enjoy, and share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by former PWTorch.com contributor Benjamin Tucker for a full Royal Rumble preview. They also take phone calls on the current relationship between The Rock and Vince McMahon, Nick Khan's recent podcast interview, Kiana James and Fallon Henley as a tag team, and more.

We sat down with Cory Massimino to talk about Individualist and Market Anarchism at Exploring Anarchism, a conference organized by Students For Liberty and Students for a Stateless Society in Norman Oklahoma in 2015. Cory Massimino is a self-identified individualist anarchist, a student of philosophy, a Students For Liberty Senior Campus Coordinator, a Young Voices Advocate, and a fellow at the Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS). His writings have appeared in such publications as Town Hall, Counterpunch, The Daily Caller, The American Conservative, Antiwar.com, and The Guardian. Cory regularly contributes to the Students For Liberty blog, Young Voices, C4SS, and The Circle Molinari; a student-run left libertarian blog. You can get in touch with Cory on twitter @CoryMassimino For more information on these topics, Cory recommends: Relation of the State to the Individual, written by Benjamin Tucker, published in "Instead Of A Book, By A Man Too Busy To Write One" in 1893/1897: http://fair-use.org/benjamin-tucker/instead-of-a-book/relation-of-the-state-to-the-individual Equality: The Unknown Ideal, a transcribed lecture given by Roderick T. Long in September of 2001: https://mises.org/library/equality-unknown-ideal Agorism: Libertarian Politics Beyond Policy by Jason Lee Byas: https://c4ss.org/content/45983 Mutual Aid Is Not Just Historical: Modern Alternative Services by Sharon Presley: http://www.libertarianism.org/columns/mutual-aid-is-not-just-historical-modern-alternative-services Society without a State, by Murray N. Rothbard: https://mises.org/library/society-without-state What Is Anarchism, by Cory Massimino: https://c4ss.org/content/36946 Additional resources: Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections, by Roderick T. Long: https://mises.org/sites/default/files/longanarchism.pdf New Libertarian Manifesto, by Samuel Edward Konkin III: http://agorism.info/docs/NewLibertarianManifesto.pdf

For the 33rd episode of the podcast, we spoke with Ghost, the creator, and administrator of a project where shit posting meets high propaganda. If the thought of an anarchist meme page with 40,000 followers and post-structural, illegalist characteristics sounds interesting, then you'll likely enjoy this episode. Join us as we sit down to chat with the talent behind The Ghost Of Ol' Benjamin Tucker about memes, post-left anarchy, Deleuze and Guattari, work abolition, and a whole lot more. “Revolutionaries and nomads do not speak to the state, they seek to subvert it creatively”. Follow The Ghost Of Ol' Benjamin Tucker: https://www.facebook.com/N.O.V.A.T.O.R.E.O.U.S --- Thanks for watching! Please like, comment, subscribe, and share! --- Listen to the Non Serviam Podcast on your favorite podcast platform! iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and more. If you'd like to see more anarchist and anti-authoritarian interviews, please consider supporting this project financially by becoming a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/nonserviammedia Follow us on Instagram @nonserviammedia View our full, downloadable catalog online at nonserviammedia.com

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The essay can be read here https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...   An essay on the relevance of Max Stirner to the Anarcho-communist movement.   Recommended Reading The Ego and Its Own by Max Stirner. Stirner’s only book and magnum opus. Unfortunately, there is still only one English translation available, Stephen T. Byington’s. Wolfi Landstreicher is currently working on a new one, slated to appear in the near future. Stirner’s Critics by Max Stirner. In this essay, Stirner (speaking in the third person throughout) clarifies some misinterpretations of his philosophy. The False Principle of Our Education by Max Stirner. In this article, which predates the publication of The Ego and its Own, Stirner critiques both the humanism of the aristocratic style of education, which aimed to produce disinterested scholars, and the realism of the democratic school of thought, which aimed to produce useful citizens. Stirner, while tending to favor the latter, argues that the goal of education should instead be the cultivation of free, self-creating individuals. “The Individual, Society, and the State” by Emma Goldman. Goldman’s most “Stirnerian” essay. “Victims of Morality” by Emma Goldman. In this essay Goldman attacks the spook of morality as a lie “detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people.” The Right to be Greedy: Theses on the Practical Necessity of Demanding Absolutely Everything by For Ourselves. An inspired fusion of Stirner and Marx by this short-lived Situationist-influenced group. For Ourselves argue that “greed in its fullest sense is the only possible basis of communist society. The present forms of greed lose out, in the end, because they turn out to be not greedy enough.” The Minimum Definition of Intelligence by For Ourselves. A critique of ideology and fixed thought coupled with theses concerning the construction of one’s own critical self-theory. The Soul of Man [sic] Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde. This beautiful essay is one of the most eloquent egoist defenses of libertarian communism ever penned. It is not known for certain whether Wilde actually read Stirner; however, he could read German and similarities in style between this text and The Ego make it seem likely that he did. In any case, this anarcho-dandy’s writing is invaluable to the serious student of egoism. Max Stirner’s Dialectical Egoism: A New Interpretation by John F. Welsh. The most thorough and coherent exploration of Stirner’s thought available in English. An exploration of Stirner’s philosophy, his influence on the thinkers Benjamin Tucker, James L. Walker, and Dora Marsden, and an investigation of the relationship between Stirner and Nietzsche.

