THE ANTIFA COME A'CALLIN'

"Hello? Yes, let me tell you something about this Andy Nowicki fellow..."

by Andy Nowicki 

Note: I composed the missive below after it came to my attention that fellow faculty members at my college were receiving phone calls from a supposed "reporter," who, in addition to asking probing questions clearly intended to uncover dirt on your humble—and exceedingly virtuous and remarkably dirt-free correspondent—was also eager to "out" me as an undesirable sort of person, obviously unfit to collect a salary at any self-respecting institution of higher learning, based upon my writings at this site and elsewhere. 

I don't at present have any further information concerning this caller's identity, or the group he represents. For reasons I won't go into here, I have no real fear concerning my continued gainful employment (though one never knows... and if anyone is inclined to pray for my family in this regard, I certainly wouldn't object!). At the same time, I feel it is important to expose the low, treacherous methods of those who would blacklist everyone who begs to differ from the enforced beliefs of the age, forcibly marginalizing, terrorizing, and impoverishing all those who find themselves "on the wrong side of History." 

It was with these considerations in mind that I addressed my colleagues thusly in the following general email:  

YASUKUNI JINJA – THE MISUNDERSTOOD SHRINE TO JAPAN'S WAR DEAD

"I'm a Belieber" – Justin Bieber pays his respects.

by Colin Liddell

April is a big month in the calendar of Yasukuni, the shrine in downtown Tokyo dedicated to the souls of all those who have died in the service of the Japanese Emperors since the Meiji Revolution. It is therefore also a big month for making a fuss about the enshrinement of a group of men, who since the post-War trials carried out by the US occupation forces, have been called "war criminals."

Aside from the quaint notions that war should be some kind of sport played by gentlemen and that "war criminals" can only come from the losing side, Yasukuni Jinja never fails to create major misunderstandings between Japan and the West, misunderstandings that are quickly latched onto by interested parties in North East Asia who probably know a lot better.

AMREN CONFERENCE, 2014: THE SAGA CONTINUES

by Scott Terry

Dear Children of the Cathedral, gather around and hear my tale.

Thus begins the camp-fire story of many a post-Enlightenment father, waving a flashlight under his chin while teaching his adopted Haitian children the evils of latent European "racism".  With every spooky vibrato he instills in them the prejudice and conviction of a new religious order:

"Once a year, when the moon is right, evil phantoms descend onto a Tennessee State Park, to utter their wicked incantations and pray to the long-dead gods of their ancestors..." 

"MY NAME IS PAUL WESTON, AND I AM A RACIST"

In a graphic display of the depths to which Britain has been dragged by the millstones of multiculturalism and political correctness, Liberty GB leader Paul Weston was recently arrested for quoting British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Here is a classic speech from June last year in which Weston disarms the Left's weapon of choice – accusations of "racism" – by simply embracing it and explaining exactly what the term means: "I wish to preserve the culture of my country, I wish to preserve the people of my country, and by doing so that makes me a designated racist in today's society."

Show your support by liking Liberty GB on Facebook or donating to the party.

THE HITLERIZATION OF CHURCHILL

by Colin Liddell

Some people wonder why the "YES" campaign for Scottish independence is fast gaining ground, even though all the newspapers oppose it, and why even the Cornish want to be recognized as a separate nationality. But the sad truth is that "British" and "Britain" are terms now held in such deep contempt and loathing that you might find yourself sneering, spitting, and laughing all at the same time when you hear the words.

The latest news out of the absurdistan of the modern multicultural UK – "by appointment to Third World colonization," Royal and Ancient poodle of America, and septic isle set in a silver sea of EU regulation – is that you can now be arrested for the evil, satanic thoughtcrime of...wait for it...quoting Churchill.

ARE MASS MOVEMENTS OBSOLETE?

by Siryako Akda

If the likes of John Robb, Martin Van Creveld and William S. Lind are correct about their predictions about 4th Generation Warfare and the declining fortunes of the nation state then it’s only a matter of time before modern mass society will undergo certain changes as well. Should their predictions come true, then, it's important to consider how such changes might affect existing perceptions about politics and power.

Among the most important of these perceptions, I think, is how people look at mass movements as instruments of political and social change. Mass movements are one of the most defining characteristics of modernity, liberal democracy, and egalitarianism.

