Author: Alain de Benoist

Thomas Molnar

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The following interview was published in Hungarian in the autumn 2021 issue of the journal Kommentár.

The best-known Hungarian conservative author, the greatest contemporary counter-revolutionary thinker, and the most productive Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century, Thomas Molnar, was born a hundred years ago this year. Béla Király, who is one of Alain de Benoist’s comrades-in-arms and discussion partners, conducted and translated an interview with him which reveals the two Right-wing thinkers’ parallel careers that lasted for decades. (more…)

Mladý Hamsun v roce 1890

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Knut Hamsun zůstává záhadou. Byť byla jeho díla takřka kompletně přeložena do francouzštiny a dočkala se také celé řady filmových i televizních adaptací a přestože nejsou jeho knihy na rozdíl od tolika jiných „zastaralé ani přežité“ (Hubert Nyssen), francouzská veřejnost jej ignoruje. (more…)

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Nicolas Gauthier: Joe Biden has been proclaimed winner of the US presidential election. Donald Trump, who has not conceded defeat, cries fraud and is preparing to engage in a legal battle. What is your analysis? (more…)

Phil Eiger Newmann, Don’t Tread on Us, 2020.

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Μετάφραση από τα Γαλλικά: Greg Johnson
Μετάφραση από τα Αγγλικά: Lohengrin

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Οι προεδρικές εκλογές των ΗΠΑ πλησιάζουν γρήγορα. Προσωπικά, θέλετε να επανεκλεγεί ο Donald Trump; Θα σας ευχαριστούσε μια δεύτερη θητεία αυτού του προέδρου, μόνον και μόνον για να δείτε την έκφραση στα πρόσωπα των αντιπάλων του, Αμερικανών και Ευρωπαίων; (more…)

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Nicolas Gauthier: With his speech at Les Mureaux, and his promise to begin fighting “Islamic separatism,” Emmanuel Macron seems to have discovered previously unglimpsed realities. Is this to his credit? Can we say that he is now regaining control?

Alain de Benoist: Macron has many faults, but he’s not a complete idiot. (more…)

Phil Eiger Newmann, Don’t Tread on Us, 2020.

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The US presidential election is fast approaching. Personally, do you want Donald Trump to be re-elected? Would a second term of this president please you, if only to see the faces of his opponents, American and European?

Alain de Benoist: I would like his re-election, but by default, for lack of something better. As you know, this character doesn’t thrill me that much. (more…)

Alain de Benoist

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Now that things seem to be on the mend, can we say that the government, even if manifestly taken aback, has done too much, too little, or just enough in the face of the epidemic?

There is no other word for it: the reaction of the authorities to Covid-19 has been truly calamitous. Five months after the start of the epidemic, we still have not reached the screening capacity that we should have had when the first deaths appeared. (more…)

Auguste Migette – Svatý Klement a Graoully (1850). Klement Métský bojuje v římském amfiteátru s (métským drakem) Graoullym. Obraz má symbolizovat vítězství křesťanství nad pohanstvím.

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Poznámka Grega Johnsona:

V roce 2005 poskytl Alain de Benoist rozhovor americkému The Occidental Quarterly, který vyšel pod titulem “European Son: An Interview with Alain de Benoist,” v The Occidental Quarterly, Roč. 5, č. 3 (podzim 2005): str. 7–21. (Mezi březnem a červnem 2018 vyšel na tři části i na našich stránkách: díl první, druhý a třetí.)

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Tłumaczenie z węgierskiego autorstwa György Balázs Kun, ponownie przetłumaczone na Polski.

Poniższy wywiad pojawił się w węgierskim konserwatywnym czasopiśmie kwartalnym “Kommentár”, w jego drugim numerze 2019 roku. Przypisy zostały dodane przez Counter-Currents.

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Translated from the Hungarian by György Balázs Kun

The following interview appeared in the Hungarian conservative quarterly journal Kommentár, in its second issue for 2019. It was recorded in December 2018. The footnotes were added by Counter-Currents.

“The Old Right is dead, long live the New Right!” could be our cry after seeing the joyful political changes of the last decade. (more…)

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Interviewed by Yann Vallerie; translated by Greg Johnson (The last two questions, on other topics, were omitted.)

The great national debate could be over before it even started.  (more…)

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The founder and primary thinker of the French New Right, Alain de Benoist, discusses his view of the ongoing Yellow Vests movement in France and their significance for French politics during his visit to Budapest, Hungary last week. In French with English subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rh9fM-X7c