Author: Mark Gullick

Pieter Claesz, Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill (1628)

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I was carrying out a literary exercise of quite a different kind: this was the making up of a continuous ‘story’ about myself . . . — George Orwell, “Why I Write”

 Litera scripta manet.
(That which is written, remains.)
— John Dewey (more…)

RIP Shane MacGowan

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Tice work if you can get it

Scanning the European political landscape from their north London homes, the British media are clutching one another and shrieking like minor characters in a 1950s sci-fi movie when the aliens show up. Europe’s voters, albeit at glacial speed, are finally realizing that it is not just the sovereignty and culture of their nations which are under threat via governmentally-endorsed porous borders, but their personal safety and that of their families. (more…)

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I ain’t going back
To living that old life no more.
— Old Crow Medicine Show, “Wagon Wheel”

The street is watching. She is watching. — Carlito’s Way

2023 has been quite a year for the anniversaries of some of my favorite films and, in these trying times, old movies are a solace. Watch a loved film one more time and you know in advance you are going to like it. It’s a cinematic comfort-blanket. (more…)

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Bloody religion. It’s our only real problem in this house, but it’s insuperable. — Peter Shaffer, Equus

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another. — Matthew 10:23

It has become increasingly obvious in Britain that Christianity is being decommissioned as the national religion. (more…)

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Have you ever thought, right, but you don’t know, but you may have already lived the happiest day in your whole fucking life and all you have left to look forward to is fucking sickness and purgatory? — Johnnie, Naked

Of all creatures that move and breathe upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man. — Homer, the Odyssey

I saw Mike Leigh’s 1993 movie Naked the week of its release, and during a rare English heatwave. (more…)

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[M]an has ascribed to all that exists a connection with morality and laid an ethical significance on the world’s back. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Everybody wants to rule the world. — Tears for Fears (more…)

Sir Bobby Charlton

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Proxy warriors

As I hoped to make clear in my piece last week on the Gaza conflict, Israel vs. Palestine is much like Liverpool vs. Tottenham (if you get the football reference) in that I would like both sides to lose.

However, daggers are drawn and fighting has commenced. It is all rather a long way away, but one of the great things about the modern world is that you don’t have to go out to get things. (more…)

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“Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews. The Jews will hide behind the stones and the trees, and the stones and the trees will say, O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew hiding behind me. Come and kill him.” — Muhammad, according to the Hadith (more…)

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“You don’t make up for your sins in the church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.” — opening line of Mean Streets

Hollywood collapsed in the 1960s. It proved, if nothing else, that when it comes to big money, even Jews can screw up. A combination of anti-trust actions and the rise of television meant that studio lots fell silent, and the golden age of Hollywood was over. (more…)

You can buy Jared Taylor’s White Identity here.

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If there is to be war in America’s streets, there is no group I would more eagerly battle than the goodwhites. — Jim Goad, Whiteness: The Original Sin

White riot, I want a riot.
White riot, a riot of my own.
— The Clash, “White Riot”

I am always keen to reread books about race and/or politics that are a decade or more old. (more…)

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Like all journals of dissident ideas, Counter-Currents depends on the support of our readers. So far this year, we’ve raised $94,312, or 31.44% of our $300,000 goal. I want to thank everyone who has donated so far. (Please donate here!) And now, Mark Gullick offers a few words on why donating to Counter-Currents may be a much better contribution to your education than going to a college or university. (more…)

Russell Brand

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A toxic Brand

The biggest story currently distracting the British public is the fall of Russell Brand. American readers may not be familiar with Brand, an English comedian and actor who has recently reinvented himself as a YouTube influencer. (more…)

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Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera
Expresión de tu vida nos da.
Bajo el límpido azul de tu cielo
Blanca y pura descanza la paz.

Noble homeland, your beautiful flag
Expresses for us your life.
Under the limpid blue of your skies
Peace reigns, white and pure. (more…)