Agorism
"Agora! Anarchy! Action!"Definitions
- Agora
- Greek word meaning "open marketplace".
- Agorism
- the ideology which asserts that the Libertarian philosophical position occurs in the real world in practice as Counter-Economics.
- Agorist
- advocate or conscious practitioner of Counter-Economics; older terms include Left Libertarian and New Libertarian.
- Counter-Economics
- the study and/or practice of all peaceful human action which is forbidden by the State.
- Libertarian
- one who opposes state intervention, i.e., a defender of Liberty.
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Samuel Edward Konkin III's strategic vision for achieving a stateless society.
Agorist Revolution in a Nutshell
Agorism is revolutionary market anarchism.
In a market anarchist society, law and security will be provided by market institutions, not political institutions. Agorists recognize, therefore, that those institutions can not develop through political reform. Instead, they will come about as a result of market processes.
As government is banditry, revolution culminates in the suppression of government by market providers of security and law. Market demand for such service providers is what will lead to their emergence. Development of that demand will come from economic growth in the sector of the economy that explicitly shuns state involvement (and therefore can not turn to the state in its role as monopoly provider of security and law). That sector of the economy is the counter-economy -- black and grey markets.
Understanding Agorism
- Read The New Libertarian Manifesto by Samuel Edward Konkin III (SEK3)
- Read Agorist Class Theory, 2nd edition by Wally Conger and SEK3, with foreword by Brad Spangler [archived first edition]
- Buy and read the PDF edition of Alongside Night, J. Neil Schulman's novel of agorist revolution.
- Download the classic re-issued Movement of the Libertarian Left (MLL) pamphlets from the 80's: Introducing the Movement of the Libertarian Left, War or Liberty, Counter-Economics, Tax is Theft and Libertarian Revisionist History.
- Discuss Agorism on the Left Libertarian Yahoo! group
- Explore the more broadly defined left libertarian thought of the Blogosphere of the Libertarian Left
- Search Technorati for blog posts tagged agorism, counter-economics, left libertarian, new libertarian or Movement of the Libertarian Left.
Promoting Agorism
- Buy multiple copies of New Libertarian Manifesto. Put them everywhere!
- Get Active via MLL Online.
- Distribute MLL pamphlets.
- Link to this site.
- Participate in our ongoing blog symposium by applying agorist perspectives to current events.
- Buy a copy of "Alongside Night" -- J. Neil Schulman's novel of Agorist revolution. Give it away. Then buy another.
- Network locally and regionally via Frappr with other left libertarians.
News
- For more news, see MLL Online
- 03-27-2006 - Growing endorsements from MLL members for SDS proposed direct action campaign to end the war, "Harass the Brass".
- 03-23-2006 - MLL Solidarity Letter to French Workers and Students
Historical Interest
- New Libertarian publications from KoPubCo
- The original MLL homepage (no longer maintained)