In these cesarian times, I wouldn't expect the president to be blocked from doing anything, including killing people he doesn't like, but here's a Democrat Congress from 2009 to 2011. So what did Obama do with Guantanamo in this period of time?
Illegal immigration is not a crime; it's an offence made up by nationalists. For there to be a crime, there needs to be a victim. Lines on a map are not people. Grow up.
Hi. I'm also an anarchist and many years ago, I used to enjoy Juan Cole's insightful and correcting commentary. I'm a bit sad to see how you misrepresent libertarians and syndicalists, as anarchists first and then as big union defenders second.
The point has been made already, but those big corporations are state-connected. It is highly unlikely they would have gotten that big without this connection. Should they attempt to commit crimes in order to obtain more power, they would naturally be resisted, by a stronger population. Stronger, because the state would not monopolize all the weapons in order to go to war in other countries. We are quite weak these days, as a people, because the state handles all the defense.
Syndicalist anarchists oppose aggression and hierarchy as a matter of principle. And equal authority cannot be disproved with the failure of hierarchical bureaucratic unions.
As far as I'm concerned, I don't see why it would be fine if the government had done all the work in Iraq, with no subcontracting. It doesn't matter whether warring and looting come from a corporation or a state. All aggression is wrong. And to expect the state to defend us against looting from big corporations, when the state has been their enabler from day one, is really disappointing from someone like Juan Cole. I was used to read him knowing better than his opponents.
"President Obama was prevented from closing Guantanamo by the Republican Congress, which refused to allocate the funds necessary to end it."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress
In these cesarian times, I wouldn't expect the president to be blocked from doing anything, including killing people he doesn't like, but here's a Democrat Congress from 2009 to 2011. So what did Obama do with Guantanamo in this period of time?
Illegal immigration is not a crime; it's an offence made up by nationalists. For there to be a crime, there needs to be a victim. Lines on a map are not people. Grow up.
"Starving people can be persuaded to become serfs, sharecroppers, indentured servants, and henchmen."
Very true. But how did they become starving people in the first place. The earth seems to be a pretty welcoming place.
Hi. I'm also an anarchist and many years ago, I used to enjoy Juan Cole's insightful and correcting commentary. I'm a bit sad to see how you misrepresent libertarians and syndicalists, as anarchists first and then as big union defenders second.
The point has been made already, but those big corporations are state-connected. It is highly unlikely they would have gotten that big without this connection. Should they attempt to commit crimes in order to obtain more power, they would naturally be resisted, by a stronger population. Stronger, because the state would not monopolize all the weapons in order to go to war in other countries. We are quite weak these days, as a people, because the state handles all the defense.
Syndicalist anarchists oppose aggression and hierarchy as a matter of principle. And equal authority cannot be disproved with the failure of hierarchical bureaucratic unions.
As far as I'm concerned, I don't see why it would be fine if the government had done all the work in Iraq, with no subcontracting. It doesn't matter whether warring and looting come from a corporation or a state. All aggression is wrong. And to expect the state to defend us against looting from big corporations, when the state has been their enabler from day one, is really disappointing from someone like Juan Cole. I was used to read him knowing better than his opponents.