(Originally Published by The Mind Unleashed) A new report from Amnesty International reveals that U.S. air strikes from aircraft and drones have increased in Somalia, resulting in the deaths of at least 14 civilians. Due to a literal black out of all news related to the ongoing wars waged by the U.S. military, most Americans […]
(Originally Published at The Mind Unleashed) Thanks to the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans now have one more example of the U.S. federal government working with the local authorities to enact a national surveillance grid. In May 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Immigration and […]
One day before his confirmation hearing and following the release of a secret recording and thousands of pages of documents, Interior Secretary Nominee David Bernhardt is facing hard questions about his connection the Big Oil Lobby. On Thursday morning, David Bernhardt—former oil lobbyist, lawyer, and current acting Secretary of the Interior Department—will face a confirmation hearing for his […]
Originally published on The Mind Unleashed Scientists and ethicists from around the world are warning of the consequences of failing to implement a temporary global halt on gene editing of human eggs, embryos, and sperm. In a letter to the journal Nature, 18 scientists and ethicists from seven countries called for a global moratorium on […]
For the second time in a year, a jury has ruled that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer was a factor in causing a man’s cancer. On Tuesday, a jury in San Francisco found that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer played a significant role in contributing to 70-year old Edwin Hardeman’s cancer. Hardeman used Roundup on his 56-acre Sonoma County […]
If governments and tech companies insist on censoring “offensive” content from the minds of the masses, it will lead to more censorship of free speech and a black market for banned material. Over the last week, the internet and news landscape has been filled with stories dissecting the shooting at the Al Noor Mosque and the […]
Tallahassee Police Department documents released in late 2017 reveal evidence of a cover-up of child sexual abuse involving a cult called The Finders. In February 1987, a mysterious cult known as The Finders made international headlines when they were suspected of everything from child trafficking, pedophilia, satanism, and connections to the Central Intelligence Agency. Now, more than […]
During a recent city council meeting the Mayor of Danville, California admitted that the council had “lost control” of the 5G rollout to the federal government and Big Wireless. On March 6, the Danville Town Council voted four to one to block a permit for an upcoming small cell wireless installation by Verizon. During the […]
(Originally published as part of the Counter-Markets Newsletter) Here at the Counter Markets newsletter we owe a great debt to activist, philosopher, and author Samuel Edward Konkin III. Indeed, our goal of giving people strategies for succeeding outside of the rigged system is directly inspired by Konkin’s work. With that in mind we are going […]
(Note: This essay originally appeared in Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer, published in 1985) By Samuel Edward Konkin III Libertarianism has matured as a full theory in philosophical, historical and anti–political fields. Based on a simple premise of non–aggression and appropriate self–defense (or none), it has developed to the extent of offering a fairly […]
