We have received proof copies of North American New Right, vol. 1, and they look beautiful, so we have given the printers the go-ahead. We will inform you as soon as we have a delivery date.
Month: June 2012
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June 11, 2012 Greg Johnson
From the Editor
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time: 48:51
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With its stunning H. R. Giger designs and first-rate cast, Ridley Scott’s classic Alien (1979) is imaginative, visually striking, immensely atmospheric, and sometimes just plain terrifying. Together with its worthy but very different sequel, James Cameron’s Aliens (1986), it spawned a vast pop-culture “franchise” (which is Hollywood-speak for a mythos) including two unworthy sequels, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection, plus two Z-grade Alien vs. Predator movies, (more…)
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German translation here
“It is madness to believe that a great people of sixty or seventy million cannot be destroyed. It perishes as soon as it loses its drive for self-preservation.”–Adolf Hitler, speech at the Bürgerbräukeller, Munich, February 27, 1924
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Part 1 here; Translations: French, Spanish
8. If you were to recommend just one book from the European New Right, what would it be?
If you are to read just one book from the European New Right, Guillaume Faye’s Why We Fight: Manifesto of the European Resistance (London: Arktos, 2011) should be that book. Why We Fight is written with the utmost lucidity to reach the broadest possible audience. (more…)
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time: 22:14 / 41 words
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Czech translation here
Ray Bradbury, the writer best known for his novels The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, as well as a hundreds of short stories, passed away on Tuesday, June 5 at the age of 91. With him we have lost not only one of America’s greatest writers, but also one of our last genuine writers.
However, I don’t use either of these words – genuine or writer – lightly. (more…)
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Part 3 of 4
8. The Question of the Essence of Being
Heidegger concludes his etymological investigations by saying that they have clearly shown that the originary sense of Being has been occluded. For us, Being has become an empty word. (more…)
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time: 22:20
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Part 2 here; Translations: French, German, Spanish
Counter-Currents/North American New Right will celebrate its second anniversary on Monday, June 11. We have been around long enough to notice certain frequently asked questions, which I will begin to answer this week. If you have other questions that you think should be added to this list, please post them as comments below.
1. What is Ethnonationalism?
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Part 2 of 4
6. Modernity and the Oblivion of Being
Heidegger describes this “oblivion of being” as “the spiritual fate of the West” and offers the following striking description of our present predicament: