Happy Thanksgiving to all our Amsrican readers. (And please keep your dogs safe from turkey bones.)
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Paroled from the Paywall: Beau Albrecht on how anti-racist guru Ibram X. Kendi managed to monetize his anti-white propaganda to create the multimillion dollar Center for Antiracism during the Summer of Floyd — and now many people, including some people on the Center's staff, are asking questions about where the money has gone. https://counter-currents.com/2023/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-ibram-x-kendi/
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The Rise and Fall of Ibram X. Kendi
3,308 words Not long ago, Ibram Xolani Kendi — formerly Henry Rogers — was at the cutting edge of the burgeoning “anti-racism” industry. He and other high-ranking professional activists already were treated as sagacious specialists in race relations and lauded…
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Happy Thanksgiving from Counter-Currents! Here are a few past articles on Thanksgiving for your edification. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/happy-thanksgiving-7/
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Happy Thanksgiving! | Counter-Currents
137 words On behalf of everyone at Counter-Currents, I want to wish all our US readers safe travels and a happy Thanksgiving. (And please don't let your dogs eat turkey bones.) Here are a few past articles on Thanksgiving for your edification: Fullmoon Ancestry…
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Andrew Hamilton's "Thanksgiving Day as a Harvest Festival," on how Thanksgiving is America’s incarnation of the traditional harvest festivals, which date back to the Neolithic revolution, is now being featured in Counter-Currents' Classics Corner. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-day-as-a-harvest-festival-2/
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Thanksgiving Day as a Harvest Festival | Counter-Currents
1,196 words Thanksgiving Day is America's incarnation of the traditional harvest festival, a celebration of the end of the summer harvest, often marked by lavish feasts. Harvest festivals were a product of the Neolithic revolution -- the displacement of hunting…
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C. F. Robinson's "Thanksgiving: The Only Holiday Unique to the American Ethny," on the story of the Pilgrims who gave rise to the unique Thanksgiving tradition in the United States, is now being featured in Counter-Currents' Classics Corner. https://counter-currents.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-the-only-holiday-unique-to-the-american-ethny-2/
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Thanksgiving: The Only Holiday Unique to the American Ethny | Counter-Currents
1,957 words There is no holiday or tradition that is both solemn and as deeply intertwined in the unique historical American ethnicity and spiritualism as Thanksgiving. The holiday has several meanings. The first is religious. The Mayflower Pilgrims celebrated…
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Jim Goad on a purported new study which shows that black women were disproportionately affected by the Black Plague in thirteenth-century London — due to RACISM! https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/the-anti-black-plague/
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The Anti-Black Plague: “Black Death” of 1347-1351 Kills Half of Europe . . . Black Women Most Affected
1,438 words / 10:42 Even the fleas in medieval London hated black women. That’s the only conclusion I could draw from a series of headlines this week implying that no one suffered more from the bubonic plague that ravaged London in the mid-1300s than black…
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American veteran David Zsutty delivers a special Thanksgiving message in this short video. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/a-veterans-thanksgiving-message/
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A Veteran’s Thanksgiving Message
15 words / 9:01 American veteran David Zsutty delivers a special Thanksgiving message in this short video. See below. https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/David-Zsutty-Thanksgiving-2023-message.mp4
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James J. O'Meara reviews Gordon Peter Wilson's The Prophets of Gentilly Terrace, a new novel about race, class, politics, and heritage in New Orleans. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/horses-and-heavy-hors-doeuvres/
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Horses and Heavy Hors d’Oeuvres | Counter-Currents
3,901 words Gordon Peter Wilson The Prophets of Gentilly Terrace: A New Orleans Novel Austin, Tex.: Greenleaf Publishing Group, 2023 The idea was a selfish one, and it felt a lot like blackmail, but it was an opportunity to solve everyone’s problems. Such…
Today is the 90th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020), the great Polish composer whose work defined avant-garde classical music in the second half of the twentieth century and has been featured in many films as well. Here is one of his most famous works, A Polish Requiem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1AZwySiKcM
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K.Penderecki, A Polish Requiem
1. 0:00 Introitus
2. 4:10 Kyrie
3. 8:24 Dies Irae
4. 9:58 Tuba mirum
5. 11:56 Mors stupebit
6. 18:26 Quid sum miser
7. 23:13 Rex tremendae
8. 25:31 Recordare Jesu pie
9. 36:54 Ingemisco tanquam reus
10. 49:02 Lacrimosa
11. 53:41 Sanctus
12. 1:07:23 Agnus…
2. 4:10 Kyrie
3. 8:24 Dies Irae
4. 9:58 Tuba mirum
5. 11:56 Mors stupebit
6. 18:26 Quid sum miser
7. 23:13 Rex tremendae
8. 25:31 Recordare Jesu pie
9. 36:54 Ingemisco tanquam reus
10. 49:02 Lacrimosa
11. 53:41 Sanctus
12. 1:07:23 Agnus…
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Also recommended is this video interview with Penderecki, which was conducted in English, where he speaks about his life and the highlights of his career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atz2MODHe5Q
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Krzysztof Penderecki Interview: Turning History Into Avant-Garde
"I did not live in easy times", says Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki in this rare interview. Having witnessed Auschwitz and the Stalin-period in the 1950's, Penderecki explains "I had to react with my music."
Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933), one of the…
Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933), one of the…
Alex Graham offered this introduction to Penderecki's life and work on the occasion of his death in 2020. https://counter-currents.com/2020/04/remembering-krzysztof-penderecki/
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Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki (November 23, 1933-March 29, 2020)
2,836 words Krzysztof Penderecki, who died on March 29, 2020, was one of the most prolific and creative composers of the past century. His works include four operas, eight symphonies plus other orchestral works, about a dozen concertos, vocal and choral works…
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Journalists in Ireland confused about the fact they’re being abused, attacked and sent packing. You smeared, lied about, defamed and attacked good people whose only concern was their safety and the safety of their families. Surely you can’t be surprised?
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Greg Johnson on why this Black Friday is the perfect time to stop wasting your money on evil corporations and explore alternative ways of giving gifts to those you love. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/its-time-to-stop-shopping-for-christmas-9/
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Black Friday Special: It’s Time to STOP Shopping for Christmas | Counter-Currents
1,040 words / 5:45 Audio version: To listen in a player, click here or use the player below. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose "save target or link as." Translations: Danish, French Did the system cancel your Thanksgiving? Time to cancel their…
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An update on the Counter-Currents fundraiser as well as the ongoing matching grant offer, plus Greg Johnson tells us about some upcoming activities that our readers will be grateful for. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/we-have-much-to-be-thankful-for/
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We Have Much to be Thankful For | Counter-Currents
626 words We have much to be thankful for this week. 1. This year, our fundraiser goal is $300,000. We are still a long way from the goal, but things have definitely picked up in the last week. We are now at $127,289.65, which is 42% of our goal. I want to…
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Spencer J. Quinn on why whites continue to ignore the overwhelming statistical evidence of black criminality to their peril, as in the death of Mitch Lundgaard, a white firefighter who was murdered by a black criminal whose life he had saved just moments before. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/we-get-the-crime-we-deserve/
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We Get the Crime We Deserve | Counter-Currents
1,245 words Something extremely unusual took place in Appleton, Wisconsin in May 2019: A firefighter died in the line of duty. This hadn’t happened there in many decades, and was quite a shock to the local residents. A deeper dive into the case, however,…
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Ireland: The Brazilian immigrant hero story is typical half-truth propaganda.
An Irish man named Warren was first on the scene. He took the Algerian attacker's knife and was apparently injured while doing so. A 17-year-old French student named Alan also helped.
An Irish man named Warren was first on the scene. He took the Algerian attacker's knife and was apparently injured while doing so. A 17-year-old French student named Alan also helped.
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Jef Costello on Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Atlas Shrugged, which he finds more relevant for America's contemporary situation than ever before. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/are-we-finally-living-in-the-world-of-atlas-shrugged-part-1/
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Are We (Finally) Living in the World of Atlas Shrugged? Part 1 | Counter-Currents
3,062 words Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here) They say that libertarianism and Ayn Rand’s Objectivism are gateway drugs to the radical Right. I am living proof of this. Many years ago, whenever we saw signs of breakdown or inefficiency in our society, my Objectivist…
Greg Johnson's "The Christian Question in White Nationalism" is now in Spanish. https://counter-currents.com/2023/11/nueva-derecha-vs-vieja-derecha-capitulo-12/
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Nueva Derecha vs. Vieja Derecha CapĂtulo 12: Nacionalismo Blanco y Nacionalismo JudĂo | Counter-Currents
2.944 palabras English original here, see also Estonian, French, German, Polish, Russian, Slovak CapĂtulo 1 aquĂ, CapĂtulo 11 aquĂ, CapĂtulo 13 aquĂ El discurso de Guillaume Faye en la conferencia de American Renaissance de 2006 fue todo un evento. La mayorĂa…