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Greg Johnson

Greg Johnson, Ph.D., is the Editor-in-Chief of Counter-Currents Publishing, Ltd. and North American New Right. Email

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Forthcoming from Counter-Currents!
The Alternative Right

Greg Johnson

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Greg Johnson, ed.
The Alternative Right
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2018
302 pages

Hardcover: $40

Paperback: $20

Release Date: December 26, 2018 Read more …

Published: November 30, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents title, philosophy, politics, race and ethnic studies | Tagged Greg Johnson, johnson-book, the Alternative Right | Leave a comment

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The Counter-Currents 2018 Fundraiser
We Have Much to be Thankful For!

Greg Johnson

400 words

Since our last update, all the way back on Halloween, we have received 14 donations totaling $3,182.50, for which we are enormously grateful. Our goal this year is to raise $70,000. So far, we have received 278 donations totaling $60,592.87. So we more than 86% of the way to our goal, with only $9,407.13 and more than an entire month to go.

But we have an uphill battle ahead. Read more …

Published: November 23, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged 2018 Fundraiser | 1 Response

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Black Friday Special
It’s Time to STOP Shopping for Christmas

Greg Johnson

1,031 words / 5:45

Audio version: To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target or link as.”

Translations: Danish, French

Even though I am an unbeliever, the Christmas season is my favorite time of the year. Read more …

Published: November 22, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, Christmas, commercial society, Greg Johnson, holidays, living well, North American New Right, originals, white activism, white community organizing, white nationalism, white self-sufficiency | 6 Responses

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Feast Your Mind at Counter-Currents
Happy Thanksgiving!

Greg Johnson

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On behalf of everyone at Counter-Currents, I want to wish all our US readers safe travels and a happy Thanksgiving. (And please don’t let your dogs eat turkey bones.) Here are a few past articles on Thanksgiving for your edification:

- Jef Costello, “How to Survive Thanksgiving“
- Andrew Hamilton, “Thanksgiving Day as a Harvest Festival“

Published: November 22, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged Thanksgiving | 2 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 224
Freedom of Speech
Greg Johnson at Erkenbrand

Greg Johnson

84 words / 27:13 (plus Q&A)

Here is the audio of Greg Johnson’s speech at the Erkenbrand conference that was held in The Netherlands on November 3, in which he explains why White Nationalists need freedom of speech to win — and why we should want to keep it once we have won. The text of the speech is here. To listen in a player, click here. Read more …

Published: November 21, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Tagged 2018 Erkenbrand Conference, censorship, Counter-Currents Radio, deplatforming, flattery, freedom of speech, friendship, Greg Johnson, narcissism, originals, podcasts, political correctness | 3 Responses

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Remembering P. R. Stephensen:
November 20, 1901–May 28, 1965

Greg Johnson

P. R. Stephensen, circa 1934

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Percy Reginald Stephensen was born on November 20, 1901. Stephensen was a writer, publisher, and political activist dedicated to the interests of the white race and the Australian nation. Like Jack London, Stephensen was an archetypal man of the racially conscious Left. He began his political career as a Communist but later moved to the nationalistic, anti-Semitic Right. From 1942 to 1945, he was interned without trial for his pro-German and pro-Japanese sympathies.

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 223
White Identity Politics:
Inevitable, Necessary, Moral

Greg Johnson

53 words / 36:45

The following is the audio of Greg Johnson’s speech to the Northwest Forum that was held in Seattle on June 9, 2018. To listen in a player, click here. Read more …

Published: November 19, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio, North American New Right | Tagged ethics, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, Northwest Forum, originals, podcasts, white identity politics | 1 Response

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Remembering Madison Grant:
November 19, 1865–May 30, 1937

Greg Johnson

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Today is the birthday of Madison Grant, American aristocrat and pioneering advocate of white racial preservationism, immigration restriction, eugenics, anti-miscegenation laws, and the conservation of wildlife and wilderness. To learn more about Grant’s life and legacy, see these articles at Counter-Currents: Read more …

Published: November 19, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, Madison Grant, North American New Right, originals | Leave a comment

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Remembering Wyndham Lewis:
November 18, 1882–March 7, 1957

Greg Johnson

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Wyndham Lewis was born on this day in 1882. A first-rate novelist, critic, and painter, he was a leading English exponent of fascist modernism. In honor of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to the following works on this website:

Kerry Bolton, “Wyndham Lewis” (French translation here)
Jonathan Bowden, “Classical Modernism and the Art of the Radical Right“
Jonathan Bowden, “Elitism, British Modernism, and Wyndham Lewis” (transcript) Read more …

Published: November 18, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, commemorations, fascism, Greg Johnson, literature, North American New Right, originals, painting, Percy Wyndham Lewis | Leave a comment

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Remembering Sir Oswald Mosley:
November 16, 1896–December 3, 1980

Greg Johnson

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Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoats, was an English aristocrat (a fourth cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II) and statesman. Mosley was a Member of Parliament for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931. He was also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour Government of 1929–1931.

