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This journal was edited
(and largely written by) Murray N. Rothbard from 1969 to 1984. It
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1969
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Issue, March 1, 1969:
- Why the Libertarian
- The Nixon Administration: Creeping Cornuellism
- State of Palestine Launched
- 'Private' Enterprise at Work
- A People's Court?
- Sitting on the Sidewalk Outlawed
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1.1, April 1, 1969: The Scientific Imperial Counsellor: 'To Restore Faith in Government' | FBI and CIA (K. Hess) | 'Dear Ted': Prelude to Repression?
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1.2, April 15, 1969: Tax Day | Tax Revolt in Wisconsin | Tax Revolt (K. Hess) | Transformation of a Newspaper
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1.3, May 1, 1969: The Student Revolution | My Taxes (K. Hess)
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1.4, May 15, 1969: Mailer for Mayor | Repression, Domestic and Foreign (K. Hess) | SDS and Black Self-Determination (S. Halbrook) | The Panthers and Black Liberation
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1.5, June 1, 1969: The Movement Grows | The Coming White Terror (K. Hess) | Don't Tred on Me
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1.6, June 15, 1969: Massacred at People's Park | Where are the Specifics? (K. Hess) | Confiscation and the Homestead Principle
- Vol. 1.7, July 1, 1969: The Meaning of Revolution | What the Movement Needs (K. Hess)
- Vol. 1.8, July 15, 1969: Nixon's Decisions | SDS--Two Views (MNR and L. Liggio)
- Vol. 1.9, August 1, 1969: Revolution in Minnesota | The Real Rebels (K. Hess) | Nelson's Waterloo | The New Deal and Fascism | Heinlein and Liberty: A Warning (W. Clark)
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1.10, August 15, 1969: Listen, YAF
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1.11, September 1,
1969: National Liberation
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1.12, September 15, 1969: The Revolution Comes to YAF (Tuccile)
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1.13, October 1, 1969: Anarcho-Rightism
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1.14, October 15, 1969: We Make the Media
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1.15, November 1, 1969: The Conference
- Vol. 1.16, November 15, 1969: Ultra-Leftism
- Vol. 1.17, December 1, 1969: The Anti-War Movement
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1.16,
December 15, 1969: Notes on Repression
1970
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2.1, January 1, 1970: Anarcho-Communism
- Vol. 2.2, January 15, 1970: AHA Convention
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2.3, February 1, 1970: Biafra, RIP
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2.4, February 15, 1970: The Task Ahead
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2.5, March 1, 1970: Free Bill Kunstler!
- Vol. 2.6, March 15, 1970: The New Left: RIP
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2.7, April 1, 1970: The Mad Bombers
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2.8, April 15, 1970: The Cure For Air Pollution
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2.9, May 1, 1970: Farewell To The Left
- Vol. 2.10, May 15, 1970: The State of the Movement
- Vol. 2.11, June 1, 1970: The New Movement: Peace Politics
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2.12, June 15, 1970: The Nixon Mess
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2.13-14, July 1, 1970: On Civil Disobedience
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2.15-16, August 1, 1970: Hatfield for President?
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2.17, September 1, 1970: The Socialist Scholars Caper
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2.18, September 15, 1970: Fall Reading
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2.19, October 1, 1970: When Revolution?
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2.20, October 15, 1970 : Polarization
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2.22-23, November 15-December 1, 1970 : The Elections
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2.24, December 15, 1970: Death of the Left
1971
- Vol. 3.1, January 1971: Nixonite Socialism
- Vol. 3.2, Feburary 1971: Take Off
- Vol. 3.3, March 1971: TakeOff II
- Vol. 3.4, April 1971: The Conning of America
- Vol. 3.5, May-June, 1971 (missing)
- Vol. 3.6-7, July-August 1971: Dumping Nixon
- Vol. 3.8, September 1971: The End of Economic Freedom
- Vol. 3.9, October 1971: Attica
- Vol. 3.10, November 1971: Nixon's NEP
- Vol. 3.11, December 1971: The UN and The War
1972
- Vol. 4.1, January 1972: Politics '72
- Vol. 4.2, February 1972: Phase II Cracking
- Vol. 4.3, March 1972: The Party
- Vol. 4.4, May 1972: A Bunch of Losers
- Vol. 4.5, June 1972: Nixon's World
- Vol. 4.6-7, June-July 1972: McGovern???
- Vol. 4.8-9, August-September 1972: Confronting Leviathan
- Vol. 4.10, October 1972: November??
