If you are a "realist" and say that "Russia invading Ukraine is just the kind of thing that Great Powers do," that's true. That's "real."

But if in your next breath, you say that the Ukrainians should not try to enter NATO and the EU, that's not "realism": because small countries also band together to resist Great Powers. That too is the truth. That is "real." Instead, you are advancing a NORM, which just happens to reflect what the Russians prefer in this crisis.

If in your next breath, you say that the Ukrainians should just surrender, because nothing is worse than the loss of life, that's not realism either, because soldiers think in terms of laying down their lives for their countries. Instead, you are advancing a NORM, a norm that just so happens to be what the Russians want Ukrainians to believe.

If in your next breath, you say that the United States and the EU shouldn't interfere, well that's not realism, right? Isn't competing with other Great Powers precisely what Great Powers do? So you have slipped in another NORM. Basically, you are arguing that Russian aggression should be tolerated because that's what Great Powers do. But Europe and the US should not act like Great Powers. They should mind their own business. Coincidentally, this norm is exactly what the Russians prefer.

Is it really a coincidence that "realism" translates into letting the Russians have their way? Or is this line of argument manufactured in Moscow and propagated into the American Right, from Pat Buchanan all the way to the Dissident Right?

Are any of the people who ridiculed this prediction ready to admit it was spot on yet?

The second part of Michael Walker's review of French New Right founder Alain de Benoist's The Man Who Had No Father, a monumental study of all the evidence, both Biblical and otherwise, concerning Jesus' life, is now up. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/when-did-you-last-see-your-father-part-2/

Host Greg Johnson welcomed Patriotic Alternative’s Mark Collett to Counter-Currents Radio on the last broadcast to talk about his activism, current events, and of course your questions, and it is now available for download and online listening. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-424-mark-collett-of-patriotic-alternative/

Quintilian condemns the extreme demonization of Russia that has gripped the west since the War in Ukraine began, seeing it as yet another manifestation of the anti-white agenda. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/the-demonization-of-russia-must-end/

To commemorate H. P. Lovecraft on the 85th anniversary of his death, Mark Gullick discusses the unique qualities of the legendary writer of horror fiction's style that make him worth reading today. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/strange-geometry-h-p-lovecrafts-style/

📣 Announcing: FIGHT CLUB (Private)

Debate: Greg Johnson vs. E. Michael Jones

Debate topic: "Nationalists in the West should support Ukraine against Russia in the current war"

Time: Saturday, March 26th, 5pm US Eastern

Place: Telegram (private group)

Remember: What happens in Fight Club stays in Fight Club. This unique debate will only be available LIVE.

🎫 Get your ticket here.

Ticket sales go toward the Guide to Kulchur fundraiser to keep the channel going.

This is what Eastern Europeans think of Strikerism.

Spencer J. Quinn on John Cleese's recent criticism of the idea of slavery reparations by bringing up the subject of white slavery at a recent comedy festival, with predictable reactions from the woke crowd. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/john-cleese-did-not-expect-the-woke-inquisition/

Strikerism striking out in Eastern Europe, where nationalists do more than LARP.

In Eastern Europe, Nationalists do more than meme. But the memes still check out.

William de Vere highlights a seldom-discussed effect of the ongoing Great Replacement of whites: the enormous cost this has on America's natural environment, given that conservationism is an implicitly white concern. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/the-great-replacement-the-great-outdoors/

Joel Davis of Firstness Journal and Imperium Press was the very special guest on the latest episode of The Writers’ Bloc with host Nick Jeelvy, where they discussed the importance of theory to the dissident political movement, and of course answer YOUR QUESTIONS, and it is now available for download and online listening. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-425-joel-davis-on-the-writers-bloc/

New writer T. L. Syvret on the need to create a new elite that stands for white interests if the relentless progress of the Great Replacement is ever to be halted. https://counter-currents.com/2022/03/a-response-to-the-great-replacement/

Look at how he breaks into a shit-eating grin.

He doesn’t even take himself seriously. Why should anyone else?

This culture of insincerity is toxic.

​​Thank you Chris Roberts and Gregory Hood for the shoutout on Unz and great reading list of Hood's best CC articles. I agree, Hood's "radical period" is worth reading!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jussie-smollett-released-from-jail-pending-appeal-order-20220316-27sodqs4p5cffklcgtltvy5h2i-story.html

Wow, imagine having Afro-Hebrew privilege. You’d might even get away with White Nationalism.

Slandering Azov Battalion always boils down to three points.

