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Phil Eiger Newmann, Beethoven, 2020.

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Today is the 250th anniversary of the christening of Ludwig van Beethoven, a titan of classical music and one of the greatest composers of all time. Beethoven transformed every genre in which he wrote and singlehandedly changed the trajectory of classical music. Rooted in the Classical idiom of Mozart and Haydn, he paved the way for the Romantic era and influenced composers such as Brahms, Liszt, and Wagner. His works remain cornerstones of the classical repertoire. Read more …

Published: December 17, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Graham, articles, Black Invention Myths, classical music, commemorations, Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven, music, nationalism, North American New Right, opera, originals, Romanticism, symphonies, the Enlightenment | 3 Responses

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Sándor Márai’s Hungarian Classic: Embers

Kathryn S.

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He came from a world where soft music lilted through dining rooms and ballrooms and salons . . . it was played to make life sweeter and more festive, to make women’s eyes flash and men’s vanity throw sparks . . . [his] music on the other hand didn’t offer forgetfulness; it aroused people to the feelings of passion and guilt and demanded that [they] be truer to themselves . . . such music is upsetting . . . [1] Read more …

Published: September 29, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, articles, Austro-Hungarian Empire, book reviews, class, Communism, conservatism, Embers, friendship, honor, Hungarian literature, Hungary, identity, imperialism, Kathryn S, Marai Sandor, music, nationalism, North American New Right, nostalgia, originals, the middle class | 3 Responses

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The Silver Lining in the Apocalypse Museum

Fullmoon Ancestry

Albrecht Dürer, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1497-98.

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Albrecht Dürer died on April 6th, 1528. He was a highly influential painter and artist of the German Renaissance. Dürer was one of the first major artists to produce high-quality woodcuts and engravings that eventually spread throughout Europe, influencing future generations in various mediums and styles. While I grew up seeing Dürer’s artwork on many of my favorite heavy metal albums, I never knew his name until I went with an ex-girlfriend to a Christmas market in Vienna last December. Discovering his woodcuts was the highlight of the day and it taught me to find the silver lining in the most challenging of times, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. Read more …

Published: April 6, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Albrecht Dürer, apocalypse, art, articles, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fullmoon Ancestry, North American New Right, originals, positive thinking, Vienna | 3 Responses

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Risen from the Ashes
David Hoggan’s The Forced War

Morris V. de Camp

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Despite nearly being lost following the destruction of its manuscript in a terrorist attack, David Hoggan’s The Forced War continues to be a relevant tome in our era. Hoggan details how the Second World War was certainly not inevitable, and how the propaganda machine that succeeded in pushing the nations of the West to war in the 1940s set a dangerous precedent that echoes in the foreign policy of nations to this very day.

Published: December 18, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Czechoslovakia, Europe, historical revisionism, literature, Poland, Second World War, Third Reich, World War II | 14 Responses

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We Can’t Trust Conservatives

Robert Hampton

Martin Sellner

1,885 words

The center-right government of Austria persecutes Identitarians. The center-Right government of Poland bans Identitarians.

Both governments are seen by many Identitarians as models for nationalist governance, Poland in particular. Read more …

Published: April 12, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, conservatives, cuckservatism, France, Identitarians, Italy, Law and Justice Party, North American New Right, originals, Poland, Robert Hampton, Russia, Sebastian Kurz, Vladimir Putin, white nationalism | 15 Responses

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Michael the Brave & the Tide of the Ottoman Wars

Amory Stern

Michael the Brave, savior of Europe?

