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March 22, 2014

Lysander Spooner cited by Alito and Thomas in McDonald v. Chicago | People v. State

Spooner's "The Unconstitutionality of Slavery" was published in 1845:

This right of a man “to keep and bear arms,” is a right palpably inconsistent with the idea of his being a slave. Yet the right is secured as effectually to those whom the States presume to call slaves, as to any whom the States condescend to acknowledge free.

Under this provision any man has a right either to give or sell arms to those persons whom the States call slaves; and there is no constitutional power, in either the national or State governments, that can punish him for so doing; or that can take those arms from the slaves; or that can make it criminal for the slaves to use them, if, from the inefficiency of the laws, it should become necessary for them to do so, in defence of their own lives or liberties; for this constitutional right to keep arms implies the constitutional right to use them, if need be, for the defence of one’s liberty or life.

South by Southwest’s unpaid labor problem: Why it’s risking a class action lawsuit - Salon.com
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'With ticket prices so high and labor costs rivaling those of a Cambodian sweatshop, how much money does SXSX Inc. actually make? “As a privately held company, SXSW doesn’t release any financial information,” said spokesperson Elizabeth Derczo when I called her up.'

Center for a Stateless Society
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"A left market anarchist think tank & media center"

Social Memory Complex

The weblog of Jeremy Weiland. I like his writing.

What does it mean to be an 'anarchist'? | David Goodway
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A popular introduction to anarchism in the Guardian's Comment is Free (from 2011). I can't help but think the subtext of these sorts of articles is always "Anarchism: It might not be quite as stupid as you first thought it was."