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Yukio Mishima was one of the giants of 20th-century Japanese literature. He has exercised an enduring influence on the post-World War II European and North American New Right. In commemoration of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to the following works on this website:

Published: January 14, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Greg Johnson, Japan, Japanese literature, literature, North American New Right, originals, Yukio Mishima | 2 Responses

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Remembering Jack London
(January 12, 1876–November 22, 1916)

Greg Johnson

Phil Eiger Newmann, Jack London, 2021

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Jack London was born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco on January 12, 1876. An adventurer and Jack of all trades in his youth, London achieved fame and fortune as a fiction writer and journalist. Read more …

Published: January 12, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, Jack London, literature, North American New Right, originals, socialism, West Coast White Nationalism | 4 Responses

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Remembering Anthony M. Ludovici
(January 8, 1882–April 3, 1971)

Greg Johnson

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Anthony Mario Ludovici was born on January 8, 1882.

Ludovici was one of the first and most accomplished translators of Nietzsche into English and a leading exponent of Nietzsche’s thought. Ludovici was also an original philosopher in his own right. Read more …

Published: January 8, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, John V. Day, North American New Right, originals, philosophy | 8 Responses

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Remembering Alan Watts
(January 6, 1915–November 16, 1973)

Greg Johnson

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Alan Watts was born on this day in 1915. A prolific scholar and dazzling stylist, Watts is best known as the chief popularizer of Asian philosophy for the Beat and Hippy movements, but he was also an original thinker in his own right and a quiet man of the Right. In commemoration of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to these works at Counter-Currents: Read more …

Published: January 6, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alan Watts, articles, comparative religion, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals | 3 Responses

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Remembering J. R. R. Tolkien:
January 3, 1892–September 2, 1973

Greg Johnson

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“I am in fact a Hobbit.”—J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a favorite author of New Left “hippies” and New Right nationalists, and for pretty much the same reasons. Tolkien deeply distrusted modernization and industrialization, which replace organic reciprocity between man and nature with technological dominion of man over nature, a relationship that deforms and devalues both poles. Read more …

Published: January 3, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, fantasy literature, Greg Johnson, J. R. R. Tolkien, North American New Right, originals, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | 7 Responses

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Remembering Rudyard Kipling
(December 30, 1865-January 18, 1936)

Greg Johnson

Phil Eiger Newmann, Kipling, 2020.

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Nobel Prize-winning poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling was born on this day in 1865. For an introduction to his life and works, see the following articles on this site.

William Pierce, “Rudyard Kipling: The White Man’s Poet” (French translation here)
Andrew Hamilton, “Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Burden of Jerusalem’”

Published: December 30, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, North American New Right, originals, poems, poetry, Rudyard Kipling | 13 Responses

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Remembering Filippo Marinetti
(December 22, 1876–December 2, 1944)

Greg Johnson

Marinetti in the First World War.

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Those on the Right who believe that modern art is always “decadent” need to come to grips with Italian Futurism. In commemoration of the birthday of Filippo Marinetti, the founder of Italian Futurism and one of the prophets of Fascism, I would like to draw your attention to several writings on this website.

By Marinetti:

“Futurist Manifesto”

Published: December 22, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged art, articles, fascism, Filippo Marinetti, futurism, Greg Johnson, modern art, North American New Right | 4 Responses

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Remembering Ludwig van Beethoven
(December 17, 1770-March 26, 1827)

Alex Graham

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, Austria, Black Invention Myths, classical music, Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven, music, nationalism, North American New Right, opera, originals, Romanticism, symphonies, the Enlightenment | 3 Responses

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Remembering Pentti Linkola
(December 7, 1932 — April 5, 2020)

Timo Hännikäinen

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Like other Nordic countries, Finland has a strong conformist mentality. The Law of Jante is in force to keep too headstrong or conflict-seeking individuals leashed. In this respect, it is strange that one of the modern Finnish cultural icons is a character as extreme as Pentti Linkola. Read more …

Published: December 7, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, deep ecology, ecofascism, environmentalism, Finland, North American New Right, originals, Pentti Linkola, Timo Hännikäinen | 4 Responses

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Remembering Henry Williamson
(December 1, 1895-August 13, 1977)

Greg Johnson

Henry Williamson

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In commemoration of the birthday of the great English novelist, ecologist, and racial nationalist Henry Williamson, I wish to draw your attention to some articles on this site:

“Henry Williamson: Nature’s Visionary” by Mark Deavin
“Henry Williamson” by Kerry Bolton, now expanded (also available in Bolton’s Artists of the Right)
“Henry Williamson, George Orwell, and the Pigs” by Margot Metroland
“Henry Williamson and T. E. Lawrence,” by Margot Metroland

Published: December 1, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ecology, environmentalism, Greg Johnson, Henry Williamson, literature, North American New Right, originals | Leave a comment

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Feast Your Mind at Counter-Currents
Happy Thanksgiving!