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The history of Romania as a concrete country is generally assumed to have started with the Romanian, or Danubian, principalities, similarly to how the history of Russia as a concrete country starts with Muscovy. Both of these histories are of late medieval origin, having come into being in the wake of the Mongol invasions of Europe. In both comparable cases, however, the concrete starting point is not the same as the ethnologically related spiritual precursor from which the original states derived their patronage. In the case of Russia, the spiritual precursor was the Kievan Rus’, which was situated in present-day Ukraine. Read more …

Published: February 1, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Amory Stern, articles, Bram Stoker, Carl Schmitt, North American New Right, originals, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Transylvania, Turks | 2 Responses

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The State of European Populism

Eordred

Viktor Orbán & Matteo Salvini

3,863 words

Since the American Alt Right fell apart, many commentators and outlets which formerly identified as “Alt Right” have started pointing towards European populism as an example to follow, and are often heard to say that the nationalist cause is much further ahead in Europe. As a European, I would like to comment on this, based on the Dutch populist movement, which is relatively strong for a Western European country. Read more …

Published: January 25, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alternative for Germany, articles, Belgium, Éordred, European Union, Euroskepticism, Fidesz, France, Front National, Geert Wilders, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lega, Matteo Salvini, North American New Right, originals, Poland, populism, Sweden, Sweden Democrats, the Netherlands, UKIP, United Kingdom, Viktor Orbán | 11 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 219
The Populist Wave in Europe

Counter-Currents Radio

405 words / 77:21

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The Sound of Music:
The Outcome of the Austrian Elections

Michael Walker

Sebastian Kurz

2,416 words

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One of the few things which can be stated with any certainty about the consequences of the recent Austrian elections on October 15 is that they are unpredictable, both for Austria and for European politics. The hard Left is out of parliament, the Social Democrats are in disarray, the anti-immigration course of the conservatives under a new, young leader has reaped dividends, and the “far Right” FPÖ has entered a coalition government. Read more …

Published: January 18, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio, North American New Right | Also tagged articles, European Union, Euroskepticism, mass immigration, Michael Walker, North American New Right, originals, populism, Sebastian Kurz | 1 Response

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2014: The Year in White Nationalism

Greg Johnson

2,115 words

On the whole, 2014 was a good year for White Nationalism, European ethnonationalism, and allied trends. Of course, we New Rightists are subtle dialecticians, for whom better is always better, but worse is better sometimes too.

Better is Always Better

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The Moderateness of the Far Right & the Extremism of Immigration

Ricardo Duchesne

2,008 words

The changing face of the West?

The mandated claim that mass immigration is indispensable to the cultural and economic “enrichment” of European nations is possibly the most extreme policy ever implemented in human history. This cultural Marxist-initiated policy is bringing an irreversible alteration in the intrinsic ethnic and cultural identities of European nations. Read more …

Published: December 10, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Denmark, diversity, England, ethnonationalism, Finland, France, Great Britain, miscegenation, multiculturalism, National Front, non-white immigration, North American New Right, race replacement, race-mixing, reprints, Ricardo Duchesne, Sweden, Sweden Democrats, Switzerland, UKIP, white dispossession, white nationalism | 10 Responses

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Othmar Spann:
A Catholic Radical Traditionalist

Lucian Tudor

Othmar Spann, October 1, 1878–July 8, 1950

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Othmar Spann was an Austrian philosopher who was a key influence on German conservative and traditionalist thought in the period after World War I, and he is thus considered a representative of the intellectual movement known as the “Conservative Revolution.” Spann was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Vienna, where he taught not only scientific social and economic theories, but also influenced many students with the presentation of his worldview in his lectures. Read more …

Published: March 19, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, articles, Catholicism, Christianity, collectivism, conservative revolution, elitism, individualism, Julius Evola, liberalism, Lucian Tudor, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, philosophy of culture, populism, race, sociology, the Conservative Revolution, Third Way economics | 11 Responses

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When Mussolini Scorned Hitler

Andrew Hamilton

Italy's Benito Mussolini

2,325 words

Italian leader Benito Mussolini assumed power in 1922. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933.

Hitler had long idolized Mussolini, and during the first years of Hitler’s rule Mussolini remained a much more commanding figure on the international stage. Indeed, Hitler was often ridiculed in the world press as an absurd, puny version of the Italian leader.