Tag Archives: Jonathan Bowden

The Counter-Currents 2020 Fundraiser
Amnesty Your Ancestors

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Counter-Currents is trying to raise $150,000 this year. In the last week, we crept closer to our goal. We received 11 donations for a total of $435.02. Thus far, we have received 762 donations totaling $111,604.71, for which we are enormously grateful. We are thus well past the two-thirds point! We will keep the fundraiser going as long as needed, but the ultimate deadline is the end of the year, just under two months away. That’s a lot of ground to cover, so we will be kicking our efforts into overdrive. Read more …

Published: November 13, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2020 fundraiser, amnesty, articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals | 4 Responses

Pulp Fascism:
Right-Wing Themes in Comics, Graphic Novels, & Popular Literature

Jonathan Bowden
Pulp Fascism: Right-Wing Themes in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Popular Literature
Edited by Greg Johnson
San Francisco: Counter-Currents
210 pages

There are three formats for Pulp Fascism:

Hardcover: $30 (add $5 for postage, $12 for postage to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & the Far East)
Paperback: $15 (add $5 for postage, $12 for postage to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & the Far East)
E-book: $5

Published: October 29, 2020 | Posted in Legacy Book Product | Also tagged Bowden book | Leave a comment

Western Civilization Bites Back

Jonathan Bowden
Western Civilization Bites Back
Edited by Greg Johnson
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2014
228 pages

There are three formats for Western Civilization Bites Back:

Hardcover: $35 (add $5 for postage, $12 for postage to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & the Far East)
Paperback: $20 (add $5 for postage, $12 for postage to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & the Far East)
E-book: $5

Published: October 29, 2020 | Posted in Legacy Book Product | Also tagged Bowden book | Leave a comment

Extremists: Studies in Metapolitics

Jonathan Bowden
Extremists: Studies in Metapolitics
Edited by Greg Johnson
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2017
220 pages

There are three formats for Extremists:

Hardcover: $35 (add $5 for postage, $12 for postage to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & the Far East)
Paperback: $15 (add $5 for postage, $12 for postage to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & the Far East)
E-book: $5

Published: October 29, 2020 | Posted in Legacy Book Product | Also tagged Bowden book | Leave a comment

Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 283
Mark Weber on America in 2020

Counter-Currents Radio

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Greg Johnson is joined by Mark Weber of the Institute for Historical Review for a conversation about various topics and to answer reader questions. Read more …

Published: August 6, 2020 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, Black Lives Matter, Carl Schmitt, color revolutions, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, Julius Evola, Mark Weber, Nick Fuentes, podcasts, Savitri Devi, Vishnu | 3 Responses

Remembering Jonathan Bowden:
April 12, 1962–March 29, 2012

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Jonathan David Anthony Bowden was born on April 12, 1962. He died on March 29, 2012, just short of his 50th birthday. Jonathan was a painter, novelist, essayist, playwright, actor, and orator. He was also a friend. His ideas and personality have had a real and permanent impact on my approach to New Right metapolitics. He will be missed, but he will also be remembered and honored. Read more …

Published: April 12, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, reprints | 2 Responses

Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 261
Interview with Marcus Follin/The Golden One

Counter-Currents Radio

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Greg Johnson talks Marcus Follin/The Golden One about his new book Dauntless. Topics include his intellectual journey, metapolitics, his list of absolute dos and don’ts, his view of gaming, his intellectual influences (European history, Guillaume Faye, Evola, Jonathan Bowden, Counter-Currents), not becoming a victim, Read more …

Published: February 21, 2020 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, health, Marcus Follin, podcasts, The Golden One | 10 Responses

The Failure of Liberalism

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The following is the transcript of a speech that Jonathan Bowden delivered to a meeting of the British National Party in Thringstone, Leicestershire on March 12, 2010. The transcript was made by J. B. The video can be seen below.

Thank you very much. I would like to thank [inaudible] for inviting me up here and driving me up here for this meeting. I’ve spoken in Leicestershire a few times, and this is the fourth time.

