Liberty Alone

A new favourite blog of mine - aimed at seeking common ground between US liberals and libertarians - rather like Rothbard’s alliance with the New Left.
Certainly there’s ground to start with - libertarians tend to be against ventures like the Iraq War, as do many on the left. Both are often concerned with freedom and many libertarians are also deeply concerned with social injustice and the suffering of the poor.

The quality of much of the writing is very high and very informative, largely due to the involvement of Kevin Carson whose critique of vulgar libertarianism is often very hard hitting and well aimed. He is definitely well placed to try and bring together libertarians and US-style liberals given his left-wing and libertarian radicalism which can appeal to many on both sides.

From a LibDem point of view, this is interesting because in many ways we are in the hinterland between libertarianism and US liberalism. Some of us are definitely libertarian, others very close to US liberalism, most are somewhere in between the two.

Its well worth a read. I find the attacks on corporatism (state intervention on behalf of corporations) particularly interesting. Its an area missed by many on the right, but is responsible for much of the actions of the New Deal (which just wrapped them up in left-leaning rhetoric).
I’m sure there’ll be something for everyone.

Update: Corrected the URL…

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