counter-economics

It was a symbiotic progression brought about by a combination of counter-economics and the inherent dysfunctions in central planning, each one feeding into and enlarging the other as time went on.

Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45 2009

I used the American Revolution as an example, and that too involved large elements of education, public discussion where possible, non-violent civil disobedience and counter-economics, both during the war and in the period leading up to it.

Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45 2009

I did an interview which presumably will end up getting posted sometime soon or another; it ended up mostly being about agorism and counter-economics, with a little Anarchism 101 at the beginning.

Direct action gets the goods 2009

I plan to pass out some literature, give a prepared talk — about 1/3 about Southern Nevada ALL itself and what we do, about 1/3 about anarchist and left-libertarian goals broadly, and about 1/3 about direct action, counter-economics, and other means of effecting social change outside of electoral politics — and then to field some Q&A.

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – June – 02 2008

Operating through counter-economics, direct action and mutual aid operate through methods where you can make real social changes on the margin even without being where you can get the big prize.

Metropolitan secession 2008

I try to discuss a bit in my speech why it is not overly optimistic, focusing on the second claim — that we all, meaning not ALL or the Libertarian Party, but just about everybody in Las Vegas — can and will take part, if those of us who care about these things play our cards right, through the use of populist organizing, coalition building, direct action, and counter-economics.

U.S. out of Las Vegas! 2008

I plan to pass out some literature, give a prepared talk — about 1/3 about Southern Nevada ALL itself and what we do, about 1/3 about anarchist and left-libertarian goals broadly, and about 1/3 about direct action, counter-economics, and other means of effecting social change outside of electoral politics — and then to field some Q&A.

Rad Geek Speaks: a talk on the Southern Nevada ALL TOMORROW, at Libertarian Party of Clark County meeting. Las Vegas, 3 June 2008, 7:30 PM. 2008

When you compare this to the kinds of people most commonly involved in counter-economics, the picture is a lot more cosmopolitan:

ALL I need to know about the Revolution is what I heard in Vegas 2008

A major difficulty with counter-economics is that, even when ex ante there is no victim, a mutual interest in either ...

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – June – 16 2008

Another special kind of direct action that I want to mention, which is very important to the ALL and to many other libertarian Leftists, is the concept of counter-economics.

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – June – 16 2008