Episode 2:Mark and Stewart review another two un-produced screenplays. This week Stewart reads ‘Prank Wars' by Zach Aro and Mark reads ‘Dead Man's Watch' by Benjamin Tucker.Send your scripts in to Bad Screenplays – badscreenplayspodcast@gmail.comAcknowledgements:Thank you very much to Andrew Donovan for producing the artwork used on this podcast.https://www.instagram.com/andydon82/Also, thank you to http://www.acast.com for their support.The Legal Stuff:No scripts or screenplays mentioned in the podcast are being reproduced for commercial purposes. All scripts and screenplays featured are being reviewed and critiqued by the hosts and suitable acknowledgements are provided in the notes of each episode published where it is practically possible.Any references made to other published and copyrighted works are done so under the infringement exception of parody, caricature and pastiche. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This writing describes the differences in the main two camps that formed the beginning of the socialist movement. One based in Authority one in Liberty. Anarchists of all flavors should take this writing into consideration. 

Benjamin Tucker on Policing, Racism, and Reform 

Em resposta a um leitor de seu periódico, o Liberty, Benjamin Tucker expõe suas razões para se opor e resistir ao pagamento de tributos. Um ataque contundente aos contratualistas e ao contrato social

Benjamin Tucker, em ensaio brilhante, dá uma aula sobre os principais monopólios de seu tempo, compara as soluções anarquistas às marxistas e ainda aponta as contradições do socialismo autoritário, enquanto faz a defesa contumaz da individualidade e liberdade.

This week on The Final Straw we'll be airing the second half of our interview with anarchist, author and cartoonist nonagenarian, Donald Rooum from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Donald has written introductions to anarchism and has been a leading organizer in movements in the U.K. against nuclear war, the death penalty and the use of corporal punishment against children in schools. This summer, Bursts and William found their way to London and were delighted to sit down and chat with Donald in the East End hear his stories. In the first portion of this chat, which aired on July 29th, 2018, Donald spoke about his beginnings in anarchism, his art studies, his time creating the Wildcat comics for which he's best known, anarchists of his time from the 1940's through today and his activism mentioned above. Now, you'll hear about Donald Rooum's “15 minutes of fame” in which he was nicked on his way to a demonstration against a visit to London by King Paul of Greece and Queen Frederika in 1963 and charged by Detective Sergeant Harold “Tanky” Challenor for carrying a brick to the demonstration. The problem for Donald is that the brick was placed in his pocket by Challenor while he was in police custody. The problem for Challenor is that Donald was smart enough to realize this, collect the proof of the framing attempt and successfully defend himself in court against the charges. In what became known as the “Challenor Affair”, Donald's self-defense shook the public trust in policing in the U.K. and lead to the Detective Sergeant's downfall for corruption. Donald also talks about the case that overshadowed the “Challenor Affair” at the time, known as the Profumo Affair. After that, Donald defends the work of Max Stirner on Egoism, Benjamin Tucker's translation and it's mistakes, Eddie Shaw (mentioned in this libcom article) and the Glasgow anarchists of the 1940's, multi-generationality in anarchism, human nature and anarchism, Rojava, and Murray Bookchin. Of note, Donald confuses Murray Bookchin's “Social Ecology” ideas with the “Deep Ecology”, which Bookchin railed against. Check out our website. There you can find our past episodes going back to 2009, as well as easy ways to subscribe to our podcast so that you never miss an episode of The Final Straw, our occasional tech security podcast Error451 or B(A)DNews: Angry Voices From Around The World (our latest here), an English-language podcast from the A-Radio Network of which we are a part. You can also find our contact information, info about following us on the various anti-social medias, as well as how to donate. And now a couple of announcements: Philly Anarchist Black Cross is asking people to write letters in support of the Virgin Island 3. The Virgin Island Five (aka Fountain Valley Five) are group of activists wrongly convicted of murdering eight people in 1973 at the Rockefeller-owned golf course in St. Croix. They were all in their early twenties when they were rounded up with hundreds of others and forced confessions were obtained. Because now only three are held in prison, they are now referred to as the Virgin Island 3. There is a campaign to commute the sentences of Abdul Azeez (aka Warren Ballentine), Hanif Shabazz Bey (aka Beaumont Gereau) and Malik Bey (aka Meral Smith) as they have been in prison for 46 years for a crime they deny committing. You can find more on this, including addresses to write and numbers to all and more about the campaign at https://phillyabc.wordpress.com/vi3-campaign/ playlist

In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by PWTorch.com contributor Benjamin Tucker to discuss Takeover, Summerslam, and Raw all from Tucker's live perspective. They talk about where Matt Riddle fits into NXT, whether or not shorter matches on TV and PPV should become more of the norm, and whether or not The Shield will be heels or babyfaces. Plus, they preview All In, Impact: Redefined, and more.

