Essays Against the Ballot, Democracy, and Politics
Alliance of the Libertarian Left
Alston, Wilton D.
Akai, Laure
- No Political Solutions (September 25)
Anarchist Federation
Anarcho
- Don’t Vote, Organize! (2001)
Ballou, Adin
- The Superiority of Moral Power Over Political Power (1845)
- Non-Resistance in Relation to Human Governments (1839)
Bandow, Doug
Boudreaux, Donald J.
- I Won’t Vote (2008)
Bowman, Joel
Brennan, Jason
Broze, Derrick
- Here’s Why I Don’t Vote… (2016)
Caplan, Bryan
Carson, Kevin
- A “Political” Program for Anarchists (2002)
- To Vote, or Not to Vote? (2012)
- The Joke of Democratic Accountability (2012)
Castro, Frank
Chartier, Gary
- Just Say “No” (2012)
Chisari, Michael
Chodorov, Frank
- If We Quit Voting (1945)
- On Underwriting an Evil (1962)
Conger, Wally
CrimethInc.
Cunningham, Ray
Davidson, Jared
De Cleyre, Voltairine
- Direct Action (1912)
Diedrich, Joseph S.
Donnelly, George
Doyle, Kevin
- Parliament or Democracy? (2001)
Flood, Andrew
Gillis, William
Goldman, Emma
Gordon, Uri
Gornoski, David
Guerrero, Alexnder
Hammer, Richard O.
- Is it Wise to Vote? (1999)
Hasnas, John
- Of Voting and T-shirts (2016)
Howe, Jared
- Against Voting (2016)
Johnson, Charles W.
- Don’t Vote (2010)
- In which I accept a challenge (2015)
Keating, Kevin
Keen, Mothuzad
- Stop Voting, Start Acting (2010)
Klassen, Robert
- Don’t Vote! (2002)
Knight III, Alex R.
- Your Obligation Not to Vote (2009)
Koman, Victor
- Death to the Party! (1980s)
Konkin III, Samuel Edward
- Our Enemy, The Party (1980)
- Action! Our Tactics (1980)
Koontz, Alan P.
- Living Slavery And All That (1985)
Lefevre, Robert
Mangu-Ward, Katherine
- Your Vote Doesn’t Count (2012)
McArdle, Megan
McCarron, Des
McCarthy, Colman
McElroy, Wendy
- Neither Bullets nor Ballots: introduction (1983)
- Why I Would Not Vote Against Hitler (1997)
- Anarchists Who Vote Are Like Atheists Who Pray (2012)
McGath, Gary (2002)
Munger, Michael
Nock, Albert Jay
- What the American Votes For (1876)
Notung
- An Argument Against Voting (2013)
Peacott, Joe
Price, Wayne
Progressive Labor Party
- Only Revolution, Not Voting, Can End Capitalism’s Racism, War, and Unemployment (2011)
- The Real Choice: Vote or Revolt (2012)
- U.S. Elections Growing Fascism & War (2016)
Powell, Aaron Ross
- Voting as a Moral Wrong (2014)
- Politics is Destroying Your Soul (2015)
Pugsley, John
- Arguments Against Political Action (1995)
- We Have To Do Something! (1995)
Reclus, Elisée
- Why Anarchists Don’t Vote (1885)
- On Voting (1885)
Richman, Sheldon
Rozeff, Michael S.
- Why I Don’t Vote (2008)
Ryan, Alex
- Please Don’t Vote (2008)
Sabate Anarchist Collective
- Never Mind the Ballots! (2000)
Sherrer, Hans
Singh, Jaggi
Smith, George H.
- Party Dialogue (1980)
- Ethics of Voting (1982)
Sobran, Joe
- How To Vote For Liberty (2004)
Somin, Ilya
- When Ignorance Isn’t Bliss (2004)
- Democracy and Political Ignorance (2013)
Spencer, Herbert
- The Non-Voter’s Right to Ignore the State (1850)
- Reply to the Argument “If You Don’t Vote, You Can’t Complain” (1851)
Spooner, Lysander
- Against Woman Suffrage (1877)
Studebaker, Benjamin
- The Case Against Voting (2014)
Tandy, Francis
Thomson, David Ker
- Stop Voting (2008)
Tippens, Will
- Think Outside the Ballot Box (2016)
Tremblay, François
Tucker, Benjamin R.
- The Futility of the Ballot (1928)
Tucker, Jeffrey
Vee, Kelly
Vasquez, Christian
- Don’t vote; Organize (2016)
The Voluntaryist
- Non-Voting Series (2015)
Ward, Colin Ward
- The Case Against Voting (1987)
Watner, Carl
- Cultivate Your Own Garden: No Truck with Politics (1989)
- The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil (1997)
- Why I Refuse to Register (To Vote or Pay Taxes) (1999)
- Is Voting and Act of Violence? (2000)
- Dissenting Electorate: introduction (2001)
- Non-Voting (2009)
Zin, Howard
- Election Madness (2008)
Ziyad, Hari
A good list, thanks. I would recommend checking out Zak Woodman’s “Why Market Anarchism is more Democratic than Democracy,” too.
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