Anarchists launch major media offensive
October 10, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A tiny think tank has set out on a project to provide ongoing news commentary in order to promote their set of views, known as market anarchism.

AUBURN, ALABAMA – October 10, 2006 – Center for a Stateless Society – The Molinari Institute, a market anarchist think tank, today launched a new media effort aiming to put their agenda to abolish government front and center in US political discourse. Dubbing their project the Center for a Stateless Society (www.c4ss.org), institute officials laid out plans to publish and distribute news commentary written by anarchists with radically free-market oriented views on economics – taking market anarchism out of the realm of academia and obscure internet blogs in order to put it in the public eye.

Molinari Institute President Roderick Long explained “For too long libertarians, and I mean anarchist libertarians, have treated market anarchism almost as an esoteric doctrine. It’s time to put market anarchism front and center in our educational efforts, time to start making it a familiar and recognizable position. The Center for a Stateless Society aims to bring a market anarchist perspective to the popular press, rather than leaving it confined to scholarly studies and movement periodicals.”

Naming longtime radical libertarian activist and freelance web developer Brad Spangler as the first Director of the Center, Long unveiled the Center’s new web site at www.c4ss.org for Molinari Institute supporters and the public.

Said Spangler “I’m honored to accept the post. In anticipation of this moment, we’ve developed a database of thousands of US media outlets for email distribution of content which these publishers will be able to use free of charge. Additionally, the c4ss.org web site makes use of stable, reliable and ‘free as in freedom’ open source web technologies. We’ve developed the site in such a way as to make maximum possible use of social bookmarking services, web syndication feeds and search engine optimization techniques. With this site, we aim to awaken more Americans than ever before to the brutal reality that all governments everywhere are essentially nothing more than murderous bandit gangs – and show them the shining light of hope for a world without the State.”

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ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY
The mission of the Molinari Institute is to promote understanding of the philosophy of Market Anarchism as a sane, consensual alternative to the hypertrophic violence of the State. The Institute takes its name from Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912), originator of the theory of Market Anarchism. The Center for a Stateless Society is the Molinari Institute’s new media center.

CONTACT
Brad Spangler
Center for a Stateless Society
media@c4ss.org
http://www.c4ss.org/

Anthony Gregory - 10/12/2006

I think you need to moderate your message, Roderick. No one will take you seriously if you talk about abolishing the state, privatizing public enterprises, cutting taxes or curbing militarism.

Don't get me wrong: I am as hard-core as anyone. But perhaps we would be better off working for anarchism within the Republican Party. The Reagan wing of the GOP wants to move in the same direction we anarchists do; they just don't have the political ability to do so because the Democrats call for more spending and the Libertarian Party drains too much energy in the free-market movement away from Republican advocacy.

Perhaps a good first op-ed would be commending Congress for doing away with the burdensome laws on torture and the extraneous bureaucracy inherent in giving suspects habeas corpus. Streamlining the justice system has been a wonderful, underappreciated anarchist trend since 9/11.

Like you, I oppose the state and the initiation of force against innocents. But if we alienate our elected leaders, they might never implement the anarchist reforms that all of us want. Acting like grownups to influence public policy, instead of demanding radical, politically implausible changes, is our only hope in smashing the state.

Along these lines, I post here two articles I wrote, one before and one after the 2004 presidential election, in which I present the anarchist argument for supporting George W. Bush:

http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/gregory/gregory24.html

http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/gregory/gregory25.html

Roderick T. Long - 10/11/2006

Thanks!

Steven Horwitz - 10/11/2006

Looks good to me too Roderick. However, being the punctuation stickler that I am, and trying to not note the irony of this one, the link on your web site that says "Writers Guide" should either be "Writer's Guide" or "Writers' Guide". :)

Aeon J. Skoble - 10/11/2006

Congrats, and best wishes!

Roderick T. Long - 10/10/2006

For slightly fuller commentary, see this blog post.