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Tag: Italy

  • March 12, 2021 Greg Johnson
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    Remembering Gabriele D’Annunzio
    (March 12, 1863–March 1, 1938)

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    Today is the birthday of Gabriele D’Annunzio, novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, dandy, playboy, war hero, and the first fascist dictator, who from 1919 to 1920 ruled over the Adriatic city-state of Fiume, establishing many of the political and aesthetic forms followed by Mussolini a few years later.

    To learn more about D’Annunzio’s life and accomplishments, see the following works on this site: (more…)

  • September 30, 2020 Guido Taietti 7
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    The End of the Nation-State:
    The Privatization of Politics

    1,297 words

    The nation-state is the triangulation of people, territory, and sovereignty. If this triangulation is threatened, the idea of the State itself is threatened.

    Of course, we know that the idea of a people is under attack in the West: the Left, the progressives, and the liberals (more…)

  • May 4, 2020 Buttercup Dew 1
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    Porco Rosso:
    The Italian Batman

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    Porco Rosso is one of the more famous Studio Ghibli films, released in 1992. It is the midpoint of an unofficial Miyazaki trilogy examining flight as a method of personal and national liberation, beginning with 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, and concluding with 2013’s The Wind Rises. Porco Rosso is the strongest of the three, being bright, bold, and easy to follow whilst touching on more serious themes than its premise might suggest. (more…)

  • March 12, 2020 Margot Metroland
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    Approaching D’Annunzio

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    Reviewing a story collection in 1925, an American critic compared Gabriele d’Annunzio’s influence on the Italian mindset to that of Rudyard Kipling in England. “[T]o understand him is to understand pre-war and immediately post-war Italy.” [1] That sort of remark is almost inaccessible to us today; when we think of the Great War, if we think of the Great War at all, we surely don’t automatically think of Kipling or d’Annunzio. That is one hurdle in approaching d’Annunzio today. (more…)

  • March 12, 2020 Greg Johnson
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    Remembering Gabriele D’Annunzio:
    March 12, 1863–March 1, 1938

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    Today is the birthday of Gabriele D’Annunzio, novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, dandy, playboy, war hero, and the first fascist dictator, who from 1919 to 1920 ruled over the Adriatic city-state of Fiume, establishing many of the political and aesthetic forms followed by Mussolini a few years later.

    To learn more about D’Annunzio’s life and accomplishments, see the following works on this site: (more…)

  • March 10, 2020 Fenek Solère 9
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    La Dolce Vita

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    “What is in store for my children tomorrow?”
    — Steiner, from the movie La Dolce Vita (1961)

    I was staying in Neive, a tiny red-roofed Piedmont village caught in a time-warp, where the traditions and ingrained habits of centuries, like the rolling vine-clad hills, remain unchanged. (more…)

  • March 6, 2020 Trevor Lynch 19
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    The Talented Mr. Ripley & Purple Noon

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    Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) has been one of my favorite films since I saw it on the big screen while living in darkest Atlanta. A few years later, post-red pill, I bought the DVD and was struck anew at the brilliance of the script, performances, and direction. But I was also struck by the sheer whiteness of this film, which is set in 1958 and 1959 in New York City and Italy (Rome, Venice, the Bay of Naples). There’s nothing new about the idea of “escapist” entertainment. (more…)

  • February 21, 2020 Ricardo Duchesne 15
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    Kevin MacDonald’s Individualism & the Western Liberal Tradition:
    Aristocratic Individualism

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    In Part 1 of my detailed examination of Kevin MacDonald’s Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition: Evolutionary Origins, History, and Prospects for the Future (2019) I covered MacDonald’s argument in chapter one that Europe’s founding peoples consisted of three population groups: (more…)

  • February 18, 2020 Fenek Solère 14
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    Et tu, Brute?

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    In what is quite clearly emerging as a worldwide Deep State tactic to hamstring the rise of national populism wherever “the system” sees it raising its ugly head, we have — closely following the Trump impeachment saga and the arraignment of Marine Le Pen for posting violent ISIS images on her Twitter account — the withdrawal of the right to immunity for Matteo Salvini, (more…)

  • February 14, 2020 Scott Weisswald 3
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    Valentine’s Day Special:
    Alessandra Mussolini’s Amore

    1,122 words

    It’s February 14th, and love is in the air. What better way to soundtrack today’s romantic escapades than with Alessandra Mussolini — the granddaughter of Il Duce himself — and her sultry, Japanese-released city-pop record, Amore?

