Steven Clark examines two classic American novels about life in early 20th-century California, here looking at John Steinbeck's East of Eden. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/california-discontent-part-1/
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California Discontent, Part 1: John Steinbeck’s East of Eden | Counter-Currents
1,873 words Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here) California is a garden of Eden, A paradise to live in or see, But believe it or not, You won’t find it so hot, If you ain’t got the do re mi. -- Woody Guthrie John Steinbeck once said that a writer should be defined by
Beau Albrecht calls on George Soros to come to the aid of a Jewish charity that helps Jewish refugees from Ukraine. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/george-soros-please-help-your-people/
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George Soros, Please Help Your People! | Counter-Currents
1,552 words I opened my Yahoo! Mail account, and once more, there it was at the top of my page: "Help Bless Impoverished Jews With Your Gift Now. Bless Israel and suffering Jews in need . . ." This has been appearing a lot lately. Was it because I haven't…
Clarissa Schnabel on some amusing news articles she came across in the Jewish Right-wing press in Germany. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/some-notable-stories-from-the-jewish-right-wing-press/
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Some Notable Stories from the Jewish Right-Wing Press | Counter-Currents
1,391 words I have a confession to make: I am a regular reader of the Jüdische Rundschau. The JR is a monthly Jewish newspaper that ranges from the moderate Right to the ultra-conservative, and as such does not necessarily feature what some on the dissident…
Jim Goad on the uproar over a cow named Jigaboo that was presented at the Wisconsin State Fair. Includes audio version read by Jim. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/a-cow-named-jigaboo/
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A Cow Named Jigaboo | Counter-Currents
1,383 words / 10:02 Audio version: To listen in a player, use the one below or click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose "save link as" or "save target as." From the picture I’ve seen, the cow who unwittingly found herself being milked…
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The final part of Alain de Benoist's Introduction to Against Liberalism, in which he says that restoring the concept of the "common good" must be the project of anti-liberals, has been paroled from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2023/07/against-liberalism-introduction-part-iii/
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Against Liberalism: Society Is Not a Market, Introduction, Part III | Counter-Currents
3,103 words Part 3 of 3 (Introduction Part I here, Introduction Part II here, Chapter 1 Part 1 here) Translated by F. Roger Devlin Let us sum up. Man is a “social animal” whose existence is consubstantial with that of society. Justice in the first instance…
Mark Gullick on the Bibby Stockholm, an abandoned flotel that has been converted into housing for illegal migrants on the Dorset coast, and the disturbing migration trends in the UK more generally. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/bibby-stockholm-syndrome/
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Bibby Stockholm Syndrome | Counter-Currents
2,112 words Thou shalt have a fishy On a little dishy. Thou shalt have a fishy When the boat comes in. -- Traditional English folk song Bibby Stockholm is not, as her name suggests, a 1970s Scandinavian porn star, but a barge which has recently arrived at…
Pox Populi responds to all the criticism of Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Virginia" by saying that the Right needs to learn how to accept a win — and why unnecessary criticism hinders the growth of dissident art. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-oliver-anthony/
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Oliver Anthony
2,084 words “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…
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Steven Clark concludes his look at novels about California by examining Frank Norris' The Octopus, which is about ranchers being pushed off their land by a railroad at the turn of the twentieth century. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/california-discontent-part-2/
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California Discontent, Part 2: Frank Norris’ The Octopus | Counter-Currents
1,765 words Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here) Frank Norris (1870-1902) was best known for MacTeague, a rough, unvarnished view of American life, although The Octopus (1900) demands attention as well. While Steinbeck wrote a memoir/paean to life in Salinas, The Octopus…
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The farce of contemporary politics is that the center-Right pretends to be the party of winners while being losers, and the center-Left pretends to be fighting against the system while they are the system.
