Trevor Lynch reviews the new installment in The Matrix franchise, The Matrix Resurrections, and finds it continues the trend of each film being worse than the one before it. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/the-matrix-resurrections/
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The Matrix Resurrections | Counter-Currents
1,457 words Larry and Andy Wachowski’s The Matrix (1999) is a science fiction classic. The setting is a devastated Earth in the far future. The premise is that humanity has been enslaved by artificial intelligences. Human beings spend our lives in what are…
Jim Goad brings us his first of the new year, writing about Jack Murphy, an allegedly conservative “masculinity coach” who will get very angry with you if you suggest he’s gay, even though he’s said publicly that he’s had sex with men and has made videos while using a dildo on himself, and who used to frequently interact with a recent mass shooter on Twitter; Bambi as harbinger of the Holocaust; E. O. Wilson, who argued in a landmark study that culture follows genetics; and more. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/the-worst-week-yet-63/
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The Worst Week Yet: December 26, 2021-January 1, 2022
3,608 words Lyndon McLeod, Jack Murphy, & the Perils of Performative Masculinity As a wee beardless youth in the brick-and-cement ’burbs of Philadelphia, I found myself watching an old Robert Mitchum film on TV one night and wondering how he managed to be…
Petr Hampl on why the West's elites today are actively undermining the very same societies that gave them their wealth and power in the first place, and how it relates to the Great Replacement. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/the-time-of-lackeys-the-time-of-kings-the-time-of-the-republic/
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The Time of Lackeys, the Time of Kings, & the Time of the Republic | Counter-Currents
2,491 words If you think about things that are not very important to you, there is no significant difference between repair, upgrade, and replacement. But if you yourself are what's at issue, there's a huge difference depending on if they‘re enriching you…
Robert Hampton on why Kwanzaa, despite being promoted by all of America's major institutions, is no longer the holiday of choice for black America. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/the-kwanzaa-absurdity-will-be-dwarfed-by-juneteenth/
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The Kwanzaa Absurdity Will Be Dwarfed by Juneteenth
1,401 words Public officials still pretend Kwanzaa is a real holiday. It’s taught to schoolchildren as one of the holidays of the “holiday” season, even though nobody knows anyone who actually celebrates it. It’s a day we’re all forced to pretend that being…
Beau Albrecht on the new Coen brothers film of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring a mostly sub-Saharan cast. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/the-tragedy-of-the-tragedy-of-macbeth/
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The Tragedy of the Tragedy of Macbeth | Counter-Currents
2,182 words Hollywood gave Shakespeare fans a Christmas present: a new version of one of the Bard's most iconic and gripping tragedies. Although the plandemic delayed production by four months or so, Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth was released on Apple+…
On the special New Year’s Day broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, which is dedicated to all our donors, host Greg Johnson was joined by two new members of the Counter-Currents team, Cyan Quinn and Robert Wallace, to talk about what is coming in 2022. As always, we also answered YOUR QUESTIONS and made the BIG REVEAL of the total for the Counter-Currents 2021 Fundraiser. The broadcast is now available for download and online streaming. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-404-the-new-years-day-special/
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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 404 The New Year’s Day Special | Counter-Currents
307 words / 2:07:16 On the special New Year’s Day broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, which is dedicated to all our donors, host Greg Johnson was joined by two new members of the Counter-Currents team, Cyan Quinn and Robert Wallace, to talk about what is…
Anthony Bavaria reviews Counter-Currents writer Mark Gullick's novel Bestest Boys, a story about subversive non-conformists trying to live off the grid in London. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/mark-gullicks-bestest-boys/
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Mark Gullick’s Bestest Boys | Counter-Currents
864 words Bestest Boys is Mark Gullick’s first novel, released in 2015. If you’ve ever spent any time in London, the book is a must-read. It’s clearly written with the city’s grit, history, and culture in mind. The protagonist, Mickey Glasspool, and his drinking…
Ondrej Mann reviews the Austrian band Der Blutharsch's 2019 album Wish I Weren't Here, finding it a sharp departure from their early martial-industrial work, but not an unpleasant one. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/der-blutharschs-wish-i-werent-here/
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Der Blutharsch’s Wish I Weren’t Here | Counter-Currents
1,074 words The Austrian band Der Blutharsch will certainly be familiar to Counter-Currents readers, whether through their neofolk influences, distinctive music, or musical collaborations. The latter include their 2003 split album with the classic Italian…
Host Nick Jeelvy put together The Best Year Ever extravaganza on The Writer’s Bloc last weekend, where audience favorites Fullmoon Ancestry, Jim Goad, Mark Gullick, Richard Houck, Greg Johnson, Gaddius Maximus, James J. O’Meara, Kathryn S., Thomas Steuben, Karl Thorburn, and the Z Man recounted their successes and the lessons they learned in 2021, and it is now available for download and online listening. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-405-the-best-year-ever-extravaganza-on-the-writers-bloc/
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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 405 The Best Year Ever Extravaganza on The Writers’ Bloc | Counter-Currents
109 words / 2:09:40 Host Nick Jeelvy put together The Best Year Ever extravaganza on The Writer's Bloc last weekend, where audience favorites Fullmoon Ancestry, Jim Goad, Mark Gullick, Richard Houck, Greg Johnson, Gaddius Maximus, James J. O'Meara, Kathryn…
