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Frans Francken the Younger (Antwerp 1581 – 1642), “Death and the Miser”

61:47 / 382 words

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Robert Stark interviews Greg Johnson on wealth redistribution and related topics:

Paleolibertarianism and the Tea Party as attempts to channel white political and economic anxieties into race-neutral, free market policies that undermine white racial interests Read more …

Published: May 18, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, distributism, elitism, interviews, Johnson on economics, originals, podcasts, populism, real estate, Robert Stark, Social Credit, The Stark Truth, wealth redistribution | 13 Responses

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The Trial of Socrates:
Antiphon the Sophist

Greg Johnson

A third century AD papyrus attributed to the first book of On Truth (P.Oxy. XI 1364 fr. 1, cols. v-vii)

Papyrus fragment of Antiphon’s “On Truth,” 3rd century A.D.

1,922 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the prefatory remarks on Antiphon the Sophist from the first part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness. The quotes come from the first edition of A Presocratics Reader, ed. Patricia Curd.

Antiphon the Sophist was a younger contemporary of Socrates. He was the author of the treatise On Truth, only fragments of which survive. Read more …

Published: May 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Antiphon, Aristophanes, articles, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, the Sophists | Comments closed

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What Socrates Knew:
Thirty Socratic Theses, Part 1 of 2

Greg Johnson

48:41 / 790 words

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In August of 1999, I started an eight-week lecture course called “What Socrates Knew: Plato on Art, Wisdom, and Happiness.” Read more …

Published: May 15, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged ethics, living well, morality, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, self-actualization, Socrates | Comments closed

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On Violence

Greg Johnson

2,896 words

Author’s Note:

The following essay is a reworking of two earlier essays for republication in my forthcoming book New Right vs. Old Right. I am publishing it now as it is something of a companion piece to my recent essay “Premature Populism.”

Published: May 10, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, terrorism, violence | Comments closed

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R. H. S. Stolfi’s
Hitler: Beyond Evil & Tyranny, Part 2

Greg Johnson

2,753 words

Part 2 of 2

R. H. S. Stolfi
Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny
Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2011

Russell Stolfi deals with a number of episodes in Hitler’s life that are adduced as evidence of evil. Stolfi argues that some of these acts are not evil at all. He others that others were necessary or mitigated evils. Read more …

Published: May 8, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, book reviews, Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, R. H. S. Stolfi, the holocaust, World War II | Comments closed

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R. H. S. Stolfi’s
Hitler: Beyond Evil & Tyranny, Part 1

Greg Johnson

2,607 words

Part 1 of 2

R. H. S. Stolfi
Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny
Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2011

“No man is a hero to his valet, not because the hero is not a hero, but because the valet is a valet.” — G. W. F. Hegel

“When ZOG and all its monkey men come a gunnin’ for me, I will build myself a fortress of my Hitler biographies.” – David E. Williams, “Wotan Rains on a Plutocrat Parade” Read more …

Published: May 7, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, book reviews, Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, R. H. S. Stolfi, World War II | Comments closed

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Premature Populism

Greg Johnson

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William Pierce’s article “Skinheads and the Law” is a useful point of departure for discussing an important problem with the White Nationalist movement, a problem that I call premature populism.

Published: May 3, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, elitism, manliness, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, populism, skinheads, white nationalism, William Pierce | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 2 of 2

Greg Johnson

Jacque-Louis David, "The Death of Socrates," detail

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates,” detail

35:07 / 428 words

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Published: May 1, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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Food for Thought

Greg Johnson

61 words

Every month, Counter-Currents publishes a free electronic newsletter. It includes information on our web traffic, Read more …

Published: April 30, 2013 | Posted in news item | Also tagged mailing list, news item | Comments closed

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The Burden of Hitler, 2013

Greg Johnson

2,275 words

Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889. Every April 20th, White Nationalist websites inevitably see an increase in discussion and debate about Hitler and his legacy. Read more …

