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Anthony Mario Ludovici was born on January 8, 1882.

Ludovici was one of the first and most accomplished translators of Nietzsche into English and a leading exponent of Nietzsche’s thought. Ludovici was also an original philosopher in his own right. In nearly forty books, including eight novels, and hundreds of shorter works, Ludovici set forth his views on metaphysics, religion, ethics, politics, Read more …

Published: January 8, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Anthony M. Ludovici, articles, commemorations, Friedrich Nietzsche, John V. Day, North American New Right, originals, philosophy | 6 Responses

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Remembering Alan Watts:
January 6, 1915 to November 16, 1973

Greg Johnson

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Alan Watts was born on this day in 1915. A prolific scholar and dazzling stylist, Watts is best known as the chief popularizer of Asian philosophy for the Beat and Hippy movements, but he was also an original thinker in his own right and a quiet man of the Right. Read more …

Published: January 6, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alan Watts, articles, commemorations, North American New Right, originals | Leave a comment

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White Nationalism, the Alt Right, & the Alt Light

Greg Johnson

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There is a lot of confusion about the relationship of White Nationalism, the Alt Right, and the so-called Alt Light.

The “Alt Right” is a vague category that encompasses different tendencies of thought united by their rejection of mainstream conservatism. White Nationalism is one such tendency, and the Alt Light is another.

The Alt Light is defined by civic nationalism as opposed to racial nationalism. Read more …

Published: January 4, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, civic nationalism, mainstreaming, North American New Right, originals, polarization, the Alt Light, the Alternative Right, vanguardism, white community organizing, white nationalism | 19 Responses

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Remembering J. R. R. Tolkien:
January 3, 1892 to September 2, 1973

Greg Johnson

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“I am in fact a Hobbit.”—J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a favorite author of New Left “hippies” and New Right nationalists, and for pretty much the same reasons. Tolkien deeply distrusted modernization and industrialization, which replace organic reciprocity between man and nature with technological dominion of man over nature, a relationship that deforms and devalues both poles. Read more …

Published: January 3, 2017 | Posted in literature, North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, J. R. R. Tolkien, literature, North American New Right, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | Leave a comment

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Greg Johnson Interviewed by Robert Stark and Pilleater

Greg Johnson

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Robert Stark has interviewed me more than any other individual, and I have given him some of my best interviews. In this conversation, which you can listen to on YouTube here, Robert and Pilleater talk to me about the Alt Left, West-Coast White Nationalism, how White Nationalism will triumph, and how cultural and sexual inferiority complexes are among the driving forces for White-Asian miscegenation and cultural appropriation. Read more …

Published: January 3, 2017 | Posted in news item | Also tagged feminism, interviews, Japan, miscegenation, news items, Pilleater, podcasts, race-mixing, Robert Stark, the Alt Left, the Alternative Right, West Coast White Nationalism, white nationalism | Leave a comment

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Remembering Pierre Drieu La Rochelle:
January 3, 1893 to March 15, 1945

Greg Johnson

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Pierre Drieu La Rochelle was born on this day in 1893. In commemoration, I wish to draw your attention to the following works on this site:

Michael O’Meara, “The European Revolution of Drieu La Rochelle”
Michael O’Meara, “Drieu on the Failure of the Third Reich” Read more …

Published: January 3, 2017 | Posted in literature, North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, fascism, literature, North American New Right, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle | 2 Responses

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Counter-Currents/North American New Right Newsletter: December 2016

Greg Johnson

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Dear Friends of Counter-Currents,

Happy New Year! December of 2016 was our best month ever in terms of unique visitors — 166,356. I want to thank our writers, donors, and readers for making this possible — and to welcome our new readers to the best site on the Alt Right. Read more …

Published: January 2, 2017 | Posted in news item | Also tagged news item, newsletter | Leave a comment

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Pizzagate, Hegel, & Leonard Cohen:
Greg Johnson on Alex Fontana’s Fascist Pigs Podcast

Greg Johnson

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I joined Alex Fontana’s Fascist Pigs Podcast to talk about Pizzagate, sexual liberation, social decadence, Nietzsche’s conservatism, Hegel on will and freedom, liberalism, Rogue One, film as an art form, and Leonard Cohen. Click here to listen. Read more …

Published: January 2, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Fontana, decadence, Fascist Pigs, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, G. W. F. Hegel, interviews, Leonard Cohen, liberalism, philosophy, Pizzagate, podcasts, Rogue One, sexual liberation, will | 5 Responses

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Interview on White Nationalism

Greg Johnson

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Author’s Note:

This interview was conducted by a French magazine, which spiked it when I refused to provide them with a picture of myself.

Isn’t White Nationalism a theory specific to a North American context?

As I define it, White Nationalism is the advocacy of sovereign homelands for all white ethnic groups, Read more …

Published: December 30, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ethnonationalism, globalization, identitarianism, interviews, liberalism, North American New Right, originals, Social Credit, Third Way economics, white nationalism | 9 Responses

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Remembering Rudyard Kipling:
December 30, 1865 to January 18, 1936

Greg Johnson

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John Collier, Portrait of Rudyard Kipling, circa 1891

Nobel Prize-winning poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling was born on this day in 1865. For an introduction to his life and works, see the following articles on this site.