Preface to the Fourth Edition

   Samuel Edward Konkin III had suggested 
that—instead of updating the Manifesto with 
new notes—we simply publish it as is, as an 
historical piece of living theory that continues 
to grow to this day.  The only changes have been 
the correction of some persistent typos and mi-
nor changes for the sake of clarity made by 
the editor.  Mr. Konkin joined that great anar-
chist hoard in the sky on February 23, 2004, 
after a too-short lifespan of theoretical and 
practical experiments, traveling the world to 
bring the concept of agorism and New Liber-
tarianism to eager listeners.
   Twenty-five years after its publication, the 
Manifesto is still a brisk seller.  This on-demand 
edition—available worldwide—should con-
tinue the trend.
   With the collapse of collectivism sweeping 
the world—a collapse brought about by the 
economic and moral consequences of such sys-
tems—Mr. Konkin’s analyses are all the more 
impressive for their accuracy.  If anything, <i>New 
Libertarian Manifesto</i> is more current now 
than ever.  Statism choked and died in the 
USSR. The UN as proto-World State is collaps-
ing into toothless, impotent irrelevance.  Will 
inhabitants of the world continue the trend,





14                      Samuel Edward Konkin III


or do we need the frontier of Space to achieve 
the next evolutionary step in human action?
   The Movement of the Libertarian Left can 
be contacted at agorism.info and all back is-
sues of <i>New Libertarian</i> publications are avail-
able from KoPubCo at kopubco.com.
                                   —Victor Koman
                                       Publisher
                                     March, 2006