Donald Rooum, pt1 This week, we invite you to listen in on the first part of a conversation we had with 90 year old anarchist, cartoonist and author, Donald Rooum. Donald was born 1928 in Bradford, UK. Donald is most known for his longtime illustration of the wiley, bomb-throwing, firebrand anarchist cartoon character, Wildcat. In this episode, Donald talks about his early political trajectory and development from childhood involvement during World War II in a Communist Party front group into anarchism via the speakers corner in Hyde Park. Donald talks about the Malatesta Anarchist Club, his artistic development and love of cartooning and engagement with activism to stop corporal punishment in schools in the U.K. and ideas about social change and anarchist intervention. Donald's work was recently the focus of an animated film  by film-maker Adam Luis-Jacob. Here's a brief biography with some of Donald's art (including some Wildcat comics). We'll release the second half of the conversation with Donald in the near future. Some notes from the conversation (followed by announcements): Publications featuring Donald: Peace News website and wikipedia page Freedom (newspaper) website + wikipedia + Donald's history of Freedom Freedom Press website and wikipedia page Donald's Intro to Anarchism on anarchistlibrary Donald's "The Ethics of Egoism" on anarchistlibrary Some low-quality images of Donald's at Spunk.Org People that Donald mentions: Philip Sansome (UK anarchist) wikipedia Vernon Richards (UK anarchist) wikipedia Article from 1945 reprinted on shutting of the War Commentary / Freedom Paper Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu (Zanzibari Revolutionary Nationalist) wikipedia Colin Ward (UK anarchist) wikipedia works by Colin Ward at anarchistlibrary David Hockney (artist) wikipedia Nicholas Walter (anarchist + atheist) wikipedia Benjamin Tucker (American anarchist) wikipedia Works by Benjamin Tucker at anarchistlibrary STOPP in wikipedia . ... . .. . ... . .. . ... . .. . ... . .. Announcements Sean Swain "Sean Swain, a long-term anarchist prisoner in Ohio, has come under fire by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The ODRC has increased Sean's security level from 3 to 5b, an increase that has sent him to solitary confinement, led to him being handcuffed during visits, and further removed him from any possibility for parole. Additionally, the ODRC is threatening to put Sean on interstate compact, a system that ships subversive prisoners around the country, places heavy restrictions on communication, and interns them in the black hole of the interstate compact system. We're calling for any who feel compelled by Sean's plight to call ODRC director Gary Mohr and demand that Sean's appeal to the current disciplinary hearing be granted and that Sean's security level be lowered. (A script for the call can be found below.) Thank you all. Your solidarity means so much. some friends of Sean Swain" Call: Director Gary Mohr 614-387-0588 drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us melissa.adkins@odrc.state.oh.us (Administrative Assistant for Mohr) CALL-IN SCRIPT: “I am calling on behalf of Sean Swain, inmate #243-205. I am a friend of Sean. I am calling to request the ODRC grant Mr. Swain's appeal regarding his most recent disciplinary record, drop the charges, and lower his security level from 5b to 2. Mr. Swain is not a physical security risk, and there is no reason to keep him at such a high security rating where he will be unable to get the programming he needs to be eligible for rehabilitation and parole. Thank you for your consideration.” Good News! Nicole Kissane, indicted in 2015 for conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act via releasing thousands of animals from fur farms and destroying breeding records in Idaho, Montana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, was released after 21 months in federal prison. She still has 3 years of supervised release, but she's out from behind the actual bars. Welcome home, Nicole! Pansy Fest II If you're in the Asheville area next weekend, August 3-5, consider Pansy Fest II, a DIY queer/trans music and art festival. The fun starts at 2pm on Friday the 3rd at the Mothlight with a full-ticket of bands and ending out with a dance party til 2am. The weekend includes workshops at Firestorm Books & Coffee with more shows & after parties. Proceeds will go to support the Trans Kindred Fund & Tranzmission Prison Project. More info on their fedbook, or by emailing pansyfestavl@gmail.com #AllOutAugust First, coming up fast in early August, fascist and proto-fascist groups are trying to build up some steam for the one year anniversary of the Unite The Right rally on August 12th. The Islamophobic and Western Chauvinist groups Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys are calling for a demonstration and plan to amass a large and likely violent mob in Portland, OR, on August 4th. Antiracists are organizing under #AllOutPDX & #StopTheHate. So a coalition called PopMob, or popular mobilization, is organizing a broad event on August 4th at 10:30 at PDX city hall and then moving at 11:30 to join the larger event at Chapman Square. You can find more information by checking itsgoingdown.org, or finding the events on fedbook called "Stop The Hate" and "Resist Patriot Prayer". The latter is being called by Eugene Antifa & other groups and will meet up at 11:30 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Then a week later on the east coast of the so-called U.S. on August 12th there is a call for an Antifascist/Abolitionist Bloc to join the resistance to the far right's call for the Unite The Right 2 at a time and place to be announced on the site ShutItDownDC.org and news can be found under the tag #DefendDC & #AllOutDC. Mumia Abu-Jamal On August 30th in Philadelphia, PA at 13th and Filbert there will be a rally during the hearing of imprisoned journalist, intellectual and former Black Panther, Mumia Abu-Jamal. From 8am til 11am people are asked to show up in support of this man who has spent nearly 40 years in prison, 30 of it in solitary on death row, for a political show trial for the killing of a cop many believe he didn't commit. Whether he did or didn't, Mumia was obviously railroaded for his political beliefs and his reporting critical of the Philly PD & the administration of Frank Rizzo. More on the event, including the nature of the current legal motion, can be found on fedbook. #August21 Repression Starts People are pushing back. For starters: Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan There is a phone zap in support of Lucasville Uprising prisoner and death row inmate, Siddique Abdullah Hasan, a voice you've heard on this show before. Hasan, a member of the Free Ohio Movement and outspoken activist behind bars for peoples dignity, is believed to be suffering similar repression as he did in the run up to the 2016 National Prison Strike. He has been transfered into the hole, likely as a way to shut him up. There is a phone zap called by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee on Monday, July 30th between 9am and 5pm central time. Details forthcoming on the fedbook event. Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, a leader of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party (NABPP) and member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), whose organizing was discussed in DHS/FBI fusion center “terrorism threat assessment” publications as far back as 2009 (page 50) is being kept in solitary confinement after being given an “inciting a riot” charge for writing an article about the Operation PUSH strikes in Florida, and has faced punitive transfer after transfer.; Keith “Comrade Malik” Washington Keith “Malik” Washington, a Texas inmate who is also involved with the NABPP and IWOC, has spent the past two years in ad-seg (solitary confinement) on a bogus riot charge connected to his involvement in the 2016 prison strike. He was due to be released from ad-seg, but then had his clearance abruptly revoked and was sent back to solitary on the grounds that the classifications committee had “received additional information” from the Fusion Center in Texas. He has also had issues with medical information about his health issues mysteriously disappearing, leading to the administration putting him in dangerous situations, and is currently being held in an extremely hot and humid punishment cell that he describes as being like “a living hell” and causing headaches, nosebleeds and dizziness.; Jason Renard Walker Meanwhile, Jason Renard Walker, another Texas inmate involved with the NABPP and the 2016 strikes, and a contributor to the Fire Inside zine, has managed to get released from solitary, but faces constant threats and harassment from staff, including threats to send him back to solitary on bogus charges for things as simple as asking for water and medical attention, and trying to get back into his own cell so he can use a fan to cool down. Both Malik and Jason have reported having their mail tampered with, and the explicitly political nature of this censorship was made clear in a conversation with a prison official who told Jason that any writing containing the words “black panther” would be treated as gang material. Supporting the prison strike means monitoring and opposing the repressive methods that the prison system uses to try and break it, and paying attention to the treatment of 2016 strike organizers like Rashid, Malik, Jason and others can indicate the tactics that are likely to be used more widely in the weeks to come. Numbers and scripts to call in with for Malik's situation: Malik has specifically requested a call-in campaign urging Texas legislators to investigate the conditions at the McConnell Unit. Below are some details of Texas legislators and TDCJ officials, along with a suggested script you can use: John Whitmire, chair of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee - (512) 463-0115 or (713) 864-8701 john.whitmire@senate.texas.gov (713) 864-5287 (fax) Sylvia Garcia, member of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee - (512) 463-0106 or (713) 453-5100 sylvia.garcia@senate.texas.gov (512) 463-0346 (fax) José Menéndez, member of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee - (512) 463-0126 or (210) 733-6604 jose.menendez@senate.texas.gov or (512) 463-2424 (fax) James White, chair of the House Committee on Corrections - (512) 463-0490 or (409) 283-3700 James.White@house.texas.gov or (512) 463-9059 (fax) Alma Allen, vice-chair of the House Committee on Corrections - (512) 463-0744 or (713) 776-0505 Alma.Allen@house.state.tx.us or (512) 463-0761 (fax) Abe Martinez, US Attorney – (713) 567-9349 or abe.martinez@usdoj.gov Ryan K Patrick, US Attorney – (713)-567-9000 Bryan Collier, TDCJ Excecutive Director – (936) 437-2101 / (936) 437-2123 or exec.director@tdcj.texas.gov Billy Hirsch, TDCJ Deputy Director – Billy.Hirsch@tdcj.texas.gov Philip Sifuentes, McConnell Unit Warden – (361) 362-2300 or philip.sifuentes@tdcj.texas.gov Miguel Martinez, Regional Director with responsibility for the McConnell Unit – (361) 362-6328 or miguel.martinez@tdcj.texas.gov Patricia Chapa, Assistant Regional Director – Patricia.Chapa@tdcj.texas.gov Emil Garza, Assistant Regional Director – Emil.Garza@tdcj.texas.gov Garth Parker, Telford Unit Warden – (903) 628-3171 garth.parker@tdcj.texas.gov Billy Howard, Assistant Regional Director with responsibility for the Telford Unit – billy.howard@tdcj.texas.gov Carl McKellar, Assistant Regional Director with responsibility for the Telford Unit – carl.mckellar@tdcj.texas.gov “Hello, my name is ----, and I am contacting you about conditions in the prisons run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. I demand that the dangerous conditions of extreme heat and humidity that are widespread in units such as the McConnell and Telford Units are fully investigated and rectified immediately. I further request that immediate heat relief measures are put in place, as this is especially urgent for prisoners with health issues. The prison administration needs to stop the retaliation and harassment of whistleblowers such as Keith Washington (TDCJ 1487958) and Jason Walker (TDCJ 1532092). This retaliation includes, but is not limited to, unjustified use of solitary confinement as a punishment for constitutionally protected speech, denial of parole applications, and direct threats of harm. Please be aware that the State of Texas and the TDCJ may be held legally responsible for any harm suffered by these or any other inmates as a result of the administration's negligence or punitive actions. The practice of giving guards quotas of disciplinary reports to meet must also be stopped at once, as this leads to the generation of false or trivial reports as a way of meeting quotas. In closing, I also wish to state my support for the demands of the ongoing prison strike movement. Yours sincerely,” Other ways to help Malik: 1. *Finding legal representation* Malik has stated that he urgently needs professional legal help in challenging the various forms of harassment he has been subjected to, particularly the interference with his mail. If you know of any sympathetic lawyers or other legal-minded folk who might be able to help, please contact them and ask if they could take the case on. 2. *Write to the comrades!* Every letter they receive lifts their spirit and protects them, because it lets prison officials know they have people around them, watching for what happens to them. It should also be possible to contact them via jpay.com if you prefer. Keith H. 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In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by longtime PWTorch contributor Benjamin Tucker to discuss New Japan's Dominion show and where Okada vs. Omega lands in the pantheon of great wrestling matches. They also talk about Chris Jericho's IC Title win and what his schedule may look like going forward. In addition, they take calls on what titles may change hands at the MITB PPV, C.M. Punk's next move in MMA or pro wrestling, what wrestler may best represent WWE as brand ambassador, a possible Hulk Hogan return to WWE and what his role would be, and more.

