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William A. Galston
Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018

“It is time for an open and robust debate on issues of immigration, identity politics, and nationalism that liberals and progressives have long avoided.”—William Galston

Galston is right. Read more …

Published: February 18, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged immigration, Matthew Goodwin, National Populism, pluralism, Roger Eatwell, Social Credit, universal basic income, white identity politics | 18 Responses

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Decline of the West, Part 4

Greg Johnson

Aubrey Beardsley, The Fat Woman (1894)

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Part 4 of 7 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here, Part 5 here)

Darryl Cooper: I want to get into a few other questions. Doing my research for this interview, I didn’t read too deeply into your views on capitalism and liberal democracy, but I got the impression that you’re probably at least as critical of those things as I am, and I’m very critical of both of them. Read more …

Published: July 30, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged capitalism, Carl Schmitt, conservatism, Darryl Cooper, Decline of the West podcast, economics, Greg Johnson, liberalism, North American New Right, originals, transcripts | 1 Response

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The Counter-Currents 2018 Fundraiser
& Charles Krafft Auction Update
Plan B: Co-opting & Subverting Nationalism

Greg Johnson

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In the last week, we have received 26 donations totaling $4,234.33 for which we are enormously grateful. Our goal this year is to raise $70,000. So far, we have received 104 donations totaling $16,547.27. So we are almost one quarter of the way there. See below for new incentives to give.

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Some readers have asked what’s my next project now that The White Nationalist Manifesto is finished and going to press. Read more …

Published: August 24, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2018 Fundraiser, Francis Fukuyama, Greg Johnson, Mark Lilla, populism | 8 Responses

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Démocrature:
Nazi Concept Welcomed into French Language

Guillaume Durocher

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It’s that time of year. The French dictionaries Le Petit Larousse and Le Petit Robert (don’t ask me why they are called “petit,” they are huge) are adding various neologisms and foreign loanwords to our beloved langue de Céline.

My interest was particularly piqued by the following new entry: Read more …

Published: July 6, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, democracy, Guillaume Durocher, illiberal democracy, North American New Right, originals, populism | 6 Responses

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The Gospel According to Goldberg

Margot Metroland

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Jonah Goldberg
Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
New York: Crown Forum, 2018

Anyone expecting Jonah Goldberg’s Suicide of the West to be a new meditation on James Burnham’s 1964 classic[1] about the moral degeneracy of liberal democracy is in for a laugh. Having borrowed Burnham’s tasty title, Goldberg goes off in another direction entirely, often inverting Burnham’s argument. Read more …

Published: May 17, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Ayn Rand, book reviews, capitalism, free market, James Burnham, John Locke, Margot Metroland, Max Weber, North American New Right, originals | 17 Responses

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The Devil in the Detail:
A Review of Ryszard Legutko’s The Demon in Democracy

Michael Walker

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Audio version: To listen in a player, use the one above or 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. Read more …