Tag: Halloween

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Greg Johnson did a new solo Ask Me Anything on the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)

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I have always cherished the pretense of Halloween. Regardless of its pagan origins in Europe as a harvest celebration, the event I have always known presents an exciting chance for children to dress up and pretend, and for adults to play along. The candy and trick-or-treating is important, of course, but secondary, in my opinion, to the spectacle of it all. As a child, deciding what I would be for Halloween each year took a great deal of thought and preparation (for several years, my mother had insisted we make our own costumes from scratch — a fun and productive exercise). (more…)

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Karl Thorburn returned for the first half of the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio alongside Greg Johnson to discuss a number of issues, and it is now available for download and online listening.

Topics discussed include:

01:17 Is Bronze Age Pervert Jewish?
06:45 On Right-wing multiculturalism (more…)

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Treat your mind (or trick it) with the following Halloween features at Counter-Currents:

Jef Costello, “I Wake Up Screaming: My Top Ten Halloween Horror Flick Picks”

William de Vere, “All Hallows’ Eve: On Death & Remembrance” (more…)

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Treat your mind (or trick it) with Halloween writings at Counter-Currents.

Jef Costello, “I Wake Up Screaming: My Top Ten Halloween Horror Flick Picks”

William de Vere, “All Hallows’ Eve: On Death & Remembrance” (more…)

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Saturday, October 30th, Counter-Currents Radio’s guest host will be Millennial Woes who will be joined by Nick Jeelvy to discuss current events, white identity politics, and, of course, YOUR QUESTIONS. Counter-Currents Radio will be streaming on DLive and Odysee at noon PST, 3 pm EST, 8 pm UK time, & 9 pm CET. Send your questions, comments, and donations through Entropy: entropystream.live/countercurrents

Sunday, October 31st (Halloween), Nick Jeelvy will be joined on the Writers’ Bloc by James O’Meara for a blood-chilling, spine-tingling discussion of what really scares “them” about magic and the occult, plus current events and YOUR QUESTIONS. The Writers’ Bloc will be streaming on DLive and Odysee at 1 pm PST, 4 pm EST, 9 pm UK time, and 10 pm CET. Send your questions, comments, and donations through Entropy: entropystream.live/countercurrents

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The year was 939 AD, the setting near the city of Simancas. Count Fernán Gonzalez, a commander of free Spain, rode at the head of an army whose mission was to strike a blow against the Saracen invaders of Al-Andalus. Still, they were outnumbered and desperate. Fortune, it seemed, would favor the Moors on this day. But as the Count’s troops prepared to clash with their foe, a miracle occurred. (more…)

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I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but for those of us who grew up in the United States, especially in its more rural environs, autumn is a particularly nostalgic season. In part, this is owing to associations formed during childhood: the forest ramblings, the fallen leaves crunching underfoot, the morning fog over the trees, the smell of woodsmoke in the air; the pumpkin patches and hayrides, county fairs and bonfires — all of these thoughts and remembrances come back to us in this season, tinted in shades of red and gold. (more…)

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Hugh MacDonald discusses the history of the Halloween tradition as an element of European identity. (more…)

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Since our last update, when we announced our new $5,000 matching grant, we have received 30 donations totaling $6,242.99 for which we are enormously grateful. Thanks to a generous donor, $5,000 of that amount was matched, bringing the total to $11,242.99.

Our goal this year is to raise $70,000. So far, we have received 264 donations totaling $57,410.37. So we more than 80% of the way to our goal, with only $12,589.63 and two whole months to go.  (more…)