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In this episode of Wrestling Night in America, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by longtime PWTorch contributor Benjamin Tucker to discuss his live event experience at Raw and Smackdown Live this past week. They also preview the upcoming Fastlane card with a special focus on the WWE Title Match. The two take calls on whether or not it feels like WrestleMania season yet, what demographic WWE should be catering to, whether or not WWE should finally crown Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, and how many challengers is too many for the WWE Title match at Fastlane.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 152. This is my speech “Libertarianism After Fifty Years: What Have We Learned?” delivered at the NYC LibertyFest (Brooklyn, NY, October 11, 2014). The original title was "Libertarianism After Fifty Years: A Reassessment and Reappraisal" but I was allotted only about 15-20 minutes so condensed the scope and could only touch briefly on many of the matters discussed. This audio was recorded by me from my iphone in my pocket; video and a higher-quality audio should be available shortly. The outline and notes used for the speech is appended below, which includes extensive links to further material pertaining to  matters discussed in the speech. An edited transcript is available here. Speech Notes/Outline Libertarianism After Fifty Years: What Have We Learned? Stephan Kinsella NYC LibertyFest, Brooklyn, NY October 11, 2014   Introduction Modern libertarianism is about 50 years old. Main figures: Rand and Rothbard. “three furies of libertarianism” (Doherty, Radicals for Capitalism): Rose Wilder Lane, Ayn Rand, and Isabel Patterson (1943) Mises, Hayek, Read, Friedman Rand Atlas, 1957; Rothbard, MES, 1962 From a Foreword I wrote for a forthcoming libertarian book: Modern libertarian theory is only about five decades old. The ideas that have influenced our greatest thinkers can be traced back centuries, of course,[1] to luminaries such as Hugo Grotius, John Locke, Thomas Paine, Herbert Spencer, David Hume, and John Stuart Mill, and to more recent and largely even more radical thinkers such as Gustave de Molinari, Benjamin Tucker, Lysander Spooner, Bertrand de Jouvenal, Franz Oppenheimer, and Albert Jay Nock.[2] The beginnings of the modern movement can be detected in the works of the “three furies of libertarianism,” as Brian Doherty calls them: Rose Wilder Lane, Ayn Rand, and Isabel Patterson, whose respective books The Discovery of Freedom, The Fountainhead, and The God of the Machine were all published, rather remarkably, in the same year: 1943.[3] But in its more modern form, libertarianism originated in the 1960s and 1970s from thinkers based primarily in the United States, notably Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard. Other significant influences on the nascent libertarian movement include Ludwig von Mises, author of Liberalism (1927) and Human Action (1949, with a predecessor version published in German in 1940); Nobel laureate F.A. von Hayek, author of The Road to Serfdom (1944); Leonard Read, head of the Foundation for Economic Education (founded 1946); and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, author of the influential Capitalism and Freedom (1962). The most prominent and influential of modern libertarian figures, however, were the aforementioned novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand, the founder of “Objectivism” and a “radical for capitalism,” and Murray Rothbard, the Mises-influenced libertarian anarcho-capitalist economist and political theorist. Rothbard's seminal role is widely recognized, even by non-Rothbardians. Objectivist John McCaskey, for example, has observed, that out of the debates in the mid-1900s about what rights citizens ought to have, "grew the main sort of libertarianism of the last fifty years. It was based on a principle articulated by Murray Rothbard in the 1970s this way: No one may initiate the use or threat of physical violence against the person or property of anyone else. The idea had roots in John Locke, America's founders, and more immediately Ayn Rand, but it was Rothbard's formulation that became standard. It became known as the non-aggression principle or—since Rothbard took it as the starting point of political theory and not the conclusion of philosophical justification—the non-aggression axiom. In the late twentieth century, anyone who accepted this principle could call himself, or could find himself called, a libertarian, even if he disagreed with Rothbard's own insistence that rights are best protected when there is no ...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 152. This is my speech “Libertarianism After Fifty Years: What Have We Learned?” delivered at the NYC LibertyFest (Brooklyn, NY, October 11, 2014). The original title was "Libertarianism After Fifty Years: A Reassessment and Reappraisal" but I was allotted only about 15-20 minutes so condensed the scope and could only touch briefly on many of the matters discussed. This audio was recorded by me from my iphone in my pocket; video and a higher-quality audio should be available shortly. The outline and notes used for the speech is appended below, which includes extensive links to further material pertaining to  matters discussed in the speech. An edited transcript is available here. Speech Notes/Outline Libertarianism After Fifty Years: What Have We Learned? Stephan Kinsella NYC LibertyFest, Brooklyn, NY October 11, 2014   Introduction Modern libertarianism is about 50 years old. Main figures: Rand and Rothbard. “three furies of libertarianism” (Doherty, Radicals for Capitalism): Rose Wilder Lane, Ayn Rand, and Isabel Patterson (1943) Mises, Hayek, Read, Friedman Rand Atlas, 1957; Rothbard, MES, 1962 From a Foreword I wrote for a forthcoming libertarian book: Modern libertarian theory is only about five decades old. The ideas that have influenced our greatest thinkers can be traced back centuries, of course,[1] to luminaries such as Hugo Grotius, John Locke, Thomas Paine, Herbert Spencer, David Hume, and John Stuart Mill, and to more recent and largely even more radical thinkers such as Gustave de Molinari, Benjamin Tucker, Lysander Spooner, Bertrand de Jouvenal, Franz Oppenheimer, and Albert Jay Nock.[2] The beginnings of the modern movement can be detected in the works of the “three furies of libertarianism,” as Brian Doherty calls them: Rose Wilder Lane, Ayn Rand, and Isabel Patterson, whose respective books The Discovery of Freedom, The Fountainhead, and The God of the Machine were all published, rather remarkably, in the same year: 1943.[3] But in its more modern form, libertarianism originated in the 1960s and 1970s from thinkers based primarily in the United States, notably Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard. Other significant influences on the nascent libertarian movement include Ludwig von Mises, author of Liberalism (1927) and Human Action (1949, with a predecessor version published in German in 1940); Nobel laureate F.A. von Hayek, author of The Road to Serfdom (1944); Leonard Read, head of the Foundation for Economic Education (founded 1946); and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, author of the influential Capitalism and Freedom (1962). The most prominent and influential of modern libertarian figures, however, were the aforementioned novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand, the founder of “Objectivism” and a “radical for capitalism,” and Murray Rothbard, the Mises-influenced libertarian anarcho-capitalist economist and political theorist. Rothbard’s seminal role is widely recognized, even by non-Rothbardians. Objectivist John McCaskey, for example, has observed, that out of the debates in the mid-1900s about what rights citizens ought to have, "grew the main sort of libertarianism of the last fifty years. It was based on a principle articulated by Murray Rothbard in the 1970s this way: No one may initiate the use or threat of physical violence against the person or property of anyone else. The idea had roots in John Locke, America’s founders, and more immediately Ayn Rand, but it was Rothbard’s formulation that became standard. It became known as the non-aggression principle or—since Rothbard took it as the starting point of political theory and not the conclusion of philosophical justification—the non-aggression axiom. In the late twentieth century, anyone who accepted this principle could call himself, or could find himself called, a libertarian, even if he disagreed with Rothbard’s own insistence that rights are best protected when there is no ...

