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Libertarian strategy proposed by Samuel E. Konkin III that strives to achieve a voluntary society via non-political means

Agorism is a libertarian social philosophy that advocates creating a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, thus engaging with aspects of peaceful revolution. It was first proposed by libertarian philosopher Samuel Edward Konkin III at two conferences, CounterCon I in October 1974 and CounterCon II in May 1975, both conferences organized by J. Neil Schulman.

Websites

Agorism
A wiki including a FAQ and various other resources

Articles

Black-Market Activism: Samuel Edward Konkin III and Agorism, by David S. D'Amato, 25 Apr 2015
Overview of Konkin's life and his two main contributions: agorism and the counter-economy
Political libertarianism, at least for Konkin, was a contradiction in terms, libertarians being opposed to politics in principle. Agorism instead emphasizes the importance of building the 'counter-economy,' libertarian economic institutions and enterprises existing outside of the legal strictures of the dominant framework characterized by state intervention and coercion. Agorists regard this counter-economy as a form of nonviolent direct action, a method of simultaneously challenging and evading state power, in the process building a free society based on the principles of unrestricted voluntary exchange.
Samuel Edward Konkin III, by Jeff Riggenbach, 29 Jul 2010
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
For a few years in the late '80s, [Konkin] found enough funding to open a small suite of offices in a downtown office building in Long Beach, California for his own libertarian think tank, the Agorist Institute. The name, "Agorist," was derived from the ancient Greek word agora, meaning open marketplace ... Most of these people [in the Counter-Economy], Sam argued "are acting in an agorist manner with little understanding of any theory." They "are induced by material gain to evade, avoid, or defy the State. Surely they are a hopeful potential?" ... "The path from here to agora now becomes blindingly obvious," Sam wrote.

Books

New Libertarian Manifesto [PDF], by Samuel Edward Konkin III, 1980
Electronic version available at Agorism.info; contents: Preface - Statism: Our Condition - Agorism: Our Goal - Counter-Economics: Our Means - Revolution: Our Strategy - Action: Our Tactics

Videos


Charles "Rad Geek" Johnson chats it up with MHD about Agorism, by Charles W. Johnson, The Motorhome Diaries
Johnson explains agorism and counter-economics, including an example relating to intellectual property (at 1:20)
New Libertarian Manifesto, by Samuel Edward Konkin III, 29 May 2009
Narrated by Mike Gogulski, includes text of manifesto

The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "Agorism" as of 28 Oct 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.