Greg Johnson and guest Keith Woods (Substack, Twitter) were joined by James Tucker (Substack, Twitter), author of the recent Counter-Currents essay “Where George Grant Went Wrong,” for the second half of the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio. (more…)
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George Grant’s Lament for a Nation was most obviously wrong in its immediate predictions about Canada. He thought that Anglo-Canada would seek direct annexation by the dynamic American Republic. Many of his errors stem from a conflation of economics with cultural and political destiny.
Even now that Canada is almost entirely economically absorbed into the United States, annexation remains a fringe position. Most Canadians opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1990s; the draw of consumption could not overcome national attachment, even one as meaningless as ours. (more…)
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May 3, 2022 Counter-Currents Radio
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 440 John Morgan & the Best Month Ever on The Writers’ Bloc
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John Morgan was host Nick Jeelvy‘s guest on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc, where they discussed a selection of the best Counter-Currents articles from April, particularly John’s own articles on this month’s white-pilling national election in Hungary, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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February 23, 2022 Counter-Currents Radio
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 418 The Writers’ Bloc with Endeavour on George Grant’s Lament for a Nation
On another exciting episode of The Writers’ Bloc, longtime friend of the show Endeavour joined host Nick Jeelvy to discuss the classic of Canadian nationalism, George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, also touching on current events in Canada and elsewhere, and it is now available for download and online listening.
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00:04:00 George Grant, Lament for a Nation
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On Saturday, February 19th, 2022, Greg Johnson will read and discuss his essay “Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s The Concept of the Political.” (The entire essay is reprinted below.) He will also pause to discuss the essay with the audience and, of course, answer YOUR QUESTIONS. Your homework is to read the essay beforehand. If possible, read Schmitt’s essay as well. (more…)