Brian Micklethwait Editorial Director (58 results)

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Introduction ("This is an important essay. Believing in freedom is fine, but it is better to believe in freedom and make others believe in it too. This essay will tell you what to do and what not to do as a libertarian activist"); The "Positions of Power" Argument; Micro-Politics; No Publicity is Bad Publicity; Events in FCS [Federation of Conservative Students]; Micro-Extremism.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "Religion, Politics and Liberty" (Libertarian Alliance Religious Notes No. 3) written by Simon Birch and published in 1991 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: The Appropriate Personal Actions; Socialism Equals Blasphemy; Denationalise the Church of England; Caring From the Heart ("I yearn for the stable society espoused by St. Thomas Aquinas who recognised the family as the integral unit within any community. But this can only be achieved within a libertarian framework that allows a religion to thrive without the shackles and dogma of the State").…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "The China Syndrome: A Cautionary Tale" (Libertarian Alliance Scientific Notes No. 2) written by Edward Teller and published in 1988 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. This essay was first delivered as a lecture at the University of Dallas, on November 18, 1980 and was subsequently published in Dr. Teller's "Better a Shield Than A Sword" (1987). Dr. Teller begins, "The expression 'China syndrome' had its origins in an inappropriate joke of the late 1940s: What would happen if a reactor melted down and its containment vessel was breached? The answer: The fuel would end up in China. In the United States in the 1960s a reaction against technology became widespread. It bears some resemblance to a development in fifteenth century China. That event was real and can appropriately be called the 'China syndrome'". …

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "The Real Racism" (Libertarian Alliance Political Notes No. 46 ) written by Dennis O'Keeffe and published in 1990 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Mr. O'Keeffe begins his article by writing, "We have heard much talk in recent years in this country of 'racism.' Most of such talk has been vacuous or pernicious or both. The white British have been accused first of all of overt prejudice, a proposition rather at odds with the astonishing ease with which more than three million non-whites have been absorbed by the British nation, mostly in England, in the last three decades. The other attack accuses the British of a parallel malady known as 'institutionalized' racism. In order to make this different from the other kind, its detectors and critics have to argue what amounts, really, to the view that it is accidental, that white teachers 'inadvertently' cause black children to get bad examination results. We end up here with the nonsense of applying a morally pejorative term (racism) to alleged accidents.". …

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Defamation; Obscenity; Blasphemy; Sedition; Race Hatred; Repeal the Race Relations Act.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. No date, although circa 1985. This article first appeared in Issue No. 3 (1984) of the "International Journal of Advertising." The topics are: Brand Names; Which Solicitor?; An Easy Answer; Advertising and Banking; Advertising Aids Specialization; Why Big Firms are Better for Small Customers; Other Benefits of Bigness; Advertising Appeals to the Mind; Adverts are Great. …

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Left Origins; The Impact of Economics; Anarchism and Economics.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "The Devil and the Reformers" (Libertarian Alliance Political Notes No. 62) written by Jack Schwartzman and published in 1991 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. This essay was first published in the January-March, 1964 issue of "Fragments." The topics are: The Immorality of Enforced Morality; Freedom Means Freedom; Differing Views on Harm; Freedom Restated.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "The Case for Privatising the Police" (Libertarian Alliance Political Notes No. 58) written by Sean Gabb and published in 1991 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Police Riddled with Misconduct; Bringing Market Pressures to Bear; The Courts Saved from Bias; Complaints Endanger the Contract; It Must Be Given a Chance.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. No date, although circa 1984. This article first appeared in the October 1983 issue of "Economic Affairs." The topics are: Economics enlightens reality; Values and politics; 1980s issues: war, log-rolling, unions; An obituary for [John Maynard] Keynes. …

