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National Populism is Here to Stay

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This is F. K.’s transcript of an extemporaneous lecture that was delivered at the Blue Awakening Youth Conference in Tallinn, Estonia on February 25, 2019. It has been heavily edited and augmented. I wish to thank the organizers for inviting me to speak.

According to the Left, the peoples of the world are about to join hands and step together into a new age of global government and multicultural harmony under the rule of benevolent, cosmopolitan elites. Read more …

Published: July 16, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Blue Awakening conference, Brexit, Donald Trump, Greg Johnson, Matthew Goodwin, National Populism, North American New Right, originals, Roger Eatwell, transcripts, white identity politics | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 238
Coulter, Conservatives, & Character

Counter-Currents Radio

161 words / 63:40

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Published: July 5, 2019 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Ann Coulter, Calvinism, Chris Kobach, conservatives, Counter-Currents Radio, cuckservatives, Declaration of Independence, Donald Trump, Fourth of July, immigration, individualism, liberalism, Patrick Buchanan, podcasts, Republicans, the common good, Vladimir Putin | Comments closed

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Hungary: Illiberal Democracy in Action

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The following is the text of the talk that Counter-Currents editor John Morgan delivered at the American Renaissance conference on May 18, 2019. It is reprinted from the American Renaissance site. The video is included as well.

It’s great to be back here. It’s the first time I’ve been at AmRen since 2014, and of course the world has changed a lot since then. This is why I think it’s timely that I talk about what’s happening in Hungary today, since I spoke about that in 2014 as well, but at that time, Europe’s migrant crisis was nothing more than a twinkle in George Soros’ eye. Read more …

Published: June 12, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged American Renaissance, American Renaissance 2019, articles, Fidesz, Hungarian identity, Hungary, illiberalism, Jobbik, John Morgan, mass immigration, Mi Hazánk, migrant crisis, North American New Right, reprints, Transylvania, Viktor Orbán | Comments closed

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A New & Improved Conservatism?

Sohrab Ahmari

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A curious debate erupted within American conservatism last week.

New York Post opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari took aim at Conservative Inc. foolishness, which he dubs “David French-ism,” in a First Things essay. Ahmari, a Persian Catholic convert, argues French-ism makes conservative Christians surrender to the awe-inspiring power of secular liberalism. Read more …

Published: June 4, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged American Affairs, articles, Catholicism, conservatism, David French, Donald Trump, Edmund Burke Foundation, illiberalism, Integralism, Julius Krein, liberalism, libtertariaism, National Populism, North American New Right, originals, Robert Hampton, Sohrab Ahmari, Turning Point USA, Yoram Hazony | Comments closed

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Populism & Neo-Thatcherism:
Why Economics is Crucial for the Dissident Right

Jair Bolsonaro

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Populism is an oft-discussed topic in political circles of all stripes, and us dissidents tend to look at it as the best chance at present to put any sort of identitarian ideas into the mainstream, or at the very least as the best chance of stopping mass migration. I wrote a report on the state of populism in Europe not long ago for that very reason.

As I said in that article, there is no “fixed” populist platform; merely a handful of ideas that unite parties under the populist label. These are mainly anti-elitism, anti-immigration, and an appeal in some form to disprivileged native populations. Quite often, it is also simply a matter of the media deciding to call someone or some party populist.

Published: May 2, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Brazil, debt, debt crisis, Donald Trump, economic crisis, economic literacy, economic policy, economics, Éordred, European Union, Italy, Jair Bolsonaro, Matteo Salvini, North American New Right, originals, the Euro | Comments closed

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God Emperor . . . Sargon?

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Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, is a guy who everyone loves to hate. Or rather, everyone would hate Sargon of Akkad if they could. Read more …

Published: April 29, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2019 European parliamentary elections, Alt Lite, articles, North American New Right, originals, Sargon of Akkad, Travis LeBlanc, UKIP | Comments closed

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Why the People Can’t Be Trusted

Donald Thoresen

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Yascha Mounk
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger & How to Save It
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018

The Donald Trump presidency will be fascinating for future students of Jewish power and the integral role Jewish academics play in its maintenance. Read more …

Published: April 15, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anti-populism, articles, book reviews, democracy, Donald Thoresen, free speech, Jews in America, North American New Right, originals, The People vs. Democracy, white identity politics, Yascha Mounk | Comments closed

