anti communitarian league : grassroots research & analysis since 2001

Welcome to the Anti Communitarian League/ACL Books website!

We are a grassroots research institute and publishing company based in Copper Center, Alaska.

The ACL thesis:
After centuries of dialectical conflicts between opposing social, economic, political and religious theories, the world is being rebuilt under an entirely new system of government. It's called Communitarianism, supra-national global governance.

Our objection to America's conversion:
This system was never approved by a majority of informed citizens. (Most still don't know.) It's a foreign system that violates US principles & domestic, natural laws. It's imposing regulations that deprive our citizens of liberty, property, freedom and access to an entrepenurial private marketplace. It's criminal. It makes us, our children, and civilians around the world into slaves and sacrifices in staged Hegelian conflicts.

(A) Communitarianism did not evolve naturally.
(B) It was never a movement that arose out of U.S. society.
(C) Communitarianism has no natural home in the USA.

We've detailed our analysis and opposition to the philosophy in The Anti Communitarian Manifesto & simplified the system in 2020: Our Common Destiny. Paul Barnes from Canada added so much to the last version of 2020 that ACL Books is now actively soliciting contributions from people of all nations. Please email us if you have an interest in adding to our expanding catalog.

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In 2003, when we first built this website, there were only a few hundred academics publishing topic articles about communitarianism. It was never once referred to in any of the hundreds of American Revolutionary documents we scoured. Today it has thousands of users. In 2009, both Howard Dean and Bill Clinton told French speakers in Montreal and Paris that the world must accept the inevitability of this emerging synthesis of ideas. Clinton said it in Toronto too.

Howard Dean Declares Debate Between Capitalism and Socialism To Be Over, and explains that "we are going to have both." Dean tells the room without any hesitation, the synthesis between capitalism and socialism is called "communitarianism". April 2009 video of a talk he gave in Paris.

Judi McLeod at Canada Free Press, The Worldwide Debut of the Communitarians published January 15, 2010: http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/the-worldwide-debut-of-the-communitarians/

Devvy Kidd at News With Views, DETROIT BOMBER INCIDENT: PLAYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AGAIN, January 1, 2010, http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd478.htm

Britian 2010: Common Purpose, Corruption and Communitarianism by John Francis Walker, Stop Common Purpose, UK, January 1, 2010, http://www.stopcp.com/Britain_2010_Common_Purpose_corruption_and_communitarianism_20100101.pdf *This pdf will be included in the next edition of 2020. Thanks John!

Local Agenda 21 - united nations plan for the world, Forum at Prison Planet (Alex Jones site; Jones himself never writes or talks about communitarianism, nor its Zionist founder, but commentors do mention the ACL there from time to time). http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=157576.0

Some Recent Direct Quotes

"On the international level, Iran is an obvious candidate for the lesson that communitarians are not chumps." Now: Muscular Communitarianism, Amitai Etzioni Notes, January 08, 2010 http://blog.amitaietzioni.org/2010/01/now-muscular-communitarianism.html

"Though in my opinion communitarians do think the state has a right to imply a form life on its citizens, in terms of favoring it and therefore promote it acting on the behalf of the common good and consensus, the ideological backbone of communitarianism is just too weak in its structure to exclude massive misinterpretation of this if practically applied." Do communitarians believe the state has a right to impose a form of life on it’s citizens? By Oliver Hovorka http://nikiraapana.blogspot.com/2009/12/do-communities-have-right-to-impose.html

"We have witnessed a gradual erosion of this communitarian spirit over the past years. This has been visible not only in business, but also in politics and other areas. The erosion of societal values has progressed to a great extent in business, and it is one of the primary reasons of the current economic crisis." Bank Bonuses and the Communitarian Spirit, The emphasis on profit to the exclusion of other values led to the current economic crisis, and may undermine social peace. by Klaus Schwab http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704586504574654461600537756.html

"There is currently a power tussle going on between the European Commission, the European Parliament and member states about its exact shape, size and nature. MEPs and the commission would like to keep it communitarian in nature, run under the EU budget and drawing staff equally from the commission, the council secretariat, and from member states." This WEEK in the European Union, by HONOR MAHONY,16.10.2009 http://euobserver.com/9/28841.

"Why should the Tea-publicans, these Tea Party baggers deform what is real about this country, which is communitarianism, which is about a responsive, strong government?" VANDEN HEUVEL, http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-president-bill-clinton-president-george-bush/story?id=9584720&page=4

""You need to take back this tea party idea," he told the wildly cheering crowds in Boston and later in Worcester. "They say that the original Boston Tea Party was anti-government, but that is wrong. The Massachusetts Bay Colony had a strong government. They weren't liberal or conservative, they were communitarians, which means they knew we're all in this together. What they opposed was the abuse of power." But the aim of the Republican Party and Senate nominee Brown, he charged, is to "protect the modern abusers of power" - namely, the corporate and financial leaders whose depredations can only be curtailed by strong, responsive government." Bill Clinton in Massachusetts campaigning for Coakley. http://mobile.salon.com/opinion/conason/2010/01/15/clinton_coakley/index.html

