The Counter-Currents Newsletter, May 2021

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Dear Friends of Counter-Currents,

1. Our Webzine and Traffic

In May, Counter-Currents added 83 pieces to our webzine, including eight podcasts. We also enjoyed robust traffic despite ongoing DDOS attacks. Our Top 20 articles and full stats are below.

In May, our unique visitors dropped about 30,000 from April, which was to be expected for two reasons. First, it was the first full month of our paywall. Second, Counter-Currents has been targeted for DDOS attacks this past month, the purpose of which is to make it impossible to get to the site. The main way to stop such attacks is to ban certain IP addresses, which also, unfortunately, affects legitimate traffic. If your IP address is banned, please send an email to [email protected].

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

1. Jim Goad, “When the Anglosphere Began to Hate,” 26,904
2. Jim Goad, “The Worst Week Yet, no. 27,” 24,568
3. Savitri Devi, Gold in the Furnace announcement, 19,492
4. Jim Goad, “The Worst Week Yet, no. 28,” 19,213
5. Jim Goad, “The Worst Week Yet, no. 29,” 19,164
6. Jim Goad, “The Worst Week Yet, no. 30,” 18,704
7. Kenneth Vinther reviews Scott Howard’s The Transgender-Industrial Complex, 15,244
8. James O’Meara, “Fables of Aggression: David Skrbina & Paul’s Cunning Plan,” 13,077
9. David Skrbina, “Saint Paul, Artful Liar,” 13,013
10. Jim Goad, “Do White People Exist?,” 12,876
11. Travis LeBlanc, “Live by the Woke, Die by the Woke:The Cancellation of Socialism Done Left,” 12,868
12. Travis LeBlanc, “The Very Strange Case of Sarah Halimi,” 12,752
13. Steven Clark, “The Night I Was Called ‘Nigger’ Twice,” 10,836
14. Anonymous, “Joe Rogan Is Right About White Men Being Silenced,” 10,702
15. Spencer Quinn, “Counter-Plugging the Ramadan Riots,” 8,961
16. Kathryn S., “The Most Dangerous Game: Capital Riddles in Western Culture,” 8,960
17. Lipton Matthews, “What Could Be Driving Dysgenics in the Black Population?,” 8,899
18. Ondrej Mann, Interview with Ron McVan, 8,127
19. F. Roger Devlin, “Sam Francis on the Roots of Liberal Hegemony,” 8,080
20. Stephen Paul Foster, “Monumental Differences,” 8,011

Six of April’s Top 20 articles are by Jim Goad. Two are by Travis LeBlanc. Savitri Devi, Kenneth Vinther, James O’Meara, David Skrbina, Steven Clark, Anonymous, Spencer Quinn, Kathryn S., Lipton Matthews, Ondrej Mann, F. Roger Devlin, and Stephen Paul Foster each had one. Congratulations and thank you!

3. Our Top 20 Countries

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

1. United States
2. Germany
3. Netherlands
4. United Kingdom
5. Canada
6. Australia
7. Hungary
8. Sweden
9. Denmark
10. Norway
11. Czech Republic
12. Ukraine
13. France
14. Bulgaria
15. Finland
16. Brazil
17. Belgium
18. South Africa
19. Croatia
20. Romania

4. Our Readership and Web Traffic

Month	Unique Visitors	Number of Visits	Pages Viewed	“Hits”	Bandwidth
May 2021	246,560	722,392	3,072,867	3,385,023	no data
April 2021	276,300	700,305	3,000,345	3,134,863	no data
March 2021	300,427	724,997	3,330,543	3,654,968	no data
February 2021	418,919	914,766	4,373,830	4,502,312	no data
January 2021	368,740	889,667	4,071,210	4,149,789	no data
December 2020	315,277	766,956	3,540,183	3,679,319	no data
November 2020	292,633	714,057	3,283,585	3,549,915	no data
October 2020	287,681	701,941	3,228,966	3,487,283	no data
September 2020	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
August 2020	321,434	786,156	3,590,391	3,882,592	no data
July 2020	303,133	742,676	3,460,870	3,778,925	no data
June 2020	283,035	694,623	3,238,250	3,562,076	no data
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. Our Paywall

Counter-Currents adopted a paywall as a way of encouraging new donors and thanking those who already support us. We now have more than 200 people behind the paywall, and the number continues to grow. Many paywall members do not take advantage of the ability to leave unmoderated comments. But as the number grows, I expect a critical mass of commenters will be reached, allowing for lively real-time back-and-forth discussion and debate. Click here for information on how to join.

6. How You Can Help Counter-Currents

Counter-Currents, like most promoters of dissident ideas, depends upon the generosity of our donors. In 2020, fewer than 1,000 donors made it possible for nearly four 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.

E-Checks

If you are in the United States, the easiest way to send money to Counter-Currents is by e-check. It is as secure, fast, and convenient as a credit card. All you need is your checkbook.

Credit Cards

In 2020, Counter-Currents was de-platformed from five credit card processors. In March of 2020, antifa actually put our last processor out of business. 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.

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 Sunday.

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. 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.