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Video of the Day
A Recently Rediscovered Speech by Jonathan Bowden!
The Essence of the Right

Video of the Day

121 words / 53:52

A long-lost video of a speech that Jonathan Bowden delivered to a meeting of the British National Party in Thringstone, Leicestershire on March 12, 2010 was recently unearthed and given to our friends at the Scandza Forum. We are also presenting it here on the occasion of what would have been his 57th birthday, on April 12. Read more …

Published: April 13, 2019 | Posted in video of the day | Also tagged British National Party, British politics, globalization, Jonathan Bowden, liberalism, neoconservatism, Scandza Forum, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, video of the day | Comments closed

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Maxime Bernier & Democratic Dissent

Maxime Bernier

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Just a few months ago, I set off on a trip with some members of The People’s Party of Canada (PPC) to attend a rally for Maxime Bernier and the founding of the party. The individuals I shared the ride with were full of excitement and renewed vigor for democratic participation in the political process. The motto to distill the mood can be summarized as, “Finally we can vote on our values and not on cynical strategy!”

Published: April 3, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Andrew Scheer, articles, Canada, Canadian conservatism, Canadian identity, Canadian politics, Conservative Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, North American New Right, originals, People's Party of Canada, Tyler Hamilton | Comments closed

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Video of the Day
National Populism is Here to Stay

Video of the Day

“Sunrise Over Tallinn,” Alejandro Erickson

54 words / 42:28

The video of Greg Johnson’s speech at the Blue Awakening Youth Conference in Tallinn, Estonia on February 25, 2019, in which he talks about how studies of the factors driving voters towards populism across the world demonstrate that National Populism isn’t going away anytime soon, and will in fact soon become the norm in many countries. Read more …

Published: March 29, 2019 | Posted in video of the day | Also tagged Greg Johnson, National Populism, video of the day | Comments closed

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Michael Sandel’s Anti-White Populist Strategy to Defeat “Right-Wing Populism”

Ricardo Duchesne

Michael Sandel

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The rise of nationalist populism has shaken the globalist establishment far more than the rise of Islamic radicalism did in the 1990s and after. Muslim terrorism merely encouraged globalists to bring more “moderate” Muslims to the West to show undisturbed confidence in the value of diversity. The more Muslims have bombed the West, the more power “moderate” Muslims have gained by way of grants, affirmative action, spread of businesses, regulations against “Islamophobia,” and endless eulogies about their “indispensable” contributions. Read more …

Published: March 26, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged academia, articles, Council of European Canadians, David Frum, Democratic Party, globalism, Left-wing populism, mass immigration, Michael Sandel, neoconservatism, North American New Right, reprints, Ricardo Duchesne, socialism, welfare | Comments closed

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Why White Nationalists Like Andrew Yang

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The following text is an interview I gave to a reporter. I don’t know if it will be used, but I made it clear that I would publish the full text at Counter-Currents. Now the whole world can quote from it.

White Nationalists need to understand exactly why I think Andrew Yang is important. Read more …

Published: March 25, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2020 presidential election, American politics, Andrew Yang, articles, Donald Trump, Greg Johnson, interviews, National Populism, North American New Right, originals, white dispossession, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Populism Triumphs in The Netherlands:
Thierry Baudet’s Acceptance Speech

Thierry Baudet on election night, Thursday

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Forum for Democracy (FvD) is a Dutch populist party that entered politics in 2017, gaining two seats in our Parliament. In the Senatorial elections this week, they won 13 out of 75 seats, becoming the biggest party in the Senate and the first party to jump from having no Senate seats to becoming the largest, ever. Read more …

Published: March 22, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2019 Dutch provincial elections, articles, Dutch translations, Éordred, Forum for Democracy, North American New Right, originals, the Netherlands, Thierry Baudet | Comments closed

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The Republican Workers Party:
A Review

Spencer J. Quinn

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F. H. Buckley
The Republican Workers Party: How the Trump Victory Drove Everyone Crazy, and Why It Was Just What We Needed
New York: Encounter Books, 2018

Any book that celebrates the 2016 election while denying the crucial role that race and ethnonationalism played in the rise of Donald Trump is just asking not to be taken seriously. Read more …