ALT-RIGHT PODCAST 12: PERVERTED ELITES

In the latest installment of the Alt-Right Podcast, Andy and Colin tackle the latest Hollywood scandal, involving allegations of pedophile homosexual rape made against "X-Men" director Bryan Singer and a number of other Hollywood insiders. Among the questions asked are: Is there a connection between power and perversion? Do elites create perverts or do perverts create elites? and Is Liberalism generating increasingly perverse sexual behaviour by displacing traditional gender roles?

You can also listen to and download the podcast from our Archive.org page.

NATIONAL REVOLUTION : TURN ON, TUNE IN, TAKE OVER

The time is here to stop apologizing for who you are. This inspiring speech by Finnish patriot and European nationalist Kai Murros sets the right tone of defiant rhetoric for all Europeans who care about their civilization and thede. Despise your enemies for they are despicable.

“In order for Europe to survive we will take the great leap beyond good and evil. Our conduct cannot be judged by the ethics of the day. Our actions will not be guided by the moral code of a weak and suicidal civilization. In order for Europe to survive we will plunge into the unknown. We will sail uncharted waters, wrestle with alien gods, and shake the foundations of the earth. Europe’s answer to external threats is not defense but outrageous expansion. We will not sit idly by and wait to be overridden by barbarians. We will carry the war into enemy territory.”

SEEKING COMFORT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

A young Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Thomas Edward Shaw

April must surely be the most English of months. Not only is it the month when our countryside, our gardens and public parks seem to burst into life, April also witnesses the festival of the patron saint of England, St. George as well as the anniversary of the birthday of the worlds’ most famous poet and playwright, the English Bard himself ; William Shakespeare.

There is another factor which one might interpret as being a significant contribution to the undying spirit of the English nation; a piece of music which is simple in its composition but stunning, almost divine, in its performance.

KISS CAMS, CONFORMITY, AND MASCULINE DEFIANCE

by Andy Nowicki

In my previous dispatch, I attempted to connect the dots between the sexual revolution, rampant feminist-based societal misandry (that is, man-hatred), and the PUA “Game” culture. In such circumstances, I argued, the only self-respecting choice is to opt for celibacy, or at the very least, for defiant chastity. The nature of the human male is now commonly understood to be naught but low, base, and oversexed; men are regarded as piggish and bestial when it comes to carnal matters, and while this perception admittedly often corresponds with reality, I wonder how much of it is due to the fact that we have been trained to be just such pigs, that we have been willfully debased by the overseers who rule the gynocentric dystopia we currently inhabit.

MJOLNIR MAGAZINE ISSUE ONE, NOW FOR SALE!

by Dave Yorkshire

Spring is the time of rebirth, of renaissance. Around five hundred years ago, a European-wide Renaissance took shape – a Renaissance in the arts, philosophy, religion and science that sought to renew the High Roman ideal. During this period, great names emerged in the arts – Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Palladio, Wren, Cervantes, Milton – and in science: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton. For around four hundred years, the elitist cultural values behind this renaissance provided the group consciousness for the rebirth of European man. This period witnessed the conquest of the New World, the taking back of North Africa and much of the Balkans from Turko-Arabic control, the construction of vast empires where the European overmastered 80% of the planet.

IT MIGHT, BUT...

"I'm ready"

by Gilbert Cavanaugh

As is often the case with my writing, this will start with John Derbyshire. He introduced me to the concept of writing a column "just so you can forever after refer people to it. ‘Oh, that subject/ point/ complaint/ theory/ argument? I tackled/ countered/ responded to/ exploded/ demolished that back in July '11—here’s the link." Although it is not even close to the summer of 2011, this piece will serve the exact same function as The Derb described.

Is it all going to end?

Will the "hate bubble" burst? Will American military hegemony finally collapse/ disintegrate because of something happening somewhere? Or maybe monetizing the debt over and over again coupled with an overblown welfare state will be what causes a collapse of America. Perhaps the flood of non-White immigration – combined with the low birthrate of Whites and the general dysgenic state of the US – will do it. There are of course environmental concerns as well: global warming, peak oil, all that stuff. And of course the outside chance of nuclear war, perhaps brought about by a well-timed terrorist attack.

THE PROBLEM OF PASSIVE AGGRESSION IN FAR RIGHT PERSONALITIES

by Brett Stevens

Of the various forms of far-rightist, a personality type keeps emerging. It is not inherent to rightism, but rather to any marginalized belief that is also messianic.

