Statesman and economist Eugen von Böhm- Bawerk remains one of Karl Marx’s most scathing critics. Born in 1851, Eugen von Böhm- Bawerk distinguished himself as an economist, writing on theories of ...

“No one dared to act, but few ventured to speak…She looked round her for a leader to step forward to the rescue of American freedom! None appeared…” From August 4, 1842 to September 6, 1844, tens of ...

Against the levelling impulse in the New Model Army, General Ireton argues that only those with fixed local interests should exercise political power. In the following selection, Ireton presents his ...

In the United States, Mussolini’s March on Rome (1922) inspired self- reflection and visions for the near future. In late October, 1922, Benito Mussolini followed a column of 30,000 “Black Shirts” ...

Grant Babcock is the philosophy and policy editor of Lib er tar i an ism .org and a scholar of political philosophy. He is especially interested in nonviolent action, epistemology of the social ...

Grant Babcock is the philosophy and policy editor of Lib er tar i an ism .org and a scholar of political philosophy. He is especially interested in nonviolent action, epistemology of the social ...

“The history of the world is but the history of a struggle for capital and power.” --Levi D. Slamm Libertarians and the labor movement have not always assumed hostile positions to one another in ...

Anti- federalist Robert Yates (under the pseudonym Brutus) argues against the constitution, foreseeing many of the expansions of federal power. The first question that presents itself on the subject ...

Tucker addresses the Unitarian Ministers’ Institute in 1890. At the end of the nineteenth century, the publisher and polemicist Benjamin R. Tucker became one of the leading exponents of libertarianism ...

To every individual in nature is given an individual property by nature not to be invaded or usurped by any. For every one, as he is himself, so he has a self- propriety, else could he not be himself; ...

In these four short pieces, Tucker takes on readers and radicals alike, contending that abolition of the state is one of humanity’s pressing concerns. “I have lately been involved in several ...

Libertarians believe that, in politics, liberty is the most important value. Almost everyone wants freedom for themselves, but a libertarian also seeks to protect and expand the freedom of others.