1,072 words On Sunday, May 9th, at noon PST, 3 pm EST, 8 pm UK time, & 9 pm CET, Greg Johnson will be joined by fellow Counter-Currents Brain Trust members Millennial Woes and Frodi Midjord to discuss current events and YOUR QUESTIONS, on DLive and Odysee. Send your questions, comments, and donations through Entropy: […]
4,039 words Scott HowardThe Transgender-Industrial ComplexQuakertown, Pennsylvania: Antelope Hill, 2020 “If man will strike, strike through the mask!” — Moby Dick In March, South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem vetoed House Bill 1217, an act designed to “promote continued fairness in women’s sports” by prohibiting biological men from playing in girls’ sports leagues. In April, Arkansas […]
3,334 words Ron ChernowGrantNew York: Penguin Press, 2017 Ulysses S. Grant is one of the archetypal Americans. A brilliant general who would only accept unconditional surrender. A modest president who eschewed pomp in favor of simple, democratic attire. A downcast alcoholic who rose from obscurity to greatness. He both made a fortune and lost a […]
W. H. Drake, “Then Rikki-Tikki was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog,” from The Jungle Book, 1895. 1,479 words Allow me to share a deep character flaw of mine that it took nearly six decades to realize but only moments to rectify. Despite outward appearances and an intensely unsavory […]
4,348 words David SkrbinaThe Jesus Hoax: How St. Paul’s Cabal Fooled the World for Two Thousand YearsCreative Fire Press, 2019 This short book presents itself as the latest in a genre whose brightest lights are Nietzsche’s The Antichrist (which the author quotes extensively) and Savitri Devi’s pamphlet Paul of Tarsus, or Christianity and Jewry (reviewed here; Skrbina has produced an […]
N. C. Wyeth, The Burning of the Bounty, 1940. 1,466 words For men on the Right, observable truths about the state of Western civilization intersect like the threads of an unraveling tapestry. We see order giving into chaos; tyranny and anarchy converging and becoming indiscernible in the stew of nature, oppression, freedom, injustice, security, peace, […]
“Off with her head!” An original illustration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1864) 7,655 words The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to bits, is the decree. — D. H. Lawrence A question, readers: what is the most profound of all human activities? With the previous sentence, I’ve already provided the answer, for it is the […]
786 words Jay BlackGuttersnipeBudapest: Terror House Press, 20212nd edition When I heard that Terror House Press was republishing Guttersnipe by Canadian author Jay Black, I could not resist pre-ordering a copy. I must admit that I had never heard of Black before, nor of his book, originally published in 2004 and only printed in 200 copies, but […]
Jessica Beauvais drinking wine from a plastic cup 1,970 words Black Woman Livestreams Two-Hour “Fuck Tha Police” Rant,” Then Kills Rather Than Fucks a White Policeman Jessica Beauvais is a 32-year-old black New Yorker whose major accomplishments up to last week were receiving four separate citations for driving with a suspended license. Because everyone’s a star […]
1,107 words Greg Johnson will appear on two broadcasts this weekend. On Saturday, May 1, Greg will be on the second hour of James Edwards’ The Political Cesspool, 5 pm PST, 7 pm CT, 8 pm EST. You can tune in at https://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/ On Sunday, May 2nd, at noon PST, 3 pm EST, 8 pm […]
5,911 words In my life, I have encountered people who enjoy watching bad movies. I don’t mean that they have bad taste in movies, but that they revel in watching objectively terrible, often low-budget movies in an MST3K sort of way. I guess they find something endearing about the amateurish charm. I mean, knock yourself out. But I’ve never […]
1,144 words Imagine if I screamed my lungs bloody all day and all night, for years on end, about the Devil and how he’s the greatest threat to humanity. And then, let’s say a well-tempered Satanist tried to counter my caterwauling by saying, “Relax, fella — the Devil’s not that bad.” If I replied, “The Devil doesn’t […]
Sam T. Francis by Phil Eiger Newmann, 2021 1,061 words This year, Counter-Currents is adding Sam Francis to our list of thinkers of the Right whose birthdays we commemorate. We are also running a symposium on his work, beginning today. Samuel Todd Francis was born April 29, 1947, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He died February 15, […]
Schedel’s Phoenix from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 2,484 words If I had to recommend one book on politics, it would be James Burnham’s The Machiavellians. If I had to recommend one pamphlet, it would be an overlooked gem of American political discourse, Sam Francis’s The Other Side of Modernism: James Burnham and His Legacy. There is no white identitarian, […]
1,977 words Author’s note: An earlier version of this appeared at Return of Kings as “How Our Government Is Sanctioning A New Kind Of Tyranny.” The following expanded version is in my compilation Deplorable Diatribes. My first encounter with anarcho-tyranny was when my grandfather got busted in a sting. His “crime” was cutting hair without a license, which got […]
Cars parked outside Joe the Barber’s house in Apalachin, New York, 1957. 2,362 words How many friends have we over there? The border guards fight unconvincingly. Whate’er we do it seems things are arranged. We always have to feed the enemy. — Magazine (Howard Devoto), “Feed the Enemy“ I believe it was Pamela Geller who […]
Squaw Tit Mountain postcard, from James R. Powell’s Route 66 collection, 1937. 2,005 words Chauvin Found Guilty — But There’s More Work To Be Done, So Let’s Keep Rioting! After being found guilty on all three counts last week, Derek Chauvin has become the nation’s white-boy-summer piñata — anyone can feel free to club him […]
1,120 words There will be two Counter-Currents Radio livestreams this weekend. On Saturday, April 24, at noon Pacific, 3 pm EST, 8 pm GMT, & 9 pm CET, join Greg Johnson & Rich Houck for some “Ted talk.” We will be discussing the Unabomber’s manifesto Industrial Society and its Future, plus YOUR QUESTIONS, on DLive […]
1,019 words For a while now, I’ve found that I cannot bring myself to enjoy new films, new TV shows, and other new media, not only due to the active war on whiteness waged therein. I expected Netflix’s Barbarians to be no different, but people were talking it up and I was having trouble sleeping, so I […]
1,807 words Thomas Nelson PageBred in the Bone New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904 Bred in the Bone, a 1904 novella by Thomas Nelson Page, epitomizes race realism through the proxy of horses and horse racing. It also embodies the author’s characteristic nostalgia for the aristocratic white supremacy of the antebellum South. In a sense, it […]
Andrea del Sarto, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1527. 1,545 words Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts for the “murder” of the beatified George Floyd. The jury, consisting of only two white men among twelve, found him guilty within a matter of hours. It was a quick decision that sent a clear message […]
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin 1,328 words I consider social media the biggest pestilence on the culture since the opioid crisis. . . and before that, the mass-dosing of the populace with antidepressants. . . and before that, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. . . but social media is good […]
1,495 words Seneca and James Romm, ed., trans.How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger ManagementPrinceton University Press, 2019 Long before self-help books, pop-psychology gurus, TED talks, non-fiction political punditry, and “anger-management” classes, the ancients dispensed wisdom on a variety of topics, personal and societal. Princeton University Press is in the process of […]
1,317 words Officer Derek Chauvin should not have been convicted for murder in the death of George Floyd. But the conviction comes as no surprise, because it comes at the end of a long list of things that shouldn’t have happened. Chauvin never should have been tried in the first place. No crime was committed. […]
StoneToss, Justice is Bind, 2021. 1,317 words Officer Derek Chauvin should not have been convicted for murder in the death of George Floyd. But the conviction comes as no surprise, because it comes at the end of a long list of things that shouldn’t have happened. Chauvin never should have been tried in the first […]