Tag Archives: the Balkans

Map demarcating the terms of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty

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To understand Central and Eastern Europe as they are today, we must go back an entire century to the immediate aftermath of the First World War. As old empires collapsed, newly independent nations fought numerous conflicts for territory culminating in the Polish-Soviet War. Read more …

Published: January 15, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Czechia, Eastern Europe, Estonia, Eurasia, First World War, geopolitics, Georgia, Hungary, Intermarium, Latvia, Lithuania, Maidan, Martin Velev, North American New Right, originals, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, the Baltics, the European Union, the Soviet Union, Three Seas Initiative, Ukraine, Ukraine crisis, Visegrad Group, war | 8 Responses

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Near-Greatness & Shenanigans:
Bill Clinton & the Unwise Right

Morris V. de Camp

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In tyrannies. . . to test the tyrant’s authority was to risk incarceration, torture, and death; in America’s democracy, by contrast, to contest the president’s authority was to win media attention, big book advances, posses of fellow-travelers, and lawyers such as Ken Starr crowding for business and prominence.

— Nigel Hamilton Read more …

Published: May 20, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged America in the 1990s, Bill Clinton, essays, gun control, Haiti, Hillary Clinton, Morris V. de Camp, North American New Right, Northern Ireland, Oklahoma City Bombing, originals, realpolitik, television, the Democratic party, the Yugoslav wars | 23 Responses

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Porco Rosso:
The Italian Batman

Buttercup Dew

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Porco Rosso is one of the more famous Studio Ghibli films, released in 1992. It is the midpoint of an unofficial Miyazaki trilogy examining flight as a method of personal and national liberation, beginning with 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, and concluding with 2013’s The Wind Rises. Porco Rosso is the strongest of the three, being bright, bold, and easy to follow whilst touching on more serious themes than its premise might suggest. Read more …

Published: May 4, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, anime, articles, aviation, Batman, Buttercup Dew, Italy, movie reviews, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, piracy, self-actualization, the Joker, vigilantism, World War I | 1 Response

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Nations, Not Projects:
A Response to Keith Woods

Nicholas R. Jeelvy

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Imagine drinking beer with your neighbor. Imagine your families having a barbecue. Imagine helping your neighbor fix his vehicle, which is notorious for breaking down at inopportune moments. Imagine your neighbor picking your kids up from school because you can’t get out of work.

Then imagine that the next day, you’re shooting your neighbor, burning his house down, killing his sons, and raping his daughters. Oh, and you appropriate his car for your use afterward. Read more …

Published: April 23, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged American imperialism, articles, imperialism, language, Macedonia, nationalism, Nicholas R. Jeelvy, North American New Right, originals, petty nationalism, Serbia, Slovenia, the European Union, Yugoslavia | 30 Responses

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Guy Talk, Balkan Style

Fullmoon Ancestry

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Peter Delyan was a famous Balkan hero who led an uprising in 1040 against the Byzantine Empire. Comparisons to William Wallace or Braveheart wouldn’t be out of place, as Delyan was a larger-than-life character that was able to lead ordinary peasants into battle and revolt against a larger, occupying force. Read more …

Published: March 2, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethnic identity, ethnicity, Fullmoon Ancestry, male bonding, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, pan-Europeanism, race, racial identity, the Yugoslav wars, Yugoslavia | 9 Responses

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In Defense of National Service

Nicholas R. Jeelvy

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Over the past years, I’ve made some efforts to keep fit and educate myself in the manly arts. So far, I’ve been able to slim down, quit smoking, quit porn, moderate my caffeine and alcohol intake, Read more …

Published: April 5, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, hedonism, individualism, Nicholas R. Jeelvy, North American New Right, originals, paternalism, positive liberty, Yugoslavia | 14 Responses

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The Far Right in the Balkans:
Roots & Perspectives

Dimitris Michalopoulos

Ioannis Metaxas, 1871–1941

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Preamble

“Rest assured . . . that after . . . years of suffering we have sufficient moral strength left to find an honourable exit from life.”[1]

It is in these very words that the soul of Corneliu Codreanu and his followers was expressed. Needless to say that Capitanul has been the noblest figure among the Far Right leaders in Europe during the interwar period. Read more …