Today is the birthday of Leo Yankevich, poet, translator, essayist, and man of the Right. Read his work at Counter-Currents.
https://counter-currents.com/2019/10/for-leo-yankevich/

Nicholas R. Jeelvy's essay on the fact that the masses always back the strong horse — and how the Dissident Right can come to terms with the fact that it is the weak horse — has been paroled from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/09/strong-horseism/

Tonight on The Writers’ Bloc, we’ll be hosting eclectic scholar Kathryn S. for a discussion on Orientalism - what happens when Western man gazes eastwards.

Due to the switch to winter time in Europe, the show will begin an hour later for our American friends. Tune in to our Dlive and Odysee channels at 22:00 CET, 5pm EST, 2pm PST. Send your questions, comments and donations through Entropy.

Morris van de Camp's handy list of seven books that are essential for understanding American history from colonial times to the present has been paroled from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/09/readings-on-american-history/

Treat your mind (or trick it) with some Halloween features at Counter-Currents. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/halloween-reading-at-counter-currents-2/

Spencer J. Quinn on a frightening insight into racial realities that he experienced on Halloween. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/the-big-black-guy-my-halloween-story/

Jim Goad on Sacheen Littlefeather, the latest celebrity "Pretendian" to be exposed as a fraud; why black people can't swim; and the passing of Jerry Lee Lewis. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/the-worst-week-yet-101/

Karl Thorburn returned for the first half of the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio alongside Greg Johnson to discuss a number of issues, and it is now available for download and online listening. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-500-karl-thorburn-returns/

"The history of modernity can be understood at least in part as a gigantic process of uniformization." - Alain de Benoist

We are almost a third of the way toward our $3,700 match goal to publish Alain de Benoist's The Populist Moment in English.

This is a vital contribution that shows, from a European perspective how populist outbursts such as Brexit and the election of Donald Trump were products of long-standing, deep-seated social and political trends that will continue to drive National Populism well into the future.

Please give generously to fund this project! Thank you.

https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/the-counter-currents-2022-fundraiser-a-new-matching-grant-for-alain-de-benoists-the-populist-moment/

I will consider a Covid amnesty after we discuss a Conquistador and slave owner amnesty.

Greg Johnson did a new solo Ask Me Anything on the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, and it is now available for download and online listening. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-501-new-ask-me-anything-with-greg-johnson/

Samuel Valleus on a runestone that is being raised for a fallen Ukrainian soldier who was a follower of Asatru. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/a-runestone-raised-for-a-fallen-ukrainian-asatruar/

Beau Albrecht on how the Jewish holocaust revisionist David Cole exposed the ways in which history has been manipulated to serve the interests of the powers-that-be. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/david-cole-the-holocaust-narrative/

“We’re gonna steal some elections, plz no Jan 6. 😝”

The eclectic scholar Kathryn S. returned to join host Nick Jeelvy on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc for a discussion on Orientalism — what happens when Western man gazes eastwards — and it is now available for download and online listening. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-502-the-writers-bloc-with-kathryn-s-on-orientalism/

The erudite autodidact and revolutionary syndicalist Georges Sorel was born on this day in 1847. Find out more about his life and work at Counter-Currents. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/remembering-georges-sorel-2/

Morris van de Camp on instances of ethnonationalist thinking in the Old Testament, and parallels we can find in European and American history. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/doors-bolts-bars-in-place/

One of the problems with a largely online “movement” is that “leaders” are often determined by whoever can grab the mic and shout the loudest and the longest. This means that “leaders” become nearly synonymous with “content creators” or “e-celebs” or whatever the current lingo is.

As such, the ability to be successful in the real world becomes less and less a factor in whom people decide to listen to. It’s no longer required or expected that one elevated to a leadership position show any aptitude for strategy or diplomacy, or even that they are just relatively successful in their own personal lives, like being able to hold down a job or have a good reputation within their community. Even the most bare minimum requirements have been abandoned, to our overall detriment.

Instead, the natural human tendency is to gravitate to whomever or whatever stimulates their dopamine receptors. And similar to housewives hooked on daytime soaps, much of the dissident right is hooked on those who can produce a reliable and steady stream of drama or gossip. It's not activism; it's entertainment. Let's not kid ourselves on that.

There’s a certain “idiocracy” that seems to be taking hold. And I don’t mean that in the sense that any of the guilty parties are unintelligent, but that there is an increasing taste for low culture and plebeian vice within the DR, which is being encouraged by those “leaders” who reap some sort of profit from it- not necessarily financial, but also things as simple as basic ego aggrandisement. In any case, there is SOME kind of payoff for all involved.

There is probably no real solution to this, since human nature is what it is, and so it will always be something that is around. But individually, we can certainly all choose whose voices we allow into our mental space.

How you determine that is up to you. I personally tend to avoid two types of people
1) those who are frequently engaged in public disputes with others (especially if they are typically the one in the role of provocateur, which in many cases will be the person who spergs out on purity spiralling and needs to "call out" what they believe are "bad ideas") and
2) those who often find themselves at the centre of drama, claiming victim status (whether legitimate or manufactured- both are equally concerning for different reasons).

I don't look for nor expect perfect people (I'm certainly not one myself!) but I do look for people who, more often than not, are striving for unity rather than division, whose primary focus is on doing their own work well rather than criticising others' ideas and projects. Those are my two basic qualifications in assessing someone's leadership qualities. I like people who are positive stewards of their ideas and who embody qualities I wish I had in myself.

From a Traditional perspective, leadership is a regal thing and is associated with the immovable and immutable quality of the sun. He shines out his solar light regardless of what happens around him. The leader is not a rabble-rouser or a drama queen, nor does he pander to the mob- not for clicks, not for money, not for praise. His principles are what they are, take it or leave it.

None of this is intended to make anyone feel called out, but merely to provide points for reflection for everyone, whether true leader, self-appointed leader, leader-wannabe, or dutiful follower.

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Ezra Loomis Pound, poet, critic, economist, and man of the Right. Learn about his life, work, and legacy for the New Right at Counter-Currents. https://counter-currents.com/2022/10/remembering-ezra-pound-12/