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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…)

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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…)

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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!

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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…)

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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.

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On November 5, 2008, I wrote an article arguing that the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States was a good thing for White Nationalism. And I was right. Thus I am going to copy and quote liberally from that article to argue that four more years of Obama will be good for White Nationalism as well.

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Since our last update, we have received a single donation of $25. Thank you! This brings our grand total to $17,241.11. Our goal is $25,000.

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In addition to supporting our seasonal fundraising drives, there is a way for you to help Counter-Currents all year ’round: our Amazon.com Affiliate program. (more…)

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Since our last update, we have received five new donations, ranging from $5 to $150, totaling $370. Thank you all for your support!

Because of the $115 remaining of our new matching grant, this has increased to $485. (more…)

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Since our last update, we have received four new donations, ranging from $5 to $100, totaling $140. Thank you for your support!

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Since our last update, we have received four new donations totaling $245. Thank you for your support!

Because of our new matching grant, this has been doubled to $490 (leaving $255 left to the grant, which expires in 6 days).

This brings our grand total to $16,451.11. Our goal is $25,000.

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Cranes from the Aberdeen Bestiary, 12th century

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Since our last update, we have received a single donation of $100. This brings our grand total to $15,961.11, less than $10,000 from our goal is $25,000. Thank you for your gift!

We have also received a second matching grant offer of $500, which is good for one week. (more…)

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Since our last update, we have received seven new donations ranging from $3 to $200 and totaling $423. Thank you for your support!

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Jonathan Bowden, “Mussolini with Bi-Planes”

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Since our last update, we have received three new donations totaling $163.81 (the odd numbers are due to Euro-Dollar conversion). Thank you for your generous support!

Thanks to our matching grant, this amount will be doubled to $327.62. There is $191.19 remaining on our matching grant, which expires in 10 days. Please give now, so your gift will go farther. (more…)

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Since our last update, we have received two new donations totaling $200. Thank you for your generous support!

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Since our last update, we have received four new donations ranging from $25 to $100, totaling $200. Thank you for your loyal support!

Thanks to our matching grant, this amount will be doubled to $400. There is $555 remaining on our matching grant, which expires in 12 days. Please give now, so your gift will go farther. (more…)

Phoenix, from the Aberdeen Bestiary, 12th century

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Since our last update, we have received six new donations ranging from $10 to $100, totaling $245. Thank you for your loyal support!

Thanks to our matching grant, this amount will be doubled to $490. There is $755 remaining on our matching grant, which expires in 13 days. Please give now, so your gift will go farther. (more…)

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Since my last update, “The Costs and Benefits of Controversy,” our supporters have really rallied to our aid.

First, we have received 21 donations ranging from $5 to $250, totaling $1,475. This brings our grand total is now $12,730.30. Our goal is $25,000, so we are more than half way there.  (more…)

Jean-Léon Gérôme, “Diogenes,” 1860

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This is one of the shortest essays I will ever write. If I could get it down to a haiku, I’d be delighted. But the truth is that it doesn’t need to be long, and it probably couldn’t be any shorter.

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Several readers have asked what happened to our summer fundraising drive. The short answer is that we hit a bump in the road. But we have stepped over it and are moving forward again.

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Storks, from the Aberdeen Bestiary, 12th century

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Since our last update, we received four new donations, ranging from $5 to $100, totaling $205. Thank you!

Our total is now $5,773.30. Our goal is $25,000, which we hope to make by August 11. We will keep you posted of our progress.

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Bees, from the Aberdeen Bestiary, 12th century

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Since our last update, we received six new donations, ranging from $15 to $100, totaling $225. Thank you!

One of these donors has pledged to give $20/month. These donations are particularly helpful. For more information, see below. (more…)

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Since our last update, we received ten new donations, ranging from $5 to $150, totaling $521. Thank you! Our total is now $5,343.30. Our goal is $25,000, which we hope to make by August 11. We will keep you posted of our progress. (more…)

Peter Vilhelm Ilsted, “Woman Reading by Candlelight,” 1908

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On Monday, July 9, we received three donations totaling $780. Thank you! Our total is now $4,822.30. Our goal is $25,000, which we hope to make by August 11. We will keep you posted of our progress each weekday.

Many people look at fundraising drives and think, “They’re doing fine without me,” so they decide they don’t need to chip in. (more…)