2,062 words Newell Convers Wyeth, or N. C. Wyeth, was one of America’s greatest artists and illustrators. Over the course of his lifetime, he created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated over 100 books, including several Scribner Classics. His son, Andrew Wyeth, and grandson, Jamie Wyeth, also became prominent artists. Wyeth was born in 1882 and […]
Horatio Greenough, George Washington 1,547 words Israeli scholar Yoram Hazony wants to define nationalism for the entire West. And that nationalism leaves no room for our classical heritage. Counter-Currents readers are probably familiar with Hazony, his book The Virtue of Nationalism, and his “National Conservatism” conferences. Greg Johnson’s recent series on Hazony’s book is recommended […]
1,643 words Christopher Caldwell The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020 In 2015, Kim Davis, a frumpy county clerk from a Nowheresville in Appalachia, refused to issue gay marriage licenses and was briefly jailed as a result. Additionally, Davis and her fellow office workers were subjected to the […]
1,488 words I’ve spent the last few days contacting friends in order to make plans for my upcoming birthday. I always try to make my birthday memorable, whether it be with a group of friends or by myself. Last year’s birthday was one that I would never forget, as I found myself singing a Polish […]
1,195 words “Sardines” rally in Bologna. (Andreas Solaro, for AFP.) “Ālea iacta est” — “The die has been cast” — Julius Caesar. My heart sank when I saw the flash mob, nicknamed the Sardines, crowding the 15th-century Piazza Maggiore in Bologna to oppose Matteo Salvini’s Lega campaign launch in the PalaDozza, waving their banners and […]
2,420 words I know, the fifty-fourth Super Bowl is old news. Who cares about something that occurred more than 24 hours ago? We might as well discuss a Babylonian sporting event. However, this Super Bowl averaged 102 million viewers, which makes it the eleventh most-watched event in US history — the top 10 are nine […]
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 2,104 words Read more on Yoram Hazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism here, here, and here. The right of peoples to self-determination is one of the basic norms of contemporary international law. In the words of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, “National aspirations must be respected; people may now be dominated […]
2,294 words Last week was deliciously bad for the Democrats. Utterly humiliated and reduced to impotent rage, they have been slammed with one major loss or crisis after another. Are we witnessing the self-destruction of a political party? Are the Democrats coming apart at the seams? Yes to both. The results of the Iowa caucus […]
875 words “Fróði Midjord’s Scandza Forum is one of Europe’s most important identitarian metapolitical gatherings, providing fellowship and networking to those who attend and powerful ideas to those watching on the world-wide web. I am continually impressed by the Scandza Forum’s commitment to quality and attention to detail.” — Greg Johnson, Counter-Currents “Scandza Forum is […]
70 words / 59:33 To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.” Greg Johnson interviews Fróði Midjord on the upcoming Scandza Forum in Zagreb, Croatia on May 2, 2020, where E. Michael Jones and Jared Taylor will debate on the question […]
1,563 words Iggy and the Stooges released the proto-punk slammer Raw Power on this day, February 7th, in 1973. It’s a raw, aggressive record that set the tone for genres as diverse in sound and era as punk, hardcore, grunge, and metal. Raw Power is also an early example of the importance of mixing and […]
It is going to be a long winter for White Nationalism. 1,060 words Monthly recurring donations are an enormous help to Counter-Currents because they allow us to make long term plans and commitments. Counter-Currents built up a large number of dedicated monthly donors over our first seven years online, only to lose them when PayPal […]
1,835 words Yoram Hazony’s argument in The Virtue of Nationalism (reviewed here and here) depends on a hard either/or between the nation-state and the empire. A nation is either sovereign or it isn’t. Empires inevitably destroy the sovereignty of the states they incorporate, even if this fact is cloaked in lovey liberal euphemisms. Hazony, moreover, […]
6,512 words The idea of “Australianity,” the uniqueness of Australia as a nation and new nationality, has its origins both in the pioneer labor movement and in the novelists, poets, and artists who saw vast possibilities in building a new civilization unencumbered by the decay of the Old World. The first saw their “socialism” in […]
2,097 words Ash Donaldson Brother War: A Modern Myth for Those of European Descent Independently published, 2019 Ash Donaldson’s latest novel Brother War: A Modern Myth for Those of European Descent combines the best of history, myth, and fantasy to spin an unforgettable story about World War I. Not only is it his best novel […]
1,670 words A septuagenarian “socialist” may be the Democratic presidential nominee, and some on the Dissident Right can’t wait to support him. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is rising in the polls, in spite of the Democratic establishment’s opposition. He narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016 under similar circumstances. But 2020 is a very different […]
1,626 words Tom Jenkinson, the Warp Records mainstay better known as Squarepusher, released his 15th studio album on January 30th. It’s called Be Up a Hello, likely a reference to the old days of game controller cheat code combinations, and it marks a return to Jenkinson’s old production methods. The sounds of Be Up a […]
2,447 words I arrived in the US five months ago as a visiting scholar. As a non-white of East Asian extraction, an ardent supporter of white Nationalism, and someone with an extensive reading experience in Western affairs, I have always considered myself well-informed in virtually all major aspects of America. But reality is often more […]
1,222 words John William Waterhouse, A Tale from The Decameron, 1916. The Decameron is a novel that is often overshadowed by The Canterbury Tales despite sharing many similarities. Both were written in the 14th century and have a similar narrative structure of various short stories being told by a group of characters. Both works have […]
1,547 words On a recent trip to California, I got to spend some time in Ojai, a small, rustic town, high in the mountains, north of LA. Ojai is known as an enclave of a certain type of California “cool.” Its inhabitants are the kind of people who dislike the stress of LA but don’t […]
1,208 words Dear Friends of Counter-Currents, January was a very good month for Counter-Currents: 165,000+ unique visitors, down a bit from from December, probably due to the lack of any breakout articles. 1. Our Webzine and Traffic In January, we added 81 pieces to our webzine. Our Top 20 articles and full stats are below. 2. […]
1,691 words Kent Alexander & Kevin Salwen The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle New York: Abrams, 2019 Richard Jewell was an obese Georgia homeboy who wanted to be a hero and serve in law enforcement. He got his wish: His short life was […]
1,651 words Christopher Caldwell The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020 The 1960s forever transformed America. Race relations, sexual relations, popular culture, music, foreign policy, trust in government, and urban life were all dramatically changed. It’s not uncommon for conservatives to lament the 60s, though few have done […]
Yoram Hazony 2,507 words In my review of Yoram Hazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism, I focused on the book’s virtues. Here I wish to examine some of its vices. The positions I defend in The White Nationalist Manifesto (San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2018) are broadly compatible with the main arguments of The Virtue of Nationalism. We […]
6,279 words Editor’s Note: After a hiatus when it was only accessible via the Internet Archive, the Black Invention Myths website is now hosted by Counter-Currents. Black Invention Myths Perhaps you’ve heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world without traffic lights, peanut butter, […]
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