The Counter-Currents Newsletter, May 2020

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Dear Friends of Counter-Currents,

Jared Taylor’s American Renaissance Conferences are wonderful opportunities for education and networking. I always look forward to meeting old friends and making new ones at AmRen. The 2020 American Renaissance Conference was supposed to have happened this past weekend. I planned to be there and timed the launch of my new book White Identity Politics to coincide with it. Two weeks later, I was planning to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Counter-Currents going online with a big party in New York City.

But none of us anticipated the Globalvirus and the economic and political chaos that followed. AmRen was canceled. The anniversary party was canceled. And I have decided to postpone the release of White Identity Politics to the fall. I would like it to coincide with the Scandza Forum debate between Jared Taylor and E. Michel Jones, which also had to be postponed because of the pandemic. The new date has not yet been determined.

White Identity Politics is the sequel to my path-breaking book The White Nationalist Manifesto. Like the Manifesto, it is a slender volume, written in a highly accessible style in order to maximize its readership and impact.

White Identity Politics is not just an intellectual contribution to our cause, it is also an opportunity for you to contribute to my work through a number of patronage options. Please follow this link to learn more about White Identity Politics and place your pre-order today!

1. Our Webzine and Traffic

May was a very strong month in terms of traffic, with more than 240,000 unique visitors. But this is a significant drop from April. I noticed the change early in May. It is entirely due to Google manipulating its search engine algorithms to bury our results. When Counter-Currents rolls out our new website next month, rest assured that the Google search function will be gone. I hope all of our readers will stop using Google as well.

This latest tech malarkey comes on the heels of Counter-Currents being de-platformed yet again from a payment processor back in March. We remain without an easy way of taking credit card donations. This is a serious economic blow. There is information on how you can help below.

In May, we added 84 pieces to our webzine, including four podcasts. Our Top 20 articles and full stats are below.

2. Top 20 Pieces (with Number of Reads): 

1. Greg Johnson, “Irreconcilable Differences: The Case for Racial Divorce,” 15,364
2. Nicholas Jeelvy, “It’s All So Tiresome,” 14,321
3. Alex Graham, “The Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery,” 12,460
4. Robert Hampton, “The Revolutionary Vanguard Trap,” 10,717
5. John Wilkinson, “The Jogger Question,” 10,684
6. Gregory Hood reviews Scarface, 10,048
7. Richard Houck, “The War Against Whites In Advertising,” 9,905
8. Robert Hampton, “Bugmen Vikings,” 8,892
9. Derek Hawthorne, “The Birds,” Part 1, 8,641
10. John Alexander, “The Coronavirus Didn’t End Globalism, it Ended the American Era,” 8,397
11. Spencer Quinn, “Now Let Us Praise Great Jewish Violinists,” 8,372
12. Robert Hampton, “In Defense of Karens,” 8,348
13. Eumaios, “Objective Fictions and Subjective Realities,” 8,172
14. Nicholas Jeelvy, “Hegel from the Ghetto,” 8,168
15. Robert Hampton, “Tribal Denialism,” 8,164
16. Peter Bredon, “He’s Our Bannon, Only Better,” 8,089
17. Spencer Quinn, “Weaponizing Money,” 7,755
18. Winston Bakewell, “So Far Beyond Karen,” 7,732
19. Margot Metroland, “Sexual Predators and Autistic Monkeys: Mary Eberstadt’s Primal Screams,” 6,848
20. Fullmoon Ancestry, “The Best Man’s Divorce Speech,” 6,516

There were two new authors in this month’s Top 20: John Alexander and Winston Bakewell. The rest are established writers. Robert Hampton had four articles. Nicholas Jeelvy and Spencer Quinn each had two. Greg Johnson, Alex Graham, John Wilkinson, Gregory Hood, Richard Houck, Derek Hawthorne, Eumaios, Peter Bredon, Winston Bakewell, Margot Metroland, and Fullmoon Ancestry each had one. Congratulations everyone, and thanks!

