In Praise of Healthy Vice Remembering Lothrop Stoddard: June 29, 1883–May 1, 1950
Counter Currents - Jun 29th 2022 9:01am EDT Lothrop Stoddard 1,746 words This review is published in commemoration of Lothrop Stoddard’s 139th birthday. Stoddard has often been written about and referenced at Counter-Currents; to see these other essays, click on his tag. Lothrop Stoddard Master of Manhattan: The Life of Richard Croker New York/Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931 Our subject today is […]
The Union Jackal, June 2022
Counter Currents - Jun 28th 2022 11:52am EDT Vikki Spit and her fiancée. Spit has become the first person in the UK to receive compensation from the government for a death — her fiancée’s — resulting from the Covid-19 vaccine. 2,165 words Beware the Ides of June Under British parliamentary rules, a vote of no confidence in a Prime Minister is similar to […]
Male Relationship Fantasies
Counter Currents - Jun 28th 2022 11:22am EDT Career Opportunities 1,949 words We’ve all seen sci-fi movies where an attractive woman gets stuck alone with a guy she normally wouldn’t consider, gets to know “the real him,” something threatens her, he rescues or protects her, and they pair up in the end. For example, in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the scoundrel […]
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 458 Rich Houck Discusses Mishima’s My Friend Hitler on The Writers’ Bloc
Counter Currents - Jun 28th 2022 9:21am EDT 544 words / 2:07:29 The one and only Rich Houck was host Nick Jeelvy‘s guest on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc, where they discussed Yukio Mishima’s My Friend Hitler — a play about politics, friendship, and doing what is necessary — and answered listener questions, and it is now available for download and […]
Perilously Fair: Reflections on the Ladies of the Lake
Counter Currents - Jun 27th 2022 3:20pm EDT 5,553 words The editors of Counter-Currents have recently shared their findings that, among other interesting facts, females make up about one-third of the readership here. There are apparently quite a few Dissident-Right women who swim in our waters, and therefore a need exists for some un-feminist, but “woman-positive” readings that mine our traditional canon and […]
We Apologize for Your Feral Behavior
Counter Currents - Jun 27th 2022 12:51pm EDT The Toronto police are being ordered to look the other way when non-whites commit crimes while using overwhelming force against peaceful white protesters, such as the Freedom Convoy. 1,061 words On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, the Toronto Police Service released findings from its Race-Based Data Collection (RBDC) Strategy. This comprehensive initiative is “aimed at understanding […]
The Crossroads of Our Being: Civil War Commemorations During the “Civil Rights” Movement
Counter Currents - Jun 27th 2022 11:31am EDT 3,063 words Any understanding of this nation has to be based, and I mean really based, on an understanding of the Civil War. I believe that firmly. It defined us. The Revolution did what it did. Our involvement in European wars, beginning with the First World War, did what it did. But the Civil War […]
This Weekend’s LivestreamsGregory Hood on Counter-Currents Radio & Rich Houck on The Writers’ Bloc
Counter Currents - Jun 25th 2022 12:07pm EDT Santi di Tito, Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, ca. 1550. 305 words On Saturday, June 25, 2022, Greg Johnson welcomes Gregory Hood to Counter-Currents Radio to discuss James Burnham and Machiavellianism, plus current events like the Roe v. Wade decision, and of course YOUR QUESTIONS. In the second hour of the stream, Greg Johnson will do […]
Irreplaceable Communities
Counter Currents - Jun 24th 2022 9:38am EDT 3,808 words Translated by F. Roger Devlin Communities, whether old or recent, whether ethno-cultural, linguistic, religious, sexual, or something else, are natural dimensions of belonging. No individual can exist without belonging, even if only to distance himself from it. The ego is always situated, i.e., incorporated in a history — a history never reducible to […]
Why the Concept of the Cathedral is Nonsense
Counter Currents - Jun 24th 2022 8:05am EDT Mencius Moldbug 2,140 words If you’re a regular in Dissident Right circles, you’ll probably have heard of Curtis Yarvin, also known as Mencius Moldbug, and his idea of the Cathedral as the decentralized system of control which rules the West today. The basic idea is that the media, academia, Hollywood, and that part of the […]
Greg Johnson & Millennial Woes on Common Mistakes in English
Counter Currents - Jun 23rd 2022 9:24pm EDT 252 words / 1:49:28 Earlier this week, Greg Johnson and Millennial Woes did a surprise livestream about some common mistakes in English, and it is now available for download and online listening. Topics discussed include: 00:03:23 “Cliché” 00:04:50 “There is” vs. “There are” 00:07:20 “Bourgeois” vs. “bourgeoisie” 00:08:27 Using “it’s” to mean “belonging to it” […]
What Law Enforcement and First Responders Need to Know about White Nationalism
Counter Currents - Jun 23rd 2022 11:59am EDT 3,918 words White Nationalism has been quite a hot topic in political discourse lately. There have been high-level politicians who have declared it to be the United States’ number one threat. It’s important for people like you — police, first responders, and federal agents — to get some clarity and accurate information about the subject. […]
Just Like a Woman
