Author’s Forum: A Century of Anarchy by Peter C. Earle Anarchy is often considered to be an impossible dream, never before and never to be achieved. But has anarchy really never been tried? Peter C. Earle suggests, to the contrary of the mainstream, that there are historical examples of anarchy that we could look to. Here he looks to Neutral Moresnet, a society in that 1800s that thrived without a state. Join Peter for a discussion of his book August 5th at 9pm EDT! Peter C. Earle is an economist and financial markets professional. He has spent nearly two decades trading in and studying global equity, derivative, commodity, and currency markets, as well as offbeat and esoteric markets when opportunities have allowed. Pete has published numerous articles on economic history, spontaneous order, and liberty. He is currently the chief economist of Humint, a global cryptocurrency development consultancy, and is the resident economist for Red 5 Studios, a game development firm in Laguna Hills, CA. He resides in the Greater New York area.

Renegade History with Thaddeus Russell Throw out everything you think you know about American history — even the things you are sure are true. Thaddeus Russell’s “A Renegade History of the United States” is the ultimate piece of revisionist history and a must read for anyone interested in the truth about America. Join Thaddeus for a rousing retelling of history August 7th at 8pm EDT! Thaddeus Russell is a historian and cultural critic and the author of A Renegade History of the United States (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2010). He teaches American history and cultural studies at Occidental College and has taught history, American Studies, and the history of philosophy at Columbia University, Barnard College, the New School for Social Research, and Eugene Lang College. Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Russell graduated from Antioch College and received a PhD in history from Columbia University. Russell’s first book, Out of the Jungle: Jimmy Hoffa and the Re-Making of the American Working Class, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2001. He is a frequent contributor to The Daily Beast and has written for The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, Salon, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has also published scholarly essays in American Quarterly and The Columbia History of Post-World War II America. Russell has appeared on the History Channel, Al-Jazeera, Fox News, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

FFF Webinar: The 100th Anniversary of the Great State Crime with Sheldon Richman 100 years ago, World War I began, claiming the lives of 16 million people, including 7 million noncombatants. With so much having been written in the last century, what’s left to be said about the “Great War” at this late date? Could the men responsible for the war have wrought anything like the horrors they inflicted had they not controlled a state apparatus — an army, a navy, a compulsory revenue-collection agency, and a bureaucracy to conscript (enslave) the nation’s young males? War was never inevitable. It was a product of human agency. Join Sheldon Richman for this important session, brought to you by the Future of Freedom Foundation, September 16th at 8pm EDT!