Dec 13, 2009

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Shackleton’s Forgotten Men

Shackleton’s Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance EpicLennard BickelLondon: Pimlico, 2001The heroic age of Antarctic exploration ended with Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition of 1914-1916. And this, no doubt because of the relatively recent film starring Kenneth Branagh, is nowadays probably the best known of the many incredible adventures experienced by...

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Nov 30, 2009

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The Art of Jonathan Bowden

The Art of Jonathan Bowden, volume 1, 1980 – 2007Jonathan BowdenLondon: The Spinning Top Club, 2007The first time my wife saw Jonathan Bowden’s art she thought he was insane. I had some days before attended a meeting where he spoke about the German filmmaker Hans-Jürgen Syberberg and his epic, 7-hour production Hitler: A Film from Germany. Due to engineering work on the...

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Nov 22, 2009

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2012 / 2009

Anybody who has read my novel Mister will have easily guessed that I enjoy apocalyptic scenarios, and there is no doubt I have been influenced, partly, by 1970s disaster films. It will therefore come as no surprise that, although I very seldom have a desire to go to the cinema, some of few the times I do go are to watch disaster and doomsday pictures. As the incurable misanthrope...

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Nov 21, 2009

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The Romantic Ethic & the Spirit of Modern Consumerism

The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerismby Colin CampbellAlcuin Academics, 2005As the title immediately suggests, this is meant to be a companion volume to Max Weber’s classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. In Colin Campbell’s opinion, the latter only told half of the story (that of production), and left unanswered fundamental questions...

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Nov 14, 2009

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Heavy Metal, European Culture, & the Alternative Right

Taki’s Magazine has been running some interesting articles on the connections between Heavy Metal music, European culture, and the alternative right.The discussion began with Alex Kurtagic’s “White Noise” (October 19, 2009), which we have already linked on this site.Followups include:R. J. Stove, “That’s Professor Ozzy Osbourne to You!”...

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Oct 31, 2009

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Avant-Garde Fascism

Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth, Art, and Culture in France, 1909–1939Mark AntliffDurham and London: Duke University Press,  2007Mark Antliff, a professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University, has put together a useful analysis of the cultural-aesthetic memes utilized by French fascists of 1909-1939 to promote their visions of national...

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Oct 26, 2009

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Straw Dogs

I have suggested in previous articles, as well as in my dystopian novel, Mister, that the longer we allow our enemies to carry on as they are, the harsher the measures that will be required to extricate ourselves from the present mess.This is not a profound insight; it is something every schoolboy learns in the playground. When a challenge is allowed to pass without a forceful...

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Oct 25, 2009

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BBC’s Question Time: A Shameful Spectacle

From The Occidental Observer, October 24, 2009After much controversy, discussion, soul-searching, explanation, and legal posturing, BNP Chairman and Member of European Parliament Nick Griffin was allowed to participate in the BBC’s premier political television program, Question Time. The format of this show consists of a panel of politicians and public figures, sitting at a...

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Oct 23, 2009

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Nick Griffin and the Dearth of Geist

Outside of the BBC Television Centre on October 22, 2009, tensions mounted between police and the unruly horde of communists who had come to disrupt the recording of one of Britain’s longest-running and most widely viewed political debate programs, Question Time. Predictably, the leftist terrorists directed their violence at the police; several of them had to be dragged out,...

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Oct 20, 2009

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White Noise

From Taki’s Magazine, October 19, 2009I was once asked to imagine what the world would look like today had North American settlers snubbed the African slave traders in the 18th and 19th centuries. We can let our imaginations run wild with speculation, but one thing is certain: had the slave markets in Africa been starved of custom, our Pop music charts would look nothing like...

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