- Free Association #13 — America’s Non-representative War Government
If we really live under a representative government, how can a president take the country to war without even a show vote in Congress, much less a referendum?
Libertarian legends Sheldon Richman and Lucy Steigerwald show you who the US government really represents.
For a primer on this topic, check out Sheldon's most recent article.
- The Future of Freedom #3
Join THE Jacob Hornberger, founder of the Future of Freedom Foundation, for another show about just that - the Future of Freedom! Scott Horton will lead the discussion and you're encouraged to chime in through the chat box!
- Jeffrey Tucker – Liberty Classics: Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism and the Division of Labor
Join Jeffrey Tucker this Sunday for another installment of his Liberty Classics series! This week he'll be sharing his thought's on Rothbard's Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism and the Division of Labor.
“If men were like ants, there would be no interest in human freedom,” writes Murray Rothbard in this masterpiece of exposition. “If individual men, like ants, were uniform, interchangeable, devoid of specific personality traits of their own, then who would care whether they were free or not? Who, indeed, would care if they lived or died? The glory of the human race is the uniqueness of each individual, the fact that every person, though similar in many ways to others, possesses a completely individuated personality of his own.”
Thus begins Rothbard’s celebration of human freedom and the inequality that is its real glory. And yet in our time, political life celebrates equality above every other virtue — not just equality under the law but equality of opportunity (impossible!) and equality of result (a terrifying ideal!). We come to depend on each other in society because we need each other to accomplish our goals, and we depend on each other because we all have different skills and personal attributes.
- SFL LIVE 2
Join past and present SFL Leaders to discuss hot topics in today’s news: presidential hopefuls, capitalism, war, and women in libertarianism.
This week you can hear from and chat with Cory Massimino, Ryan Lee, Jake Fuller, Danny Benavidez, and Dustin Brennan. Join us on Wednesday night at 9 EDT.
For more from SFL, check out their Liberty.me blog.
- Eye on the Empire #5 -- the Death of bin Laden
Jeffrey Tucker and Scott Horton dissect Seymour Hersh's revelation about the "daring" raid to get Osama bin Laden — essentially, it never happened.
Also up on the docket: the bloodbath in Yemen, and the role of the business cycle in the empire.
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John T. Flynn's As We Go Marching
- #DontExposeEvil Pro-Peace Meme Contest Winners!
For about a month now, some of the liberty sphere's best artists have been working hard to compete in the pro-peace, #DontExposeEvil meme contest started by Bitcoin Not Bombs. Now it's time to share the winners!
It all began when Google decided to pull ads from Antiwar.com due to graphic war photographs. Tune in to learn more about the story behind the contest, see the winners, and chat about peace!
Your hosts will be Drew Phillips from Bitcoin Not Bombs and Daniel Brown from You, Me, and BTC.
If you want to join the fun with Q&A, you can access that by watching on the Google+ event page.
Check out the contest entries here!
- The Kennedy Autopsy
What did US officials do to John F. Kennedy's body after he was shot? Join Jacob Hornberger, President and founder of The Future of Freedom Foundation, as he explores that question — only on Liberty.me LIVE.
For more, check out his book, The Kennedy Autopsy — free to Liberty.me members for a limited time!
And for even more, check out Jacob's newest book Regime Change: The JFK Assassination.
- Sheldon Richman — Free Association #1
Welcome back to Free Association, a show that delegitimizes the state one episode at a time.
To get your regular dosage of truth from Sheldon Richman, check out Free Association @ Liberty.me.
Sheldon Richman keeps the blog Free Association and is affiliated with the Center for a Stateless Society both as chair of the trustees and as a senior fellow. You can support his blog at Patreon.
- Eye on the Empire #3
Every time you get Jeffrey Tucker together with Scott Horton, you know something amazing is going to happen. Eye on the Empire brings these two minds to focus on the madness of the security state and the wonder of our emerging world of freedom.
This show is open to the public.
For more from Horton, check out the Scott Horton Show podcast.
