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the statist and goes counter- For more information economic. MLL is the interface between existing proto-agorist organizations and about the Movement of INTRODUCING THE the Revolutionary Agorist Cadre. Me- the Libertarian Left, dium range is less than 20 years. In the long range, the counter-econ- contact: omy will overwhelm Capitalism and State to produce a soci- ety based on voluntary interaction with MOVEMENT a minimal amount of self-defense needed which can be handled by ordi- nary market facilities. This society of in goods and values is the agora. OF THE The death of eliminates the monopoly of legitimized coercion (the State); a is. Our long-term politico-economic goals are summed up in our slogan: LIBERTARIAN Agora•Anarchy•Action!

We work witheveryonewho strug- gles against the State and its privileged class while we maximize our personal LEFT freedom. Isn’t this the way a Resistance should be run? Join us!

Recommended Reading

For theory Power and Market by Dr. Murray N. Rothbard

For strategy New Libertarian Manifesto by Samuel Edward Konkin III

For a road map MOVEMENT OF THE a novel by J. Neil Schulman

This brochure was originally written and pub- lished for MLL by the late Samuel Edward Konkin LIBERTARIAN LEFT III. This new edition has been minimally updated Agora • Anarchy • Action! and edited by Wally Conger Introducing the action; the effectiveness of libertarian- mise, , co-opting, and MOVEMENT OF THE ism comes from this single, easy-to- cowardice. MLL exposes mercilessly the grasp, overriding rule; and the ethical fraudulent proposals to elect politicians LIBERTARIAN LEFT beauty of is in what it to abolish politics, to appoint bureau- saysnothingabout: the personal con- crats to abolish bureaucracy, and to duct of your own life and disposal of govern to abolish . We fight Who Are You? your own property. tooth and nail against those who would attempt to monopolize a , The Movement of the Libertarian Why Are You “Left Libertarian”? create an Establishment in an anarchy, Left is the organized part of the broader and debilitate our actions with political libertarian movement for those of radi- MLL is Left both inside and out. pseudo-action. cal commitment. Most libertarian “Left,” from earliest political times, has To sum up, we work to create a groups are education-oriented; MLL is meant “anti-establishment.” Consistent libertarian-influenced Left and a Liber- action-oriented. Therefore, we differ libertarians wish to abolish the State tarian left-wing; thus we are theMove- from other libertarian groups by being and its parasitic class of bureaucrats, ment of the Libertarian Left. organized on a strategic basis of cells, politicians, subsidized businessmen, tacticians, and strategists, rather than privileged labor leaders, and military What Are Your Goals? on educational or “business” bases. mass murderers. This puts us, in most MLL — unlike political “Libertarian” political lexicons, on the Left; since it is In the short-term, MLL is working organizations— does not compromise anarchist, it places us on the Far Left. on specific goals in concert with other on ends or means. Still, we areLibertarianLeft and not Left and Libertarian groups. You can “socialist” Left. Socialism, regardless of work on your own projects and pass on What’s “Libertarian”? the size of its present following, has the word to other MLL activists. You never had a monopoly on the term Left, can work together with other MLL activ- A huge abundance of literature on and often has been a minor part of the ists in a tactical unit (cell) and have one this subject now exists, and we will be whole anti-establishment resistance or more tacticians for coordination. The glad to answer any questions you have movement. Today, social cells can ally for regional coordination on this large, complex, thorough, and and are theestablishment with a regional strategist. The continen- principled understanding of human re- of most of the world’s states. MLL op- tal strategy is mapped out inNew Lib- lations called “libertarianism.” posesallstates, even if their rulers call ertarian Manifesto, by Samuel Edward Complicated as it seems at first themselves Leftist (in self-contradic- Konkin III. glance, libertarianism is based on one tion). Those who wish to live commu- There is no party line; disagreement startlingly simple premise:uncompro- nally or in association with workers (or is always “permitted”; anyone may re- mising commitment to ! anybody else) are free to do so in a ject any suggested project or suggest This is often stated for logical precision libertarian society. MLL stands eco- the next. Strategists and tacticians sell as the “non-aggression principle” thus- nomically for a Free Market position so their services and are only as good as ly: free as to make an ultra-conservative their last sale. There are no leaders. look like a galloping socialist or fascist. Freedom in action follows from freedom No one has the right to initiate Struggling for a Libertarian Left ex- in theory. violence or coercion (the threat of ternally, we fight for radicalization of In the medium range, MLL is build- violence) against another’s life and the libertarian movement internally. We ing a New Libertarian Alliance property. are uncompromisingagorists— those (Revolutionary Agorist Cadre) of defend- who utilize only peaceful trade and vol- ers of the counter-economy (the under- The complexity of libertarianism untary interactions to attain our goals. ground free market, often called “gray” arises from the applicability of this Much of the present libertarian move- and “black” market). The State “withers principle to nearly every facet of human ment is rotten with corruption, compro- away” as each individual secedes from