Recently, the media has been abuzz with the story of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s visit to Cuba. Like Dennis Rodman’s visit to North Korea, it is beginning to appear as though the Obama administration’s new tools of foreign policy are coming
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The Aggresssion of Soviet Russia
Excerpted from Planned Chaos The German, Italian and Japanese nationalists justified their aggressive policies by their lack of Lebensraum. Their countries are comparatively over populated. They are poorly endowed by nature and depend on the import of foodstuffs and raw
Socialism and Communism
Reprinted from “Planned Chaos“ 3 Socialism and Communism In the terminology of Marx and Engels the words communism and socialism are synonymous. They are alternately applied without any distinction between them. The same was true for the practice of all
Remembering Hugo
Republished from Taki’s Magazine You will be missed, Hugo Chavez. The world has lost a man who was larger than life, and we don’t only mean your Body Mass Index. We will always love and admire you, even though you
The Failure of Interventionism
Reprinted from “Planned Chaos“ 1 The Failure of Interventionism Nothing is more unpopular today than the free market economy, i.e., capitalism. Everything that is considered unsatisfactory in present-day conditions is charged to capitalism. The atheists make capitalism responsible for the
So total is the Left’s cultural ascendancy that no one likes to mention the socialist roots of fascism
Reprinted from the Telegraph ‘I am a Socialist,’ Hitler told Otto Strasser in 1930, ‘and a very different kind of Socialist from your rich friend, Count Reventlow’. No one at the time would have regarded it as a controversial statement.
A Note on Socialism as Elitism
Reprinted from The Daily Bell Since ancient times some people have considered the market place an unruly forum in which to determine whose work and what commodities are worth how much. With Marxism this view acquired a pseudo-scientific status. The
What Happened to the Businessman
Reprinted from The Vampire Economy: Doing Business Under Fascism. New York: Vanguard Press, 1939 . Chapter 1 BUSINESSMEN all over the world are dissatisfied and apprehensive. The depression has proved to be not only the most drastic and widespread in
Vindicated by History: Statism’s 19th Century Critics
Reprinted from the Cobden Centre What is the single most important fact about the 20th century? The answer must surely be that it was the century which saw the birth and spread of totalitarian socialism. That is not what most
Equality – The Great Socialist Ideal
Reprinted from International Man Defining Equality The free-market system is, in one sense, equal. Anyone with ideas, abilities or ambition has the opportunity to improve upon his lot in life. Therefore, at any given time, there are people in a
Hobsbawm’s Choice
Reprinted from Taki’s Magazine They played “The Internationale†at Wednesday’s funeral of Eric Hobsbawm, Britain’s “greatest historian.†No one took offense. Indeed, all felt uplifted. The mourners at the crematorium in Golders Green, London’s Jewish heartland, included Labour Party leader
From Kennan to Trotsky
Reprinted from the American Conservative Russia and China today both enjoy the same grand-strategic advantage against the United States that the United States enjoyed through the 44 years of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was then the superpower of
The Absurdity of Socialism and Interventionism
[This article is excerpted from Liberalism, Chapter 2] 4. The Impracticability of Socialism People are wont to consider socialism impracticable because they think that men lack the moral qualities demanded by a socialist society. It is feared that under socialism
The Greatest Thinker You’ve Never Read: Ludwig von Mises
Reprinted from Forbes: Had he not passed away at the tender age of 92 in 1973, Ludwig von Mises would have turned 131 years old today. In my humble opinion, he was the greatest social thinker of the twentieth century.
A Brief History of Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas, the so-called “Greatest Canadian,” was actually born in Scotland in 1904. At age six, his family relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Later, Douglas became a Baptist minister before becoming a politician. Most what of is taught or written about
The New York Times and Socialism
In lieu of the election of Socialist President Francois Hollande and a Socialist Party collision as the majority in France’s Parliament, the New York Times recently asked “what does it mean to be a Socialist these days, anyway?â€Â  According to
Lies, Special Interests and Plastic Bags
The environmental movement continues its jack-booted march down the road to serfdom. I normally wouldn’t mind, except that they’re taking us all with them. Before I get in to the meat of this article I think it would help for
Memory Hole: Socialist Failures
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com What is the longest-running socialist experiment? What has its success been? If someone asked you to defend the idea that socialism has failed, what would you offer as your example? Where did modern socialism begin? In America.
U.S. Senate Barber Shop Operating in the Red- Another Instance of an Inability to Economize
While the motto of private enterprise is “the customer is always right,” the slogan of government is “the public be damned!” –Murray Rothbard Within the modern election cycle, it has become typical for political candidates, usually those quick to label
Happy Mother Earth Day, Citizen!
I’ll bet you forgot to buy a card and gift, didn’t you? Boy, is your face red! Did you even know it’s International Mother Earth Day today, citizen? Socialist despot Evo Morales and his buddies at the United Nations sure do. You
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