On the Shortcomings of Literacy
Counter Currents - Apr 10th 2025 6:22am EDT 1,035 words In an era where reading is popularly promoted as a gateway to intelligence and success, it is necessary to interrogate the actual benefits of literacy beyond surface-level assumptions. While reading may improve verbal ability, it is not strongly associated with general intelligence (g), and its efficacy largely depends on how the knowledge acquired […]
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 632 Martin Lichtmesz
Counter Currents - Apr 9th 2025 5:03pm EDT Brigitte Macron (not Martin Lichtmesz) 178 words / 1:58:15 Greg Johnson and Martin Lichtmesz discussed Martin’s investigation into a conspiracy theory surrounding Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. It is now available to download or listen to online. Topics include: 1:49 – Greg’s fascination with this topic. 3:30 – The “Michelle Obama is man” conspiracy […]
David Foster Wallace and the Christianity of Filling in Forms
Counter Currents - Apr 9th 2025 11:15am EDT David Foster Wallace 3,999 words Distracted from distraction by distraction. —T.S. Eliot Unfortunately, as things are, the festival’s sure to fail. But I have the power to save you guys. Through death I’ll release you from your earthly suffering. —Unnamed female character from Chainsaw Man, Chapter 196 *** This is how it goes. David Foster […]
Expelling Lessons: Two-Tier Racial Justice in British Schools
Counter Currents - Apr 9th 2025 8:15am EDT 1,808 words There have been plenty of serious crimes for the UK police force to busy themselves with of late, from mass machete-fights in the streets, to…well, more mass machete-fights in the streets. And more. And more. To judge by footage, a disproportionate number (though not all) of the amateur sword-fighters involved appear to be […]
White Identity Politics Should Be Run Like a Political Party
Counter Currents - Apr 9th 2025 6:30am EDT 1,464 words Within political parties, we have a tendency to assume that most people who share a party have essentially the same values, but upon closer inspection, we find that this is often not the case. Chuck Schumer has major differences with AOC, Donald Trump has major differences with Thomas Massie, etc. Some Americans who […]
What Western Schools Can Learn From the World
Counter Currents - Apr 8th 2025 3:11pm EDT 6,616 words Lucy Crehan Cleverlands: The Secrets Behind the Success of the World’s Education Superpowers London: Unbound, 2016 The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is one of the most widely recognized measures of academic performance worldwide. Administered by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), PISA evaluates the math, science, and reading skills […]
White Defiance Now
Counter Currents - Apr 8th 2025 10:18am EDT Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalfe 923 words The brutal killing of Austin Metcalfe by Karmelo Anthony is yet another example of the violent consequences of forced racial integration. Metcalfe, a white man, was stabbed to death after a dispute over a seat—but the full story reveals even more disturbing details. Anthony dared Metcalfe to touch […]
Trump, the Oligarchs, & the Markets
Counter Currents - Apr 8th 2025 8:53am EDT 1,430 I was recently asked if President Trump is at risk of a palace coup given the ongoing stock market massacre. Some very powerful people have indeed lost a lot of money. Boomers are fedposting about their 401Ks. But my answer is no, based on what Trump probably told the finance bro and tech bro […]
Dirty Northern Bastards The Damned United
Counter Currents - Apr 7th 2025 3:27pm EDT 2,083 words To do anything to a high level, it has to be a total obsession. -Conor McGregor An obsession is when something will not leave your mind. -Eric Clapton *** As much as I love movies, and as much as I see them as a potential carrier of the torch of white culture, I […]
Affirmative Rejection
Counter Currents - Apr 7th 2025 2:57pm EDT 1,109 words A story that has been circulating on social media highlights the rejection of a young man from Ivy League institutions despite an impeccable academic and professional resume. Many have interpreted his rejection as evidence of a deeply flawed system that privileges racial minorities over white applicants. Others have argued that his personal statement […]
The Circus is in Town: Mark Carney Calls an Election
Counter Currents - Apr 7th 2025 9:12am EDT 1,643 words Mark Carney Mark Carney, the first prime minister in Canadian history to be sworn in without holding any form of elected office in any capacity, called an election on Sunday March 23, 2025, from the grounds of Rideau Hall. In fact, this election will be the first time that Carney’s name has appeared […]
Ground Zero of the Sexual Revolution
Counter Currents - Apr 7th 2025 6:28am EDT 1,644 words Part 1 here But let us return to our story. A few days later, our young man is conversing with a friend and tells him, “You know, the most amazing thing happened to me last weekend.” Surprise and bewilderment can still be heard in his voice. He starts telling the story, but before […]
White Slavery Denial
Counter Currents - Apr 5th 2025 12:53pm EDT 4,924 words The currently approved conceptual framework for American race relations dictates that whites—all of them, simply by dint of being white—are oppressors. Any deviation from this rigid script, no matter how deeply rooted in fact, must be immediately squashed like a blood-engorged tick. We are taught that black academic and financial underperformance—as well as […]