Published: April 29, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, articles, commemorations, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, revisionism, white nationalism, World War II | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Greg Johnson

Lucca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

Luca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

6,530 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 25, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Anaxagoras, Aristophanes, articles, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Cynics, Diogenes, Diogenes of Apollonia, Empedocles, myth, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, pythagoreanism, religion, science, Socrates, sophists, Xenophanes | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 1 of 2

Greg Johnson

Canova, “The Death of Socrates,” detail: Crito closing the eyes of Socrates

46:06 / 400 words

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Published: April 24, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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Remembering Adolf Hitler:
April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945

Greg Johnson

481 words

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. In commemoration of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to the following pieces on this website.

Hitler’s Significance for Our Struggle

Greg Johnson, “The Burden of Hitler” (French translation here)
William Pierce, “The Measure of Greatness” Read more …

Published: April 20, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, commemorations, National Socialism, North American New Right, the Third Reich | Comments closed

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Greg Johnson & Matt Parrott
A Conversation with Richard Spencer

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64:40 / 137 words

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Greg Johnson and Matt Parrott talk with Richard Spencer of the National Policy Institute, Washington Summit Publishers, and Vanguard Radio Read more …

Published: April 19, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, immigration, Matt Parrott, metapolitics, podcasts, Richard Spencer, white nationalism | Comments closed

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The Boston Bombings
“We’re All Russians Now”

Greg Johnson

852 words

It looks like the Boston Marathon terrorists are Chechen Muslims. Chechnya is a predominantly Muslim region in Southern Russia. Read more …

Published: April 19, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged American foreign policy, articles, Boston bombing, Chechnya, North American New Right, originals, Russia, terrorism, the Jewish question, the Muslim question, white nationalism | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 2 of 2

Greg Johnson

41:40 / 417 words

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This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 18, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Thales, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

6,614 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness, and I have added section headings and transitions. I found it sobering to read this transcript, for I discovered just how widely the written and spoken word vary, and how flabby my lectures are compared to my writings.

Published: April 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Anaximander, Anaximenes, Aristophanes, articles, atheism, myth, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, Thales | Comments closed

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Greg Johnson, Matt Parrott, & Michael Polignano
American Renaissance 2013 & the New Mantra

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64:16 / 158 words

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Published: April 13, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged American Freedom Party, American Renaissance, American Third Position, Arthur Jensen, Bloc Identitaire, Bob Whitaker, Counter-Currents Radio, Fabrice Robert, Harold Covington, HBD, J. Philippe Rushton, Jared Taylor, mainstreaming, Matt Parrott, Mike Polignano, podcasts, Ramzpaul, Richard Spencer, the Mantra, the New Mantra, white nationalism, William Johnson | Comments closed

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Bryan Magee’s The Tristan Chord

Greg Johnson

4,085 words

Bryan Magee
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000

Bryan Magee’s The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy (just Wagner and Philosophy in the UK) combines two of my favorite subjects into an informative, stimulating, and highly readable book. Creativity and critical reflection are two very different activities, and excellence in one is seldom accompanied by excellence in the other. Read more …

Published: April 12, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, Arthur Schopenhauer, book reviews, Bryan Magee, classical music, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Feuerbach, North American New Right, opera, originals, Parsifal, philosophy, Richard Wagner, socialism, the Jewish question, The Ring of the Nibelung, The Tristan Chord, Tristan and Isolde, Wagner Bicentennial Symposium | Comments closed

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Remembering Jonathan Bowden:
April 12, 1962–March 29, 2012

Greg Johnson

512 words

Jonathan David Anthony Bowden was born on this day in 1962. He died on March 29, 2012, just short of his 50th birthday. Jonathan was a painter, novelist, essayist, playwright, actor, and orator. He was also a friend. His ideas and personality have had a real and permanent impact on my approach to New Right metapolitics. He will be missed, but he will also be remembered and honored.

Jonathan wrote 35 original articles and reviews for Counter-Currents, Read more …

Published: April 12, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, Jonathan Bowden, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

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