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The spectre still haunts libertarians

From State of Nature, Ingo Schmidt (Athabasca): Atlantic Capitalism: One World or More; an interview with Ted Honderich on humanity and terror; and why don’t more people rise up and join those who are struggling in solidarity for human life and the earth?; and a special issue on 21st century Marx, including Peter Lach-Newinsky on the continuing charm of Marx; Norman Madarasz (Gama Filho): The Historic Break between Marxism and Communism; Gideon Polya on "To each according to his needs" for Spaceship Earth; Ron Jacobs on The Spectre Still Haunts: A Marxist’s Look at Socialism in the 21st Century; and Steve Davis on Dark Lords: An Examination of the Psychology behind Free Market Theory. Birth of a Movement: An excerpt from Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism by Jorg Guido Hulsmann. The song that is irresistible: Robert Higgs on how the state leads people to their own destruction. The choice is not, it seems, between freedom and libertarian paternalism—it is between libertarian paternalism and the Supernanny state. From Political Affairs, here's a Marxist guide to tactics.