Published: February 14, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2016 US Presidential Election, American conservatism, articles, book reviews, civic nationalism, conservatives and race, Donald Trump, F. H. Buckley, Left/Right divide, North American New Right, originals, Republican Workers Party, Spencer J. Quinn | Comments closed

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The State of European Populism

Viktor Orbán & Matteo Salvini

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Since the American Alt Right fell apart, many commentators and outlets which formerly identified as “Alt Right” have started pointing towards European populism as an example to follow, and are often heard to say that the nationalist cause is much further ahead in Europe. As a European, I would like to comment on this, based on the Dutch populist movement, which is relatively strong for a Western European country. Read more …

Published: January 25, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alternative for Germany, articles, Austria, Belgium, Éordred, European Union, Euroskepticism, Fidesz, FPÖ, France, Front National, FvD, Geert Wilders, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lega, Matteo Salvini, National Rally, North American New Right, originals, Poland, PVV, Sweden, Sweden Democrats, the Netherlands, UKIP, United Kingdom, Viktor Orbán, Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok | Comments closed

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The Yellow Vests Have Made the Most French Part of France Visible

Alain de Benoist

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Interviewed by Yann Vallerie; translated by Greg Johnson (The last two questions, on other topics, were omitted.)

The great national debate could be over before it even started. Read more …

Published: January 18, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Emanuel Macron, France, gilets jaunes, interviews, North American New Right, originals, translations, yellow vests | Comments closed

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Trump vs. the Tyranny of Experts

F. Roger Devlin

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Salvatore Babones
The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts
Medford, Mass.: Polity Press, 2018

Savatore Babones is an America academic with an appointment in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. Unusually for someone in such a position, he has a few good things to say about Donald Trump—or at least about the fact of his election. Read more …

Published: January 16, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, democracy, Donald Trump, elitism, F. Roger Devlin, globalization, liberalism, managerialism, North American New Right, originals, Salvatore Babones, technocracy, The New Authoritarianism, Trans Pacific Partnership | Comments closed

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What Populism Isn’t

3,641 words

Jan-Werner Müller
What is Populism?
Penguin, 2017

When a political establishment feels threatened by a growing force like National Populism, Plan A is to defend the establishment and attack its opponents by dispatching middle-brow journalists to sneer and jeer and middle-brow political hacks to construct partisan talking points. Read more …

Published: December 28, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Carl Schmitt, democracy, Greg Johnson, Jan-Werner Müller, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, liberalism, National Populism, North American New Right, originals, political philosophy, What Is Populism? | Comments closed

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Beyond the Alt Right
Toward a New Nationalism

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The Alt Right is dead. But the Alt Right was so useful—and so much fun—that we need to create a replacement for it, the sooner the better. Read more …

Published: December 21, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alt-Right, articles, democracy, elitism, fascism, globalization, Greg Johnson, Matthew Goodwin, metapolitics, National Populism, North American New Right, originals, Roger Eatwell, the Alternative Right, white nationalism, yellow vests | Comments closed

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Video of the Day
Alain de Benoist on the Yellow Vests Revolution

Alain de Benoist

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The founder and primary thinker of the French New Right, Alain de Benoist, discusses his view of the ongoing Yellow Vests movement in France and their significance for French politics during his visit to Budapest, Hungary last week. In French with English subtitles.

Published: December 19, 2018 | Posted in video of the day | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Emmanuel Macron, France, French New Right, gilets jaunes, video of the day, yellow vests, Yellow Vests movement | Comments closed

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Le Peuple, C’est Moi

F. Roger Devlin

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Jan-Werner Müller
What Is Populism?
Penguin, 2017

Jan-Werner Müller, a native of Germany, is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and the author of several previous books. The present study of populism was published in 2016 by the University of Pennsylvania Press and quickly reprinted in a popular paperback format by Penguin Books in the UK Read more …

Published: December 18, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, democracy, F. Roger Devlin, Jan-Werner Müller, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, What Is Populism? | Comments closed

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Whatever Happens, the Yellow Vests Have Already Won

Alain de Benoist

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Interviewed by Yann Vallerie; translated by Greg Johnson

Breizh-info.com: First of all, how do you analyze the events of these recent weekends?

