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Since our last update, we have received 34 donations ranging in amount from $2 to $1,200, totaling $3,037, of which $2,697 will be matched, for a total of $5,734. That brings our grand total to $40,325 and our Summer Fundraiser to an end. (more…)
520 words Since our last update, we have received 5 donations totaling $292, which will be matched for a total of $584. Our new grand total is $34,591. Thank you for your generous support! (more…)
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Since our last update, we have received 7 donations totaling $1,056, which will be matched for a total of $2,112. Our new grand total is $34,007. We thank you all for your generous support! (more…)
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A reader asks why our Summer Fundraiser ends on Halloween, rather than on the Autumnal Equinox. Aside from the pragmatic reason that Halloween gives us more time to reach our goal, Hugh MacDonald points out that in Celtic pagan rites, October 31st is the end of the season of light/summer/the harvest. These Celtic rites were later fused with the rites of Roman festivals of Pomona, Lemuria, and Parentalia, and the Christian rites of the evening before All Soul’s Day to create our modern Halloween. (more…)
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Since our last update, we have received 3 donations totaling $452, which will be matched for a total of $904. Our new grand total is $28,135. We thank you all for your generous support! (more…)
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Since our last update, we have received 4 donations totaling $305, which will be matched for a total of $610. Our new grand total is $27,231. We thank you all for your generous support! (more…)
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It’s a tradition. This is the second year that Counter-Currents has run a fundraising campaign that starts on June 11, the anniversary of our debut online, and runs until Halloween, when the Great Pumpkin rises from the Pumpkin Patch and brings the season to an end. (more…)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Bee-Keepers, 1568
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Since our last update, we have received 9 donations totaling $1,915, which will be matched for a total of $3,830. Our new grand total is $24,975. We thank you all for your generous support!
Anthony Van Dyck, Princesses Elisabeth and Anne, daughters of Charles I
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Since our last update, we have received 6 donations totaling $580, which will be matched for a total of $1,160. Our new grand total is $21,145. We thank you all for your generous support! (more…)
Sir Anthony van Dyck, Self-Portrait with Sunflower, after 1633
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There is a great deal of excitement about the impending launch of the Counter-Currents Radio Network!
Since our last update, we have received 7 donations totaling $1,833.89. (more…)
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Since our last update, we have received 4 donations totaling $385. Thank you! With our matching grant, that will be doubled to $770, leaving $235 in the matching grant. This brings our grand total to $18,826.11. (more…)
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Since our last update, we have received 17 donations totaling $815. Thank you! This brings our grand total to $18,056.11.