3. Our Top 20 Countries

Here are the top 20 countries from which we received visits:

1. United States
2. Great Britain
3. Canada
4. Germany
5. France
6. Australia
7. Hungary
8. Ukraine
9. Sweden
10. Netherlands
11. Russian Federation
12. Romania
13. Spain
14. Norway
15. Finland
16. Italy
17. Denmark
18. New Zealand
19. Ireland
20. Austria

4. Our Readership and Web Traffic

Month	Unique Visitors	Number of Visits	Pages Viewed	“Hits”	Bandwidth
May 2020	240,847	630,090	2,395,549	3,057,915	no data
April 2020	312,946	817,481	3,145,460	3,864,825	no data
March 2020	336,062	850,160	3,545,171	4,463,345	no data
February 2020	154,910	369,961	1,546,198	1,943,994	41.20 GB
January 2020	165,079	406,132	1,535,057	1,882,644	44.07 GB
December 2019	195,449	436,664	1,584,032	1,964,350	45.35 GB
November 2019	240,512	475,338	1,944,000	2,628,669	56.51 GB
October 2019	183,783	390,594	1,733,638	2,431,193	50.97 GB
September 2019	234,278	439,839	1,667,120	2,371,312	50.37 GB
August 2019	186,296	381,383	1,529,633	2,579,106	47.23 GB
July 2019	165,768	359,816	1,615,100	2,587,657	50.62 GB
June 2019	136,186	295,792	1,463,565	1,771,348	43.07 GB
May 2019	120,632	278,801	1,396,970	1,543,953	45.42 GB
April 2019	125,695	288,101	1,423,928	1,557,779	44.59 GB
March 2019	131,856	299,343	1,678,351	1,837,439	47.87 GB
February 2019	120,920	267,964	1,492,016	1,637,121	45.99 GB
January 2019	124,678	291,537	1,573,037	1,714,955	44.91 GB
December 2018	142,828	296,136	1,647,162	1,804,673	46.74 GB
November 2018	139,255	289,998	1,568,158	1,708,499	44.97 GB
October 2018	142,051	302,916	1,683,473	1,828,443	48.32 GB
September 2018	149,035	298,321	1,541,361	1,692,787	44.29 GB
August 2018	156,580	318,127	1,605,425	1,760,728	49.59 GB
July 2018	151,710	287,323	1,495,087	1,541,056	43.60 GB
June 2018	150,307	280,625	1,420,234	1,371,897	38.62 GB
May 2018	151,739	287,032	3,990,878	4,140,772	38.36 GB
April 2018	150,833	286,365	1,535,115	1,676,785	37.94 GB
March 2018	169,686	327,589	2,589,786	2,733,787	54.08 GB
February 2018	145,761	268,300	1,370,626	1,511,087	32.71 GB
January 2018	150,378	297,511	1,575,368	1,715,849	37.82 GB
December 2017	152,616	279,822	1,611,341	1,721,470	36.28  GB
November 2017	206,887	369,476	1,447,593	1,558,599	34.12 GB
October 2017	185,568	357,742	1,305,421	2,674,026	84.44 GB
September 2017	167,887	316,974	1,174,706	5,018,519	59.75 GB
August 2017	197,961	402,333	1,571,545	5,147,275	72.50 GB
July 2017	143,298	291,003	962,966	4,321,260	54.73 GB
June 2017	146,466	314,232	991,487	4,496,358	56.48 GB
May 2017	144,005	316,576	975,281	4,304,712	56.36 GB
April 2017	146,149	314,996	1,141,489	4,307,589	63.78 GB
March 2017	187,296	372,483	1,247,545	4,226,147	67.70 GB
February 2017	176,470	349,663	1,203,798	4,112,379	63.50 GB
January 2017	168,633	354,483	1,274,174	4,538,574	70.39 GB
December 2016	166,356	343,155	1,237,884	4,459,628	70.60 GB
November 2016	149,973	327,184	1,211,464	4,578,555	54.19 GB
October 2016	143,274	334,172	1,384,218	4,686,132	49.46 GB
September 2016	135,699	329,894	1,523,606	4,773,361	60.16 GB
August 2016	140,362	316,443	1,505,438	4,334,119	71.48 GB
July 2016	122,622	343,826	1,756,815	4,071,905	58.92 GB
June 2016	123,901	351,467	1,664,032	4,237,552	57.88 GB
May 2016	134,345	360,069	1,663,686	4,578,071	59.79 GB
April 2016	121,779	327,150	1,514,605	4,525,313	59.50 GB
March 2016	119,288	343,090	1,586,158	4,385,429	55.58 GB
February 2016	121,361	342,891	1,269,478	3,865,233	52.09 GB