- Vol. 4.11, November 1972: Beyond the Sixties
- Vol. 4.12, December 1972: The Movement
1973
- Vol. 5.1, January 1973: The Apotheosis of Harry
- Vol. 5.2, February 1972: The Sticks in the Closet
- Vol. 5.3, March 1973: The Mayoral Circus
- Vol. 5.4, April 1973: Present at the Creation
- Vol. 5.5, May 1973: Notes on Watergate
- Vol. 5.6, June 1973: The Mayoral Circus II
- Vol. 5.7, July 1973: Economic Mess
- Vol. 5.8, August 1973: Oil and American Foreign Policy
- Vol. 5.9, September 1973: American Monopoly Statism
- Vol. 5.10, October 1973: Hands off the Middle East!
- Vol. 5.11, November 1973: Ludwig von Mises, RIP
- Vol. 5.12, December 1973: Congress '73
1974
- Vol. 6.1, January 1974: Energy Fascism
- Vol. 6.2, February 1974: Two Tiers Crumble
- Vol. 6.3, March 1974: Seven Days in May??
- Vol. 6.4, April 1973: Five Years Old!
- Vol. 6.5, May 1974: Impeach the (Expletive Deleted)
- Vol. 6.6, June 1974: Reflections on the Middle East
- Vol. 6.7, July 1974: World-Wide Inflation
- Vol. 6.8, August 1974: Whoopie!!
- Vol. 6.9, September 1974: Natural Law, or The Science of Justice
- Vol. 6.10, October 1974: The Ford in Our Present, Or Can Greenspan Save US?
- Vol. 6.11, November 1974: The Elections
- Vol. 6.12, December 1974: The Emerging Crisis
1975
- Vol. 7.1, January 1975: Government and the Economy
- Vol. 7.2, February 1975: Oil War and Oil Imperialism
- Vol. 7.3, March 1975: Inflationary Depression
- Vol. 7.4, April 1975: The Death of a State
- Vol. 7.5, May 1975: Mayaguez, By Jingo
- Vol. 7.6, June 1975: The Case for Optimism
- Vol. 7.7, July 1975: Dictatorships
- Vol. 7.8, August 1975: Winston Churchill: An Appreciation
- Vol. 7.9, September 1975: The LP Convention
- Vol. 7.10, October 1975: The Sinai Trap
- Vol. 7.11, November 1975: Politics: November '75
- Vol. 7.12, December 1975: Stop Reagan!
1976
- Vol. 8.1, January 1976: U.S. Out of Angola!
- Vol. 8.2, February 1976: The Presidency '76
- Vol. 8.3, March 1976: The Early Primaries
- Vol. 8.4, April 1976: FLP Split!
- Vol. 8.5, May 1976: The Zen Candidate: Or, Browning Out In the Movement
- Vol. 8.6, June 1976: Ford Vs. Carter?
- Vol. 8.7, July 1976: MacBride's New Book
- Vol. 8.8, August 1976: The State As An Immoral Teacher
- Vol. 8.9, September 1976: Education By Bribes and Coercion
- Vol. 8.10, October 1976: To the Elections
- Vol. 8.11, November 1976: The LP: Retrospect and Prospect
- Vol. 8.12, December 1976: Carter & Co.--Back at the Old Stand
1977
- Vol. 10.1, January 1977: LP Election Scoreboard
- Vol. 10.2, February 1977: The War Over Foreign Policy
- Vol. 10.3, March 1977: The New End of Ideology?
- Vol. 10.4, April 1977: At the Summit
- Vol. 10.5, May 1977: Begin Begins
- Vol. 10.6, June 1977: The Water 'Shortage'
- Vol. 10.7, July 1977: Do You Hate the State?
- Vol. 10.8, August 1977: Tax Rebellion in Illinois!
- Vol. 10.9, September 1977: The Bakke Case
- Vol. 10.10, October 1977: The New York Mayorality
- Vol. 10.11, November 1977: Two Exits
- Vol. 10.12, December 1977: L'Affaire Efron
1982
- Vol. 16.1, February 1982: Are We Being Beastly to the Gipper? Part I
- Vol. 16.2, March 1982: Are We Being Beastly to the Gipper? Part II
- Vol. 16.3, April 1982: To the Gold Commission
- Vol. 16.4, May 1982: Oh, Oh, Oh, What A Lovely War!
- Vol. 16.5, June 1982: More on the Falklands
- Vol. 16.6, July 1982: Double Victory for Aggression
- Vol. 16.6, August 1982: Smear: The Story of Update--Part I
- Vol. 16.7, September 1982: Blockbuster at Billings
- Vol. 16.8, October 1982: The Massacre
- Vol. 16.8-9, November-December 1982: The Election