In this personality type, the mind becomes fixated on a perceived truth, for example the notion that The Jews^TM control the world and are behind the downfall of the West. What becomes important then is bringing this idea to others. So important that all conversation must relate to the idea.

"A STRONG RUSSIA IS GOOD FOR EUROPE!"

An interview with Johann Gudenus
Vice-Chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party

by Manuel Ochsenreiter

Mr. Gudenus, you are considered as an Russia expert and a friend of Moscow. Where does this new – perhaps old – fear of Russia come from?

Gudenus: The fear is still based on the stereotypes of the Cold War, sometimes even on the experiences from the Second World War.

The Second World War ended in 1945 and the Cold War in 1989...

Gudenus: But the anti-Russian sentiments are still very easy to reactivate, as we can see. It is interesting that especially the liberal and left media is currently agitating loudly against Moscow. And they are precisely the ones who like to accuse others of being prejudiced or xenophobic...

SWEBOLA – THE SCOURGE OF THE WEST

A Swede in the advanced stages of Swebola.

by Colin Liddell

You’ll have heard of Ebola, the deadly African virus that constantly threatens to break out and sweep all before it on the Dark Continent. Less well known is an even more deadly virus that is already sweeping across the continent of Europe and the West in general. It is deadly because it is still little understood. Indeed, this article represents the first time that anybody has even bothered to give it a name –Swebola.

Just as the symptoms of Ebola are terrible – severe abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, unbearable headaches, multiple organ failure, mucous membrane haemorrhaging, and necrosis – so the signs of Swebola are equally horrifying. These include a complete loss of self-respect combined with smug arrogance, severe masochism, intense gender confusion, deep loathing for one’s own race and culture, a self-destructive urge to pay heavy taxes in order to be surrounded by the most dysfunctional elements of the Third World, and a psychopathic horror of free speech. In particularly severe cases it may even manifest as an urge to be gang-raped, murdered, and set on fire, followed by a wish to ‘forgive’ the perpetrators from beyond the grave.

GUILTY OF BEING WHITE

by Andy Nowicki

The video posted above will function as a kind of vividly colorful Rorschach blob. Your reaction to it will, I'm afraid, prove to be utterly predictable, regardless of who you are—at least in the vast majority of cases. As with all Rorschachs, what you see is what you get; which is to say, what you "get" is limited by the ideological horseblinders you have chosen to wear.

RAPE OF A NATION

Are Europeans turning into Elois?

by Paul Weston

Britain is a very odd place these days. We are being subjected to what amounts to a racial and cultural war against us, yet our politicians refuse to talk about it, and the overwhelming majority of the indigenous population seem too cowed and fearful to force the politicians to not just recognise the problem, but to actually do something about it.

Consider the story regarding the rapist Mawawe Ibraham Karam and what it tells you about the cultural and social fabric of England. Karam is an illegal immigrant from Sudan who attacked and raped a drunken indigenous English girl in Nottingham earlier this year. Despite the clear distress of the girl, any number of passers-by ignored her predicament, as did local taxi drivers.

Viewed in isolation, this is just a drearily predictable end of a night out in the modern Britain built around liberal/ left values. “Empowered” girls too drunk to control their own lives; predatory third-world immigrants taking advantage of them and a mass of timid, cowardly Brits too scared to confront a rapist — and so lacking in basic decency they would not help the victim even after the rapist had fled the scene.

TELL MAMA, OY VEY!

by Max Musson

While Muslim groups are widely regarded as antagonistic towards both Jews and homosexuals within our society, it is interesting to learn that there are in fact covert moves being made by organized Jewry to co-operate with and direct the activities of certain Muslim and homosexual groups in their efforts to publicise and make political capital out of alleged ‘hate crimes’ and discrimination ostensibly committed by the heterosexual White majority.

Recently a new organization has been formed to act as the Muslim equivalent of the Jewish ‘Community Security Trust’(CST) which has operated within the UK for a number of years. This new organisation is called ‘Tell Mama’, in which the ‘Mama’ part of the name stands for “measuring anti-Muslim attacks”.