David D’Amato joins Aaron and Trevor for a conversation about the idea of voluntary socialism through the lens of the individualist anarchists of the 19th century. They discuss the life and philosophy of Benjamin Tucker, Voltairine de Cleyre, and others, and explain how the definitions of socialism and capitalism have changed over the years.David S. D’Amato is an attorney and a Senior Fellow and Trustee at the Center for a Stateless Society. He earned a JD from New England School of Law and an LLM in Global Law and Technology from Suffolk University Law.Note: In the show, D’Amato claims that Benjamin Tucker died in the 1920s; he actually passed away in 1939. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 038. [Update: see my post Wenzel the Werewolf] Blogger Robert Wenzel and I had a "debate" earlier today about IP, to be jointly put up on my podcast and his Economic Policy Journal "podcast" (it's on his site at Kinsella Crushed!! and Initial Report on Debate, and mentioned ahead of time several times as linked below). Bob is an Austrian libertarian (I think) blogger but has been criticizing me and Jeff Tucker's anti-IP views for a few years now (see links below), so we decided to discuss it. (( Note: I failed to record the audio at my end until 1:07:10, but my audio quality was better. So I spliced in the better second half from my recording. So starting at 1:07:10 you can hear better audio quality at my end, and no worse at Wenzel's. )) The transcript is available here. Youtube: Backup copy: The discussion went on for over 2 hours. It went about as I expected: he tried to dwell on side points, he refused to—was unable to—even attempt to define IP much less provide a coherent justification for it. He repeatedly engaged in question-begging: calling using information you learn from others "stealing," which presupposes that there is some owned thing that is stolen. He started out with several bizarre, off-point attacks: for example challenging my claim in my 2001 piece Against Intellectual Property that Rothbard was one of the original libertarian opponents of IP. The entire criticism by Wenzel is bizarre because whether or not I am right in listing Rothbard as an opponent of patent and copyright has nothing to do with whether IP is justified. Further, later in the paper I have an extensive section dealing with Rothbard's attempt to come up with some kind of contractual scheme that emulated some aspects of IP, which he confusingly calls "copyright." Some libertarians, like Wenzel, apparently think Rothbard did support copyright (though Wenzel repeatedly equivocates on whether he is talking about state copyright or Rothbard's private "copyright" scheme), or patent, or something in between, and others say he didn't. For example  David Gordon writing on LewRockwell.com, in Sam Konkin and Libertarian Theory, observes: ... anti-IP views were very much in the air thirty years ago: Wendy McElroy stands out especially in my mind as a forceful and effective critic of IP. Even earlier, Rothbard had in Man, Economy, and State (1962) favored the replacement of the state system of patents and copyrights with contractual arrangements, freely negotiated. (If one moves outside modern libertarianism, Benjamin Tucker rejected IP well over a century ago as Wendy McElroy has documented in an outstanding article. Rothbard did not take this "contractual copyright" idea very far and indeed I believe it contradicts other aspects of his thought such as his contract theory (ch. 19 of Ethics of Liberty), his opposition to reputation rights/defamation law (ch. 16), and his explicit opposition to patents (ch. 16, also Man, Economy, and State and Power and Market, Scholars Edition, pp. liv, 745-54, 1133-38, 1181-86). But anyway, what does it matter? It's a bizarre appeal to authority. I am quite sure that Rothbard would have agreed with us anti-IP libertarians if he had had more time to sort it out; as I noted, it's implied in all the structure of his political theory. This is why Hoppe easily saw this by integrating Rothbardian  and Misesian political economic ideas (Hoppe on Intellectual Property). But so what if he would not have? Then he would have been wrong. And so what if I had been wrong in listing Rothbard as an early libertarian opponent of IP (though he arguably was; although as the paper explained later on, his position was not fully fleshed out and/or had ambiguities). How does this prove IP is legitimate? It does not, but Wenzel has no good argument for IP which is why he for over two hours refuses my repeated requests that he provide one—after all,