The Populist Moment Preorder
Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2025 4:42pm EDT Budapest: Middle Europe Books, 2025 480 pages RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2025. Special Pre-Order Price Until Then. “Populism” is what democracy is called when the people vote for the “wrong” things, like Brexit or Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders. Since 2015, populisms of both the Right and the Left have been challenging Western liberal democratic […]
Editor’s Update
Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2025 3:39pm EDT 105 words 1. This Saturday on Counter-Currents Radio: Greg Johnson and Martin Lichtmesz discuss the claim that Brigitte Macron is an transsexual, other conspiracy theories, and of course all of YOUR QUESTIONS. Join us at noon Pacific/3 PM Eastern/8 PM Central European Time on: Odysee: https://odysee.com/@countercurrents/ccradio DLive: https://dlive.tv/Counter-Currents Send questions & donations to Entropy: entropystream.live/countercurrents 2. How to […]
Bowden Mug Studio Ghibli Edition
Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2025 2:24pm EDT 292 words Now you can have Bowden in your office setting. NEW MERCH: We had a bit of fun, and for a limited time only, you can enjoy shaman of the radical right Jonathan Bowden shouting “Clear them out!” at a London Forum meeting — depicted in whimsical Studio Ghibli style to fill your most […]
Cryptoeugenics
Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2025 2:10pm EDT 2,368 words All effective socially engineered programs are designed to be multifaceted in order to appeal to a diverse set of perspectives. The goal of social engineering isn’t to establish the moral high ground, or to only attract the true believers, but rather to manipulate the attitudes of people on a large scale. There are […]
Ground Zero of the Sexual Revolution
Counter Currents - Apr 4th 2025 9:15am EDT 2,024 words The British philosopher C. E. M. Joad (1891-1953) once explained societal decadence as “a sign of man’s tendency to misread his position in the universe, to take a view of his status and prospects more exalted than the facts warrant, and to conduct his societies and to plan his future on the basis […]
Interpreting Conspiracies
Counter Currents - Apr 3rd 2025 12:30pm EDT 1,514 words Josh Neal Intolerant Interpretations Green Lane, Pennsylvania: Antelope Hill Publications, 2025 It is not a secret that Americans have come to believe in conspiracy theories. The mistrust in the official narrative has grown tremendously since the early 1960s. Why this is the case is examined by Josh Neal in his 2025 book, Intolerant […]
Used To Be A Socialist: Robert Colls’ George Orwell: English Rebel
Counter Currents - Apr 3rd 2025 12:00pm EDT 3,162 words Robert Colls George Orwell: English Rebel Oxford University Press, 2013 Yet on the political and cultural left, the very name of Orwell is enough to evoke a shiver of revulsion. Christopher Hitchens, Why Orwell Matters *** Robert Colls’ 2013 biography of George Orwell intrigued me with the opening line of its introduction: “George […]
Red State Secession in Canada
Counter Currents - Apr 3rd 2025 10:29am EDT2,142 words While Trump 2.0 may have put the idea of red state secession in the United States somewhat on hold for at least the next four years, it has implanted the very same idea in Canada. Using the massive US-Canada trade imbalance as a starting point, Trump is putting his America-first policies into play […]
The Soul of Chivalry: A Review
Counter Currents - Apr 3rd 2025 9:44am EDT 1,711 words The Soul of Chivalry, produced by Cat Weiss (aka Philosophicat) is what I hope is the first of many videos introducing the world of Tradition to new audiences. It is primarily based on the chapter in Baron Julius Evola’s Revolt Against the Modern World by the same name while drawing heavily on other […]
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 631
Counter Currents - Apr 2nd 2025 5:01pm EDT 112 words / 1:56:25 In the latest edition of Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson and David Zsutty discussed the Trump administration’s foreign policy moves. It is now available to download or listen to online. Topics include: 2:12 – Greg’s views on American foreign policy vs MAGA Americans’ views 8:29 – What David thinks are more important […]
What Is Holding Back Black America?
Counter Currents - Apr 2nd 2025 3:05pm EDT 728 words It is the norm in America to ascribe racial disparities to discrimination. However, this is a shallow argument that collapses under scrutiny. If racism were the primary force impeding the success of blacks, we would expect clear, consistent evidence of its impact across different areas of life. Instead, many of the most commonly […]
Adolescence: The Regime’s Latest Media Attack On British Boys
Counter Currents - Apr 2nd 2025 6:11am EDT 1,258 words Adolescence is the British regime’s current propaganda vehicle of choice. It has been designed to prepare the public for a bout of severe social media censorship via the Online Safety Act. As is the case with the vast majority of regime and allied propaganda, it attacks white working class males. A group which […]
