Dan Clore

Eyrie of the Arch-Anarch
by Dan Clore (libertarian)

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Dan Clore

New book: _Weird Words: A Lovecraftian Lexicon_:
http://tinyurl.com/yd3bxkw

My collected fiction: The Unspeakable and Others

http:/tinyurl.com/2qcoqt

Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:

http://tinyurl.com/292yz9

News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo 

My MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/clorebeast 

Misinformation about Fair Trade
Published: September 1, 2009
An attempt to clarify the facts about Fair Trade certification and refute misinformation about it spread by certain libertarians.

Who's a Terrorist? Probably You, Part Deux
Published: May 2, 2009
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security identifies "extremists" including anarchists, socialists, white racists, black nationalists, Mexican separatists, skinheads, animal rights activists, environmentalists, antiwar activists, militia members, tax resisters, and others, accusing many of terrorism.

Who's a Terrorist? Probably You; or, Don't Profile Me, Bro!
Published: April 12, 2009
"Fusion centers" identify likely terrorists: anarchists, libertarians, constitutionalists, greens, militia members, white supremacists, black separatists, dumpster divers, and Scientology protestors.

Radicals for Capitalism
Published: March 31, 2009
Review of Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty. With a few caveats in mind, this voluminous tome can be highly recommended to all who have an interest in the Libertarian Right movement.

A Libertarian Alternative to the EFCA
Published: February 28, 2009
The EFCA (Employee Freedom of Choice Act) would allow workers to immediately unionize a workplace where 50+% of the workers have signed union cards. Free-market advocates object on the ground that this represents government interference in the market. This ignores the great amount of govenrment interference on behalf of employers, and that in turn suggests a libertarian alternative to the EFCA.

One-Click Charities
Published: February 9, 2009
The financial crisis has hit every sector of the economy, and along with the rest, charitable donations have fallen. One-click charities offer an alternative for those strapped of cash. With donations paid by advertisers, users can give money, generally one time per day, at not cost to themselves.

Wealth, Illth, Money, and the Financial Crisis
Published: December 28, 2008
This column is an attempt to aid in the understanding of the current financial crisis, using classic texts by Robert Anton Wilson that explain the difference between wealth (real wealth or real capital), illth, and money (money wealth or money capital).

The Most Underreported News of 2008 (Up to Now)
Published: November 5, 2008
News underreported by the mass media: Iraq Freedom Congress; Somalia quagmire; Poppies for Heroin instead of painkillers; attempts to "build tlhe structure of the new society in the shell of the old"; Noam Chomsky; etc.

RIP: Barrington J. Bayley
Published: October 23, 2008
Obscure but important science-fiction writer has died.

Anarchy for President 2.0
Published: October 15, 2008
Thoughts on who anarchists, libertarians, etc., should vote for in the 2008 US presidential election.

A Guide to Alternative News and Commentary
Published: October 2, 2008
The MSM's viewpoints range from far right ("conservative") to center-right ("liberal"), excluding other viewpoints -- anarchist, libertarian, progressive, socialist, green, classical liberal, etc. This is a guide to alternatives to the MSM.

Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy for Libertarians
Published: September 8, 2008
Many works of science fiction and fantasy portray libertarian societies or otherwise bear relevance to libertarians; this list names some of the works that I consider the most essential.

A Libertarian View of the Olympics
Published: August 19, 2008
The Olympics: Nation-states force taxpayers to pay for a meaningless spectacle in which governments "promote peace" by trying to prove their superiority over each other, pitting their chosen champions against each other at totally arbitrary activities.

Bakunin the Ogre
Published: August 12, 2008
Brief review of Mark Leier's biography of Michael Bakunin, the nineteenth-century anarchist.

Socialism and Capitalism
Published: July 15, 2008
Endless confusion has resulted from the re-definition of the terms "socialism" and "capitalism".

Sound Sense on Same-Sex Marriage
Published: July 9, 2008
Some sound factual knowledge and common sense need to be injected into the debates over same-sex marriage.

The Nature of Anarchism
Published: July 2, 2008
A brief explanation of anarchism.

Misinformation and Disinformation
Published: June 24, 2008
A selection of websites that refute the flood of misinformation and disinformation going around, especially in politics.

Justice Scalia's Verdict: Guilty with No Chance to Prove Your Innocence
Published: June 18, 2008
Justice Scalia's dissent in the recent Supreme Court decision recognizing the Guantanamo prisoners' constitutional right to habeas corpus assumes their guilt of the very charges that they need habeas corpus to determine.

Anarchy for President
Published: June 6, 2008
Thoughts on how anarchists and libertarians should vote in the upcoming presidential election.

AQI Is Not al-Qaida, al-Qaida Is Not in Iraq
Published: June 3, 2008
Use of the term "al-Qaida" for two distinct, different groups creates confusion and fuels the so-called "war on terror".

The Reality Mythos
Published: February 13, 2008
1st ed AD&D stats for current political figures: Dubya, Cheney, Osama bin Laden, Hugo Chavez, Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ron Paul, Noam Chomsky, Pat Robertson, and Jello Biafra.

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