AN ANCIENT VISION OF THE KALI YUGA IN THE MAHABHARATA

by Ave Maria

The Indian tradition has handed down us the knowledge that we are living in the Kali Yuga, the most degenerate age where the world is on the verge of collapse. What will happen in the final stages of this Yuga? The Mahabharata, the ancient Indo-Aryan epic known as the largest book ever written, contains several well-known prophecies, for example, "shudras will expound the scriptures" and "people will without compunction destroy trees and gardens." These prophecies are widely available in essays and books about the Kali Yuga. Less well-known are the object-lessons given at the end of the Mahabharata's fifth book, just before the great war that transitioned the world from the previous Dvapara Yuga to the current Kali Yuga.

A teacher of mine, who has read the entire Mahabharata in Sanskrit, once remarked that parts of it seem to have been written with the modern reader in mind, notably the monologues of the low-caste character Karna. This may sound somewhat unlikely, given the age of the Mahabharata, but a close reading of the end of the fifth book shows a remarkable relevance to the modern condition that gives the ring of truth to my teacher's statement. Although it portrays conditions at the end of the Dvapara Yuga, I think it is meant to reflect on what conditions will be like at the end of the Kali Yuga.

UNLEASH THE DOGS OF WAR

by Balaclava Dog

"Greetings from New Republic of Slaviyansk-Dogtopia! We have seized control of local dog pound from forces loyal to evil cat-loving Kievan Junta, namely dirty squirrel called Boris.

We assert sovereign right of local Russian dog to piss on fire hydrant and stick head out of tractor window on freeway. We also demand right of unification with other Russian dog near Stravinsky sausage factory. Western media is to criticize for us by pissing on fire hydrant, but fire hydrant symbol of evil Atlanticist alliance that want to replace us with poodle and other gay sex pet, like octopus.

JONATHAN BOWDEN: FRAMING FROM THE MARGINS

Today is the birthday of Jonathan Bowden, one of the most potent thinkers and speakers of the radical right, who tragically died in 2012 at the age of 49. In this video from Black Gnosis, filmed in 2009, he holds forth on a wide range of topics, from inequality, race, and gender to religion, philosophy, and public speaking, fielding questions from members of the London New Right.

COME AS YOU ARE

by Andy Nowicki

(originally published October 11, 2011; reprinted on the occasion of the 20-year anniversary of Kurt's suicide, and Nirvana's recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.)

In his amusingly-titled article “Smells Like Dead Junkie,” Jim Goad, an iconoclastic icon if ever there was one, takes rhetorical dead aim at Kurt Cobain, the famously fame-hating rock star, heroin addict, and supposed voice of Generation X, who took literal dead aim at himself back on April 5, 1994, when the self-directed Shot Heard ’Round the Grunge World tore a massive hole through the Nirvana frontman’s peroxide-fringed head, knocking the life out of this lead screamer’s poetically plaintive blue eyes and caking the ceiling of the celebrated anti-celebrity’s Seattle mansion with his gorgeously tortured brains.

THE ROOT OF PROGRESSIVIST SIN

by William Solniger

The ‘True Right’ is informed by many writers who oppose the materialist perspective which insists on reducing human conflict to a profit-and-loss struggle over economic resources. While much of modern orthodoxy insists on analysing human affairs through a “rational” prism better suited to comprehending the behaviour of food-seeking worms, these writers (who include, for example, Ricardo Duchesne in The Uniqueness of Western Civilisation) correctly stress the irrational struggle for prestige – recognition of one’s status, remembrance of one’s deeds, and above all, aggrandisement of one’s pride – as a determining factor in social conflict.

It thus stands to reason that, as a corrective to those who have sought to reduce vastly diverse issues to matters of economic interest, we might use the psychology of pride and prestige to illuminate areas of human conduct in which the influence of these motivations is not apparent at first glance. In other words, we might look at the ways in which self-aggrandising pride is hidden, rationalised, or otherwise sublimated into other forms. Something like this was touched upon by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, who in The True Story of Ah Q portrayed a wretched peasant who suffers daily humiliations but mentally reworks them into “spiritual victories”, thus preserving his arrogant delusions of personal prestige. This work was intended as a devastating satire on the national character of the Chinese, whose fantasies of cultural supremacy served as a mask for the inferiority complex resulting from impoverishment in reality.

