• An update and a call. Shawn P. Wilbur, Two-Gun Mutualism & the Golden Rule (2010-12-27). I’m taking the next month or so to write (The Mutualist #2, and “The Anarchism of Approximations”), and to consolidate the lessons of the last year into some kind of routine, both for Corvus Editions and for my scholarly work. Over the next week, much of the Corvus shop will… (Linked Tuesday 2010-12-28.)

Every time I deal with bureaucracy, I want to die; I want to live, so I need to avoid it. Marja Erwin (2010-12-28):

Of course it’s impossible to avoid it in this non-society. Of course the state cannot permit safe spaces where it could not violate people.And that’s one of reasons it’s so painful to deal with it. Every time I try to get some basic document sorted out – to get my…

Thank God the State keeps us safe from anarchy, or no-one could feel safe or secure or live their lives in peace.

The State promises safety, peace, order, and security. It consistently produces insecurity, chaos, violence and fear for just about everyone who interacts with it. And nowhere more emphatically than in its “securing” and “ordering” capacities.

• Intellectual Property: Silly or Sinister? David K. Levine, The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty (2010-12-22). Imagine a land recently seized from a foreign power where there is little law and a lot of gold. Since nature abhors a vacuum, prospectors quickly adopt the conventions of private property: Whoever is first to put four stakes in the ground is the proud owner of the land and… (Linked Friday 2010-12-24.)

• How to Record the Cops. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-21). What's the best way to record the cops? Here's a quick run-down of the choices. Cameras without wireless networking capabilities are the least attractive option. If they are destroyed or confiscated in the field, you probably have lost the damning video you just recorded, including any footage documenting how your… (Linked Saturday 2010-12-25.)

• Joseph Déjacque – The Humanisphere (Preface) Shawn P. Wilbur, Two-Gun Mutualism & the Golden Rule (2010-12-26). The Humanisphere:Anarchic UtopiaJoseph DéjacqueUTOPIA: “A dream not realized, but not unrealizable.” ANARCHY: “Absence of government.” Revolutions are conservations. (P. J. PROUDHON)The only true revolutions are the revolutions of ideas. (JOUFFROY) Let us make customs, and no longer make laws. (EMILE DE GIRARDIN) So speak ye, and so do, as they… (Linked Sunday 2010-12-26.)

• That Screwy, Ballyhooey Nollywood. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-21). Recommended reading: a great article in The Economist on Nigeria's film industry, a.k.a. Nollywood, which "churns out about 50 full-length features a week, making it the world's second most prolific film industry after India's Bollywood." The report covers everything from the way movies are produced and consumed in a country… (Linked Sunday 2010-12-26.)

• rechelon on A Problem With The Anarchist Movement. reddit: the voice of the internet — news before it happens (2010-12-20). > Left-libertarianism was not historically anarchist, was not particularly involved with libertarian socialists until a few decades ago, and is in my opinion rather opposed to what anarchist ideology stands for. You're an idiot. Hell, Dyer D Lum smuggled Lingg his fucking dynamite. Market Anarchists have been there in the… (Linked Wednesday 2010-12-22.)

• Naomi Wolf keynote speaker at NH Liberty Forum – Liberty in Our Lifetime. freestateproject.org (2010-12-18). Nashua, NH – The Free State Project is pleased to announce bestselling author Naomi Wolf will be the keynote speaker at the fifth annual NH Liberty Forum, being held February 24-27 at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua. … Naomi Wolf is a successful author, commentator and political consultant. She is… (Linked Saturday 2010-12-18.)

• The Central Planning Mentality Encapsulated. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-17). Image taken from here. (Linked Monday 2010-12-20.)

• feministhulk: AS SURVIVOR, HULK DISTURBED BY ASSANGE COVERAGE. HULK GLAD WIKILEAKS EXIST. HULK SMASH RAPE SHAME. AT SAME TIME. Twitter / feministhulk (2010-12-17). feministhulk: AS SURVIVOR, HULK DISTURBED BY ASSANGE COVERAGE. HULK GLAD WIKILEAKS EXIST. HULK SMASH RAPE SHAME. AT SAME TIME. (Linked Monday 2010-12-20.)