"Former U.S. president Bill Clinton put out a clarion call for people to engage in "communitarianism", doing one's part for those on the disadvantaged side of the inequality that exists around the world." Clinton in Montreal calls for 'Communitarianism' October 15, 2009, By Joel Goldenberg, The Suburban News, http://www.thesuburbannews.ca/content/en/2513

"HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 29, 2009 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told crowds in two eastern Canadian provinces there had to be more public involvement in solving the world's problems./ Clinton spoke first on Thursday in St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, and coined his own term -- communitarianism -- for personal involvement, the city's Telegram newspaper reported." Bill Clinton urges 'communitarianism' http://www.aegis.com/news/upi/2009/UP090521.html

"[In his UN speech,] Obama used language consistent with communitarianism, a political philosophy that believes that individual rights must be balanced by the needs and interests of the community. Communitarians argue that each community is shaped by its culture, but also believe that a strong civil society is a prerequisite for a strong community." Now take a look at some of what Obama said during the speech: “We can only reach [a future of peace an dprosperity] if we recognize that all nations have rights, but all nations have responsibilities as well. That is the bargain that makes [the world] work. That must be the guiding principle of international cooperation. . . .The United States stands ready to begin a new chapter of international cooperation — one that recognizes the rights and responsibilities of all nations. And so with confidence in our cause, and with a commitment to our values, we call on all nations to join us in building the future that our people so richly deserve.”" Obama the Communitarian, Undiplomatic with Charles Brown http://www.undiplomatic.net/2009/09/25/obama-the-communitarian/

"Dr. Emanuel argues that to make such decisions, the focus cannot be only on the worth of the individual. He proposes adding the communitarian perspective to ensure that medical resources will be allocated in a way that keeps society going:" Obama's Health Rationer-in-Chief White House health-care adviser Ezekiel Emanuel blames the Hippocratic Oath for the 'overuse' of medical care, by Betsy McCaughey, Wall Street Journal August 27, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574374463280098676.html. {For further insight into Dr. Emanuel's and Dr. Etzioni's core ideology and acceptable methods for building a good mannered global society, read http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/21/israeli-pathologists-harvested-organs}

"Because America has now - Mostly because starting in '98, we had heavy majority support for not only the performance of the administration, but basically for the philosophy of - it wasn't necessarily more left, it was more communitarian, the idea that we had to go forward together. That we couldn't stand this level of inequality, we couldn't stand this level of social division." Bill Clinton meeting transcript, posted at Think Progress By Amanda Terkel on Jun 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/16/clinton-health-care-meeting/

"In the 21st century, being a good citizen requires more than working hard, taking care of your kids, paying your taxes and being an informed voter," the former president said. Bill Clinton urges public service UPI, August 27, 2009 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/27/Bill-Clinton-urges-public-service/UPI-95211251394431/?pvn=1

"The communitarian population registry, begun in the summer last year, is conducted in Paterson, Perth Amboy, Passaic, Newark, Union City, Jersey City, West New York, North Bergen and Camden, the ten cities with highest number of Dominicans in the state." N.J. city tops Dominican population in the U.S., census says Dominican Today Jan 30, 2009

"Communitarianism is a radical social ethic based on notions of justice, covenant, and empowerment. The primary duty of journalists and others, according to communitarianism, is to treat all with dignity and care and to minimize harm. For journalists seeking an ethical rationale for the higher discourse in cases of outing, communitarianism presents a morally useful alternative to the traditional libertarian/utilitarian ideals of press practice." Kenney, R. "The Ethics of Outing Gays in the Media: A Communitarian Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany Online . 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p92920_index.html

Communitarianism crosses all borders and cultures

"It is argued that two different wars are taking place in Afghanistan: One is a communitarian inspired national security informed search and destroy operation (for Al Qaeda) unilaterally led by the United States and a coalition of willing supporters, with a high level of aggression and ruthlessness, fought by warriors (special forces). The other war is a cosmopolitan nation-building exercise, with far more participants, but with a weaker depth of commitment, managed by UN and NATO soldiers. This analysis sheds additional light on why Germany and France were reluctant to commit to the Iraq war, arguing that this war was not conceived as necessary for either communitarian or cosmopolitan reasons, whereas the opposite was the case with the United States and the United Kingdom, albeit to different degrees.Finally it is argued that with the increasing depth and scope of international norms and laws there is a tendency of moving from the traditional communitarian towards increasingly cosmopolitan impetuses for war. However with the continued relevance of the state as the primary unit of international relations, most states choose to retain the capability for - if not often demonstrating the will to ? communitarian warfare." Henriksen, R. , 2007-02-28 "Slipping into Something More Comfortable: Communitarian and Cosmopolitan Impetuses for War in the West" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA Online . 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p179547_index.html

