Tag Archives: populism

Greg Johnson Interviewed

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Editor’s Note:

If you are new to Counter-Currents, the following transcript of Greg Johnson’s interview (audio here) with French Marxist journalist Laura Raim is an excellent place to start. It is the first interview in Greg Johnson’s new book, You Asked for It: Selected Interviews, vol. 1, now available from Counter-Currents.

The Brexit Precedent

Michael Walker

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Direct democracy is usually not favored by those whose priority is stability. An appeal to the voters to decide on specific issues has the virtue of cutting short party division on the issue in question but is notorious for exacerbating old cross-party divisions. The first referendum in Britain was in 1973 and the first nationwide referendum in 1975. Read more …

Published: July 4, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Brexit, Conservative Party, direct democracy, European Union, Great Britain, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Michael Walker, North American New Right, originals, parliamentary democracy, referenda, Theresa May, United Kingdom | Comments closed

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Does Hope Lie in the Proles?

Jef Costello

Thomas Hart Benton, Coal, 1930

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Author’s Note:

This talk was given at the Fourth Meeting of the Northwest Forum on Saturday, June 24th. I want to thank everyone who organized and attended this event.

Does hope lie in the proles, as Winston Smith asserts in Nineteen Eighty-Four? Read more …

Published: June 26, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2016 US Presidential Elections, articles, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jef Costello, liberalism, multiculturalism, North American New Right, originals, the left, The Northwest Forum, Thomas Edsall, white community organizing, white dispossession, white nationalism | Comments closed

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In Defense of “Losers”

Aedon Cassiel

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Originally, I had planned for this essay to be a response to Jack Donovan’s still relatively recent essay, “Why I Am Not a White Nationalist.” However, I’ve decided that this essay would work better if thought of as an extended discussion of a couple of the topics raised by Donovan’s essay, rather than as another open letter response aimed at Donovan himself. Read more …

Published: June 20, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aedon Cassiel, articles, bell curves, Jack Donovan, losers, NAXALT, North American New Right, originals, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Thriving in the Populist Matrix

Michael Walker

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Five hundred years ago this year (2017), Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door of Wittenberg. It was not the first time that theologians and teachers had protested against certain doctrines and dogma of the Roman Church. There had been, to take two notable examples preceding Luther, John Wycliffe and Jan Hus. Read more …

Published: June 13, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Brexit, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Front National, ideological purity, ideology, Marine Le Pen, Martin Luther, mass media, mass movements, Michael Walker, Nigel Farage, North American New Right, originals, social media, UKIP | Comments closed

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Trump & the Globalist Convergence of the Left & Right against Nationalism

Ricardo Duchesne

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This article comes from a talk given at The University of New Brunswick on March 16, 2017 by Professor Duchesne. The attendance was about fifty, mainly students, about eight academics, and some residents from NB. The talk lasted about twenty-five minutes followed by Q&A for about seventy minutes. At the end, many came out thinking that Trump may be an Emperor, after all. Read more …

Published: April 11, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Brexit, Council of European Canadians, Donald Trump, fake news, globalism, globalization, immigration, Left/Right divide, liberalism, multiculturalism, North American New Right, reprints, Ricardo Duchesne, True Right | Comments closed

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Alain de Benoist on Trump & Le Pen

Alain de Benoist

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Editor’s Note: The following is a translation by Greg Johnson of an interview that was conducted in French between the Russian International Eurasian Movement and Alain de Benoist, the founder of the French New Right, in February. Read more …

Published: March 28, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, anti-Americanism, anti-globalism, Brexit, Donald Trump, European New Right, European Union, France, French New Right, GRECE, Marine Le Pen, North American New Right, originals, Russia, translations, United States | Comments closed

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Trump: Revolution or Simulacrum?
Part 3: The Risk of Failure or an Explosion

Guillaume Faye

Former Mexican President Vincente Fox and Kickass Politics host Ben Mathis with a message for Donald Trump.

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Part 3 of 3 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here)

Translated by Guillaume Durocher

Will He Be Worthy of the Storm He Has Provoked?

Trump as a personality is one-of-a-kind, extravagant, unpredictable: his “impolite” behavior does not sit well with the habits of the ruling classes of most countries. Read more …

Published: February 10, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, China, Donald Trump, European Union, France, free trade, Guillaume Durocher, Guillaume Faye, North American New Right, originals, Russia, translations | Comments closed

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Trump: Revolution or Simulacrum?
Part 2: A Revolutionary Program

Guillaume Faye

Donald Trump with Nigel Farage

Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here)

Translated by Guillaume Durocher

The First Revolutionary Project to Attain Power in American History

During his first three months in the White House, Donald Trump has promised to take genuinely revolutionary measures in all areas: Read more …

Published: February 9, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Donald Trump, European Union, France, Guillaume Durocher, Guillaume Faye, North American New Right, originals, translations | Comments closed

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Ezra Pound’s Jefferson and/or Mussolini

Adam Franz

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Ezra Pound
Jefferson and/or Mussolini
London: Stanley Nott Ltd., 1935

Ezra Pound liked his books charged with meaning. “Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand,” he wrote in his Guide to Kulchur, another one of his, shall we say, B-Sides.