Originally posted at jad-davis.com “Reasoning in midstream*” is a common phenomenon in public discourse that typically starts right around the time that bombs start dropping or legislation starts being penned in response to a “crisis”. It is the monotonous focus on the present state of a problem–a pending genocide, a [...]

In Capital , Volume 3, Chapter 15, Section III, Marx asks, “When would over-production of capital be absolute?” He is speaking here not merely of commodity overproduction, but of the over-accumulation of all the elements of Capital. There would be absolute over-production of capital as soon as additional capital for [...]

(Shown in the above chart is the historical correlation between the change in debt and the rate of unemployment. Courtesy of economist Steve Keen and chrismartenson.com) Libertarians, anarchists and communists who sincerely favor a stateless society must realize that the present crisis is not merely, nor even primarily, an economic [...]

Is it possible to get rid of government, either by abolishing it outright or gradually reducing it, without, at the same time, ridding society of Labor? This is a question posed by libertarians and marxists who declare their opposition to abolishing one or the other. First, let’s define what I [...]

We can now restate Marx’s theory in a way which will make it easily digestible by those who stand full square for a completely stateless society, as well as the various and sundry people who seem intent on getting him completely wrong in every possible variation — including the imbeciles [...]

This article first appeared in the Libertarian Forum, Vol. XVII, Nos. 7–8, July–August, 1983. by Murray Rothbard. The world is in very dangerous waters. The “true” or rhetorical Ronald Reagan, the second Reagan of the conservative “Let Reagan Be Reagan” slogan, has functioned only in the world of rhetoric since [...]

I think I have found a law I can get behind. This in fact is one I would lobby for and fully support. We must pass a law stating each senator, politician, state employee and voter is mandated to attend every funeral for every victim of our military and police. [...]

Author: PunkJohnnyCash Visit PunkJohnnyCash’s Website – Email PunkJohnnyCash I am a writer at Gonzo Times. I started the site up some years ago. The site would not be what it is today without my fellow contributors. I read, write and paint. I am the maternal figure in my children’s lives. [...]

One of the first battles of 2011 will come in the spring as the Washington establishment seeks to gain approval to raise the debt ceiling. Anarchists, libertarians and Marxists will be tested on whether they are satisfied to be appendages and compliant tools of the two parties, or are prepared [...]

I recently came across this excerpt from a short paper by the Marxist writer, Raya Dunayevskaya. The argument is a very dense consideration of a fundamental point of Marx’s theory. If it appears obscure and incomprehensible, that is okay; I offer it only as a reference for those familiar with [...]

I found this posted at Beyond the Corral San Diego Office Building Sold for $55 Million. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 28, 2003 By Mike Freeman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 28–Another downtown San Diego office building has been sold to investors looking to bolster their [...]

Why is Washington so implacably hostile to a reduction of hours of work as the solution to unemployment? And, why has it abandoned the 99ers to their fate? The answer to these questions is simple: Washington depends on the unpaid hours of labor wrung from the working population as much [...]

In my rant yesterday, What help for the 99ers?, I made an argument why folks who support the 99ers should nevertheless oppose extension of unemployment compensation beyond 99 weeks. That argument made what might be considered an obscure connection between the unemployed and the large body of “public servants” who compose [...]

I am having a “marxist moment” today. The Obama tax deal, in addition to its other flaws, has completely excluded mention of those who first lost their jobs in 2008 and early 2009, when the worst of the layoffs hit the economy. Millions have already exhausted their benefits, and perhaps [...]

In an interview with Michael Moore Bill O’Reilly stated ‘it’s not a lie if you believe it to be true’ as a defense for the lies and wars of President Bush. This statement ‘it’s not a lie if you believe it to be true’ is telling if you have seen [...]