Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “The Sticky Matter of Intent,” on the arrest and sentencing of Sam Melia, a Patriotic Alternative activist who was found guilty of “stirring up racial hatred,” the latest in a string of British nationalist activists who are being persecuted on the basis of vague accusations of “racism.” (more…)
Tag: the British government
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Have you ever tried to “stir up racial hatred”? Me, neither.
Despite the foul torrents of racially insensitive things I’ve written and said over the years, I come before you today blushing with a raw and naked honesty to state that my intent has never been to “stir up racial hatred.”
I’m not even sure what it means to “stir up racial hatred,” much less to intend to stir it up. Can you attempt to stir up racial hatred and fail? If so, is that worse or better than succeeding at stirring up racial hatred? (more…)
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The World Council for Health [is] a faux-medical body dedicated to promoting vaccine hesitancy and Ivermectin as a COVID treatment. — VICE magazine
The World Council for Health is a pseudo-medical organization dedicated to spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and promoting fake Covid treatments. — Wikipedia
How many organizations are there? It feels as though we will soon have one for each of us — our own personal advisory body or lobby group among the forest of acronyms, logos, and mission statements. (more…)
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A hard rain is gonna fall. — Bob Dylan
Jesus Christ, they’ve done it. — Bob, Threads
In late September of 1984 I was in my home town preparing to go back to university, having graduated with a good enough Bachelor’s degree to continue to a Master’s. (more…)
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The story is not about me, and actually it isn’t about Matt Hancock as an individual. The story is about collateral damage. — Isabel Oakeshott, English journalist
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies. — Fleetwood Mac
If there is one lesson to be learned from the recent Covid pandemic, it is that British public opinion is as dirigible as a child’s party balloon on a string. Just as when someone in a crowd looks fixedly up to the sky, followed by the chap next to him, repeated by the family next to him, until finally everyone is looking up at nothing, classic crowd psychology also applies to information. Divert the attention of a few, and you will get everyone’s attention, like aquarium fish following the alpha. (more…)
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Correlli Barnett
The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities 1945-1950
Chatham, Kent: McMillan, 1995I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land
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Things went well for Counter-Currents over the last week, and our fundraiser got 4% closer to our goal of raising $300,000 this year. Since our fundraiser started on March 10th, we have raised $125,730.50, which is 42% of our goal. (more…)
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Ukraine? The brochure looks nice
It is not clear that the British government quite understands the habits of the mercenary soldier. After its dithering Foreign Secretary Liz Truss indicated that British citizens were free, should they so wish, to go to Ukraine and fight against Russia, she sympathized with these would-be Lord Byrons. Her staff reminded both her and the men ‘o war of the latest travel advice on its website: (more…)