    Released in 1982 exclusively for the Japanese market, (more…)

  • February 13, 2020 Fenek Solère 5
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    Veni, Vidi, Vici

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    Piazza del Duomo de Milano, Italy

    “The legionary spirit is that fire of one who will choose the hardest road, who will fight to the death even when all is already lost.” — Julius Evola (more…)

  • February 10, 2020 Fenek Solère 10
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    Crossing the Rubicon

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    “Sardines” rally in Bologna. (Andreas Solaro, for AFP.)

    “Ālea iacta est” — “The die has been cast” — Julius Caesar.

    My heart sank when I saw the flash mob, nicknamed the Sardines, crowding the 15th-century Piazza Maggiore in Bologna to oppose Matteo Salvini’s Lega campaign launch in the PalaDozza, waving their banners and chanting their slogan: “Bologna non si Lega!” (more…)

  • February 6, 2020 Spencer J. Quinn 11
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    Ash Donaldson’s Brother War

    2,108 wordsCover of Ash Donaldson's book, Brother War.

    Ash Donaldson
    Brother War: A Modern Myth for Those of European Descent
    Independently published, 2019
    More of Donaldson’s work is available through the White Art Collective.

    Ash Donaldson’s latest novel Brother War: A Modern Myth for Those of European Descent combines the best of history, myth, and fantasy to spin an unforgettable story about World War I. Not only is it his best novel to date, but Brother War is also the first in his Mythology Series designed for an adult audience. (more…)

  • January 22, 2020 Margot Metroland 8
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    Pinocchio: The Face of Fascism

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    Extraordinary! There are three—maybe four—Pinocchio films now in development or newly released. They all promise to reveal dark, hitherto unexplored aspects of the famous marionette’s saga. One is a Robert Downey Jr. project that’s been hemming and hawing since about 2012. Initially Downey was planning to play both Geppetto and the title role. Now he’s older, so he’ll just play Geppetto. A new live-action Pinocchio premiered last month in Italy. (more…)

  • August 27, 2019 Trevor Lynch 5
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    The Leopard

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    Luchino Visconti’s masterpiece is his 1963 historical epic The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, which actually refers to a smaller spotted wild cat, the serval, which is the heraldic animal of the princes of Salina in Sicily). Visconti’s film is a remarkably faithful adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. The Leopard became the best-selling Italian novel of all time, carrying off many critical laurels as well. (more…)

  • May 2, 2019 Eordred 12
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    Populism & Neo-Thatcherism:
    Why Economics is Crucial for the Dissident Right

    Jair Bolsonaro

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    Populism is an oft-discussed topic in political circles of all stripes, and us dissidents tend to look at it as the best chance at present to put any sort of identitarian ideas into the mainstream, or at the very least as the best chance of stopping mass migration. I wrote a report on the state of populism in Europe not long ago for that very reason.

    As I said in that article, there is no “fixed” populist platform; merely a handful of ideas that unite parties under the populist label. These are mainly anti-elitism, anti-immigration, and an appeal in some form to disprivileged native populations. Quite often, it is also simply a matter of the media deciding to call someone or some party populist.

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  • April 23, 2019 Fenek Solère 2
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    Of Arpeggios & Architecture

    Venice Inflatable Refugee, an “art project” that was on display in Venice in 2016

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    I loved her from my boyhood – she to me
    Was as a fairy city of the heart
    Rising like water-columns from the sea.
    — Lord Byron

    The cupola of St. Mark’s basilica glows against the midnight-blue sky as I follow in Monet’s wake, sailing on a bobbing gondola that is being showered by flickering light, reflecting outward across the windless lagoon through medieval arched windows. (more…)

  • April 12, 2019 Robert Hampton 15
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    We Can’t Trust Conservatives

    Martin Sellner

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    The center-right government of Austria persecutes Identitarians. The center-Right government of Poland bans Identitarians.

    Both governments are seen by many Identitarians as models for nationalist governance, Poland in particular. (more…)

  • March 12, 2019 Greg Johnson 14
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    Remembering Gabriele D’Annunzio:
    March 12, 1863–March 1, 1938

    137 words

    Today is the birthday of Gabriele D’Annunzio, novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, dandy, playboy, war hero, and the first fascist dictator, who from 1919 to 1920 ruled over the Adriatic city-state of Fiume, establishing many of the political and aesthetic forms followed by Mussolini a few years later.

