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Introduction here, Chapter 8 here, Chapter 9 Part 2 here
Translated by F. Roger Devlin
The ecologist Fabrice Nicolino, a member of Charlie Hebdo’s editorial board (he was seriously wounded in the Kouachi brothers’ attack in January 2015), declares:
I am nostalgic for a time when people had a place, when men and women were strongly bound. I am nostalgic for a time when rural civilization was not the garbage it is today, a monstrosity that stuffs people with pesticides. (more…)
Ernesto Laclau
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Introduction here, Chapter 7 here, Chapter 9 Part 1 here
Translated by F. Roger Devlin
Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos, a populist movement that became (with 20.6% of the vote) the third-largest political force in Spain following the elections of December 2015, said shortly thereafter that one could “define Podemos by saying that we have done everything the Left said must not be done.” (more…)
Georges Sorel
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Georges Eugène Sorel was born 175 years ago today, and died at the age of 74. Born in Normandy and educated in Paris, Sorel was an engineer by training who took an early retirement to devote himself to philosophy and politics. Although conservative by temperament (he defended the patriarchal family and martial virtues), Sorel became a Marxist, albeit an increasingly heterodox one, and a revolutionary syndicalist.
Although Sorel had an elite education, on all essential matters he was an autodidact. (more…)
Georges Sorel
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Georges Eugène Sorel died 100 years ago today at the age of 74. Born in Normandy and educated in Paris, Sorel was an engineer by training who took an early retirement to devote himself to philosophy and politics. Although conservative by temperament (he defended the patriarchal family and martial virtues), Sorel became a Marxist, albeit an increasingly heterodox one, and a revolutionary syndicalist.
Although Sorel had an elite education, on all essential matters he was an autodidact. (more…)
Georges Sorel
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Note: This essay is occasioned by the new Imperium Press edition of Sorel’s Reflections on Violence, which is required reading.
Like Jack London, Georges Sorel (1847–1922) was a Left-wing writer whose primary influence today is on the Right. Sorel’s most influential book is Reflections on Violence, written in 1905–1906. (more…)
You can buy Georges Sorel’s Reflections on Violence from Imperium Press here.
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Host Greg Johnson welcomed Mike from Imperium Press back to the show on the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio to discuss Georges Sorel’s On Violence, which was recently published by Imperium, and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
01:02 Who was George Sorel?
07:33 Why did Sorel, a Marxist, hate progressives?
11:42 Sorel also criticized the working class (more…)
Charles Upton
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Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here)
The following is a transcript of the Guide to Kulchur interview with the Traditionalist scholar Charles Upton on the subject of Alexander Dugin that was broadcast on May 27. Mr. Upton was previously interviewed by Greg Johnson for Counter-Currents Radio in 2012. The transcript was prepared by Hyacinth Bouquet. (more…)
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Author’s Note: In a recent livestream, our longtime reader Sutton asked, “How important is economics in terms of ultimately understanding history and politics?” Hyacinth Bouquet transcribed my answer, and I edited it a bit. I want to thank Sutton for the question and Hyacinth for the transcript.
This is essentially a philosophical question. (more…)
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Joel Davis of Firstness Journal and Imperium Press was the very special guest on the latest episode of The Writers’ Bloc with host Nick Jeelvy, where they discussed the importance of theory to the dissident political movement, and of course answer YOUR QUESTIONS, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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The latest episode of The Writers’ Bloc saw host Nick Jeelvy joined by Counter-Currents writer Kathryn S. to review a selection of Counter-Currents articles published in steel-skied November in The Best Month Yet, as well as answer YOUR QUESTIONS, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
Courtesy of Stonetoss
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It is interesting that the Left considers the populist Right to be its ultimate enemy. While libertarians and bargain-bin conservatives are also seen as enemies, they are considered a secondary threat. If you believe the establishment narrative — as most Left-wingers do despite their claims to being unorthodox and outside the mainstream –, it should actually be the establishment conservatives who are their greatest threat. (more…)
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Matthew Lohmeier
Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military
Self-published, 2021
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier of the US Space Force has made the news. He self-published an exposé on the problems of critical race theory in the military and then was abruptly fired as a commander. (more…)