Counter Currents - Jun 23rd 2022 8:28am EDT 1,248 words Duty and freedom are two things responsible people must constantly consider when making personal decisions. Too much of the former can make one rigid and overbearing. Too much of the latter can make one self-centered and soft. In a perfect society, I would imagine, people should be able to achieve balance according to […]
The Black Johnny Depp
Counter Currents - Jun 23rd 2022 7:37am EDT Jesse Lee Peterson 1,922 words When I heard that a recently released documentary accuses black pastor Jesse Lee “Amazin!” Peterson of sexually preying upon the troubled young men he’s made a career out of rescuing from a life of sin and degradation, my immediate reaction was to laugh uproariously. Then again, I laugh uproariously at […]
Special Surprise LivestreamGreg Johnson & Millennial Woes on Common Mistakes in English
Counter Currents - Jun 22nd 2022 12:22pm EDT 239 words Announcing a special surprise livestream: Greg Johnson and Millennial Woes will talk about some common mistakes in English. Feel free to share your questions, comments, and pet peeves. Starting at 11:00 am PST, 2:00 pm EST, 7 pm UK time, and 8:00 pm CET on: DLive: https://dlive.tv/Counter-Currents Odysee: https://odysee.com/@countercurrents/ccradio Send questions & donations […]
From “Equal Opportunity” to “Friend/Enemy”
Counter Currents - Jun 22nd 2022 12:12pm EDT 2,480 words “War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.” — Heraclitus Compliance measures and social trust are two key elements in any society, the ratio of which is a good indicator of how productive the people in it are and what […]
Deconstructing Dugin: An Interview with Charles Upton, Part 2
Counter Currents - Jun 22nd 2022 11:22am EDT5,184 words Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here) Fróði Midjord: Another thing that you bring up here is to make a point that in attacking the American ideology, Dugin paints a ridiculous and cartoonish picture of Americans; and as you point out, correctly I believe, the same can be done about Russians. You can paint […]
O Manifesto Nacionalista Branco: Parte 9, Supremacismo
Counter Currents - Jun 22nd 2022 10:46am EDT Você pode comprar o Manifesto Nacionalista Branco aqui. 875 palavras Parte 9 di 16 (Parte 1, Parte 8) A acusação contra os Nacionalistas Brancos de que são “supremacistas brancos” tem dois aspectos. Primeiro, há a assunção de que os brancos se vêem como superiores a outros grupos. Segundo, há a ideia de que os brancos […]
Deconstructing Dugin: An Interview with Charles Upton, Part 1
Counter Currents - Jun 21st 2022 1:32pm EDT Charles Upton 6,859 words Part 1 of 2 The following is a transcript of the Guide to Kulchur interview with the Traditionalist scholar Charles Upton on the subject of Alexander Dugin that was broadcast on May 27. Mr. Upton was previously interviewed by Greg Johnson for Counter-Currents Radio in 2012. The transcript was prepared by […]
White Advocacy & Class Warfare
Counter Currents - Jun 21st 2022 9:59am EDT Bertrand de Jouvenel 1,806 words The Dissident Right is well familiar with Bertrand de Jouvenel’s theory of High Low versus Middle (HLvM). Even ordinary people have grown familiar with his theory, as they have had to experience it in their daily lives for the past several years, but especially since 2020. Most people might have […]
The Tragedy of the Faux Boys
Counter Currents - Jun 21st 2022 9:17am EDT 2,428 words Abigail Shrier Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters New York: Regnery Publishing, 2020 There has recently been an epidemic of teen girls declaring that they have gender dysphoria and becoming “trans.” From the nice, white liberal perspective, this may appear to be a barrier broken by the foot soldiers of “civil […]
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 456 A Special Juneteenth Episode of The Writers’ Bloc with Jim Goad
Counter Currents - Jun 21st 2022 9:05am EDT 415 words / 2:39:15 Jim Goad was host Nick Jeelvy‘s very special guest on the Juneteenth broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc, where Jim regaled us with tales of African contributions to the United States as we celebrated this most auspicious holiday called Juneteenth. Topics discussed include: 00:10:00 The resurgence of white boxers and the promulgation […]
“I Write About Communist Space Goths”: An Interview with Beau Albrecht
Counter Currents - Jun 20th 2022 1:51pm EDT 5,043 words Beau Albrecht is one of Counter-Currents’ funniest authors. I personally enjoy reading his articles on topics such as music, bizarre books, humor, and current events. I haven’t seen any interviews with Beau, so I decided to do one. Maybe you’ll read something unexpected. Beau Albrecht is the author of several books. His cheerful and subversive […]
The Worst Week Yet: June 12-18, 2022
Counter Currents - Jun 20th 2022 12:24pm EDT Dr. Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, is a psychologist who insists that he has not nor would he ever have sex with a white woman. 2,680 words Leader of the Free World Falls Off Bicycle, Emerges Triumphant and Unscathed Few would dispute that Joe Biden is exceptional at being senile. His greatest legacy […]
Booking Problems at Hotel Rwanda
Counter Currents - Jun 20th 2022 11:45am EDT Steve Laws, a Briton and a citizen journalist who was arrested by the UK’s Border Force for documenting the ongoing migrant crisis along Britain’s Channel coast. 2,751 words It is a political axiom in contemporary Britain that there is no problem that Boris Johnson’s government can’t make worse. The supplementary lemma is: How much of […]
