Now let’s take our compass and protractor and discern the “middle.” With my ideological tools, I see it as a largely aboveground business, accepting incorporation but only as a camouflage, afraid to deal with the Counter-Economy but equally in fear of the consequences of following regulations which will weaken or destroy the business. A highly unstable position, to be sure, as it should be. Tilting to the Right decreases risk but leads to a weaker business and less profit and thus the incentive to go ever-further right, begging, bribing and cajoling more and more statist intervention to assist the market-alienated firm, until finally it becomes indistinguishable from a branch of the State.

Tilting to the Left increases risk, but also profit and fitting supply to demand. As the company becomes more Counter-Economic, it prospers accordingly and has more capital to re-invest (since it’s paying little or no taxes) but if “outed” by the State, it can suffer ever-greater penalties. Finally, it goes completely underground and is a major Enemy of the State and essentially a key part of the Agorist Revolutionary strategy.

What keeps most entrepreneurs hovering between semi-agorist and semi-bureaucratic are the countervailing vectors of Fear of Risk/Failure vs Fear of Violence and Coercion. A few break free in one direction, embracing the risk and enjoying the freedom for however long they can succeed, and a few go the other way, embracing the State and reveling in whatever power they are granted over others.

Accepting money or any favours whatsoever is always wrong. Seizing property in the State’s sphere is always right. And what about those who fear for their families, that they will not be able to support their spouse or have their children seized and taken away? Where does cowardice fit on the political spectrum?

– “Deep Agorist Theory”, Samuel Edward Konkin III, 22 November 1999, LeftLibertarian mailing list

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This brochure was originally written and published for the Movement of the Libertarian Left (MLL) by the late Samuel Edward Konkin III. This new edition has been minimally edited by Wally Conger.

And now it’s time to repost all my audio content to date, so that it goes out to iTunes and similar services properly (I hope!).

So, here we go!

New Libertarian Manifesto, by Samuel Edward Konkin III (original post).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C

This brochure was originally written and published for the Movement of the Libertarian Left (MLL) by the late Samuel Edward Konkin III. This new edition has been minimally edited by Wally Conger.

Tax is Theft! (and what to do about it)

Voiced by Mike Gogulski.

MP3, 6m41s, 6.1MB.

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As one big file (MP3, 46m51s, 43MB):

• Direct download from nostate.com: Agorist_Class_Theory.mp3
• .torrent file at nostate.com
• .torrent file at mininova

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Broken into chapters:

• .torrent file at mininova
• .torrent file at nostate.com
• Direct downloads from nostate.com:
• 1-Audiobook Introduction by Mike Gogulski.mp3 (2m39s, 2.5MB)
• 2-Foreword by Brad Spangler.mp3 (4m21s, 4MB)
• 3-Introduction by Wally Conger.mp3 (4m10s, 3.8MB)
• 4-Ch1-The Failure of Marxism.mp3 (1m49s, 1.7MB)
• 5-Ch2-The Marxist Appeal.mp3 (3m55s, 3.6MB)
• 6-Ch3-Precursors to Marxist Class Theory.mp3 (1m39s, 1.5MB)
• 7-Ch4-Marxist Classes.mp3 (3m23s, 3.1MB)
• 8-Ch5-The Agorist Critique of Marxist Class Theory.mp3 (4m12s, 3.8MB)
• 9-Ch6-Libertarian Class Analysis.mp3 (2m27s, 2.3MB)
• 10-Ch7-Radical Libertarian Class Analysis.mp3 (5m20s, 4.9MB)
• 11-Ch8-Agorist Class Theory.mp3 (10m27s, 9.6MB)
• 12-Ch9-Agorist Solutions For Marxist Problems.mp3 (2m26s, 2.2MB)
• .m3u playlist (note: for local use, not for playing off the net!)

Someone use these to make a YouTube series and playlist!

If you are able, please download the files via BitTorrent, and re-seed them to infinity.

Text of my introduction to the recording:

Good morning, New Libertarian. Good morning, agorist.

The voice you will hear for the next 47 minutes or so belongs to me, Mike Gogulski.