January 2016	112,680	312,399	1,279,265	3,808,315	56.32 GB
December 2015	118,438	327,974	1,270,504	3,756,303	59.09 GB
November 2015	130,264	341,885	1,212,556	3,825,700	62.43 GB
October 2015	118,247	320,680	1,226,301	3,599,419	62.65 GB
September 2015	124,342	325,517	1,266,197	3,653,818	65.50 GB
August 2015	103,769	264,613	1,082,267	2,992,773	52.13 GB
July 2015	103,188	281,469	1,263,504	3,307,479	55.38 GB
June 2015	119,264	288,620	1,289,808	3,439,675	57.42 GB
May 2015	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
April 2015	79,251	144,783	666,989	1,576,493	14.12 GB
March 2015	86,251	173,236	749,068	1,545,146	14.21 GB
February 2015	76,322	148,894	526,666	1,208,728	10.92 GB
January 2015	86,263	171,544	612,211	1,348,105	13.35 GB
December 2014	78,658	152,838	538,903	896,560	9.73 GB
November 2014	86,254	172,786	678,026	741,633	7.93 GB
October 2014	85,852	174,240	678,119	748,061	8.15 GB
September 2014	61,485	121,651	448,701	505,472	8.92 GB
August 2014	62,415	127,630	438,270	501,703	8.62 GB
July 2014	63,223	149,786	456,117	536,178	8.79 GB
June 2014	58,147	116,084	327,309	366,568	7.16 GB
May 2014	59,321	116,293	321,397	363,432	7.08 GB
April 2014	56,511	110,621	318,831	367,018	6.91 GB
March 2014	65,619	117,881	335,592	380,785	7.89 GB
February 2014	55,805	100,271	300,207	346,026	6.18 GB
January 2014	82,567	209,131	1,130,149	1,224,623	98.64 GB
July 2013	82,106	200,961	1,619,899	1,813,531	124.29 GB
June 2013	80,409	197,258	1,730,633	1,884,016	103.77 GB
May 2013	95,667	221,260	1,758,299	1,897,099	103.67 GB
April 2013	81,328	192,910	1,528,169	1,634,540	91.16 GB
March 2013	83,303	189,545	1,477,001	1,778,006	94.98 GB
February 2013	81,999	185,688	1,396,374	1,498,502	75.33 GB
January 2013	100,054	208,004	900,577	1,012,979	40.81 GB
December 2012	109,265	224,793	926,117	1,143,248	37.53 GB
November 2012	107,956	199,912	584,115	755,419	29.95 GB
October 2012	81,739	157,152	410,096	416,362	16.36 GB
September 2012	66,719	132,503	455,938	493,856	17.73 GB
August 2012	41,616	96,314	305,729	329,353	12.23 GB
July 2012	52,304	108,340	367,589	373,470	12.52 GB
June 2012	55,112	110,246	400,141	404,162	13.66 GB
May 2012	56,323	111,533	400,243	404,483	15.70 GB
April 2012	56,772	110,029	421,446	428,678	16.08 GB
March 2012	55,572	106,029	441,170	475,719	16.36 GB
February 2012	53,345	99,607	376,288	411,915	14.43 GB
January 2012	56,633	107,644	408,373	433,736	21.38 GB
December 2011	49,845	97,223	337,881	344,210	13.65 GB
November 2011	44,445	88,824	330,664	339,521	14.22 GB
October 2011	45,590	90,444	337,137	468,197	17.78 GB
September 2011	45,427	88,782	422,902	481,909	11.67 GB
August 2011	40,002	81,012	502,282	2,083,593	53.18 GB
July 2011	30,186	66,093	416,309	1,952,047	71.23 GB
June 2011	28,629	57,920	264,928	1,004,128	22.78 GB
May 2011	36,596	78,103	274,841	1,334,472	47.59 GB
April 2011	20,091	58,037	223,291	2,729,449	54.65 GB
March 2011	29,768	62,077	220,053	2,485,001	52.21 GB
February 2011	29,737	61,519	213,121	2,081,558	40.13 GB
January 2011	28,583	60,005	198,249	1,736,067	34.06 GB
December 2010	26,161	50,975	192,905	1,101,829	27.79 GB
November 2010	26,054	48,336	171,833	915,553	26.39 GB
October 2010	17,848	35,921	140,365	611,367	17.93 GB
September 2010	17,063	34,510	147,051	580,550	16.39 GB
August 2010	12,174	22,348	93,379	333,614	10.17 GB
July 2010	9,387	17,329	119,254	348,172	10.01 GB
June 2010	6,145	10,328	70,732	200,824	6.08 GB