"Which turned out to be a potent combo for communitarian France. For young French people to watch the Village community hound and almost lynch Number 6 in this episode for the sin of being "unmutual" (that is, for insisting on his privacy instead of happily joining the collective), was to turn a cherished French ideal on its head. In the episode, those who refuse to conform are subjected to "instant social conversion" via frontal lobotomy. When French fans felt outrage at this brain-deadening cure to "individualism"—a word almost always used as a pejorative in France—they were unwittingly swallowing a libertarian message without ever having heard the word." Patrick McGoohan and The Prisoner in France How TV's most individualist character made a communitarian country swoon, Emmanuelle Richard | January 15, 2009 http://reason.com/archives/2009/01/15/patrick-mcgoohan-and-the-priso

"A more accurate description of Japanese political economy perhaps is communitarian capitalism, in which an interventionist state engages in a degree of economic (and social) management and articulates, through moderately redistributive social policies [2]"
Neo-liberalism vs. Communitarian Capitalism: Japan's Dilemma, By Chan Chee Khoon, http://www.japanfocus.org/-Chan_Chee-Khoon/2163

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"It was relatively easy to change the political system because communism more or less collapsed. It was sufficient to liberalize the entry into the political market. New political parties were created almost instanteously and the needed political plurality was established without constructing (or designing) it. It was a spontaneous process, it was nobody’s design. The only attempts to do it differently came from the civic-society or communitarian camps. They wanted to overcome parliamentary democracy and to do politics without political parties." Vaclav Kalus, 2.9.2002 - http://www.klaus.cz/Klaus2/asp/clanek.asp?id=GT6oufXnegvd.

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A new global architecture for an enlightened global citizenry

ACL's Non-Fiction Studies of Communitarianism,
an overview of our work, motivation and arguments against Dr. Amitai Etzioni.

What Communitarianism really means
"The world needs a new global architecture, additional layers of governance, to deal with issues that neither nations nor traditional forms of intergovernmental organizations can cope with." ("Europe, A Beautiful Idea" by Amitai Etzioni, September 2004 conference at the Hague)

What we're supposed to believe it promises
"Communitarianism presents an encouraging universal notion of freedom, transcending the one-sided stances of Marxism and libertarian capitalism and promoting the vision of a unified human destiny." Communitarianism, the Vatican, and the New Global Order by Robert L. Phillips, Decemeber 2, 1991, Carnegie Council, the voice for ethics in international policy.

How they've robbed the concept of national systems
"What I call communitarianism Ted Trainer (University of New South Wales, Australia) calls The Simpler Way: “The top priority is to develop small-scale local economies which enable people to provide for themselves most of the things they need, using local resources and labour. This frees a country from having to export fiercely in order to have the money to import what it needs. Above all it enables a country to take control of its own fate.” Re: Bolivia, Nationalization, Socialism, Communitarianism Posted by Steve Welzer on 05/03/06, Green Horizon http://www.green-horizon.org/index.php/blog/details/re_bolivia_nationalization_socialism_communitarianism/

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President Barack Obama with his communitarian guru, Dr. Amitai Etzioni

Obama's communitarianism was not an "issue" in his 2008 presidential bid.
Besides the fact that McCain and Palin are also both communitarians,
communitarian thinkers know how Americans would vote on his real change:

Individual rights versus community rights is the most ignored topic of the 21st century, and possibly the most important debate in American history. Maybe it's time we all joined in.
Is personal freedom and justice for all outdated?

Many thanks to the 3,851 visitors who've answered this poll!

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I'm Niki Raapana, co-founder of the ACL, my blog is Living Outside the Dialectic.
What's the question again?

Me picking wild sage and rosehips along the Copper River, summer 2009
Some of my youtube videos:
Local Agenda 21 for Blonds, an R-rated montage with blond vocals.
The Scam of the Century, an R-rated montage of the communitarian lie.
The Hidden Guru of Globalization, an expose of Amitai Etzioni by Niki Raapana.
Obama's Community Volunteerism, text presentation of Obama's philosophical beliefs.
American Freedom versus Communitarian Slavery 24 points - US law against international law.

Looking for new information on GerTee? Go to: Camp Redington.com.
Summer of Gertee 2009 youtube slideshow of Gerteeville, where we live.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Our logo is an original painting called Die Neue Mitte Ist Eine Neue Mythe, donated in December 2005 by the Belgian artist, Jan Theuninck. Vielen Dank, Jan!

We are extremely grateful to Jess Blank of the The Web Union, it was her generosity which allowed this website to remain a free public resource for 5 years. Today the ACL website continues as a free resource because of the generosity of a Canadian, Paul Barnes. The ACL receives no grant funding (and the founders do not live on welfare, food stamps or SSI either). We exist mainly on frugal living, sheer willpower, odd jobs and occassional gifts from our readers.

There are several other significant contributors to the ACL who are not in the public eye; while we don't name them, they are extremely important to keeping ACL research free and online. It takes more than two little "nobodies" to present such a massive body of work and this site would not exist without the support and encouragment from so many. To our generous friends in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada and Norway, thank you all!

Please feel free to add your financial contribution to continued ACL research!

To all our contributors, readers, supporters, well-wishers and fans around the world: thank you for visiting, donating, joining, sharing your thoughts, and spreading the word. You make this difficult project worthwhile. To every hater and flamer who ever belittled us or sent a nasty note: thank you as well, because each one is an affirmation.

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Updated January 31, 2010