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Minerva leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington”

4 Nov 20194 Nov 2019No Comments

MINERVA, Goddess of Wisdom leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.” The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington is a copperplate-printed toile fabric produced in several colorways in Britain between 1785-1800, after the first defeat of the British Empire. A banner reads “Where Liberty Dwells, There is My Country.” These … Continue reading Minerva leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington”

An Indestructible Element in the Völkishe and Fascist Ideal

17 May 20197 Sep 20191 Comment

Simply call them by their exact name – “National Socialists” I never use the term “Nazi.” The false belief many adopt, for no true reason, is that Benito Mussolini was a mere opportunist, and Adolf Hitler’s “National Socialism” a trick. It does not seem the case. It is imagined, that somehow Hitler sat shuffling through … Continue reading An Indestructible Element in the Völkishe and Fascist Ideal

Riding the Tiger of Modernity | Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on Julius Evola

10 May 201910 May 2019No Comments

SHAYKH ABDAL HAKIM MURAD ON JULIUS EVOLA COUNTER-CULTURE “…so Evola is a point of reference for people who are seeking an alternative, but unfortunately because of his possibly xenophobic blindspot when it came to Europe’s “third heritage”. . . .the Heritage of Islam — Gaudí’s move was definitely in the direction of the underestimated Ishmaelite … Continue reading Riding the Tiger of Modernity | Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on Julius Evola

The Early Mussolini on World Peace, Imperialism, the Renaissance, the Authoritative State and War (1931 and 1937)

1 Apr 20194 Nov 20192 Comments

THE EARLY MUSSOLINI ON WORLD PEACE, IMPERIALISM, LIBERTY, THE AUTHORITATIVE AND CORPORATIVE STATE IN FASCISM, AND WAR: 1931 Speech to the English-speaking World and 1937 Interview with James Strachey Barnes “And the purpose of Fascism is plain: to make the world a better place to live in and man a nobler citizen. […] Fascism is … Continue reading The Early Mussolini on World Peace, Imperialism, the Renaissance, the Authoritative State and War (1931 and 1937)

The Lost History of Liberalism From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century | Helena Rosenblatt

5 Mar 20191 Sep 2019No Comments

I have been reading and thinking about liberalism for so long it would be impossible to list and thank all the scholars whose work has informed and shaped mine. HELENA ROSENBLATT, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS What does it mean to be a liberal, and how has the meaning of the word evolved over decades and even centuries? The … Continue reading The Lost History of Liberalism From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century | Helena Rosenblatt

Oswald Mosley, Manchester Rally: “We Remember The Mighty Past”

4 Mar 201918 Nov 2019No Comments

“When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.” JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, FAUST, PART I. Sir Mosley orates in this fiery speech, the “living soul” of Fascist Thought. “And my … Continue reading Oswald Mosley, Manchester Rally: “We Remember The Mighty Past”

Everyone now sees fascists

14 Jan 201919 Mar 2019No Comments

An excerpt from Brendan O’Neill’s essay, Bolsonaro is not a fascist, on the danger of branding everyone a fascist; something rather than genuinely foreboding, becoming a sign of intellectual laziness. Mussolini’s Prediction of the future in the Last Days of his “Italian Social Republic” (1945) “The present war will produce an alteration in order of … Continue reading Everyone now sees fascists

Antiquity for Everyone: Compilation of Classicists critiquing the Alt-Right’s Misappropriation of the Classics

1 Jan 201927 Dec 2019No Comments

In the mid-point to the last quarter of 2018, many articles were written across platforms and the internet on how the Alt-Right and Conservatives were misappropriating “the Greek and Latin Classics” to lend credibility to vicious and vindictive white supremacist and Identitarian ideology. I have compiled several to introduce to us a problem. Classics and … Continue reading Antiquity for Everyone: Compilation of Classicists critiquing the Alt-Right’s Misappropriation of the Classics

The Irony of an Anti-Liberal Republican Party: Synthesis of Republicanism and Conservatism, not Possible

15 Nov 20185 Mar 2019No Comments

U.S. conservative movement in its early history did not even like the Republican Party. “…if you read David Brooks’s columns, what he espouses could be called conservative but is certainly very different than what William F. Buckley has espoused. And Buckley has written that if the Republicans want to be a governing party they need … Continue reading The Irony of an Anti-Liberal Republican Party: Synthesis of Republicanism and Conservatism, not Possible

The Sophistry of the Anti-Nationalist: Progressives and Liberals versus Nationalism | Vergilius Rex

4 Aug 20186 Aug 2019No Comments

Anti-Nationalists: Traitors and Sophists “What is there about ethno-nationalism now that rallies voters, but hasn’t done so before?” Ivan Krastev, Central Europe is a Lesson to Liberals: Don’t Be Anti-Nationalist A fellow republican thinker identifies and critiques the sophistry of the contemporary anti-nationalist. A video in which the impossibility of Liberal debate and democracy are … Continue reading The Sophistry of the Anti-Nationalist: Progressives and Liberals versus Nationalism | Vergilius Rex