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Six black people have been found dead, hanging from trees, during the month of June so far. They were all ruled as suicides by local police. Black people refuse to believe that’s true, of course. The circumstances of these deaths too closely resemble the lynchings of yesteryear, right down to the surrounding social turmoil and the highly public spectacle of the corpses. Read more …

Published: June 25, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Black Lives Matter, civility, death, debate, honesty, lynching, mainstream media, North American New Right, originals, polarization, rhetoric, suicide, truth, Winston E. Bakewell | 6 Responses

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Network:
A Populist Classic

Trevor Lynch

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Written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, Network (1976) is a sardonic, dark-comic satire of America at the very moment that its trajectory of decline became apparent (to perceptive eyes, at least).

Network has an outstanding script and incandescent performances, which were duly recognized. Chayefsky won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. Peter Finch won the Oscar for Best Actor Read more …

Published: May 15, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged alienation, articles, atomization, complacency, media, movie reviews, nationalism, Network, North American New Right, populism, reprints, satire, Sidney Lumet, television, Trevor Lynch | 3 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 267
Network

Greg Johnson

145 words / 60:58

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In the fall of 2000, I taught an adult education class entitled Philosophy on Film, Read more …

Published: April 3, 2020 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, capitalism, Counter-Currents Radio, desire, end of history, globalization, Greg Johnson, idealism, morality, movie reviews, Network, Paddy Chayevsky, Patrick Buchanan, Plato, podcasts, popular culture, populism, reason, Ross Perot, Ted Kaczynski, thumos | 5 Responses

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The “Celestial Dog”

Emil Cioran

John William Waterhouse, Diogenes (1882)

872 words

Translated by Guillaume Durocher

One cannot know what a man must lose to have the courage to defy all conventions; one cannot know what Diogenes lost to become the man who allowed himself to do everything, who turned his most intimate thoughts into acts of a supernatural insolence, as would a god of knowledge, at once libidinous and pure. No one was more frank; an extreme case of sincerity and lucidity, as well as an example of what we could be if education and hypocrisy did not restrain our desires and actions.

The Ancients on Speaking Rightly

Guillaume Durocher

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We are all faced with the challenge of speaking, and living, truths which are felt to be offensive by a great many of our countrymen, not to mention the powers that be. This is not a new problem. By definition, the natural diversity of men means that knowledge of the truth is highly unequally distributed and those who know most about the truth are necessarily a tiny minority. This minority must alone face the prejudices and ignorance of the masses and the violence of the state. Read more …

Published: June 12, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, Asatru, Buddhism, Guillaume Durocher, honesty, living well, North American New Right, originals | 5 Responses

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The Cynic Way of Life

Pierre Hadot

John William Waterhouse, Diogenes (detail), 1882

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Trans. Guillaume Durocher

Translator’s Note:

The following is drawn from Pierre Hadot, Qu’est-ce que la philosophie antique ? (Paris: Gallimard, 1995), pp. 170-74. The title is editorial.

Scholars still debate whether Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates, was the founder of the Cynic movement. Read more …

Published: November 29, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book excerpts, Diogenes, Guillaume Durocher, originals, philosophy, Pierre Hadot, translations | 1 Response

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Taylor Swift’s Tarnished reputation

Claus Brinker

2,997 words

Taylor Swift’s latest album, reputation, came out on November 10th. She has become an iconic figure for the Alt Right in recent years, so a review seems appropriate. We must tread lightly because Ms. Swift has recently been flashing her litigious claws (clause?). Read more …

Published: November 20, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Claus Brinker, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, popular music, reputation, Taylor Swift | 4 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 149
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pleasure, Part 2: Epicureanism

Greg Johnson

40:21 / 156 words

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” Read more …

Published: February 29, 2016 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Epicureanism, ethics, Greg Johnson, hedonism, living well, philosophy, Pleasure, podcasts, The Pursuit of Happiness | 2 Responses

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From End of an Era: Mad Men & the Ordeal of Civility

James J. O'Meara

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From James J. O’Meara’s new Counter-Currents title End of an Era: Mad Men and the Ordeal of Civility (San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2015), now available in Kindle, hardcover and paperback forthcoming.

The whole “idea” that “everyone is corrupt,” “everyone is for sale,” etc. is pure Frankfurt School drivel—authentic Judaic gibberish, to adapt Mel Brook’s Judaic sneer at the wisdom of our pioneer forefathers[1]— Read more …

Published: August 12, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book excerpts, James J. O'Meara, Mad Men, North American New Right, originals, the Jewish question, WASPs, white dispossession | 4 Responses

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Czynnik moralny

Greg Johnson

4,314 words

English original here and here

„Człowiek n i e dąży do szczęścia; czyni to tylko Anglik.”—Nietzsche

Najważniejsze pytania metapolityki dotyczą tożsamości, moralności oraz możliwości.

Jak dowodzi Carl Schmitt, polityczność oparta jest na rozróżnieniu pomiędzy „my” a „oni”. Pytanie dotyczące tożsamości brzmi: Kim jesteśmy? Read more …

Published: August 11, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, in Polish, in translation, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, the bourgeoisie, thumos | Leave a comment

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El Factor Moral, Parte 2

Greg Johnson

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Traducción por A. Garrido. Enlace original aquí

Parte 2 de 2 (parte 1 aquí)

“Esta no es ninguna fiesta.
Esta no es ninguna disco.
Esto no es un engaño a todo”
– Talking Heads, “La vida en tiempos de guerra”.

Alternativas al Hombre Burgués

Afortunadamente, no todos los hombres son del tipo burgués. Read more …

Published: May 31, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, in Spanish, in translation, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, the bourgeoisie, thumos | Leave a comment

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El Factor Moral, Parte 1

Greg Johnson

Félicien Rops, “Pornokratès,” 1878

2,361 words

Traducción por A. Garrido. Enlace original aquí

Parte 1 de 2

“El hombre no lucha por la felicidad, sólo el inglés lo hace”. – Nietzsche

Las preguntas centrales de la metapolítica tratan sobre identidad, moralidad, y posibilidad.

Como Carl Schmitt sostiene, lo político está basado en la distinción entre ellos y nosotros. La pregunta sobre la identidad es: ¿Quiénes somos nosotros? Y: ¿Quiénes no somos? Específicamente, el Nacionalismo Blanco requiere una respuesta a la pregunta: ¿Quién es blanco? y ¿quién no lo es? Read more …

Published: May 27, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, in Spanish, in translation, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, the bourgeoisie, thumos | Leave a comment

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Le facteur moral

Greg Johnson

5,188 words

English original here and here

« L’homme ne recherche pas le bonheur, seul l’Anglais le fait. »

(Nietzsche)

Les questions centrales de la métapolitique sont celles de l’identité, de la moralité, et de la possibilité. Read more …

Published: February 10, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, in French, in translation, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, the bourgeoisie, thumos | 3 Responses

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Morální faktor, část 1

Greg Johnson

Félicien Rops, “Pornokratès,” 1878

1,818 words

English original here

„O štěstí neusiluje člověk, jenom Angličan.“ – Nietzsche

Hlavní otázky metapolitiky se soustřeďují kolem identity, morálky amožnosti.

Carl Schmitt považuje za prvopočátek politična dělení na nás a je. Otázky identity zní: „Kdo jsme?“ a „Kdo nejsme?“ Konktrétněji si bílý nacionalismus žádá odpověď na otázku: „Kdo je bělochem a kdo jím není?“ Read more …