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Spencer J. Quinn reviews Harry Richardson and Frank Salter’s new book Anglophobia: The Unrecognised Hatred, which details blatantly racist anti-white policies in Australia but contains lessons for white advocates everywhere. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/harry-richardson-and-frank-salters-anglophobia-the-unrecognised-hatred/
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Harry Richardson and Frank Salter’s Anglophobia: The Unrecognised Hatred
2,282 words Harry Richardson & Frank Salter Anglophobia: The Unrecognised Hatred Social Technologies, 2023 White advocacy in literature can take many forms, both implicit and explicit. With Anglophobia: The Unrecognised Hatred, authors Harry Richardson and…
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Greg Johnson announces the formation of a new public policy research institute: the Homeland Institute.
https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/introducing-the-homeland-institute/
https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/introducing-the-homeland-institute/
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Margot Metroland does a deep dive into the life of the mysterious author of the classic Right-wing book on world history The Might of the West, Lawrence R. Brown, and discovers some previously unknown facts. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/who-was-lawrence-r-brown/
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Who Was Lawrence R. Brown? Biographical Notes on the Author of The Might of the West
1,539 words It is intriguing, and often maddening, to research an author or historical figure and discover that there’s very little material to be found. With today’s newspaper and genealogical databases, such lack of information is itself suspicious. Perhaps…
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Boasian social anthropologist, Alexander Dugin, speaking at the "Second International Anti-Fascist Congress".
Let the hamster wheel of rationalization spin!
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Let the hamster wheel of rationalization spin!
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The Ukrainian nationalism is the tip of the iceberg
"Modern liberal ideology has turned into something anti-human, it destroys all traditional values, religions, families, nations, it destroys gender," said Dugin at the scientific and practical conference…
"Modern liberal ideology has turned into something anti-human, it destroys all traditional values, religions, families, nations, it destroys gender," said Dugin at the scientific and practical conference…
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Did Shakespeare give birth to Hitler and the Nazis? Find out in Kathryn S.'s review of Andreas Höfele's No Hamlets, a book which examines the Bard's influence on modern Germany, now paroled from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2023/07/the-bard-across-three-reichs-part-i/
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The Bard Across Three Reichs: Germany, Shakespeare, and Andreas Höfele’s No Hamlets, Part I
4,825 words Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here) Andreas Höfele No Hamlets: German Shakespeare from Nietzsche to Carl Schmitt Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2016 The hardest book reviews to write are those that deal with material that I have enjoyed, but cannot…
Question to Rightists: Does the Left slow down or double down when the economy gets bad?
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If the best lack all conviction, are they really the best?
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Kathryn S. continues her review of Andreas Höfele's No Hamlets by examining the author's take on the (sometimes alleged) influence of Shakespeare on Stefan George, Carl Schmitt, and Joseph Goebbels, and it has been paroled from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2023/07/the-bard-across-three-reichs-part-ii/
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The Bard Across Three Reichs: Germany, Shakespeare, and Andreas Höfele’s No Hamlets, Part II | Counter-Currents
4,669 words Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here) Stefan George’s Dead Poets Society The chapters about Stefan George (1868-1933) and those of his inner circle are the most interesting and even-handed of the book. Unlike Nietzsche, George was not primarily a philosopher…
Asier Abadroa's essay on the distinction between identity and culture is now in Spanish. https://counter-currents.com/2023/08/identidad-versus-cultura/
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Identidad versus Cultura
2.209 palabras English original here En el estado de confusión actual, promovido por la tribu que domina los medios de comunicación, el pueblo ignora las diferencias de significado de estas dos palabras, y frecuentemente son empleadas como sinónimos, cuando…
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Greg Johnson's third lecture on Plato's Gorgias, focusing on the first third of Socrates’ discussion with Callicles, has been paroled from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2023/07/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-542-greg-johnson-on-platos-gorgias-lecture-3/
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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 542 Greg Johnson on Plato’s Gorgias, Lecture 3
216 words / 1:52:37 Greg Johnson is teaching a five-week course on Plato’s Gorgias on Counter-Currents Radio, which will continue for the next two Saturdays later this month (July 22 and 29). The third lecture, focusing on the first third of Socrates’ discussion…
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