THE PRECONDITIONS FOR "EXIGRATION"

This report by Dale Hurd from Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network details the problems of ethnic and Islamic colonization and violence in France, and how the French are responding. Among the facts presented are that one in five French people have been subjected to racist attacks and that 93% of Muslims in France voted for the Parti Socialiste candidate Francois Hollande at the last Presidential election, demonstrating the close links between the New Left and Islam. The report also interviews Max, a member of Génération Identitaire, which encourages its members to learn self defense.

The report limits itself to presenting the facts, but suggests that France may be heading ultimately towards a situation of ethnic anarchy similar to that of Lebanon. The inescapable conclusion that arises from this is that the only possible solution is "exigration," namely the resettlement of the Muslim population, whether born in France or not, to countries where its racial, cultural, and demographic characteristics won't threaten those of the French. On the road to this inevitable conclusion, even the election of a Front National government would only be a small step.

RENDER UNTO CESAR: LESSONS FROM "CESAR CHAVEZ"

A strong belief in borders.

by Bay Area Guy

I recently saw the film Cesar Chavez. As expected, the hagiographic film about the legendary Latino labor activist who organized exploited farm workers and promoted the boycott of grapes depicted Chavez as a borderline saint. Aside from his strained relationship with his son, Chavez’s actions were purely heroic.

Despite enduring countless attacks and abuse from racist and greedy growers, Chavez remained committed to non-violence. When his fellow Latino activists began to grow angry and resort to violence on account of the abusive tactics of the growers, Chavez fasted for about a month on behalf of non-violence. Continuing to persevere, the strike and grape boycott eventually brought the growers to their knees and forced them to negotiate with Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW) union.

The film ended with Chavez delivering a triumphant speech and writing an impassioned letter to his estranged son. Words on the screen then educated the audience about how Chavez’s efforts allowed farm workers to secure bargaining rights.

WHITE MEN VOTE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCKERS

by Jack Donovan

Amanda Marcotte recently wrote that “White men, as a group, vote Republican because they vote their resentments.”

The New York Times article she cited didn’t say or even imply anything about resentment. It did say that straight, working-class white men vote Republican because the Democratic Party has devoted the majority of its resources to appealing to women, gays and the various groups of less-white men who are nostalgically referred to as “minorities.” The Democratic Party has been on the opposite side of issues that working-class white men have cared about for decades, and according to the Times piece, many strategists within the party think it’s a waste of time trying to win them over.

Working-class white men vote Republican because the Democrats have made it clear that they care about representing the interests of everyone but working-class white men. These guys vote Republican because Republicans actually make an effort to tell them what they want to hear.

Basically, white men vote Republican because they’re suckers.

THE THIRD POSITION: A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

         

by Andy Nowicki  

Jesus famously declared that “No man can serve two masters,” by which he meant that devotion to truth can never signify a middle-of-the-road, safe, or moderate stance; instead, it binds one to a radical trajectory of belief and behavior which cannot be compromised.

Christ, however, was referring to a choice between an unworthy master and a worthy one, the former being “mammon” (that is, worldliness); the latter, God. What about when the choice is between two would-be masters, each of whom is plainly unworthy, even if the one might be—relatively speaking—slightly less unsavory than the other?       

TWO YEARS LATER

John Derbyshire - not as dotty as he seems.

by Gilbert Cavanaugh

Who would have ever guessed that John Derbyshire, a mild mannered Brit with a Chinese wife, and two kids by her, would become the face of white supremacy in the eyes of the left? Well, so it goes, and today marks the two-year anniversary of Mr. Derbyshire’s expulsion from the ranks of National Review, and polite society as a whole. Although it is seductive to commemorate this by providing a list of other thoughtcrime martyrs who have sprung up in the last twenty-four months, I propose something a bit more productive. Let us consider what has improved since “The Derb” so unjustly received his two minutes of hate two years ago, after all, our mothers were right when they told us, “God opens a window every time he shuts a door.”

BEHIND PARADISE: A NEW MOVIE ABOUT BLACK-ON-WHITE CRIME IN SOUTH AFRICA

Here is a preview for what looks to be a powerful, hard-hitting documentary on the subject of a white population under siege in today's crime-ravaged South Africa:

For more information, visit the movie's website: www.behindparadise.co.za

WHEN IS A "HATE CRIME" NOT A "HATE CRIME"?