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "Open The Door! The Case for Abolishing All Immigration Controls" (Libertarian Alliance Political Notes No. 61) written by Adam Chacksfield and published in 1991 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: The Bad Economics of Immigration Controls; The Bad Ethics of Immigration Controls; The Economic Case for Immigration; The Flawed Macro-Economic Argument Against Immigration; The Flawed Tactics of Supporting Immigration Controls; The Moral Bankruptcy of Immigration Controls; The Importance of Immigration Deregulation to Libertarians.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "The Case For Free Speech" (Libertarian Alliance Political Notes No. 45) written by David Ramsay Steele and published in 1989 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Why Free Speech?; Free Speech for Fascists and Bolsheviks!; Free Speech for Smut-Peddlers!; Freedom to Advertise; Repeal the Official Secrets Act!; Free Broadcasting; Freedom Not to Listen; Free Speech is a Property Question.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Is Taxation Necessary?; What About the Needy?; Who Profits?; Who Loses.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "Equal Liberty Versus Equal Value" (Libertarian Alliance Political Notes No. 63) written by Antony Flew and published in 1991 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. This article was originally published in the Spring 1990 issue of "Cogito." The topics are: Are All Human Lives and All Cultures of Equal Value?; Option Rights Grounded in Common Humanity; Option Rights and Welfare Rights; Against Welfare Rights; Notes.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "Whores and Mothers: Some Ideas on Women and Pornography" (Libertarian Alliance Pamphlet No. 16) written by Mary Hayward and published in 1990 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Ms. Hayward begins, "Sex is more important for women than it is for men. The reason is simple. For centuries, sex for most women meant intercourse, the woman who had intercourse risked pregnancy, and the woman who got pregnant risked her life." The topics are: A Visual Fantasy; Female Literacy and the Cult of Sensibility; Depravity and 'Desensitisation'; Protecting the Child They Once Were; Sex and Violence Always Associated; Women as Victims.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. On the journal "The Economist," the first issue of which appeared in 1843. The topics are: Defender of "Laissez Faire"; Wilson, Hodgskin, Spencer, Senior; Continuing the Tradition; In the Twentieth Century.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "In Defence of Free Migration" (Libertarian Alliance Reprints No. 3) written by Richard Ebeling and published in 1983 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. No date, although circa 1983. This article first appeared in the March-April issue of "The Libertarian Forum." The author writes, "For every immigrant, America offered a new beginning, a second chance without the oppressive air of privilege and power. A Swedish immigrant wrote home in the 1880's that his 'cap is not worn out from lifting it in the presence of gentlemen - There is no class distinction between high and low, rich and poor, no make-believe, no 'title-sickness' or artificial ceremonies - Everybody lives in peace and prosperity.'".…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "Rational Anarchism" (Libertarian Alliance Reprints No. 2) written by David Friedman and published in 1983 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. No date, although circa 1983. Containing two articles by David Friedman that first appeared in 1970 in "New Guard," the magazine of the Young Americans for Freedom: "The Libertarian Anarchist" and "The Prescriptions of 2001" (the latter article which begins, "President Steinberg, elected in the Libertarian-Conservative landslide of '96, has announced a $14 billion Federal budget, the abolition of the last regulatory agency, and the employment, by private enterprise, of the last person on welfare").…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Retribution and the Rule of Law; The Nature of Crime; The Virtues of Restitution; The Mechanics of Restitution.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: Answers to [David] Botsford; 'New World Order'; Some Intervention, But Less; Free Trade and Debt Repayment.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: The "New Liberalism" and "War, Welfare and Democracy.".

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. As stated, "This article was first published in 'The Independent' on December 29, 1987." The author writes, in very short part, "No reputable historian can deny that more human beings perished in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Poland, Yugoslavia, and European Jewry can claim higher losses in percentage terms, but not in sheer numbers. Yet the '20 million Russian war dead' has become one of those magical statistics that are endlessly repeated but rarely examined.".…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The topics are: The French Experience; Foreign Kings of England Undermined Royal Power; A Future Monarch with Stated Political Opinions ("Today a third Charles awaits the throne. Given the current Queen's health it is not certain that he will do so, but if he accedes he would be the first monarch since Edward VII to have had no direct experience of war, either as a warrior or as the target of bombs. Unlike his grandparents and his mother who stayed in London during the Blitz there is no obvious bond between Charles and his future subjects"); Inertia Reigns.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "Hypocrisy in the Peace Movement: A Case Study" (Libertarian Alliance Foreign Policy Perspectives No. 16) written by Chris R. Tame and published in 1990 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. As stated, "A slightly shorter version of this essay first appeared in 'The Free Nation,' September 1983." The topics are: Felix Greene; Rejection of Freedom; An Apologist for Totalitarianism; Paradise, Chinese Style; Hypocrisy; and Irrationality.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. The author begins: "The spy novel is a good example of what the American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand called 'Bootleg romanticism.' This fiction communicates life-affirming themes of heroism and personal struggle in a simplified and often entertaining way. Like the illegal drink trade in Prohibition America, this fiction was the result of hostility from the cultural mainstream.".…

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Mr. O'Connor begins, "There is some debate in Britain as to whether the remaining private schools should be allowed to exist or whether they should be abolished in the interests of 'fairness.' To argue for the expansion of private education is not at all popular." The lightest of wear.…

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is an essay entitled "In Praise of the Devil" (Libertarian Alliance Atheist Notes No. 3) written by Max O'Connor and published in 1991 by the Libertarian Alliance out of London, England. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Mr. O'Connor begins, "This article is written in praise of Satan, Lucifer, the Devil, or whatever you want to call him." Light wear.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A single sheet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" printed on both sides. Author O'Keeffe begins, "Our education is in crisis, as most citizens now know. Establishment spokesmen claim, limply, that everything is fine save a shortage of funds.".

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A left-folded pamphlet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. The topics are: Libertarianism is Part of a Tradition; Popularisers; Division of Labour; Ivory Towers; The Intellectual Foundations of Nazism and the Myth that There Weren't Any; Impatience; What Do the Slogans Mean?; Pamphlets; Multiplication; Better Disagreement; From Two to Ten; Publishing is Here to Stay.…

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A left-folded pamphlet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. The contents are: one-page speech entitled "Ideas, Action and Freedom"; one-page David Marsland Select Bibliography; one-page Suggested Further Reading.…