1. They are funded/controlled(!) by Jewish billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyi

2. They were armed by Israel

3. They serve the jews

1. This is false. There is simply no proof beyond one claim from an Israeli newspaper (Ma'Ariv) which in turn admit it's a rumour. In any case this claim would be *debatable at best* since even if there was proof that Kolomoyskyi funded Azov (which there isn't), Kolomoyskyi did not just put money into National Socialist hands, he blanket-funded dozens of volunteer battalions very early during the first clashes of the conflict in 2014. Azov did not have the reputation on May 5th, 2014 (when it was founded) that it does now. At the time it was just a group of Ukrainian Nationalists centered around Kharkiv FC (A football club) who formed a volunteer battalion. It's possible, though not proven, that while Ihor was handing out millions of dollars to dozens of new volunteer militias, some of that money found its way into Azov hands before they were well known for being National Socialist. That hardly makes Azov a creation of or owned by Kolomoyskyi. On November 12th, 2014, Azov Battalion was incorporated into the Ukrainian National Guard after just 6 months as an independent outfit, and since then has been funded by the Ukrainian taxpayer. Finally, Ihor Kolomoyskyi "switched sides" (in quotations because he is a jew in Europe and therefore his only side is whatever is best for jews broadly and himself personally) and in 2019 began supporting Putin and Russia.

2. This claim has several forms, ranging from Azov bought weapons from an Israeli firearms dealer to Azov was armed by Israeli intelligence itself. Whatever form the rumour takes, it is factually incorrect. The root of this myth comes from Israel, specifically a group of Israeli NGO's who claim Azov has been using Israeli-made Tavor rifles.

In 2005 the Small Arms Division of Israeli Military Industries, a state owned weapons manufacturer, was privatized, giving birth to the private company Israeli Weapon Industries, who produced and own the license for the Tavor rifle system. These rifles can only be purchased from IWI. When pictures began to circulate of Azov Battalion allegedly with Israeli-made Tavor rifles, ill-informed leftists and Fascists alike took it as proof that Azov Battalion was being armed by the state of Israel.

However, these are not Israeli-made Tavor rifles, but Ukrainian-made Fort rifles via a IWI manufacture-license purchased in 2008. That's right, in 2008 a Ukrainian government owned weapons manufacturer (RPC Fort) purchased the rights from the private company IWI, who are in the business of making money, to license-manufacture Tavor rifle systems produced locally in Ukraine and renamed the Fort-221, Fort-222, Fort-223, and Fort-224. The license was purchased by RPC Fort in 2008, a full six years before Azov Battalion entered the scene in 2014. Azov Battalion has nothing to do with the fact that in 2008 a Ukrainian government owned weapons manufacturer purchased the rights to license-manufacture the Tavor rifle system.

3. This is more of a fallacy than a specific claim. Zelensky, a jew, is the President of Ukraine. But Azov have been loud critics of the government for years. When the rebellion/invasion happened they defended their country, as Nationalists do, fighting for their people not the government. Furthermore the US government has been funding the Ukrainian military for years now, however in 2018 the Congress of the United States included a provision in their spending bill, which included a military aid package to Ukraine, which specifically banned any resources, training, or funds from being sent to Azov Battalion "based on their demonstrable white supremacist ideology". Furthermore, in October of 2019 Zelensky travelled to the front lines and told Azov Battalion to disarm and leave the front lines. This was done because having an openly Fascist (one day I will explain why I use Fascism as an umbrella term for specific and different forms of Fascism, such as National Socialism) state-sponsored paramilitary on the front lines made Zelensky's regime look bad (to the international liberal world) and slightly reduced the chances of Ukraine joining NATO. The result was Zelensky melting down on video that he was unable to give orders to Azov Battalion. This will be further explained below.

Now that the rumours are cleared up, let's look at the factual reality of Azov. It's a National Socialist paramilitary with their own political wing and youth camp, they help organize the largest National Socialist networking event in the world (Asgardsrei), and they have a militant impact on the National Socialist community in Europe, and the broad culture across the world. This is not "Nazi aesthetics". This is not "larping", these men are literally fighting in a war against the Russian military. This is the most well rounded National Socialist community in the world. They terrorize Ukrainian antifa, such as it exists, shape the next generation of National Socialists with their youth camps, and have a large impact not only on Ukrainian Nationalism, but on the state itself.

You can say you don't agree with Azov's goals of not surrendering to the foreign invasion like a true Nationalist should (This is literally what TRS and some others have been advocating), but you cannot claim any longer that they are jew puppets. Remember, von Papen and the conservative establishment thought they could use Hitler. In the same way, Azov's founding commander Andriy Biletsky has been publicly frank that he knows NATO and the west are using Ukraine/the Ukrainian military, which includes Azov, for their own means which are not in the *long-term* interests of the Ukrainian people. However, the flood of resources from the west (while the US has made it illegal to direct-transfer weapons, resources, and training to Azov, once they are given to the Ukrainian military there is nothing stopping it from going to Azov) gives Azov a great opportunity to grow National Socialism into a formidable force in Ukraine, which can one day perhaps take power in a war-torn and unstable country like Ukraine.