Greg Johnson offers a nationalist critique of "meritocracy" and "competition." Ultimately, preserving one's people is more important than "merit," and only a fool would bet his nation and its future in a fair "competition" with outsiders.

https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/meritocracy-entitlement-and-competition/

Jason Kessler argues that there is too much obsession with Israel behind some criticism of the Trump administration's decisions.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/israel-israel-israel-trump-derangement-on-the-right/

The replay of Greg Johnson's interview with Leonarda Jonie at Counter-Currents Radio is now available.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-626-leonarda-jonie/

Dave Chambers' review of the 1902 novel The Leopard's Spots has been paroled from the paywall.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/01/a-white-nationalist-novel-from-1902-thomas-dixons-the-leopards-spots/

Travis LeBlanc on the Ashley St. Clair affair.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/ashley-i/

The second half of last Saturday's Counter-Currents Radio is now available.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-626/

A fair deal for the Russia-Ukraine war would be this:

- Donbass and Crimea stays with Russia, the rest is returned to Ukraine

- Russia pays reparations to Ukraine for all damages

- Ukraine becomes a NATO member to ensure real security for the future

Anything short of NATO membership is not real security for Ukraine. The US and UK guaranteed Ukraine's security in the Budapest Memorandum, but that didn't stop Putin from invading. Only NATO's Article 5 is a sufficient deterrent for Russian aggression.

The recent grumblings from Trump and Rubio sound like a total capitulation to Russia, guaranteeing nothing for Ukraine and everything for Russia. Let's hope this is some crafty art of the deal shenanigans and they don't stab Ukraine in the back.

I like where this is going

New from Stephen Paul Foster.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/an-obama-moment-for-black-history-month/

Mark Gullick on Alan Sokal's mockery of postmodernist thinkers.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/postmodern-pranksters/

Morris van de Camp reviews the book Dangerous Ideas on Campus.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/the-two-1960s-social-revolutions-in-illinois/

Spencer Quinn reviews the movie The Big Lebowski.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/the-big-lebowski/

David Zsutty reflects on his sojourn with Spanish nationalists.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/remigration-conference-in-spain/

Greg Johnson on how liberalism leads to widespread social insecurity and how the family and the nation-state are havens from this heartless world.

https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/havens-in-a-heartless-world/

If someone describes Russia as a "Christian" country in a way they wouldn't describe other countries in Europe as "Christian", you should disregard everything they say about Russia. They don't know what they are talking about.

In reality, Russia is a very irreligious country. There are far more practicing Christians in the United States or even Spain, Poland, or Greece.

Inb4 someone says "What about the ban on gay propaganda?" It's a sensible policy, but being Christian entails faith in Christ and attending church. Simply opposing homosexuality is not the extent of actually practising the religion.

Lipton Matthews on the truth about immigration and economic growth.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/immigration-and-economic-growth-obfuscation-and-lies/

Part 2 of Dave Chambers' essay on his experiences converting liberals and normies to the nationalist cause.
https://counter-currents.com/2025/02/spreading-the-word-2/

Sure it's grotesque to see Trump lying and gaslighting about Russia-Ukraine. But it's far more disgusting to see all the other politicians and journalists who KNOW he's lying say "oh that's just Trump being Trump" - sweeping it under the rug, as if truth doesn't matter at all.

The political leaders of Europe are every bit as guilty as Caligula Trump. It is 11 years since Russia invaded Ukraine and we've now had 3 years of full-scale war, and these fucking people are STILL dragging their feet about defense.

They have had plenty of time to do something, but they kicked the can down the road, waiting for someone else to come in... and now that "someone" has come in, but instead of negotiating an end to the war he is trying to plunder what's left of Ukraine, acting like a grave robber... But that is on Biden and the European leaders for not doing anything but "wait and see" for three whole years.

Inaction has a price.