Today is the birthday of one of Britain's greatest composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, populist, nationalist, and one of the last romantics https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/remembering-ralph-vaughan-williams-1/

On top of Martinez's points here which I fully agree with, other than Davis' alleged Anglophobia, from what I see on his channel Davis is Anglo himself and proud of it, I'd like to break another one of the pro-Kremlin arguments.

I previously explained how the idea that Russia needs buffer states from a defensive military alliance so as to not be invaded is ludicrous.

One of the oft-repeated arguments from the pro-Kremlin crowd is this:

"Russia tried to join NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but NATO didn't let them join! This is proof that NATO had ill intentions towards Russia and Russia is the aggrieved party here!"

However, like every other argument this crowd makes it is simply not true. According to George Robertson, NATO's Secretary General from 1999-2003, this is how one of his conversations with Putin went, and you can find multiple sources for this if you wish:

Putin asked Robertson why Russia hadn't been invited to join NATO yet. Robertson replied that nobody has ever been invited to join NATO, rather, nations may apply and then the existing NATO members vote on whether or not to admit them. Putin replied that "Russia will not wait in line with insignificant countries", and the brief period of friendly relations between NATO and Russia in the early 00's slowly fizzled out. And yes, Putin was friendly to NATO even after the NATO operations in the former Yugoslavia in the 90's.

So no, Russia and Putin never really tried to join NATO, and NATO never shut the door in their face. As usual, the pro-Kremlin crowd relies on soundbites, headlines, superficial arguments, and hoping that the audience doesn't fact check their claims.

Russia embargoed some Ukrainian goods in 2013 to pressure them out of signing the EU association agreement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_embargo_of_Ukrainian_goods

Morris van de Camp's review of Gary Gerstle's The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, which chronicles the decline of neoliberalism without naming the actual culprit: racial egalitarianism, has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/09/the-fall-of-the-neoliberal-order/

Nick Jeelvy welcomed frequent Counter-Currents contributor Stephen Paul Foster back to The Writer’s Bloc to discuss his eerily predictive 2003 book Desolation’s March: The Rise of Personalism and The Reign of Amusement in 21st Century America. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-495-the-writers-bloc-stephen-paul-foster-on-desolations-march/

Additional quite lengthy and insightful letters sent by Savitri to a correspondent known only as Young Comrade A dating from 1973 and 1974 are now available at the Savitri Devi Archive. https://savitridevi.org/savitri_devi_works/correspondence-with-young-comrade-a/

Jim Goad on the recent murder of 18-year-old football star Elijah Dewitt by two "youths," and the bizarre phenomenon of family members who forgive the killers when their innocent kin are victimized by black crime. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/a-deadly-kind-of-forgiveness/

The second part of John Morgan's essay on the politics of nuclear war, this part about the Iranian and Israeli nuclear programs and who they intend to use them on, is now being featured in Counter-Currents' Classics Corner. https://counter-currents.com/2012/11/the-politics-of-nuclear-war-part-2/

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Stephen Paul Foster on how the 2020 George Floyd riots were the bigger-budgeted sequel to the 1992 Rodney King riot. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/george-floyd-meets-rodney-king/

Robert Hampton's "(Too Many) Whites on Ice" is now in Czech. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/az-moc-belochu-v-lednim-hokeji/

https://odysee.com/@countercurrents:6/Counter-Currents-Radio-Podcast-No-341-:f

Lots of stuff going up on this archive, both new and classic, including this gem if I do say so myself. Give it a sub 👍🏻

I need to get back in my hole and put in some more work 🫤

Greg Johnson's solo Ask Me Anything from September 10 has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/09/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-484-new-ask-me-anything-with-greg-johnson/

Anthony Bavaria reviews Jef Costello's comedic novel Heidegger in Chicago. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/jef-costellos-heidegger-in-chicago/

The third part of John Morgan's 2012 essay on the politics of nuclear war, this part focusing on Israel's "Samson Option" policy of nuclear retaliation, is now being featured in Counter-Currents' Classics Corner. https://counter-currents.com/2012/11/the-politics-of-nuclear-war-part-3/

Veiko Hessler on why the time when circumstances will force the Dissident Right to move from thought to action is fast approaching, as well as a call for us to be ready to face it. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/awakening-arminius/

In commemoration of Friedrich Nietzsche's 178th birthday tomorrow, Mark Gullick presents some highlights from the philosopher's colorful life. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/raised-lutheran-the-life-of-friedrich-nietzsche/

Last week, we crossed the halfway point in our 2022 fundraiser. This week we got 1% more toward our goal. We have raised $167,493.71 thus far, which is 55% of our goal. Thank you to everyone who has helped out.

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Nicholas R. Jeelvy on why Eastern Europeans often look to the West for hope and don't see themselves as "bastions of traditional values," as many Western nationalists think of them. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/western-promises/

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