The Counter-Currents 2022 Fundraiser
A New Incentive to Get Behind the Paywall

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Carl Spitzweg, Der Bücherwurm, 1850.

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I know what you’re thinking. Counter-Currents aims to raise $300,000 this year. Last week we announced a $2,000 matching grant, which we made over the weekend, thanks to all our donors. We’ve now raised more than $221,000. Thus we have already exceeded last year’s fundraiser. But we’re still more than $78,000 from our goal, with less than a month before the year’s end. If we’re going to succeed in bringing you more sorely needed thoughtful content, more community building events [2], and influence [3] public policy, a lot more of our readers must donate.

Let’s say you are a prospective first-time donor. Let’s say you are on a budget. Please join us with a Counter-Currents Paywall membership. We extend special privileges to our members who donate $120 or more per year.

What goes behind the paywall? The short answer is: stuff you really want to see, including:

We generally won’t put things behind the paywall that deal with current events. Instead, we will focus on evergreen material that won’t seem irrelevant after 30 days.

How do you access these privileges?

Please mail my copy to:

[10]If you are already enjoying the paywall and want to share the benefits with a friend, you can also give gift subscriptions to the paywall. We just need five things from you:

To register, just fill out this form and we will walk you through the payment and registration process.

If you are in the United States, the easiest way to pay for your paywall subscription is by e-check. It is as secure, fast, and convenient as a credit card. All you need is your checkbook:

GreenPay™ by Green Payment

Subscription Level

Note: To register, you need to do more than just send an echeck payment. You need to fill out the form as well, or we won’t know what to do with the echeck payment.

If you’re already a Paywall member, there are other ways to support Counter-Currents. The full list is below.

1. E-Checks

If you are in the United States, E-checks are the fastest and most convenient way to send money to Counter-Currents. All you need is your checkbook.

2. Credit Cards: We now have two options for credit card payments.

  1. CashApp as $CounterCurrents [11]! CashApp allows you to make an instant credit card donation without a high processing fee. Plus, it gives us an encouraging mobile alert when you donate! Boost the Counter-Currents staff morale instantly! Donate via CashApp!
  2. Entropy, a site that takes donations and comments for livestreams. Visit our Entropy page [12] and select “send paid chat.” Entropy allows you to donate any amount from $3 and up. All comments will be read and discussed in the next episode of Counter-Currents Radio, which airs every weekend.

3. Bank Transfers

It is also possible to support Counter-Currents with bank transfers. Please contact us at [email protected] [13].

4. 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 [14] 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.

5. Cash, 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 [15] or PDF [16] 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.

6. 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.

7. Crypto-Currencies

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

8. 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] [4]. You can send donations by mail to:

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

8. 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 [19]” contains many helpful suggestions.

Remember: those who fight for a better world live in it today.

Thank you for your loyal readership and support

Greg Johnson
Editor-in-Chief