I am a stateless ex-American. I renounced my American citizenship in 2008 and I have been a voluntary exile since 2004, presently living in Bratislava, Slovakia. As of this recording in May 2009, I maintain a website at www.nostate.com, which you are invited to visit.

The words you will hear belong to all of humanity, but they were written by Wally Conger, drawing on the unfinished work of Samuel Edward Konkin III, arguably the initiator of the agorist theory. The book, Agorist Class Theory: A Left-Libertarian Approach to Class Conflict Analysis, was published in 2006, both as a free online PDF and in print combination with Konkin’s seminal New Libertarian Manifesto.

After a foreword by veteran analyst and agitator Brad Spangler and an introduction by Wally Conger, the book consists of nine brief chapters:

• The Failure of Marxism
• The Marxist Appeal
• Precursors to Marxist Class Theory
• Marxist Classes
• The Agorist Critique of Marxist Class Theory
• Libertarian Class Analysis
• Radical Libertarian Class Analysis
• Agorist Class Theory (and finally)
• Agorist Solutions for Marxist Problems

I have attempted to read the text of Agorist Class Theory as I have it in hand. Any deviations from the written text – which you can find online at the website agorism.info – are my own. In the interest of brevity and due to its referential density, the Appendix – entitled, “Cui Bono? Introduction to Libertarian Class Theory”, written by Konkin in 1973 – has been omitted from this recording. The Appendix is available in the PDF and print versions of the book, and is well worth reading.

It is my hope that listening to Agorist Class Theory serves to raise your class consciousness, and that you not only adopt the class theory in looking at the world around you, but apply it to yourself as well.

After listening, take action.

Agora! Anarchy! Action!

Well gee whiz!

Buy your thingamajings and whatchamacalits today! Our prices are innnsaaaaaaannne!!!!!

A New Libertarian Ally does not follow a tactician or strategist, but rather “buys” their argument and expertise. Anyone offering a better plan can replace the previous planner. Tactics and strategy should be “bought and sold” by the Allies like any other commodity in consistent agorist fashion.

–SEK3, NLM

UPDATED 3 June 2009: I have seeded and uploaded my own torrents, and linked to them here. Please switch to seeding/promoting these torrents if you wish to aid in wider distribution.

UPDATED 12 June 2009: Marcel Votlucka has created a YouTube playlist featuring the entire audio recording synchronized with the text of the book. Thanks Marcel!

As one big MP3 file (83m46s, 76.7MB):

• Direct download from nostate.com: New Libertarian Manifesto.mp3
• .torrent file at nostate.com
• .torrent file at mininova

Click to buy the book!

Broken into chapters:

• .torrent file at mininova
• .torrent file at nostate.com
• 0a Introduction.mp3 (1m42s, 1.6MB)
• 0b Preface.mp3 (2m48s, 2.6MB)
• 1. Statism – Our Condition.mp3 (8m57s, 8.2MB)
• 2. Agorism – Our Goal.mp3 (19m15s, 17.6MB)
• 3. Counter-Economics – Our Means.mp3 (23m15s, 21.2MB)
• 4. Revolution – Our Strategy.mp3 (19m55s, 18.2MB)
• 5. Action! Our Tactics.mp3 (7m51s, 7.2MB)

Someone use these to make a YouTube series and playlist!

Text of my introduction to the recording:

Good morning, New Libertarian. Good morning, agorist.

The voice you will hear for the next 85 minutes or so belongs to me, Mike Gogulski.

I am a stateless ex-American. I renounced my American citizenship in 2008 and I have been a voluntary exile since 2004, presently living in Bratislava, Slovakia. As of this recording in May 2009, I maintain a website at www.nostate.com, which you are invited to visit.

The words you will hear belong to all of humanity, but they were written by Samuel Edward Konkin III, arguably the initiator of the agorist theory. The book, New Libertarian Manifesto, was first published in 1980, and then updated in 1983.

After two, brief prefaces, the book consists of five chapters:

Statism: Our Condition
Agorism: Our Goal
Counter-Economics: Our Means
Revolution: Our Strategy
Action! Our Tactics

I have attempted to read the text of New Libertarian Manifesto as I have it in hand. Any deviations from the written text – which you can find online at the website agorism.info – are my own.

After listening, please take action.

Agora! Anarchy! Action!