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“Everything builds on something that existed before you, and without the concrete that is beneath your feet, you’re lost, aimless, and atomized.” — Jonathan Bowden
A decade after his untimely demise, Jonathan Bowden continues to be a cult figure on the Dissident Right famous both for his political oratory and the incisive nature of his cultural analysis. (more…)
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Editor’s Note: This March 22, 2009 British National Party “stump speech” given in Manchester was transcribed by Hyacinth Bouquet. Sadly, the video is incomplete. If anyone has a complete version, or information about where it was filmed, please contact us at [email protected]. (more…)
You can pre-order Jonathan Bowden’s Reactionary Modernism here.
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In my writing for Counter-Currents, I’ve called for the formation of a dissident high culture. At the time of writing, there is only a smattering of cultural institutions which are explicitly Dissident Right, which means that the future of dissident high culture is whatever we make it. The future is a vast empty space which we have been tasked with filling.
But the past of dissident high culture is not so empty. No, it is rather crowded over at the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel. Indeed, you could say that the avant-garde of the past was decisively reactionary. (more…)
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Editor’s Note: This March 27, 2008, British National Party “stump speech” given in Tameside was transcribed by Hyacinth Bouquet. Sadly, the video is incomplete. If anyone has a complete version, or information about where it was filmed, please contact us at [email protected].
Every element that sustained prior forms of British English life is declining or has dipped down. Marriage and the family are in turmoil, and hardly anyone is marrying. (more…)
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Jonathan Bowden was born 60 years today, 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. I wonder what Jonathan would have written in the last ten years. I wonder what he would have made of Donald Trump, the Alt Right, BLM, and other developments. We would have gained much from his insights and guidance. (more…)
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Host Greg Johnson was joined by novelist and essayist Fenek Solère on the last broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio to talk about his novels, current events, and your questions, and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
03:23 Introduction to Fenek
05:23 Main themes of The Partisan
11:26 On depicting “intellectual revolutionary bohemia” (more…)
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Standardbearers: British Roots of the New Right
Edited by Jonathan Bowden, Eddy Butler, and Adrian Davies.
With a Foreword by Professor Antony Flew
Beckenham, Kent: The Bloomsbury Forum, 1999
Somewhere between the “hug-a-hoodie” Toryism of David Cameron’s Conservatives, and those far-right parties considered beyond the pale, is believed to lie a broad “respectable” middle ground of British nationalist politics. (more…)
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Yesterday, March 29th, 2022, was the tenth anniversary of Jonathan Bowden’s untimely death. To commemorate this brilliant orator, artist, and man of the right, we hosted a memorial livestream (replay available here).
To honor his contributions to White Nationalism, we are offering these incentives to give in Bowden’s memory.
Any gift of $120 or above will receive: (more…)
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Jonathan Bowden died on March 29, 2012. Greg Johnson spoke to some of Jonathan’s friends and comrades — Adrian Davies, Eddy Butler, and Matt Tait — to talk about his life and legacy, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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On Tuesday, March 29th, at 11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern, 7 pm UK, and 8 pm CET, Greg Johnson will host a two-hour livestream on Jonathan Bowden to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his untimely death. The guest list is secret at present, but it will feature many of Jonathan’s friends and comrades sharing their favorite memories of Jonathan and their thoughts on his accomplishments and legacy. So please join us (more…)
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Greg Johnson participated in an impromptu “Frenly Chat” on Gaddius Maximus’ show yesterday along with Fróði Midjord to discuss this weekend’s upcoming debate between Greg and E. Michael Jones on the War in Ukraine, as well as next week’s Jonathan Bowden Memorial Stream and what else Counter-Currents has in store this year, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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All those who place their faith in fire
In fire their fate shall be repaid[1]
“The New Monarchy: Wokeness as a Survival Strategy” is another great essay by Gregory Hood, which should be read by all. Being a total narcissist, I was struck by a couple of points that seemed to tie in with some of my own thinking, which I’d like to expand on here. (more…)