• On Second World War Fetishism

    Counter Currents - Apr 10th 2024 2:57pm EDT

    Joseph Nash, The Autumn Manoeuvres, Officers Playing at Kriegs Spiel, or the “Game of War” (1872) (Courtesy of Wikipedia) 1,349 words In my last essay, and against my better judgement, I quoted from memory something that Winston Churchill might or might not have said. I could be wrong; people attribute all sorts of things to […]

  • James M. McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom, Part 1

    Counter Currents - Apr 9th 2024 10:00am EDT

    2,982 words Part 1 of 3 The South could “win” the war by not losing; the North could win only by winning. — James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom Like my father before me I will work the land. And like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand. He was just 18, […]

  • Looking for Anne and Finding Meyer, Part 2

    Counter Currents - Apr 9th 2024 9:09am EDT

    Meyer Levin, photo courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute. 3,969 words Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here) In that moment I sensed the deep psychic truth that lies in folk legendry. For truly the Lorelei land was the symbol of the German soul, the depth of evil hidden under the pretty surface of sentiment.[1] […]

  • The Worst Week Yet: March 31-April 6, 2024

    Counter Currents - Apr 8th 2024 2:19pm EDT

    2,176 words African Ingenuity: Grave-Robbers in Sierra Leone Grind Up Human Bones and Roll Them Into Joints Black people invented everything, including the IQ test, but as everyone knows, white supremacists stole and buried the original IQ test that blacks invented, because it’s the only one where blacks scored higher than everyone else. Still, black […]

  • The Mainstream Blues: Has the Dissident Right Already Won?

    Counter Currents - Apr 8th 2024 9:00am EDT

    Image courtesy of runofthemill on DeviantArt. 1,077 words Winston Churchill once said that when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, he knew that Britain would not lose the war, and that when Germany declared war on the United States, the Allies would win. Well, when it comes to the whole “saving the white race” thing, […]

  • Reclaiming Country Music’s Imaginary Black Roots

    Counter Currents - Apr 7th 2024 11:48am EDT

    41 words / 11:30 Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “Reclaiming Country Music’s Imaginary Black Roots,” on the recent push, everywhere from the Super Bowl to the White House, to “reclaim” country music as a black invention. See below. https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/Goad-ReclaimingCountryMusicsImaginaryBlackRoots.mp4

  • Saturday’s Livestream: The Counter-Currents Book Club Discusses Greg Johnson’s Against Imperialism

    Counter Currents - Apr 6th 2024 1:17am EDT

    You can buy Greg Johnson’s Against Imperialism here. 251 words Join the Counter-Currents Book Club for its fourth meeting on Saturday, where the discussion of Counter-Currents’ latest book, Against Imperialism, will be led by author and host Greg Johnson, Angelo Plume (aka Pox Populi), and Matt Parrott. The book is currently on sale at a […]

  • National Socialism as a Magical Movement: Stephen E. Flowers’ The Occult in National Socialism

    Counter Currents - Apr 5th 2024 11:47pm EDT

    1,443 words Stephen E. Flowers The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2022 In the realm of the occult and its intersection with the Third Reich, Stephen E. Flowers’ The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third […]

  • Welcome to the Paywall!

    Counter Currents - Apr 5th 2024 11:43pm EDT

    555 words This year, Counter-Currents is raising $300,000 to support our many projects — you can read more about our plans for 2024 in our recent update – so that we can continue bringing you the essays, journalism, books, podcasts, video, events, and other resources that help people to discover and promote white identity politics. […]

  • Slavery and the Weak Claim Paradox

    Counter Currents - Apr 5th 2024 2:24pm EDT

    Trial of Affection, an illustration from Richard Hildreth, The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive (1852). 1,869 words One of the trump cards the Left has over the Right is how it asserts the absolute equivalence of slavery and evil. This is an axiom for the Left, and a holy axiom at that. Leftists […]

  • White Preservationist Communities: Lessons from the Amish Blueprint

    Counter Currents - Apr 5th 2024 9:00am EDT

    Photo courtesy of Alvin Trusty, Flickr 2,135 words Given that white people are only around 10% of our globalizing world’s population, it seems reasonable to predict that 100 years from now whites will be facing the same struggle for survival we face today. The decisions we make will affect our descendants’ chances of success, in […]

  • Communist Barbarism in Hungary — and America Today: When Israel Is King

    Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2024 6:06pm EDT

    You can buy the book When Israel Is King here. 1,303 words Jerome & Jean Tharaud When Israel Is King Allentown, Penn.: Antelope Hill, 2024 First published by Robert M. McBride & Company in New York, 1924 Shortly after the First World War, Hungary was forced to endure a Jewish-led Communist government that turned the […]

  • Introducing a Reactionary Aphorist

    Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2024 4:30pm EDT

    2,512 words The Authentic Reactionary: Selected Scholia of Nicolás Gómez Dávila Translated with commentary by Ramon Elani North Augusta, S. C.: Arcana Europa Media, 2023 Large linguistic communities such as the English and Spanish-speaking worlds are peculiarly liable to insularity. It was only in the late 1980s that a few adventurous German souls caught on […]