 

5. How You Can Help Counter-Currents

Counter-Currents, like most promoters of dissident ideas, depends upon the generosity of our donors. In 2019, around 500 donors made it possible for nearly two million unique visitors to find their way to Counter-Currents. If you want to join the people who make Counter-Currents possible — or renew your support — there are several ways you can help out.

Credit Cards

In 2019, Counter-Currents was de-platformed from five credit card processors. We applied to a couple of other processors but were turned down. In the process of applying, we discovered that Counter-Currents has been put on the so-called MATCH list, a credit card industry blacklist reserved for vendors with high rates of chargebacks and fraudulent transactions. This is completely inapplicable to Counter-Currents. Thus our placement on this list is simply a lie — a financially damaging lie — that is obviously political in motivation.

In March of 2020 we again lost a credit card processor. We are looking for new ones and will keep you informed.

Entropy

Currently the only way you can donate via credit card is through Entropy. Just go to our Entropy page and select “send paid chat.” Entropy allows you to donate any amount from $3 and up. If you include a comment or question, it will be read and discussed in the next episode of Counter-Currents Radio, which airs every Friday.

Money Transfers

If your bank does free money transfers to other banks in the US, please contact me at [email protected].

Gift Cards

Gift cards are a useful way to make donations. Gift cards are available with all the major credit cards as well as from major retailers. You can either send gift cards as donations (either electronically or through the mail) or you can use them to make donations. Simply buy a prepaid credit card and click here to use it. If you can find a place that sells gift cards for cash, they are as anonymous as sending cash and much safer.

Checks and Money Orders

Sometimes the old ways are best. The least “de-platformable” way to send donations to Counter-Currents is to put a check or money order in the mail. Simply print and complete the Word or PDF donation form and mail it to:

Counter-Currents Publishing, Ltd.
P.O. Box 22638
San Francisco, CA 94122
USA
[email protected]

Thank you, Boomers, for keeping your checkbooks, envelopes, and stamps. There are youngsters reading this site who have never written a check or put a letter in the mail.

Bill Payment Services

If you wish to make monthly donations by mail, see if your bank has a bill payment service. Then all you need to do is set up a monthly check to be dispatched by mail to our PO box. This check can be made out to Counter-Currents or to Greg Johnson. After the initial bother of setting it up, you never have to think about it again.

Crypto-Currencies

In addition to old-fashioned paper donations, those new-fangled crypto-currencies are a good way to circumvent censorious credit card corporations.

• Click here to go to our crypto donation page.
• Click here for a basic primer on how to get started using crypto. Do not, however, use COINBASE. COINBASE will not allow you to send money to Counter-Currents. (Yes, it is that bad.)

The Counter-Currents Foundation

Note: Donations to Counter-Currents Publishing are not tax deductible. We do, however, have a 501c3 tax-exempt educational corporation called The Counter-Currents Foundation. If you want to make a tax-deductible gift, please email me at [email protected]. You can send donations by mail to:

The Counter-Currents Foundation
P.O. Box 22638
San Francisco, CA 94122
USA

Remember Us in Your Will

Finally, we would like to broach a very delicate topic: your will. If you are planning your estate, please think about how you can continue helping the cause even after you are gone. The essay “Majority Estate Planning” contains many helpful suggestions.

Remember: those who fight for the Golden Age live in it today.

Thank you again for your loyal readership and generous support.

Greg Johnson
Editor-in-Chief
Counter-Currents Publishing, Ltd.