Greg Johnson

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On behalf of everyone at Counter-Currents, I want to wish all our US readers safe travels and a happy Thanksgiving. (And please don’t let your dogs eat turkey bones.) Here are a few past articles on Thanksgiving for your edification: Read more …

Published: November 26, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged North American New Right, Thanksgiving | 1 Response

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Remembering Yukio Mishima
(January 14, 1925–November 25, 1970)

Greg Johnson

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Spanish translation here

Published: November 25, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Greg Johnson, Japan, Japanese literature, literature, North American New Right, originals, Yukio Mishima | 1 Response

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Remembering P. R. Stephensen
(November 20, 1901-May 28, 1965)

Greg Johnson

P. R. Stephensen, circa 1934

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Percy Reginald Stephensen was born on November 20, 1901. Stephensen was a writer, publisher, and political activist dedicated to the interests of the white race and the Australian nation. Like Jack London, Stephensen was an archetypal man of the racially conscious Left. He began his political career as a Communist but later moved to the nationalistic, anti-Semitic Right. From 1942 to 1945, he was interned without trial for his pro-German and pro-Japanese sympathies.

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Remembering Madison Grant
(November 19, 1865-May 30, 1937)

Greg Johnson

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Today is the birthday of Madison Grant, American aristocrat and pioneering advocate of white racial preservationism, immigration restriction, eugenics, anti-miscegenation laws, and the conservation of wildlife and wilderness. To learn more about Grant’s life and legacy, see these articles at Counter-Currents: Read more …

Published: November 19, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, environmentalism, eugenics, Greg Johnson, Madison Grant, North American New Right, originals | 4 Responses

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Remembering Wyndham Lewis
(November 18, 1882-March 7, 1957)

Greg Johnson

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Wyndham Lewis was born on this day in 1882. A first-rate novelist, critic, and painter, he was a leading English exponent of fascist modernism. In honor of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to the following works on this website:

Kerry Bolton, “Wyndham Lewis” (French translation here)
Jonathan Bowden, “Classical Modernism and the Art of the Radical Right“
Jonathan Bowden, “Elitism, British Modernism, and Wyndham Lewis” (transcript) Read more …

Published: November 18, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, fascism, Greg Johnson, literature, North American New Right, originals, painting, Percy Wyndham Lewis | 1 Response

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Remembering Sir Oswald Mosley
(November 16, 1896-December 3, 1980)

Greg Johnson

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Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoats, was an English aristocrat (a fourth cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II) and statesman. Mosley was a Member of Parliament for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931. He was also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour Government of 1929–1931.

Published: November 16, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged British Union of Fascists, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, Sir Oswald Mosley, Union Movement | 5 Responses

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Remembering René Guénon:
November 15, 1886–January 7, 1951

Greg Johnson

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René Guénon was born on November 15, 1886. Along with Julius Evola, Guénon was one of the leading figures in the Traditionalist school, which has deeply influenced my own outlook and the metapolitical mission and editorial agenda of Counter-Currents Publishing and North American New Right. (For a sense of my differences with Guénon, see my lecture on “Vico and the New Right.”)

Published: November 15, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Rene Guénon, Traditionalism | 3 Responses

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Remembering Walter Gieseking
(November 5, 1895-October 26, 1956)

Alex Graham

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Today is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Walter Gieseking, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Known for his extensive repertoire, nuanced playing, and powerful memory, he was a formidable musician of rare gifts. In his later years, he attracted controversy on account of his association with National Socialism Read more …

Published: November 5, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Graham, articles, classical music, denazification, music technique, music theory, North American New Right, originals, Walter Gieseking | 7 Responses

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Remembering Ezra Pound
(October 30, 1885 to November 1, 1972)

Greg Johnson

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“A slave is one who waits for someone else to free him.” — Ezra Pound

One of the ongoing projects of the North American New Right is the recovery of our tradition. One does not have to go too far back before one discovers that every great European thinker and artist is a “Right Wing extremist” by today’s standards.

Published: October 30, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Ezra Pound, Greg Johnson, literature, originals, poetry | 10 Responses

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Remembering Friedrich Nietzsche
(October 15, 1844–August 25, 1900)

Greg Johnson

Phil Eiger Newmann, Friedrich Nietzsche, 2020.

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Friedrich Nietzsche was born this day in 1844 in the small town of Röcken, near Leipzig, Saxony, in the Kingdom of Prussia. He died in August 25, 1900, in Weimar, Saxony, in the Second German Reich. The outlines of Nietzsche’s life are readily available online.

Nietzsche is one of the most important philosophers of the North American New Right because of his contributions to the philosophy of history, culture, and religion.

Published: October 15, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy | 4 Responses

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Remembering Aleister Crowley
(October 12, 1875–December 1, 1947)

Greg Johnson

Aleister Crowley by Charles Krafft

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Aleister Crowley was an English poet, novelist, painter, and mountaineer who is most famous as an occultist, ceremonial magician, and founder of the religion and philosophy of Thelema. But ironically Crowley’s supposed Satanism and Black Magic are far less frightening to most people than his politics. For Aleister Crowley was also a man of the Right.