Mark Gullick describes the impact of mass immigration on London through his own personal experiences. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/a-different-black-pill/
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A Different Black Pill
2,568 words At the start of the millennium in the United Kingdom, an accusation of racism in the workplace might have led to a few cold shoulders in the office. Now, it is more likely you will be clearing out your desk, possibly with a police officer in attendance…
Travis LeBlanc on what the recent Jack Murphy blowup and the ensuing fallout can teach the Right about the need to identify and getting rid of sociopaths early on, before they get into a position where they can do serious damage. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/what-jack-murphy-teaches-the-right-about-sociopaths/
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What Jack Murphy Teaches the Right about Sociopaths | Counter-Currents
2,781 words Drama gets a bad rap in dissident circles. You always hear people say, “I’m not getting myself involved in drama,” as if drama is inherently a bad thing. But I say drama can be a good thing. For one, it can be good for morale. Drama can be fun…
The great popularizer of comparative religions and man of the Right Alan Watts was born on this day in 1915. Find out more about his life and work at Counter-Currents. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/remembering-alan-watts-7/
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Remembering Alan Watts (January 6, 1915–November 16, 1973) | Counter-Currents
172 words Alan Watts was born on this day in 1915. A prolific scholar and dazzling stylist, Watts is best known as the chief popularizer of Asian philosophy for the Beat and Hippy movements, but he was also an original thinker in his own right and a quiet…
Morris van de Camp's essay on the leadership strengths of the English colonists who established the Jamestown colony in Virginia, qualities that would continue to serve America well for generations afterwards, has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2021/12/jamestown-the-virginians-leadership/
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Jamestown, the Virginians, & Leadership | Counter-Currents
4,356 words The Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony receive a great deal of glory. This glory is well deserved, but other shiploads of colonists did valorous things as well. The same year the Mayflower[1] crossed the Atlantic, so too did the Bona Nova. The…
Jim Goad on his relationship with the comedian Patton Oswalt, who used to claim Goad as a friend until he recently decided to join the Woke Brigades. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/apologies-are-never-funny/
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Apologies are Never Funny | Counter-Currents
3,118 words If, in a not-too-distant future when everything that is currently wrong with American culture has grown worse and I was forced to testify before a Senate Subcommittee Investigation to Uncover Hate in the Entertainment Industry, I would be able…
Feminism teaches the female forebrain to prize male traits that their deeper instincts find repulsive. I can't think of a more diabolical formula for making women miserable.
Aquilonius on how the events that have transpired since March 2020 — the lockdowns, the BLM riots, the election, the January 6 Capitol occupation, the vaccines — have synergized to become an unprecedented threat to white America. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/reflections-on-2020s-ides-of-march/
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Reflections on 2020’s Ides of March | Counter-Currents
2,155 words It seems a whole lifetime ago that we were free -- not truly free, but free in comparison to whatever this is. It was a still a time of Jewish control, of subversion, and of the media and corporate power, and yet can any of us deny that it makes…
Steven Clark reviews Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush speechwriter John Podhoretz's Hell of a Ride, his memoir of the White House during the 1992 presidential campaign which offers insights into how Conservatism Inc. operates. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/john-podhoretzs-hell-of-a-ride/
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John Podhoretz’s Hell of a Ride | Counter-Currents
3,305 words John Podhoretz Hell of a Ride: Backstage at the White House Follies, 1989-1993 New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993 Hell of a Ride is a witty, funny, insider view of a White House whose chief occupant was confused about “the vision thing.” Whose speeches…
Last month’s Ask Me Anything with Counter-Currents Radio host Greg Johnson has now been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2021/12/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-397-the-latest-ask-me-anything-with-greg-johnson/
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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 397 The Latest Ask Me Anything with Greg Johnson | Counter-Currents
73 words / 56:21 Last weekend's Ask Me Anything with Counter-Currents Radio host Greg Johnson is now available for download and online listening. Topics discussed include: 00:01:00 The monthly newsletter 00:06:30 Is Kyle Rittenhouse a cuck? 00:13:00 Possible…
Nick Jeelvy on the non-transferable fruits of labor that the globalist elite doesn't realize is missing from their equations. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/the-intangible-fruits-of-our-labor/
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The Intangible Fruits of Our Labor | Counter-Currents
2,086 words Dad: Son, what do you want to be when you grow up? Son: I want to be a pool cleaner. Dad: That’s a stupid answer. What else? Son: I wanna be a pizza delivery boy. Dad: No, no, no! Son: A plumber, then. Dad (turns
Marcus Devonshire on Ada Lovelace, often hailed by feminists as the "first computer programmer" but who was actually nothing of the sort. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/ada-lovelace-techs-biggest-lie/
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Ada Lovelace, Tech’s Biggest Lie
1,093 words It is a near-universal claim that the world’s first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace. She is referred to as the “enchantress of numbers,” a mathematical genius, a visionary, and a fundamental contributor to the field of computing. The second…