  • Reclaiming Country Music’s Imaginary Black Roots

    Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2024 1:35pm EDT

    1,446 words / 9:45 Music superstar Beyoncé Knowles — who has sold over 200 million records, won more Grammy Awards than anyone in history, and recently became the first black woman to score a #1 single on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, all while politicking for Black Lives Matter, the Black Panthers, and all things […]

  • Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 580: On Dealing with the Decline of the White World with Millennial Woes and Morgoth

    Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2024 9:00am EDT

    164 words / 1:30:34 The second half of our latest livestream was a continuation of the Ask Me Anything with Millennial Woes (official website here) and Morgoth (Substack, Odysee), focusing particularly on the issue of how dissident can deal with the decline of the white world. It is now available for download and online listening. Topics discussed […]

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  • A Manifesto for Gamergate II

    Counter Currents - Apr 3rd 2024 4:10pm EDT

    1,895 words Gamergate can be summarized as the backlash against Social Justice Warrior (SJW) themes that were being pushed in video games during 2014-2015. The reader may explore the deep lore surrounding it if he is so inclined, for those days have passed into legend. A second Gamergate has begun, although it is more limited […]

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  • Enlisting in the Military: A Very, Very Bad Idea

    Counter Currents - Apr 3rd 2024 9:00am EDT

    1,439 words If you are a young man wondering what to do with your life, you may consider enlisting in the military. Don’t. Yes, the military has its appeal, or seems to. You may need a job. The uniform looks good. There can be adventure. You might get laid by Asian lovelies in foreign countries. […]

  • This Saturday! Join the Counter-Currents Book Club to Discuss Greg Johnson’s Against Imperialism

    Counter Currents - Apr 2nd 2024 8:31pm EDT

    You can buy Greg Johnson’s Against Imperialism here. 304 words There are some debates among those White Nationalists who wish to build a political movement that are best left until after our race is saved from the brink of extinction, such as: Christianity or paganism? Capitalism or socialism? Allow abortion or ban it? Ethnonationalism versus […]

  • Is Trump Planning to Become the White Martin Luther King?

    Counter Currents - Apr 2nd 2024 4:34pm EDT

    Image courtesy of Rawpixel 1,472 words The news outlet Axios published an article on Monday entitled “Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people” in which it was claimed that, should a second Donald Trump administration come to pass, Trump intends to amend civil rights law to give protections to white people: “If […]

  • A Forgotten Treasure from the 1970s: The Star Wars Holiday Special, Part 2

    Counter Currents - Apr 2nd 2024 9:00am EDT

    How does she know that “11 Inches of Snow in Minnesota” is my porn star name? 2,547 words Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here) Third commercial break There’s another spot from GM, and after that is an ad for Pillsbury Plus Yellow Cake. It has pudding in the mix! Nom nom nom . . […]

  • The Worst Week Yet: March 24-30, 2024

    Counter Currents - Apr 1st 2024 1:25pm EDT

    Sean “Diddy” Combs (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) 2,488 words Sean “Diddy” Combs: The Hip-Hop Jeffrey Epstein? One thing that federal informants never seem to realize is that the federal government is not their friend. It can turn on them and lock them away for life whenever it sees fit. I’m not saying that hip-hop billionaire […]

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  • Remembering Robert Brasillach, March 31, 1909–February 6, 1945: Robert Brasillach and Notre avant-guerre — The Joie of Fascisme

    Counter Currents - Apr 1st 2024 9:00am EDT

    2,083 words Editor’s Note: March 31 marks the 115th birthday of Robert Brasillach, the French journalist, novelist, film historian, and man of the Right who was sentenced to death and executed by firing squad for “intellectual crimes” he was alleged to have committed as a German collaborator during the Second World War. The following translation is offered […]

  • A Bold New Level of Stupid: Why the Island Boys are the Future

    Counter Currents - Mar 31st 2024 1:29pm EDT

    48 words / 9:52 Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “A Bold New Level of Stupid: Why the Island Boys are the Future,” on why these social media “influencers” just might be a vision of the Americans of the future, if present trends continue. See below. https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/Goad-ABoldNewLevelOfStupid.mp4

  • Today’s Livestream: Millennial Woes

    Counter Currents - Mar 30th 2024 1:08pm EDT

    76 words Today’s livestream will be a solo AMA by the redoubtable Millennial Woes, so put your thinking caps on and get your questions ready. The stream will start at 1 PM Pacific, 4 PM Eastern Time, 8 PM UK time, and 9 PM Central European Time on: DLive: https://dlive.tv/Counter-Currents Odysee: https://odysee.com/@countercurrents/ccradio Send questions & donations to […]

  • New Energy and New Projects: Announcing the 2024 Fundraiser — & What We’re Up To Behind the Scenes

    Counter Currents - Mar 29th 2024 11:55pm EDT

    1,482 words Spring is a time of renewal, energy, and strength. Here at Counter-Currents, we have you to thank for our vitality and success. Our annual fundraiser begins every year in March in part because this is the anniversary of the month our enemies tried to destroy us. Fortunately, all of you, our generous supporters, […]