Dorothy Day: Personalist Hero
The enigmatic founder of the Catholic Worker Movement was an extraordinary avatar of nonviolent dissent.
Anarchism
The Conservative Trans Woman Who Went Undercover With Antifa in Portland
Confessions of a black bloc mole
Seeing Like an Anarchist
How former slaves built an autonomous, self-sufficient, and nearly stateless society in the mountains of Haiti, and how they lost it
Resolve the 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' Dispute With Less Government Meddling
Peace will come only from leaving other people alone on the condition that they do the same for us.
The Justice Department Sees 'Anarchy' Overtaking New York City. If Only That Were Remotely True.
The Big Apple is practically a black hole of overpolicing and regulation.
Trump Warns America: 'Biden's America' Will Look Like Trump's America
Plus: Alice Marie Johnson's RNC speech, Twitter bans bots pretending to be disillusioned black Democrats, and more...
Don't 'Abolish the Police.' Privatize Them.
"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."
Seattle Protesters Establish 'Autonomous Zone' Outside Evacuated Police Precinct
Is the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone a brave experiment in self-government or just flash-in-the-pan activism?
Libertarian Party Picks Spike Cohen as Its Vice-Presidential Candidate
Cohen, who had been linked with parodist Vermin Supreme, identifies as an anarchist.
Karl Hess: From Republican Speechwriter to New Left Radical to Libertarian Homesteader
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.
A Kurdish Experiment in Decentralized Governance
The Kurds of Northern Syria are trying something different, for better or worse.
The Long Shadow of the Palmer Raids
A century ago, the Wilson administration cracked down on immigrant anarchists. The raids lasted three months, and their impact was felt for decades.
Occult Features of Anarchism
An anthropologist examines secret societies, revolutionary movements, and esoteric ideas.
Bitcoin at 10
A new book aims to chronicle the digital currency's ideological origins.
Reluctant Anarchist Marianne Williamson: 'If Your Government Does It, That Doesn't Make It Less of a Crime'
The Democratic candidate absolutely destroyed the idea that violence is OK when the government does it.
That Time Bernie Sanders Interviewed Some Punk-Rock Kids in a Mall
Friday A/V Club: Back in the '80s, Bernie Sanders had a public-access TV show. The archives are now online.
Are Socialists More Like Libertarians Than We'd Prefer To Admit?
A libertarian goes to a conference on socialism and finds some surprising similarities.
Why Presidential Candidate Arvin Vohra Wants Libertarians to Wage a Culture War
The self-described "a-hole" defends his abrasive brand of in-your-face anarchism.
Why Do So Many Modern Jobs Seem Pointless?
An investigation into why people are working more without accomplishing more
Henry Hazlitt Meets Peter Kropotkin's Daughter
Friday A/V Club: A little chat about Stalin
Tim May, Father of 'Crypto Anarchy,' Is Dead at 66
The Cypherpunk co-founder was a major influence on both bitcoin and WikiLeaks.
When George Orwell Got in a Fight With the Anarchist Author of The Joy of Sex
The future 1984 scribe debated pacifism with Dr. Alex Comfort in 1942.
For a Less Divided America, Let People Pick Their Own Laws
It sure beats endless battles over who gets to stuff their preferred governance down the throats of the vanquished.
Debate: Be an Anarchist, Not a Minarchist
Should we be satisfied with limited government rather than no government?
Jinx the Anarchist Sex Worker Goes to Washington
Representatives of the oldest profession were on Capitol Hill fighting FOSTA and SESTA, with our online freedoms hanging in the balance.
Canadian City Leaders Declare Anarchy Symbol to Be Hate Speech
When government has the power to censor, ultimately it will look for excuses to suppress opposition.
Libertarian Party Vice Chair Jokes About Shooting Up a School Board; Party's National Committee Declines to Suspend Him
Party officials split on how to deal with a member's radical rhetoric.
Curling Is the Closest the Olympics Ever Get to Anarchy
The culture of curling rejects appeals to authority and encourages civility even in the midst of intense competition. That's a lesson for American politics.
Want to Make an Untraceable Handgun at Home? Cody Wilson Can Help.
His Ghost Gunner and 3D printing are destroying the concept of gun control.
No Freedom From the Church of America
The religion this church administers is Americanism, a species of nationalism.
Farewell to Nicholas von Hoffman, the Newsman Who Got Fired for Comparing Nixon to a Dead Mouse
Friday A/V Club: Columnist, broadcaster, and critic of concentrated power
R.I.P. Ursula K. Le Guin, Author of One of the Greatest Novels About Freedom Ever Written
How libertarians learned to stop worrying and love The Dispossessed
Statist Just-So Stories
The author of Seeing Like a State casts a skeptical eye on the conventional wisdom about the cradle of civilization.
Is Secession by Referendum Libertarian?
Little Nationalism can be as destructive of human flourishing as Big Nationalism.
Delaware's Odd, Beautiful, Contentious, Private Utopia
Arden is a suburb, an artist's colony, and a radical political experiment.
Antifa Has Backed Its Message With Violence for Decades in Europe
Homegrown or foreign, Antifa is a major challenge to the liberty we cherish.
'Antifa Attack Peaceful Right-Wing Demonstrators in Berkeley'
The thug's veto, this time from the far left.
What the Left Should Like about Public Choice
People are people whether they are acting in the marketplace or in the political arena.
Humans of Freedom Fest, Part 2: Portraits from the Largest Annual Gathering of Libertarians
"I'm an anarchist. But when you actually look at what anarchism stands for...it's almost boring."
Did Conservatives Replace a 'Red Scare' with a 'Green Scare'?
"I believe that the color of radicalism today is not red, but green."
Seasteading in Paradise
New promise for floating free communities in a Polynesian lagoon—but is the movement leaving libertarianism behind?
Left and Right Street Mobs Rain on Portland Parade
The drama started with the inclusion of the Multnomah County Republican Party in the parade.