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  • January 25, 2019 Eordred 11
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    The State of European Populism

    Viktor Orbán & Matteo Salvini

    3,863 words

    Since the American Alt Right fell apart, many commentators and outlets which formerly identified as “Alt Right” have started pointing towards European populism as an example to follow, and are often heard to say that the nationalist cause is much further ahead in Europe. As a European, I would like to comment on this, based on the Dutch populist movement, which is relatively strong for a Western European country. (more…)

  • January 25, 2019 Emil Cioran 2
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    Italy, Mussolini, & Fascism

    1,468 words

    Translated by Guillaume Durocher

    Translator’s Note: This has been retranslated from a French translation. I have improved the paragraphing. The title is editorial. Source: Emil Cioran, Apologie de la barbarie: Berlin-Bucarest 1932–1941 (Paris: L’Herne, 2015), “L’Italie est-elle une grande puissance ?,” pp. 203-209. Originally published in Vremea, May 31, 1936.

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  • October 26, 2018 Guillaume Durocher 2
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    Partying in Rome:
    La Grande Bellezza

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    I am always astounded by how bad the films playing in mainstream cinemas look and, when I occasionally go to see them, I often find that my initial impressions based on the ads or a synopsis were fully justified. So when I enjoy a fairly recent film, it is noteworthy. (more…)

  • July 20, 2018 Michael Walker 8
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    Now in Audio Version!
    Mussolini, or the Will to Power

    5,082 words / 33:16

    To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.” To subscribe to the CC podcast RSS feed, click here.

    Werner Bräuninger
    DUX: Mussolini, oder Der Wille zur Macht
    Graz: Ares Verlag, 2018 (more…)

  • June 15, 2018 Counter-Currents Radio 2
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 219
    The Populist Wave in Europe

    405 words / 77:21

    To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.” To subscribe to the CC podcast RSS feed, click here.

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  • May 19, 2018 John Morgan 9
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    What Would Evola Do?

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    The follow is the text of the talk that Counter-Currents editor John Morgan delivered to The New York Forum on May 20, 2017.

    Tonight I thought I’d talk about Julius Evola, since yesterday (May 19) was his 119th birthday, and I have overseen the publication of many of Evola’s texts in English. (more…)

  • March 12, 2018 Greg Johnson 1
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    Remembering Gabriele D’Annunzio:
    March 12, 1863–March 1, 1938

    Mussolini with D’Annunzio

    117 words

    Today is the birthday of Gabriele D’Annunzio, novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, dandy, playboy, war hero, and the first fascist dictator, who from 1919 to 1920 ruled over the Adriatic city-state of Fiume, establishing many of the political and aesthetic forms followed by Mussolini a few years later. (more…)

  • October 3, 2017 John Bruce Leonard 6
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    Europe & Europa

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    The embattled vote on Catalan independence in Spain has turned the thoughts of many to the spiny problem of peoples and fatherlands. This is a subject, of course, which frequently touches our discourses in the New Right. It is fitting this should be so, given the weight we tend to put on “identity,” “sovereignty,” “nationhood,” “peoples,” and like concepts.  (more…)

  • May 23, 2017 John Morgan 7
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    What Would Evola Do?

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    The follow is the text of the talk that Counter-Currents editor John Morgan delivered to The New York Forum on Saturday.

    Tonight I thought I’d talk about Julius Evola, since yesterday (May 19) was his 119th birthday, and I have overseen the publication of many of Evola’s texts in English. (more…)

  • March 12, 2017 Greg Johnson 5
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    Remembering Gabriele D’Annunzio:
    March 12, 1863–March 1, 1938

    Mussolini with D’Annunzio.

    117 words

    Today is the birthday of Gabriele D’Annunzio, novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, dandy, playboy, war hero, and the first fascist dictator, who from 1919 to 1920 ruled over the Adriatic city-state of Fiume, establishing many of the political and aesthetic forms followed by Mussolini a few years later. (more…)

  • December 20, 2016 Adam Franz 3
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    Ezra Pound’s Jefferson and/or Mussolini

    1,971 words

    Ezra Pound
    Jefferson and/or Mussolini
    London: Stanley Nott Ltd., 1935

    Ezra Pound liked his books charged with meaning. “Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand,” he wrote in his Guide to Kulchur, another one of his, shall we say, B-Sides.

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