Published: November 16, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged British Union of Fascists, commemorations, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, Sir Oswald Mosley, Union Movement | 2 Responses

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What is the Alternative Right? Part 4

Greg Johnson

2,537 words

Part 4 of 4, Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here

Author’s Note:

This is the final installment of the opening essay of a forthcoming anthology called The Alternative Right.

White Nationalism 1.0 & 2.0

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Remembering René Guénon:
November 15, 1886–January 7, 1951

Greg Johnson

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René Guénon was born on November 15, 1886. Along with Julius Evola, Guénon was one of the leading figures in the Traditionalist school, which has deeply influenced my own outlook and the metapolitical mission and editorial agenda of Counter-Currents Publishing and North American New Right. (For a sense of my differences with Guénon, see my lecture on “Vico and the New Right.”)

Published: November 15, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Rene Guénon, Traditionalism | 2 Responses

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The 2018 US Elections:
A Near-Death Experience

Greg Johnson

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The 2018 US elections were actually very good for Donald Trump. As of this writing, the Republicans gained 3 seats in the Senate and lost 28 in the House of Representatives. Read more …

Published: November 8, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged 2018 US elections, articles, Donald Trump, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, white nationalism | 16 Responses

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Freedom of Speech

Greg Johnson

2,573 words

Audio version here

Author’s Note:

This is the text of the speech I gave at the Erkenbrand Conference in the Netherlands on Saturday, November 3, 2018. I wish to thank the Erkenbrand organizers and everyone in attendance.

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Remembering Ezra Pound:
October 30, 1885 to November 1, 1972

Greg Johnson

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“A slave is one who waits for someone else to free him.” — Ezra Pound

One of the ongoing projects of the North American New Right is the recovery of our tradition. One does not have to go too far back before one discovers that every great European thinker and artist is a “Right Wing extremist” by today’s standards.

Published: October 30, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, Ezra Pound, Greg Johnson, literature, North American New Right, originals, poetry | Comments closed

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Understanding the Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

Greg Johnson

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Here we go again. It happens now with depressing regularity: a white man who is alarmed at white ethnic displacement goes to a place of worship used by non-whites and starts shooting. Read more …

Published: October 29, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, Greg Johnson, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, non-white immigration, North American New Right, originals, Robert Bowers, spree killers, the Jewish question, white dispossession, white genocide | Comments closed

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Blaming Your Parents

Greg Johnson

Young Sailor Ripley lacked “parental guidance.”

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In the past, people used to blame the gods or the fates for their misfortunes. These days, they like to blame their parents.

“My parents were sedentary and fat, and their bad example is why I grew up sedentary and fat.”
“My father was always uptight. And now I’m uptight and can’t enjoy life.”
“Growing up with a mother who drank, it was natural that I would take to drink as well.”

Published: October 25, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, bitterness, Epicureanism, genetic determinism, Greg Johnson, identical twins, living well, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, self-actualization, Stoicism | Comments closed

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The Counter-Currents 2018 Fundraiser
It’s All or Nothing!
Update & New Matching Grant

Greg Johnson

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Very few things in life are all or nothing. But keep reading, because we have an example for you.

Since our last update we have received 27 donations totaling $3,230.11 for which we are enormously grateful. Thanks to the matching grant of a generous donor, $1,240 of that amount was matched, bringing the total to $4,470.11.

Published: October 24, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged 2018 Fundraiser | Comments closed

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What is the Alternative Right? Part 3

Greg Johnson

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Part 3 of 4, Part 1 here, Part 2 here

Author’s Note:

This is the third installment of the opening essay of a forthcoming anthology called The Alternative Right.

Centralization, Purges, & Breakdown

Published: October 22, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged Altright Corporation, Altright.com, articles, Friberggate, Greg Johnson, leadership, North American New Right, originals, polarization, Richard Spencer, the alt right, the Alternative Right, white nationalism | Comments closed

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What is the Alternative Right? Part 2

Greg Johnson

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Part 2 of 4; Part 1 here

Author’s Note:

This is the second installment of the opening essay of a forthcoming anthology called The Alternative Right.

3. Brand Wars & Polarization

From the summer of 2015 to the fall of 2016, the Alt Right was winning debates and changing minds. Read more …

Published: October 18, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, civic nationalism, Greg Johnson, Hailgate, North American New Right, originals, Richard Spencer, the Alt Lite, the alt right, the Alternative Right | Comments closed

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Video of the Day
Greg Johnson on Hard Power vs. Soft Power

Greg Johnson

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Greg Johnson speaks on the distinction between hard and soft power in politics, and how Rightists need to stop imagining their enemy as totalitarian Leftist figures like Stalin and instead understand the many more subtle ways that today’s Leftists have of bending society to their will. Extracted from an Authoritarian States livestream from January 2018.