What I find most striking is, first of all, the continuity of the movement. While the government expected the pressure to ease, it has not. It is the fruit of an extraordinary determination, to which is added a surprising maturity. Read more …

Published: December 15, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Emanuel Macron, France, gilets jaunes, interviews, North American New Right, originals, translations, yellow vests | Comments closed

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A Globalist Struggles to Explain the Failure of Globalism

F. Roger Devlin

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Ian Bremmer
Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism
Portfolio/Penguin, 2018

Glancing through the blurbs on the back of Ian Bremmer’s new bestseller, one finds the Secretary-General of the UN, a managing director of the IMF, a co-chairman of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the President of the International Rescue Committee, and Larry Summers: not a lineup one would expect to find endorsing a bold challenge to conventional thinking. Read more …

Published: December 11, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, economic inequality, F. Roger Devlin, globalization, Ian Bremmer, mechanization, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, Us vs Them | Comments closed

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Populism in its Pure Form

Alain de Benoist

1,025 words

Interview by Nicolas Gauthier

Translated by Greg Johnson

Boulevard Voltaire: For about ten days now, France has been living in the era of the yellow vests, and opinions about it are already piling up. Flash in the pan or groundswell? Read more …

Published: December 7, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Emanuel Macron, France, gilets jaunes, interviews, North American New Right, originals, translations, yellow vests | Comments closed

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The Rise & Fall of South Park, Part 2
South Park in the Age of Trump

Canadian Donald Trump from “Where My Country Gone?”

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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)

Matt and Trey: Never Trumpers

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the presidential election, and the next evening, South Park had an episode about it. Read more …

Published: December 6, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Donald Trump, North American New Right, originals, political correctness, satire, South Park, Travis LeBlanc, TV reviews | Comments closed

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The Rise & Fall of South Park, Part 1
South Park Conservatism

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Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here)

Novelist Robert Anton Wilson once famously said, “It only takes twenty years for a liberal to become a conservative with changing a single idea.” Read more …

Published: December 5, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, North American New Right, originals, political correctness, satire, South Park, Travis LeBlanc, TV reviews | Comments closed

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A Mainstream Primer on Populism

F. Roger Devlin

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John B. Judis
The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2016

Following the collapse of the Warsaw Pact in 1989 and, two years later, of the Soviet Union itself, there was a widespread sense in the West that the free market had conclusively vindicated itself Read more …

Published: December 4, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, F. Roger Devlin, fascism, John B. Judis, North American New Right, originals, The Populist Explosion | Comments closed

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Now in Audio Version!
British Politics Today:
Optimism, Pessimism, & Realism

Theresa May trying (and failing) to be the multicultural Dancing Queen, a clear case of too much optimism.

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Counter-Currents readers may be familiar with the name Tai Lopez. Tai Lopez runs commercials which regularly appear on YouTube. He is a self-made millionaire and latter-day preacher of the “God helps those who help themselves” school of economics: Read more …

Published: October 15, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio, North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Brexit, British politics, Conservative Party, environmentalism, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Michael Walker, North American New Right, optimism, originals, pessimism, realism, Theresa May, UKIP, United Kingdom | Comments closed

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Notes on Revolution in Chuck Palahniuk’s Adjustment Day

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Chuck Palahniuk’s Adjustment Day is a highly imaginative and entertaining novel that reflects a long and deep immersion in the online world of White Nationalism, from the best of it to the worst and all shades in between.

I don’t have much to add to the reviews of Adjustment Day by Jef Costello and James O’Meara, so I wish to focus here on some of Palahniuk’s thoughts about how an ethnonationalist revolution might occur, and how it might go wrong. Read more …

Published: September 10, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adjustment Day, articles, Chuck Palahniuk, classical republicanism, ethnonationalism, Greg Johnson, Islam, North American New Right, originals, polygamy, Social Credit, white nationalism, white sharia | Comments closed

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The Counter-Currents 2018 Fundraiser
& Charles Krafft Auction Update
Plan B: Co-opting & Subverting Nationalism

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In the last week, we have received 26 donations totaling $4,234.33 for which we are enormously grateful. Our goal this year is to raise $70,000. So far, we have received 104 donations totaling $16,547.27. So we are almost one quarter of the way there. See below for new incentives to give.

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Some readers have asked what’s my next project now that The White Nationalist Manifesto is finished and going to press. Read more …

Published: August 24, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2018 Fundraiser, Francis Fukuyama, Greg Johnson, liberal democracy, Mark Lilla, Plan B, Straussianism, William Galston, Yascha Mounk | Comments closed

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