Ben Shapiro tells you not to identify with your group. Meantime...

Beau Albrecht on the US government's recent decision to fund a crack pipe distribution scheme in the name of "racial equity." https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/what-are-they-smoking-in-washington/

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. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-418-the-writers-bloc-with-endeavour-on-george-grants-lament-for-a-nation/

Dreher is reposting Dissident Right memes.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/unpatriotic-conservatives-2022/

Western nationalists to Ukrainians: Those people who brought you the Holodomor and the Gulag are back to save you from Drag Queen Story Hour.

The farther from Russia you are, the more likely you are to be a Russophile.

Emile Durand's classic article "White Nationalist Delusions About Russia": now, more than ever!

https://counter-currents.com/2014/03/white-nationalist-delusions-about-russia/

Jim Goad on the decline of country music as the result of political correctness. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/too-many-honkies-at-the-honky-tonk/

Ondrej Mann's interview with Nigel Brown, a 30-year-veteran of the Rock Against Communism music scene who played with No Remorse, Ravens Wing, and many other bands, has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/nigel-brown-from-no-remorse-to-ravens-wing/

On Saturday, February 26th, 2022, Greg Johnson will read and discuss his essay “Three Pillars of White Identity Politics” (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. And on Sunday, February 27th, 2022, Nick Jeelvy’s The Writers’ Bloc welcomes Tim Murdock to talk about Russia and Ukraine, current events, and YOUR QUESTIONS. Starting 1 pm PST, 4 pm EST, and 10 pm CET. See the link for details. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/this-weekends-livestreamsgreg-johnson-on-three-pillars-of-white-identity-politics-tim-murdock-on-the-writers-bloc/

Anders Neumann discusses the pleasures of owning a classic car, most especially for a man of the Right. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/the-pleasure-of-owning-a-classic-car/

The world is too dangerous to have morons like Biden and Co. in positions of power.

Andrew Hamilton on why Gone with the Wind isn't really the respectful homage to the antebellum South and white America that many people believe it to be. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/margaret-mitchells-gone-with-the-wind/

The second part of Greg Johnson's Three Pillars of Identity Politics, Why Race is Not a Social Construct, is now in French. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/trois-piliers-de-la-politique-identitaire-blanche-partie-2/

⚔️ A brief comment on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

1. The last 24h have brought about a surprising turn of events. I expected Russia to take the disputed territories in the east, but I didn't expect a full-scale invasion like we've seen today. In fact, very few people seem to have expected an invasion on this level.

2. For a good summary of the conflict in general, check out this post by The Golden One. He mostly gets it right.

3. From the start in 2014, I have made a point of NOT taking sides in this conflict, because I have seen too many people in the West, who don't speak either Russian or Ukrainian and who have no real knowledge about the countries involved, make arrogant and embarrassing statements about the issue. And the conflict is far from clear cut from the point of view of our political interests. But when I see a large-scale invasion like this, my sympathies are naturally with the Ukrainian people rather than with any of the geopolitical players, because none of the geopolitical players are "our guys".

4. Overall, the Right in the West fails primarily because it lacks seriousness. Too often, it consists of kids (even old kids) making reckless and goofy comments and coming up with novel "takes". The comments on Russia in general, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in particular, only prove this point.

5. People who get their political analysis from memes can never be taken seriously. And "based Putin" is just a meme. Just like "God Emperor Trump" was a meme. People who fail to understand that are political idiots.

6. Reckless comments about serious topics, an online culture of lazy nihilism, and bravely-anonymously taking sides at zero cost to yourself, in a conflict that you know nothing about, is all very LAST MAN. It's the effeminate behaviour of the modern man who only sees conflict in video games.

You should hold yourself to higher standards — otherwise you don't deserve to be taken seriously by either friend or enemy.

The episode of Counter-Currents Radio where Greg Johnson invited Robert Stark to join him to discuss his new novel Vaporfornia, plus current events and your questions, has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-409-robert-stark-on-his-new-novel-vaporfornia/

Announcing a special event with Arkansas Congressional candidate and white advocate Neil Kumar, along with James Edwards and Sam Dickson, in Charleston on April 3. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/counter-currents-presents-nationalism-on-the-ballot-with-neil-kumar/

Morris van de Camp reviews The Kinder, Gentler Military, a book which blew the lid off the insoluble problems that have plagued the US military since the introduction of women soldiers. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/not-kinder-not-gentler-but-ineffective/

Spencer J. Quinn reviews the latest entry in the Jackass franchise, Jackass Forever, and finds that what was once an implicitly white guilty pleasure is now being ruined by diversity casting. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/jackass-forever/

Nicholas R. Jeelvy on the importance of recruiting dissidents from non-political causes to our side. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/on-the-importance-of-recruiting-non-political-dissidents/