Published: October 16, 2018 | Posted in video of the day | Tagged Greg Johnson, hard power, soft power, video of the day | Comments closed

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Remembering Friedrich Nietzsche:
October 15, 1844–August 25, 1900

Greg Johnson

Nietzsche, on the right, with friends Lou-Andreas Salomé & Paul Rée in 1882.

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Friedrich Nietzsche was born this day in 1844 in the small town of Röcken, near Leipzig, Saxony, in the Kingdom of Prussia. He died in August 25, 1900, in Weimar, Saxony, in the Second German Reich. The outlines of Nietzsche’s life are readily available online.

Nietzsche is one of the most important philosophers of the North American New Right because of his contributions to the philosophy of history, culture, and religion. Read more …

Published: October 15, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, commemorations, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy | Comments closed

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Remembering Aleister Crowley:
October 12, 1875–December 1, 1947

Greg Johnson

Aleister Crowley by Charles Krafft

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Aleister Crowley was an English poet, novelist, painter, and mountaineer who is most famous as an occultist, ceremonial magician, and founder of the religion and philosophy of Thelema. But ironically Crowley’s supposed Satanism and Black Magic are far less frightening to most people than his politics. For Aleister Crowley was also a man of the Right.

Published: October 12, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged Aleister Crowley, articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, occultism, originals, poetry, political philosophy | Comments closed

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What is the Alternative Right?

Greg Johnson

3,536 words

Part 1 of 4

Author’s Note:

This is the opening essay of a forthcoming anthology called The Alternative Right.

The Alternative Right does not have an essence, but it does have a story, a story that begins and ends with Richard Spencer. The story has four chapters. Read more …

Published: October 10, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, Donald Trump, Gamergate, Greg Johnson, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, Paleoconservatism, Paul Gottfried, propaganda, Sam Francis, the alt right, the Alternative Right, white nationalism, William H. Regnery II | Comments closed

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The Counter-Currents/North American New Right Newsletter, September 2018

Greg Johnson

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Dear Friends of Counter-Currents,

September was a very good month for Counter-Currents. We added 62 pieces to our webzine and more than 30 pieces to our YouTube channel. I also appeared on three YouTube hangouts and gave a speech in Copenhagen. But most of my attention was focused on launching and promoting The White Nationalist Manifesto. Read more …

Published: October 5, 2018 | Posted in news item | Tagged newsletter | Comments closed

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The Identitarian Dispensation

Greg Johnson

2,587 words

Mark Lilla
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
New York: Harper, 2017

I have been reading Mark Lilla since the 1990s, when he published his first and best book, G. B. Vico: The Making of an Anti-Modern.[1] Lilla has made a career of reading reactionary thinkers—Vico, Heidegger, Schmitt, Strauss, Voegelin, Read more …

Published: October 4, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged articles, book reviews, civic nationalism, Greg Johnson, identitarianism, identity politics, Mark Lilla, neoconservatism, North American New Right, originals, the Jewish question, The Once and Future Liberal | Comments closed

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Remembering Roy Campbell:
October 2, 1901–April 22, 1957

Greg Johnson

Roy Campbell

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Roy Campbell was a South African poet and essayist. T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and Edith Sitwell praised Campbell as one of the best poets of the inter-war period. Unfortunately, his conservatism, Nietzscheanism, and Catholicism, as well as his open contempt for the Bloomsbury set and his participation in the Spanish Civil War on the Fascist side, have led his works to be consigned to the memory hole. Read more …

Published: October 2, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged commemorations, fascism, Greg Johnson, literature, North American New Right, originals, poems, poetry, Roy Campbell, South Africa | Comments closed

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Remembering Louis de Bonald:
October 2, 1754–November 23, 1840

Greg Johnson

Louis de Bonald

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Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald, is one of the great French counter-Revolutionary conservative thinkers. For an overview of his life, see “Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald,” here at Counter-Currents.

F. Roger Devlin has written several pieces assessing Bonald’s contribution to the North American New Right: Read more …

Published: October 2, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged aristocracy, articles, commemorations, conservatism, F. Roger Devlin, Greg Johnson, Louis de Bonald, North American New Right, originals, the French Revolution | Comments closed

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News About The White Nationalist Manifesto

Greg Johnson

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I want to thank everyone who has ordered a copy of The White Nationalist Manifesto. There have been some delays in filling orders because of difficulties with printers.

If you ordered a regular hardcover of the Manifesto, your book has now shipped.
If you ordered a paperback of the Manifesto, your book will ship this week. Read more …

Published: October 1, 2018 | Posted in news item | Tagged The White Nationalist Manifesto | Comments closed

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Remembering Maurice Bardèche:
October 1, 1907–July 30, 1998

Greg Johnson

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Today is the birthday of Maurice Bardèche (1907–1998), the French Neo-Fascist writer. Bardèche was a prolific and highly versatile author of literary, film, and art criticism, history, journalism, and social and political theory. He published twenty-odd books and countless essays, articles, and reviews. Read more …