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Translated by Riki Rei.

To the members of Tatenokai [Shield Society]:

Among you there are both those who have stayed with us consistently since the founding of our organization and those of the fifth class who have been with us for only nine months. Yet as far as I’m concerned, regardless of the degrees of your involvement and experience, we are all comrades of a shared identity who have gone beyond the difference of ages Read more …

Published: March 18, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged fascism, Japan, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, Riki Rei, speeches, translations, Yukio Mishima | 1 Response

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Reflecting on Anita Bryant

Morris V. de Camp

2,576 words Cover of The Anita Bryant Story.

Anita Bryant
The Anita Bryant Story: The Survival of our Nation’s Families and the Threat of Militant Homosexuality
Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1977

The culture wars of the 1970s deserve considerable study. One of the cultural warriors was Anita Bryant. When I saw a used copy of her book denouncing the militant homosexual movement, I snatched it up immediately. Read more …

Published: March 17, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged America in the 1970s, articles, homosexuality, Morris V. de Camp, North American New Right, originals | 13 Responses

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Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young’s Déjà Vu

Scott Weisswald

1,344 words

Déjà Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s first recording as a quartet, was released on this day, March 11th, in 1970. It was greeted with a mixed reception by critics at the time of its release, but has since come to be included in innumerable “best of” lists and is frequently cited as the best work of the group. Taken as a whole, Déjà Vu displays impressive attention to detail and warm, friendly tone, but similarly lacks Read more …

Published: March 11, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 1960s counterculture, articles, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, pop music, psychedelic music, Scott Weisswald | 7 Responses

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50 Years of “Cat Food”

Scott Weisswald

705 words

King Crimson’s “Cat Food” was originally released in 1970. It’s a chaotic, piano-centric slice of pop fun that helped cement King Crimson’s image in the eyes of the public as being capable of more than dreary ruminations on dying or losing your mind, as their highly-acclaimed 1969 album In the Court of the Crimson King mostly focused on. Read more …