Video of the Day
A Recently Rediscovered Speech by Jonathan Bowden!
The Essence of the Right

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A long-lost video of a speech that Jonathan Bowden delivered to a meeting of the British National Party in Thringstone, Leicestershire on March 12, 2010 was recently unearthed and given to our friends at the Scandza Forum. We are also presenting it here on the occasion of what would have been his 57th birthday, on April 12. Read more …

Published: April 13, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged British National Party, British politics, globalization, liberalism, neoconservatism, populism, Scandza Forum, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, video of the day | 6 Responses

Remembering Jonathan Bowden:
April 12, 1962–March 29, 2012

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Published: April 12, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals | 2 Responses

Video of the Day
Jonathan Bowden on Cultural Marxism

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Jonathan Bowden on the rise of Cultural Marxism to replace Communism in the West.

Published: September 6, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged cultural Marxism, video of the day | Leave a comment

Video of the Day
Jonathan Bowden on Absolute Standards

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A video made to accompany some excerpts from talks by Jonathan Bowden on the subject of the power of belief. We are hardwired for philosophical and religious belief, but as a society, many white people have a severe lack of it. Bowden talks about Nietzsche, nature, mental strengthening, and the absence of belief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txRL32-JPuQ

Published: June 22, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged belief, Friedrich Nietzsche, video of the day | 1 Response

Video of the Day
A Future for Whites in America?

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This is a short film illustrating some audio excerpts from a speech Jonathan Bowden gave at a Counter-Currents retreat, “Western Civilization Bites Back,” about the problems and opportunities facing American whites as they become a minority in their own country, and the potential strategies they could use to combat the situation.

Published: April 27, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged video of the day, whites as a minority | 5 Responses

Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 208
John Morgan on Colin Wilson

John Morgan

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Greg Johnson and John Morgan convene another episode of Counter-Currents Weekly. Read more …

Published: January 5, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Bill Hopkins, Colin Wilson, Counter-Currents Radio Weekly, existentialism, Greg Johnson, John Morgan, philosophy, podcasts, the occult | 8 Responses

Patriotism & Nationalism:
A Response to Sarah Silverman

Garrett Deasy

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We stood somewhere near a local subway stop. Except for the girl, I didn’t know any of these people. Besides me there was just one another guy, he was tall, wore sunglasses and pink shorts, and put on a charade of friendliness and familiarity that Europeans often say is typical of Americans. There was what looked like a boy, but used a girl’s name, so I avoided addressing him/her/it. One girl was asked what type of music would be played on the party boat: Read more …

Published: December 15, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Garrett Deasy, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, Sarah Silverman | 17 Responses

Jonathan Bowden’s Extremists

Alex Graham

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Jonathan Bowden
Extremists: Studies in Metapolitics
Edited by Greg Johnson
San Francisco: Counter-Currents Publishing, 2016

Extremists: Studies in Metapolitics is a highly original book that contains the transcripts of nine of Jonathan Bowden’s orations: one on vanguardism followed by profiles of Thomas Carlyle, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Charles Maurras, Martin Heidegger, Savitri Devi, Julius Evola, Yukio Mishima, and Maurice Cowling. Read more …

Published: November 2, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A. Graham, Ancient Greece, book reviews, Charles Maurras, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Martin Heidegger, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Savitri Devi, Thomas Carlyle, vanguardism, Yukio Mishima | 2 Responses

Video of the Day
Never Apologize (New Video)

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Published: September 5, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged video of the day, videos, white guilt, white self-assertion | 4 Responses

Q&A about Heidegger

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Editor’s Note:

This is the transcription by V. S. of the Q&A session after Jonathan Bowden’s lecture on Martin Heidegger, which has recently been published in Extremists: Studies in Metapolitics. — Greg Johnson

Q: I’ve noticed that Leftists systematically completely misunderstand what Heidegger meant by “nihilism.” Read more …

