Tag: the dissident Right

The entrance to this year’s CPAC Hungary. Photo courtesy of the Visegrád Post.

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The word “woke” was first used as an adjective, as opposed to “awake,” in a political context by black Americans during the twentieth century to describe someone who is “alert to racial prejudice and discrimination.” (more…)

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Like all journals of dissident ideas, Counter-Currents depends on the support of our readers. So far this year, we’ve raised $92,974, or 31% of our $300,000 goal. I want to thank everyone who has donated so far. (Please donate here!) And now, Pox Populi offers a few words on why we can’t expect idealism alone to sustain the alternative dissident Right media ecosystem that has been painstakingly built in recent years forever — and why we can’t afford to lose it. (more…)

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Stregoneria Politica is the title of Guido Taietti’s “manual of non-conventional political communication.” It translates as “political witchcraft,” and one can see why such a title was chosen. There may be nothing new under the Sun, and doing politics has always been a messy business no matter which system of government was employed, but the advent of the Internet and social media has rendered the political realm today even more bewildering, heaving with with a multitude of parties and actors who are all noisily vying for attention. (more…)

Charlie Kirk: gone rogue or trying to hijack the dissident Right?

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There have recently been stories about how this or that mainstream conservative commentator is some kind of closet and/or ex-dissident Rightist, or is consuming dissident Right content on the down low. In March, liberals raked Tucker Carlson over the coals after leaked internal text messages revealed that he had read a Takimag article by notorious “Holocaust denier” David Cole and commented favorably on it. And then last month, a hot mic recording of Daily Wire star Matt Walsh surfaced in which he could be heard making “demographics are destiny” arguments about how non-whites would not be able to maintain America’s Anglo-Saxon culture. (more…)

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Like all journals of dissident ideas, Counter-Currents depends on the support of our readers. So far this year, we’ve raised $85,795.40, or 28.6% of our $300,000 goal. I want to thank everyone who has donated so far. (Please donate here!) And now, Alex Graham offers a few words on why victory is only possible if we truly believe in it — which means ignoring the doomsayers and doing what it takes to win.

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The concept of “positive thinking” is often bandied about in self-help circles. (more…)

Ernst Jünger

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Any power struggle is preceded by a verification of images and iconoclasm. This is why we need poets — they initiate the overthrow, even that of titans. — Ernst Jünger, The Forest Passage

Generations of dissident nationalists and their work have cultivated a thriving philosophical and intellectual ecosystem both online and in print. The Internet in particular has provided fertile terrain for countless blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and more. (more…)

Oliver Anthony

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“You know how to gain a victory; you do not know how to use it.” Those are the famous words Maharbal, a commander in the Carthaginian army, told Hannibal after they had achieved a momentous success on the battlefield at Cannae. Whether or not Maharbal really did utter the admonishment does not matter. (more…)

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The  following is reprinted from Endeavour‘s Substack. Check out his Telegram and YouTube channels as well.

Author’s Note: I’m going to put the word “accelerationism” in quotes as to not give the idea more credibility than it deserves.

Probably the most annoying argument I frequently hear from the online Right is that what we need is “accelerationism.” (more…)

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Like all journals of dissident ideas, Counter-Currents depends on the support of our readers. So far this year, we’ve raised $67,367.84 of our $300,000 goal. I want to thank everyone who has donated so far. (Please donate here!) Now, Beau Albrecht will explain how crucial your support is within the larger struggle for the survival of our people — and what our overall strategy for taking back the narrative should be. (more…)

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Friends of Counter-Currents  American Krogan  (Substack, Telegram), Gaddius Maximus, and Pox Populi (Telegram, YouTube) recently did a broadcast to discuss the state of nationalism on Building a Third Force, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)

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Like all journals of dissident ideas, Counter-Currents depends on the support of our readers. So far this year, we’ve raised $55,936.00 of our $300,000 goal. I want to thank everyone who has donated so far. (Please donate here!) And now for a few words from one of our most prolific contributors, Spencer J. Quinn, on why your help is so crucial for us. (more…)

Josef Rebell, Sea Storm at the Arco di Miseno

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“But the peasants — how do the peasants die?” — Leo Tolstoy

The sky is falling. We are bombarded daily with dire warnings: the planet is dying, nuclear hellfire is imminent, the global economy is collapsing, and artificial intelligence will at best make us unemployed, and at worst destroy the human essence of society. (more…)