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4,673 words

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I grew up in the final years of the Cold War. If you aren’t old enough to remember the Cold War, let me tell you that it was a trip.

The Strange Case of the Swarthy Boy:
Mittelholzer’s Mischling Horror

James J. O'Meara

6,669 words

Edgar Mittelholzer
Eltonsbrody
London: Secker & Warburg, 1960;
Richmond: Valancourt, 2017 (First reprint, with an introduction by John Thieme)

Lecktor: “The reason you caught me, Will, is: We’re just alike. You want the scent? Smell yourself.”

— Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) Read more …

Published: July 6, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, articles, book reviews, colonialism, hierarchy, horror fiction, James J. O'Meara, mixed-race individuals, North American New Right, Oliver Cromwell, originals, psychology, psychopathy, slavery, suicide, the Scots-Irish, tolerance | 2 Responses

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Joy Division in Retrospect

Scott Weisswald

1,528 words

On this day in 1977, a band from Salford, England called Warsaw took to the stage for the very first time in their career. They were supporting the Buzzcocks at the Electric Circus concert in Manchester.

“Warsaw” was the name chosen by a group of young men, namely Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Terry Mason, and Peter Hook, Read more …

Published: May 29, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged art, articles, Britain in the 70s, ennui, Joy Division, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, post-punk, Scott Weisswald, white dispossesion | 10 Responses

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Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts V & VI: Together & Locusts

Scott Weisswald

2,385 words

Nine Inch Nails released the albums Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts simultaneously on March 26th, 2020 with a whopping price tag of free. Trent Reznor, the group’s central creative member, announced the surprise records with a Tweet: “Anyone out there?” Read more …

Published: March 30, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ambient music, articles, contemplation, COVID-19, industrial music, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, solitude | 2 Responses

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Billie Eilish’s WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Scott Weisswald

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Billie Eilish is the youngest person to ever be awarded Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, for her debut effort WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? [1] At just 18, she swept the ceremonies, earning over 60 awards in categories that ranged from Best New Artist to Best Song. Read more …

Published: January 29, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Billie Eilish, climate change, mental health, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, pop music, Scott Weisswald | 22 Responses

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Human Biodiversity for Normies

Alan Smithee

Leonardo Da Vinci, Vitruvian Man

5,572 words

This essay begins my introduction to one of the single most treacherous topics in modern political life.

That topic is essentially a scientific one, rather than a political one—although in order to see this we may have to put some very prevalent philosophical and political misconceptions aside. As such, this series is going to be somewhat more dry in tone than some of my other writing—certainly much more than many of the other essays collected at Counter-Currents. Read more …