On AlterNet: anti-government

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "anti-government"

'Screw with Their Faith and They Will Kill You': The Strange, Obsessively Anti-Government Sovereign Citizen Movement Makes a Comeback

Justine Sharrock, AlterNet. September 23, 2010.

'Sovereign citizens' refuse to abide by government laws. While a small minority takes up arms, most just search for loopholes in the law.

Pentagon Shooting Yet Another Sign of Boiling Anti-Government Sentiment

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. March 5, 2010.

The media are trying to find political affiliations for the Pentagon shooter, but they're missing the big picture.

Right-Wing Rage: Hate Groups, Vigilantes and Conspiracists on the Verge of Violence

Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center. March 2, 2010.

The radical right has caught fire, as broad-based anger over the past year has ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation.

Texas Suicide Flyer Had Real Populist Grievances

Rich Benjamin, AlterNet. February 20, 2010.

Joseph Stack's suicide screed chafes and exposes a raw wound this country does not know what to do with.

Don't Drink the Tea Party Kool-Aid

Doug Kreeger, AlterNet. February 8, 2010.

Let's hope the American people don't buy the propaganda of anti-government groups calling for the overthrow of the very institutions that protect all of us from tyranny.

[VIDEO] Anti-Government Murder? Census Worker Found Dead, Hanging From Tree -- "FED" Written on Body

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 24, 2009.

In what authorities are describing as "an apparent homicide," Census worker Bill Sparkman was found dead in a Kentucky forest, hanging from a tree.

We Are Entering a New Political Era, and We Need an Educated Public to Deal with It

Doug Kreeger, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.

The era of hearing that government is evil, that a "hands-off" government gives us freedom is over. Now it's time to think about the public good.

Ron Paul Competes For the Unabomber Vote

Jeff Fecke, AlterNet: PEEK. October 8, 2007.

Jeff Fecke: Rep. Paul is a wacko. If you don't believe me, get a load of his cozy relationship with Timothy McVeigh's Patriot Movement.