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 038. [update: I have just updated the mp3: I forgot to record it at my end until about 1:07, but my audio quality was better. So I spliced in the better second half from my recording. So starting at 1:07 or so you can hear better audio quality at my end, and no worse at Wenzel's.] Blogger Robert Wenzel and I had a "debate" earlier today about IP, to be jointly put up on my podcast and his Economic Policy Journal "podcast" (it's on his site at Kinsella Crushed!! and Initial Report on Debate, and mentioned ahead of time several times as linked below). Bob is an Austrian libertarian (I think) blogger but has been criticizing me and Jeff Tucker's anti-IP views for a few years now (see links below), so we decided to discuss it. The discussion went on for over 2 hours. It went about as I expected: he tried to dwell on side points, he refused to—was unable to—even attempt to define IP much less provide a coherent justification for it. He repeatedly engaged in question-begging: calling using information you learn from others "stealing," which presupposes that there is some owned thing that is stolen. He started out with several bizarre, off-point attacks: for example challenging my claim in my 2001 piece Against Intellectual Property that Rothbard was one of the original libertarian opponents of IP. The entire criticism by Wenzel is bizarre because whether or not I am right in listing Rothbard as an opponent of patent and copyright has nothing to do with whether IP is justified. Further, later in the paper I have an extensive section dealing with Rothbard's attempt to come up with some kind of contractual scheme that emulated some aspects of IP, which he confusingly calls "copyright." Some libertarians, like Wenzel, apparently think Rothbard did support copyright (though Wenzel repeatedly equivocates on whether he is talking about state copyright or Rothbard's private "copyright" scheme), or patent, or something in between, and others say he didn't. For example  David Gordon writing on LewRockwell.com, in Sam Konkin and Libertarian Theory, observes: ... anti-IP views were very much in the air thirty years ago: Wendy McElroy stands out especially in my mind as a forceful and effective critic of IP. Even earlier, Rothbard had in Man, Economy, and State (1962) favored the replacement of the state system of patents and copyrights with contractual arrangements, freely negotiated. (If one moves outside modern libertarianism, Benjamin Tucker rejected IP well over a century ago as Wendy McElroy has documented in an outstanding article. Rothbard did not take this "contractual copyright" idea very far and indeed I believe it contradicts other aspects of his thought such as his contract theory (ch. 19 of Ethics of Liberty), his opposition to reputation rights/defamation law (ch. 16), and his explicit opposition to patents (ch. 16, also Man, Economy, and State and Power and Market, Scholars Edition, pp. liv, 745-54, 1133-38, 1181-86). But anyway, what does it matter? It's a bizarre appeal to authority. I am quite sure that Rothbard would have agreed with us anti-IP libertarians if he had had more time to sort it out; as I noted, it's implied in all the structure of his political theory. This is why Hoppe easily saw this by integrating Rothbardian  and Misesian political economic ideas (Hoppe on Intellectual Property). But so what if he would not have? Then he would have been wrong. And so what if I had been wrong in listing Rothbard as an early libertarian opponent of IP (though he arguably was; although as the paper explained later on, his position was not fully fleshed out and/or had ambiguities). How does this prove IP is legitimate? It does not, but Wenzel has no good argument for IP which is why he for over two hours refuses my repeated requests that he provide one—after all, it's supposed to be a debate about IP. In fact in my opening statement I explained that the burden of proof is on ...

