I’m back from Libertopia, hanging out in the Atlanta airport waiting for my shuttle to Auburn.
Yesterday morning I attended Charles’ FMAC Q&A (unfortunately scheduled opposite Gary’s talk on war), David Gordon’s critique of argumentation ethics (yes!), and a “Declaration of Independence 2.0” presentation by Gary, Sky Conway, and Stefan Molyneux (the latter of whom peered with puzzlement at my feminist button).
In the afternoon I spoke on a free cities panel (subbing for Michael Strong, who’s tied up – not literally I hope – in Honduras fighting a court challenge to his free city project), and after that Charles, Gary, Sheldon, and I had an FMAC panel. Between sessions we tabled. As always, a great time. Photos to follow. See also the Molinari news page.
Yesterday I went to talks by Tom Bell on free cities, Stephan on IP, and David Friedman on what would be in the 3rd edition of The Machinery of Freedom if his publisher would let him print it (so there’s another argument against IP!). I was also interviewed by John Bush (a Texas libertarian activist) and Zach Weissmuller (for Reason TV). The rest of the day I spent tabling at the Molinari/C4SS booth (or boothing at the Molinari/C4SS table) with the other ALLies here.
Today I attended talks by Anthony Gregory on civil liberties, Ryan Garcia on seasteading, Sheldon on autonomy, Charles and Stephan on IP, and Sharon Presley and David F. on privatisation, as well as giving my own talk on “Race, Gender, and Anarchy”; and at the official banquet I had the honour of presenting David F. with a lifetime achievement award. Charles, Gary, Sheldon, and I spent the rest of our time tabling and/or boothing, and were also interviewed by Stephanie Murphy (of Porc Therapy and C4SS).
I’ll link to the various interviews once they’re online.
The Molinari/C4SS/ALL crowd are planning our biggest presence yet at Libertopia next month. There’ll be a panel on Markets Not Capitalism on the main stage, featuring Gary Chartier, Charles Johnson, Sheldon Richman, and your humble correspondent. In addition, there’ll be individual talks by Gary (on “There’s War, and Then There’s Everything Else”), Charles (on “Ask An Anti-Capitalist!: A Freewheeling Q&A on Markets Not Capitalism, Left-Libertarianism, and Mutualist Ends Through Free-Market Means”), Sheldon (on “Market, State and Autonomy”), and myself (on “Race, Gender, and Anarchy”), as well as Markets Not Capitalism audiobook narrator Stephanie Murphy (on “Mutual Aid for the Modern World”); plus Charles is on an anti-IP panel with Stephan Kinsella. (Unfortunately, some of these events are scheduled opposite one another – the price of success, I guess. See the current schedule here.)
In addition, we’ll have an exhibitor’s booth (see our banner here) selling and promoting Markets Not Capitalism and other Molinari/C4SS/ALL literature.
Want to help fund a) Charles’ transportation to San Diego for his triple speaking gig, and b) the fee for our exhibitor’s booth? Chip in below!
See a detailed breakdown of costs here and here.
The schedule for the Alabama Philosophical Society meetings in Pensacola (Oct. 5-6) has been posted.
Info for the Molinari Society’s anarchism panel in December is also available:
Eastern APA, Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Friday, 28 December:
Molinari Society, 2:00-5:00 p.m. [GIV-3, location TBA]:
“Explorations in Philosophical Anarchy”
presenters:
Matthew Quest (Independent Scholar), “Emma Goldman’s Anarchism and the Self-Governing Will”
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University), “Transformation or Abolition: Marriage and the Family in the Individualist Anarchist Tradition”
commentators:
Nina Brewer-Davis (Auburn University)
Charles Johnson (Molinari Institute)
You poke somebody with a stick enough times, and they’re eventually going to lash out at you. That’s kinda how human beings react to things, and it has nothing to do with gender. The problem is, that it’s a vicious cycle. A lot of women, especially feminists, have their sexism-radar heightened due to our awareness [...]
William Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator was the premier abolitionist journal of the antebellum u.s. I’ve just posted three pieces from The Liberator: an anti-voting piece by Garrison, an anti-slavery piece by Lysander Spooner, and a report on an 1858 reform convention.
It is less than 100 years since women won the vote in America and August 26 marks that anniversary. Of course as women the world over now realise, that in this type of elected representative "democracy" winning the right to vote doesn't mean you have freedom.
Dear Friend,
Happy Women's Rights Day! August 26 marks the anniversary of women in the United States winning the right to vote in 1920.
The campaign for suffrage came directly out of the battle to end slavery and was fought through militant actions in the streets, workplaces and halls of government. Today, the struggle for equality continues against a stepped-up war on women. Elected officials from both parties are shredding social services while our paychecks shrink and jobs disappear. Over the last two years, state legislatures passed 164 anti-immigrant laws, relegating women and men without documents to the precarious informal economy. Last year, 26 states enacted laws restricting reproductive freedom and abortion. Meanwhile, over 40% of families headed by single African American, Latina and Native American mothers live in poverty.
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My latest – and belated – contribution to the C4SS symposium on spontaneous order is now up.
Also announced at BHL.