Published: October 12, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aleister Crowley, articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, occultism, originals, poetry, political philosophy | 2 Responses

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Remembering Roy Campbell
(October 2, 1901–April 22, 1957)

Greg Johnson

Roy Campbell

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Roy Campbell was a South African poet and essayist. T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and Edith Sitwell praised Campbell as one of the best poets of the inter-war period. Unfortunately, his conservatism, Nietzscheanism, and Catholicism, as well as his open contempt for the Bloomsbury set and his participation in the Spanish Civil War on the Fascist side, have led his works being consigned to the memory hole. Read more …

Published: October 2, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged fascism, Greg Johnson, literature, North American New Right, originals, poems, poetry, Roy Campbell, South Africa | 1 Response

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Remembering Maurice Bardèche
(October 1, 1907–July 30, 1998)

Greg Johnson

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Today is the birthday of Maurice Bardèche (1907–1998), the French Neo-Fascist writer. Bardèche was a prolific and highly versatile author of literary, film, and art criticism, history, journalism, and social and political theory. He published twenty-odd books and countless essays, articles, and reviews. Read more …

Published: October 1, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, fascism, Maurice Bardèche, North American New Right, originals, Robert Brasillach | 4 Responses

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Remembering Martin Heidegger:
September 26, 1889–May 26, 1976

Greg Johnson

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Translations: Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian

Martin Heidegger is one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy, both in terms of the depth and originality of his ideas and the breadth of his influence in philosophy, theology, the human sciences, and culture in general.

Heidegger was born on September 26, 1889, in the town of Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on May 26, 1976 in Freiburg and was buried in Meßkirch. Read more …

Published: September 26, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, Martin Heidegger, modernity, National Socialism, originals, phenomenology, philosophy, technology | 2 Responses

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Remembering T. S. Eliot:
September 26, 1888–January 4, 1965

Greg Johnson

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Thomas Stearns Eliot was one of the 20th century’s most influential poets, as well as an essayist, literary critic, playwright, and publisher. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, from old New England stock, Eliot emigrated to England in 1914 and was naturalized as a British subject in 1927.

Published: September 26, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, modernism, poetry, T. S. Eliot | 4 Responses

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Remembering Francis Parker Yockey
(September 18, 1917–June 16, 1960)

Greg Johnson

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Francis Parker Yockey was born 103 years ago today, September 18, in Chicago. He died in San Francisco on June 16, 1960, an apparent suicide. Yockey is one of America’s greatest anti-liberal thinkers and an abiding influence on the North American New Right. In honor of his birthday, I wish to draw the reader’s attention to the following works on this site.

Published: September 18, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Francis Parker Yockey, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, philosophy, philosophy of history, political philosophy | 8 Responses

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Remembering H. Keith Thompson
(September 17, 1922–March 3, 2002)

Kerry Bolton

The rarely-photographed H. Keith Thompson, Jr. in 1954

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Charles Harold Keith Thompson Jr. (September 17, 1922 – March 3, 2002), more familiarly known as Keith Thompson, was Francis Parker Yockey’s primary US colleague. He was born in Orange, New Jersey of English, German, and Scottish descent. Dr. Hans Thomsen, Keith’s cousin, was the last German chargé d’affaires in Washington DC prior to World War II, and they worked closely together to keep the USA out of the war. At Drew College and Yale, Thompson expressed his opposition to the USA’s having fought in World War I and becoming involved in another war against Germany. Read more …

Published: September 17, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Francis Parker Yockey, H. Keith Thompson, Kerry Bolton, North American New Right | 5 Responses

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Remembering D. H. Lawrence:
September 11, 1885–March 2, 1930

Greg Johnson

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David Herbert Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England and died from tuberculosis on March 2, 1930 in Vence, France, at the age of 44.

The fourth son of a nearly-illiterate coal miner, Lawrence rose by dint of genius and hard work to become an internationally famous, often censored, and sometimes persecuted novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.

Published: September 11, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, D. H. Lawrence, Greg Johnson | 2 Responses

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Remembering Leni Riefenstahl
(August 22, 1902–September 8, 2003)

Greg Johnson

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Helene Bertha Amalie “Leni” Riefenstahl was born on this day in Berlin in 1902. She died in Pöcking, Bavaria, on September 8, 2003, just after her 101st birthday. She was a highly accomplished dancer, actress, photographer, and film director.

Published: August 22, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Greg Johnson, Leni Riefenstahl, movie reviews, North American New Right, reprints, the Jewish question | 17 Responses

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Remembering H. P. Lovecraft
(August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937)

Greg Johnson

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island, and died there of cancer on March 15, 1937. An heir to Poe and Hawthorne, Lovecraft is one of the pioneers of modern science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature. Lovecraft is a literary favorite in New Rightist circles, for reasons that will become clear from a perusal of the following works on this website.