Tucker was a proponent, in the 19th century, of American individualist anarchism. He opposed war because it destroyed liberty, but he favored the allies. Tucker's contribution was as much through his publishing as his own writing. He published Liberty for twenty-five years and he opened a unique bookshop in NYC for other like publishers.

Reflections on the Origin and the Stability of the State by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe18.html The Hobbesian State remains in a perpetual state of nature Who governs the governors? It's turtles all the way down... The State itself isn't bound by any outside enforcer, so no external 3rd party exists to hold it accountable; the State is in a state of anarchy! The State as the mafia with a flag, the organization of authoritarian sociopaths who live off productive people The procedures of government are just public relations bs The basic structure of all government comes from the desperation of the authoritarian sociopathic personality within any given community realizing that they have nothing of value (no product or service) to offer their neighbors in voluntarily trade Those in government love the idea of forcing others to provide for them The mainstream media's complicity, and government schools' as indoctrination camps supplemental reading: The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm The gravity well of governmental coercion and corruption You don't need to steal to provide a product of service Fear of productiveness and the hatred of the good for being the good http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/envyhatredofthegoodforbeingthegood.html The cover-up: collectivistic and altruistic propaganda, and the ethics of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html Governmental employees true motives are the opposite of their rhetoric If you have to deal with a governmental bureaucrat, ask them this pointed question: Other than the threat of physical violence, what is the nature of the relationship between you (and your violent organization) and me? Making coercive thugs pay a spiritual price, just by asking some simple questions and making some simple ethical observations The State is a legal fiction; thus, there can be no crimes against the State An alternative pledge of allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the logic of my own life and my own well-being and to my own happiness for which it stands, one mind independent, purposeful, with liberty and justice for me Neither bullets nor ballot: Violence, including the vote, cannot bring liberty by Wendy McElroy   http://www.wendymcelroy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.165 "Benjamin Tucker maintained that one could no more attack government by electing politicians than one could prevent crime by becoming a criminal" No one has the right to a position of power over others; something Ron Paul Revolutionaries need to integrate Most people are conflicted philosophically, so their integrity suffers Essentially, voting is violence "Anarchism analyzes the State as an institution whose purpose is to violate rights in order to secure benefits to a privileged class...Thus, the political anarchist must explain why he aspires to an office he proclaims inherently unjust" The contradictory ideas and behavior of most Free State Project members (http://freestateproject.org) Rationalizing taking governmental jobs... Another question for governmental employees: If what you're doing is so valuable to the community, why don't you offer it on a voluntary basis? Exposing a contradictory code of ethics Various Free Staters' bad plan of joining the mafia and convincing their fellow coercers that putting down the guns will be a good thing Exposing the psychological, emotional, landscape... Transitioning mentally to the ethics of complete liberty; the growing snowball of awareness Making people aware of their fear of good ideas Message to Free Staters: Joining a criminal gang in order to get rid of criminality won't achieve freedom Freeing your personal life from statist mentalities, and then strategizing a plan to free your political life from statist mentalities Getting personal with those who seek to rule over you Signs of Autumn by B.R. Merrick http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/merrick/merrick5.html The violence of elections taken to its logical conclusion--guns pointed at you One reason that political anarchism (or any form of minarchism) will never work: Productive and respectful people will never want to get involved with the insanity and evil of politics Ron Paul's contradictions You "win" in politics by being a very crafty, deceiving, equivocating coercer--Obama as icon for this sociopathy bumper music "Bomb the World" from Everyone Deserves Music album by Michael Franti http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/listen.php to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697  

An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism by Brain Police http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Voting as an lack of consumer choice Representatives don't represent you Supposed "checks and balances" Small government isn't beautiful; government itself is ugly to the bone Mississippi Drug War Blues, The Case of Cory Maye by Drew Carey http://www.reason.tv/video/show/403.html The folly of working for the State in order to get rid of the State False--and forced--"agency" Watered-down libertarianism, and its political rejection World's Smallest Political Quiz, and its erroneous divisions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Smallest_Political_Quiz Agorism and the informal (gray and black) market economy http://agorism.info/counter-economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_economy Freedom Quotient--that is, Liberation Factor minus Enslavement Factor Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html Participating in politics is illogical from the get-go Libertarianism as abolitionist in principle, not reformist The psychology of jailers and other perpetrators of heinousness The fallacy of "voting as an act of self-defense" and acquiescence to plunder--going behind the magic curtain The Nature Of Present Government (quoting Lysander Spooner on knaves, dupes, and the rest, and on taking responsibility for your political plunder) http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html Societal Structures Posturing As Proper: Democracies And Republics (quoting Benjamin Tucker on majority rule as evil and ballots as bullets) http://www.logicallearning.net/libdemocraciesan.html Some solutions: Economic disengagement from statism (agorism); education (www.tolfa.us); Hoppe's anti-intellectual intellectuals (delegitimizers of statism); civil disobedience Secular humanists faith in statism Religion and Libertarianism by Walter Block http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block103.html Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Ayn Rand http://freedomkeys.com/faithandforce.htm http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mysticism.html "Redeem your mind from the hockshops of authority" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html The church prepares the "flock" for the dictator FCC wants a magic, porn-free wireless Internet http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/fcc-wants-a-magic-po.html bumper music "Get Up Stand Up" from Songs Of Freedom (Disc 2) by Bob Marley and the Wailershttp://www.bamstores.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3017162 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697