The Anarchist Dreams: Dispatch From the DNC
Amid hopes for peace, chaos erupts as protesters clash with police and each other.
Amid hopes for peace, chaos erupts as protesters clash with police and each other.
After the crackdown on anarchists died down, it became more difficult to imagine anyone could go to jail in America solely for political heresy.
Scott wrote about the ways people resist authority—and the unmapped territories where much of that resistance takes place.
A FOIA request reveals what the FBI and Homeland Security had to say about anarchist activities on May Day 2015.
Jesse Spafford's new book argues that libertarian premises lead to left-anarchist conclusions. Is he right?
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The biographer of the Nobel laureate says he made us "free to choose" in areas far beyond economics.
Three lessons from the Austrian economist Murray Rothbard on how American libertarians might think about Milei's Argentina ascension.
A new Friedman biography ably explores the economist's ideas but sidesteps the libertarian movement he was central to.
A new Friedman biography ably explores the economist's ideas but sidesteps the libertarian movement he was central to.
David Friedman's anarchism doesn't have the answer for everything. That's the point.
David Friedman's anarchism doesn't have the answer for everything. That's the point.
Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.
Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.
Rejection of the state and the use of lethal force can be found in the founding documents of Christianity.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of Cody Wilson's ongoing lawsuit against the federal government.
Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been corrupted.
Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been corrupted.
The political landscape doesn’t fit on a simple map.
For perhaps the first time in television history, one character describes another as a "paleolibertarian" and "practically an anarcho-capitalist." But the terms don't fit.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's most controversial book has finally been fully translated into English.
War by Other Means tells the story of those conscientious objectors who did not cooperate with the government's alternative-service schemes.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The Burning Down the House author says the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism is a moral and practical disaster.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Burning Down the House argues that the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism has led the movement astray.
Activists were divided about whether to professionalize the political community or keep it ideologically pure. Sound familiar?
Between the books and the new TV series, we see two different visions of freedom.
"There really is no panacea, either technological like cryptocurrency or philosophical like anarchism," says director Todd Schramke.
I asked scholars, podcasters, and passersby how they'd change the nation's founding charter. Here's what they told me.
Despite caricaturing (some) gun owners, Nick Mamatas' conspiracy-fueled science fiction novel avoids moralizing in favor of dark humor.
An anthology looks back at science fiction's New Wave.
What happened when some indigenous people took their lands back from the state
Anarchy in New Hampshire? Unfortunately, not quite.
Gerry Reith's raw, paranoid, apocalyptic fables were shot through with distrust for just about every institution around.
The enigmatic founder of the Catholic Worker Movement was an extraordinary avatar of nonviolent dissent.
Confessions of a black bloc mole
How former slaves built an autonomous, self-sufficient, and nearly stateless society in the mountains of Haiti, and how they lost it
Peace will come only from leaving other people alone on the condition that they do the same for us.
The Big Apple is practically a black hole of overpolicing and regulation.
Plus: Alice Marie Johnson's RNC speech, Twitter bans bots pretending to be disillusioned black Democrats, and more...
"A lot of people think that law enforcement must be provided by a [government] monopoly," says economist Edward Stringham. But "there are plenty of private examples of people working to create order and safety in society."
Is the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone a brave experiment in self-government or just flash-in-the-pan activism?
Cohen, who had been linked with parodist Vermin Supreme, identifies as an anarchist.
Friday A/V Club: Daniel Tucker discusses his documentary Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas—and we also screen the movie itself.
The Kurds of Northern Syria are trying something different, for better or worse.
A century ago, the Wilson administration cracked down on immigrant anarchists. The raids lasted three months, and their impact was felt for decades.
An anthropologist examines secret societies, revolutionary movements, and esoteric ideas.
A new book aims to chronicle the digital currency's ideological origins.