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To be honest, it was really more of a panel discussion.
James is touring New Zealand with the Free Speech Union, speaking at events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. I’m a former Free Speech Union employee and have made critical comments on social media about James’ use of the term “woke right”. (more…)
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It’s been said that one of the problems with German military thinking in the 20th century is that Germany never grew out of its small-country thinking.
For centuries, Prussia was one smaller continental great power, and for a smaller nation to defeat larger nations in war requires war to be waged in a certain manner. (more…)
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In my time in the Dissident Right sphere, I’ve had my chance to attend certain historic events but chose not to.
I didn’t go to Charlottesville because I couldn’t get the day off work. For many years, this was a regret of mine. (more…)
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If you are reading Counter-Currents, chances are that you are an oldhead. For one, Counter-Currents has been around a long time during which time it has accumulated longtime followers. Also it tends to be somewhat “advanced” white nationalism. Some of the articles about esoteric fascist philosophers may not be best suited to beginners. So even if you are a new Counter-Currents regular, there is still a high probability that you’ve been around “the scene” before coming here. In other words, you are probably an oldhead. (more…)
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Whenever the topic of “white privilege” comes up, the near-universal response on the right is to bring up the existence of struggling white people. One often comes across a sepia-toned photograph of unkempt, underfed young white children, probably taken by Dorothea Lange, with the words “white privilege” emblazoned on it in scare quotes in the default Imgflip font. On the one hand, this meme works in our favor and is a clever way of stoking popular resentment toward the left. However, as an argument, it misses the point. (more…)
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Elle Reeve
BLACK PILL: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024
Elle Reeve in 2022. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
Elle Reeve in 2022. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Elle Reeve
Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024
Elle Reeve made a career covering the “Alt Right,” its precursors, and its aftermath, including the Charlottesville trials and January 6, first for Vice and then for CNN. Black Pill is a memoir of her time on the Alt Right beat. (more…)
The hosts of Chapo Trap House in November 2017. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
The hosts of Chapo Trap House in November 2017. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
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The year was 2016. Donald Trump had just stunned the world by getting elected despite the entire media establishment being against him. The only support Trump had during his campaign was on the Internet, particularly the Alt Right, which was spreading across social media like a virus and pied-pipering the youth into White Nationalism. (more…)
Azzmador, RIP
Original art by A. Wyatt Mann
Azzmador, RIP
Original art by A. Wyatt Mann
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Word broke on Telegram on Tuesday morning that Alt Right icon Robert Ray, aka Azzmador, passed away shortly after a disturbing post complaining about excruciating pain in his legs.
One could argue that Azzmador qualifies as a martyr to the White Nationalist cause because the only reason that he was unable to seek proper medical care was because he had been a fugitive of the law since August 2017, when he maced an antifa activist in self-defense at the Charlottesville tiki torch march. (more…)
Normies can hear the same sort of talking points from Con Inc. figures such as Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk that they could once only hear from the Alt Right. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
Normies can hear the same sort of talking points from Con Inc. figures such as Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk that they could once only hear from the Alt Right. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
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What would become known as the Alt Right began to crystalize by the mid-2010s. The Alt Right introduced a style of White Nationalism that was so radically different than what came before that it was necessary to invent some terms to differentiate the two. Pre-Alt Right White Nationalism came to be referred to as White Nationalism 1.0 (WN 1.0). This encompassed groups such as the Klan, skinheads, the militia movement, and the efforts of individuals such as George Lincoln Rockwell, David Duke, William Pierce, and Tom Metzger. (more…)
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Jason Kessler
Charlottesville and the Death of Free Speech
Dissident Press, 2024
To constrain a man’s innermost expression is subjugation of his soul. — Jason Kessler
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Jason Kessler
Charlottesville and the Death of Free Speech
Dissident Press, 2024
A number of books have already been written about the suppressed “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have already reviewed the excellent Charlottesville Untold by Anne Wilson Smith. Padraig Martin’s A Walk in the Park also enjoys a good reputation. (more…)
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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I fought in the Optics War for six years. Then, last December I declared that the Optics War was over for several reasons. The Right Stuff closing down the National Justice Party project took the question of real-world activism off the table. Andrew Anglin and Nick Fuentes falling out over the Richard Spencer Question was a sign that old Optics War rules were no longer being adhered to by its most prominent figure. (more…)