For more from Tucker, check out his recent article.
- Sheldon Richman — The Republican Push for War with Iran
Ted Cruz and the gang are on the war path again!
Hardliners in the U.S. Senate have taken another step toward thwarting detente by writing to Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei that if he and President Obama negotiate a “mere executive agreement” on Iran’s (civilian) nuclear program that is not approved by Congress, it will bind neither Obama’s successor nor a future Congress.
The condescending letter, signed by 47 of 54 Republican senators, must have Iran’s Revolutionary Guard celebrating. With enemies like these who needs friends?
Join Sheldon Richman as he delves into the motives for this move, and the history behind the US-Iranian conflict.
To get your regular dosage of truth from Sheldon Richman, check out Free Association @ Liberty.me.
Sheldon Richman keeps the blog Free Association and is affiliated with the Center for a Stateless Society both as chair of the trustees and as a senior fellow. You can support his blog at Patreon.
- CYCLE: Tom Palmer on Peace and Liberty… and the Challenges of Securing Them
Tom Palmer, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and general warrior for liberty, sits down to talk about his book, Peace, Love and Liberty.
Tom takes us on a fascinating walk through the very basis for free cultures starting with Individual Rights, Spontaneous Order and the Rule of Law.
- FFF Presents: The Antimilitarist Libertarian Tradition with Sheldon Richman
The Future of Freedom Foundation presents:
It is not possible to favor both freedom and war. War goes with tyranny, despotism, and socialism, which is why the liberal tradition has been unflinching in its support of peace. Strangely, there are periods in which this truth has been forgotten or suppressed: 19th century British colonialism and 20th century American imperialism. But if you look closely at both cases, we find excellent illustrations of how you can’t be both pro-freedom and pro-war. Join Sheldon Richman for this important look at the liberty's peace-loving side Tuesday, October 21st at 8pm ET!
- War is Some Bad S#!% with Angela Keaton and Scott Horton
Too many commentators gloss over the horrors of war and the abhorrent politicians who make it. Join Antiwar's director of operations, Angela Keaton, and former Antiwar radio host and current host of the Scott Horton Show, Scott Horton himself, to discuss why war is some bad s*** and what is wrong with America's foreign policy Monday, September 15th at 9pm EDT.
- Why and How 9/11 Changed Everything with Jeffrey Tucker
September 11th was a shock. Much like the Kennedy assassination, those who were old enough will always remember where they were when they heard. It also marked the moment when the Bush administration shifted from its 2000 campaign stance of non-interventionism into a war fever that has only recently begun to break. It marked a move toward the surveillance state, wild government spending, and a climate of fear among Americans. How should liberty lovers approach the memory and aftermath of 9/11? Join Jeffrey Tucker for this solemn anniversary at 9pm EDT on September 11th.
- FFF Webinar: The 100th Anniversary of the Great State Crime with Sheldon Richman
100 years ago, World War I began, claiming the lives of 16 million people, including 7 million noncombatants. With so much having been written in the last century, what's left to be said about the "Great War" at this late date? Could the men responsible for the war have wrought anything like the horrors they inflicted had they not controlled a state apparatus — an army, a navy, a compulsory revenue-collection agency, and a bureaucracy to conscript (enslave) the nation's young males? War was never inevitable. It was a product of human agency. Join Sheldon Richman for this important session, brought to you by the Future of Freedom Foundation, September 16th at 8pm EDT!
- The American Founding: Empire on Their Minds with Sheldon Richman
Were the Founding Fathers really the champions of liberty as they are portrayed in history books and the mainstream media? Many liberty-lovers consider the Founders to be brilliant thinkers who created the greatest system of governance known to man; people whose vision we ought to return to. Accomplished libertarian author, Sheldon Richman, discusses the Founding Fathers from a radical new perspective and argues there is more to the United States’ creators than we are led to believe.
Join Sheldon July 29th at 7pm EDT for this fascinating jump into history!
