Editor’s Note: The following is a blog post authored by Roy Halliday, discussing his experiences with Operation Atlantis, in addition to some other interesting historical details. This is one of three articles that will be published as case studies of attempts at founding new libertarian countries in the 1960s-70s. Click…
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(UPDATE 8/24/17: The author reached out to me and informed me that she was a PhD student, NOT a professor at McGill University. I have updated the editor’s note to reflect that.) Editor’s Note: The following is an academic whitepaper originally published in the Shima Journal, authored by Isabelle Simpson,…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we present you with an interview Shane did on The Seeds of Liberty Podcast. We discussed the man behind this strategy, Rayo, Dave drops a #Davespiracy (that Ben Stone is actually Rayo), the likely possibility that Konkin “meme-jacked” Rayo’s concept known as ethical…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we present you with an interview Kyle did on Maggie Rose’s The Concord Hour, a Patriot radio program over on RevolutionRadio. The first hour of the program focuses on vonu/political crusading and the second hour is on applied vonuism — that is, the…
Author’s Note: Four articles by Samuel Konkin will be referenced in this article. Click here to view them. Get Rayo’s book for FREE in PDF/audiobook format HERE! http://www.libertyunderattack.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/KonkinRayoSDFINAL.mp3 Download this spoken discourse. (MP3) | Download this article (PDF). If you were a libertarian/anarchist in the 1960s and 70s, southern California…
Editor’s Note: The following is a collection of four articles by Samuel Konkin III (SEK3), which were published in the Southern Libertarian Review from January-June 1975. This post will serve as a link-back for an article I will write regarding the above title—there’s not a whole lot to go off…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we present you with an interview Shane did on Philip Frey’s Valiant Growth podcast. You’ll get another dose regarding the philosophy of vonu, as well as an examination of the strategies Rayo presented–this will give you a great idea of what to expect…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle close out season 1 with a brief overview. We run through the most important definitions, the crucial takeaways from each episode, as well as our reasoning for spending 3 months on the philosophy behind vonu. Season 2 is right around…
“The ethical principal of non-coercion can be stated: One should not initiate the use of physical force against a volitional being or against property created or acquired through voluntary consent. Many people espouse this principle.” -Rayo ~~~ For this first season of The Vonu Podcast, Shane Radliff and I focused…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle present you with the updated, more accurate version of Rayo’s article titled, Libertarians and Coercivists. This is a shorter episode, but we figured it would be good to show you how this article should have been written. Show Notes: TVP…
Note: The following is an article by TVP host, Kyle Rearden, published on his blog, The Last Bastille. Today’s article is a redux of Rayo’s “Libertarians & Coercivists,” which was originally published in the third issue of Eleutherian Forum on January 16th of 1967. It has been mirrored since then,…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle discuss an article from Rayo’s book titled, A Case for Non-Coercion Based on Rational Self-Interest. This article closes out section one of his book, and is one of the few where he goes into ethics at all. We found this…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Shane and Kyle discuss a concept Rayo formulated known as “mean-time to harassment,” which can be defined as: …the strength of vonu, usually expressed in years. MTH is typically used to gauge the profitable viability of concealing a vonuum (the place or situation…