Published: August 28, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, fascism, Friedrich Nietzsche, G. W. F. Hegel, Giovanni Gentile, interviews, Julius Evola, Martin Heidegger, National Socialism, nihilism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Theodor Adorno, Traditionalism | Leave a comment

Video of the Day
Underneath the Mind:
Bowden on Oratory

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Published: July 11, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged oratory, persuasion, rhetoric, video of the day, videos | Leave a comment

Video of the Day
The Point of Great Civilization

https://youtu.be/bq-C6gSw3lw

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Published: July 5, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged art, civilization, European identity, meaning, religion, Transcendence, video of the day | Leave a comment

Video of the Day
Race is Culture, & Culture is Race

https://youtu.be/JagCrDFR8Ng

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Published: June 14, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged biological race differences, race and culture, social constructionism, video of the day, videos | Leave a comment

In Praise of Extremists

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Author’s Note:

This brief talk was given in London on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the first annual Jonathan Bowden Dinner. I want to thank Stead Steadman and the other organizers of the dinner, as well as the nearly 80 people who attended.

I am currently editing a new collection of Jonathan Bowden’s writings called Extremists! Studies in Metapolitics. Read more …

Published: May 29, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, vanguardism, white nationalism | 6 Responses

The Economic Crisis Caused by Speculation

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Transcribed by V. S.

Editor’s Note: The following is the transcript of a British National Party stump speech that Jonathan Bowden delivered in Leicestershire in late 2008. You can view the video here.

Right, thanks very much! First of all, I’d like to start by thanking Jeff Dickens and the people who have arranged for me to come up and speak to you Read more …

Published: April 27, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged British National Party, Conservative Party, economics, George W. Bush, immigration, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, North American New Right, originals, political correctness, Tony Blair, transcripts, United Kingdom | 6 Responses

The First Annual Jonathan Bowden Dinner

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The first annual Jonathan Bowden Dinner will be held in London on Friday, May 26th. There will be four speakers: Bowden biographer Alex Kurtagic, blogger and YouTuber Adam Wallace, Chairman of the Jonathan Bowden Society Michael Woodbridge, and a surprise speaker from abroad described only as “a man of egregious erudition and eloquence.” Read more …

Published: April 27, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged news item | 5 Responses

Lost Jonathan Bowden Speech Discovered

https://youtu.be/itoBHynG-54

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This British National Party stump speech, “The Economic Crisis Caused by Speculation,” was delivered by Jonathan Bowden in Leicester in late 2008. We will publish a transcript as soon as possible.

Published: April 20, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged British National Party, videos | 3 Responses

Video of the Day
The Issue of the “Shoah”

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Michael Polignano’s video to words from Jonathan Bowden about the shadow of the Holocaust.

Source: https://youtu.be/VhC5ob8RGQg

Published: February 15, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Michael Polignano, the holocaust, video of the day, videos | 2 Responses

The Essence of the Left

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Editor’s Note:

This is the transcript by V. S. of Richard Spencer’s Vanguard Podcast interview of Jonathan Bowden about the Left. You can listen to the podcast here.

Richard Spencer: Hello, everyone! Today, it is a great pleasure to welcome to the program Jonathan Bowden. Read more …

Published: August 26, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Christianity, Communism, egalitarianism, Freemasonry, French Revolution, interviews, Marxism, Max Stirner, North American New Right, originals, relativism, Richard Spencer, the left, utopianism | 3 Responses

The European New Right

Alain de Benoist

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Editor’s Note:

This is the transcript by V. S. of Richard Spencer’s January 9, 2012 Vanguard Podcast interview of Jonathan Bowden about the European New Right. You can listen to the podcast here.

Richard Spencer: Hello, everyone! Today it’s a great pleasure to welcome back to the program Jonathan Bowden. Read more …

Published: August 20, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, anti-Americanism, Christianity, conspiracy theories, France, Guillaume Faye, interviews, neo-paganism, New Left, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political theory, religion, Richard Spencer | 1 Response

Creative Destruction:
Bowden on Libertarianism