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Comment on Anarchists in Space by Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:57:10 +0000

Has she ever commented about the oddness of an anti-propertarian doing this? (Writing pro-copyright letters, I mean — not being alive.)

Comment on Anarchists in Space by Anon73

Anon73 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:32:24 +0000

I knew she was alive and writing pro-copyright letters…

Comment on Anarchists in Space by Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:24:22 +0000

You certainly weren’t alone in thinking that she was dead. I had to look up her status on wikipedia before I posted my question.

Comment on Notes From All Over by Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:22:56 +0000

Nice. Hopefully you’ll get the recording.

Comment on Anarchists in Space by Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:05:45 +0000

At first I thought you were joking, since I distinctly remember Ursula Le Guin dying. (Hence my reference to The Telling as one of her "last" -- as opposed to "latest" -- books, and my saying what her sympathies "were.") But ... apparently she is alive and well; indeed, she wrote this letter (unfortunately, propertarian in the worse sense!) just a few weeks ago. But it seems I'm not alone in remembering her death. A quick websearch found this. Go figure.

Comment on Notes From All Over by Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:55:05 +0000

On PCPE:
You’re definitely going to this now?

Yes; they’re also having me stay an extra day to do an anarchy seminar at the Cevro Institute.

Comment on Anarchists in Space by Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:57 +0000

I wonder if there’s a way to get those to her now?

Comment on Anarchists in Space by Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:05 +0000

Back in 1980, when Broach came out, perhaps Kolko's Triumph of Conservatism or Railroads and Regulation, and then follow it up with stuff from Left & Right and the early years of Libertarian Forum. If it were nowadays, Kevin Carson's books would obviously be essential. The crucial point is this: the leftist sees a jackbooted thug wearing a "Laissez Faire" t-shirt and stomping on the face of a helpless peon. What do we tell the leftist? What argument is both most likely to persuade the leftist and most responsive to the reality of the situation? a) "I know it looks bad, but the thug isn't stomping quite as hard as he seems to be, and anyway he rescued the peon from an even worse thug, so let's not interfere." or: b) "Yes, let's stop that awful thug. And by the way, he stole that shirt from us."

Comment on Anarchists in Space by freeman

freeman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:35:52 +0000

Thanks for mentioning The Telling! I was planning on reading some fiction this month, and I now know which work of fiction to choose.

Comment on Anarchists in Space by Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:11 +0000

I gotta say, that’s not the book I would have picked for that purpose.

What book would you have picked?