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Originally published on the Will2Rise Substack: https://will2rise.substack.com/p/becoming-the-cultured-thug-what-it

You’ve seen the term floating around in our circles: “cultured thug.” It gets thrown at guys who lift, read Evola, and aren’t afraid to throw hands. But most people stop at the surface gym bros with a book collection.

The cultured thug isn’t a meme or a fashion statement. It’s a deliberate archetype for the modern nationalist warrior. He builds the body of a fighter and the mind of a strategist. (more…)

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Greg Johnson and David Zsutty welcome Rob Rundo of the Active Club movement and the Will2Rise apparel brand to talk about his life and work. See also Rob’s Substack: https://will2rise.substack.com/

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The following is reprinted from the Will2Rise Substack.

I knocked on the big metal doors of a commercial building on a quiet Roman street. I had no contact name—just an address. It came from some random account I found while going down a European nationalist rabbit hole on social media.

It was around 2013. My first time back in Italy since childhood, since those family visits that left more flavor than memory. I was there with a chick, planning the usual romantic getaway. The Colosseum. Wine. Ruins. But one square on the itinerary was mine. One day, one reason I really came to Rome: CasaPound. (more…)

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Only a few people have managed to rise from the dead. If I don’t count stories about gods, such as the Egyptian god Osiris and the Sumerian goddess Ishtar (Innana), the only stories I know about people coming back to life are the stories about Jesus and the Italian futurist artist Giacomo Balla, who also managed to rise from the dead. (more…)