These gentlemen may have perfectly legitimate economic grievances.
Try to understand.

by Colin Liddell

Thanks to Leftists and Liberals, we have been blessed with the wonderful, comical, tautological, and Orwellian concept of "The Hate Crime."

Traditionally it has been associated with crimes of violence, but important research, now under way, is looking at the possibility of extending it on a permanent basis into other areas, such as writing, social media, conversation, and even our innermost thoughts. The results of this research still hang in the balance, so for the present it is still largely associated with acts of violence.

THE HOMO AND THE NEGRO: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES O'MEARA

by Andy Nowicki

The Homo and the Negro, a provocatively-titled collection of essays recently published by Counter-Currents, reveals one of the more interestingly idiosyncratic, and thus far largely unsung, writers of the far right.

James J. O’Meara has called his own writing style “psychedelic,” and while I don’t know if this is meant to imply the actual influence of LSD in this Detroit-born, Canadian-educated baby boomer’s life, one can indeed sense quite a bit more of a Phillip K. Dick-vibe in his work than anything Evolian or Spenglerian. But maybe that’s just a roundabout way of saying that, while O’Meara has a profound interest in matters of intellectual substance, his writing is at the same time entertaining to read, and not in any way stuffy or stultifyingly academic-sounding.

WHITE SELF LOATHING AND ITS DISCONTENTS

by Colin Liddell

The White race, despite its many achievements and admirable qualities, is paradoxically the race most prone to self-loathing or intraracial (as opposed to interracial) hatred. This characteristic, in its many forms, from outright racial self-loathing and idealization of "the Other" to racial apathy, is also at the heart of the decline of Whites in the modern world.

Some see White self-loathing as a sinister cultural imposition, as if a people could be brainwashed into despising itself by its own cultural preferences. Such a thesis is problematic for in the present age we only consume the culture that appeals to us. It is therefore far more likely that the White race has a deep-rooted and inherent tendency towards intraracial loathing that is part of its very nature.

But what could be the basis of such a dangerous and self-destructive characteristic?

“REACTIONARIES” — AGAINST WHAT?

by Brett Stevens

They tell us we are reactionaries. Against what are we reacting?

The obvious answer is liberalism, since its mental lock on the population of the West is used to exclude any common sense that might limit the license of the mob.

But I think it goes farther: We are also reactionaries against hubris.

The modern definition for hubris is "excessive pride," but the original definition — the one that sent thousands of editors with liberal sympathies scurrying to erase, obliterate, and destroy — is more complex.

FRENCH LESSONS

by Adrian Davies

Good news from France, as the Front National continues to make impressive progress in establishing itself as the new third force in French politics.

Less than two months before the European elections, in which the Front National is expected to run neck and neck with the establishment right UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire), leaving the ruling Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste – PS) a poor third, the FN has taken control of twelve town halls under a voting system much less favourable to it than the system which will apply in the Euros on 25th May (France votes on a Sunday, as do most continental countries, who view our tradition of holding elections on a working day as eccentric!)

THE UKRAINE — A FAILED "STRESS TEST" FOR OUR MOVEMENT

The "high level" of debate within nationalist circles.

by Dimitrios Papageorgiou

In banking jargon, a stress test is an analysis conducted under unfavorable economic scenarios, which is designed to determine whether a bank has enough capital to withstand the impact of adverse developments.

Stress tests focus on a few key risks to banks' financial health in crisis situations – such as credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk. The results of stress tests depend on the assumptions made in various economic scenarios, which are described by the International Monetary Fund as "unlikely but plausible." Bank stress tests attracted a great deal of attention in 2009, as the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression left many banks and financial institutions severely under-capitalized.

Many in our movement (however they decide to call it) detest banks. Anyway this is not a piece about banks, but about the way this movement failed its own first "stress test" in the Ukrainian crisis. This was the first serious problem that our movement faced that had to do with a real world situation, rather than the usual problems of old-style nationalism. The situation in the Ukraine was not a bickering between philosophical approaches. It was not personal stuff being turned into political. It was not colliding dreams. Instead it was a real problem in the real world, which called for us not to take sides but to choose wisely.

ANTEDILUVIAN FANCIES: DARREN ARONOFSKY'S "NOAH"

"It's gonna rain..." Noah (Russell Crowe) guards the Ark against raiders.

by Andy Nowicki

As audacious, ambitious, heterodoxically-conceived Biblical epics go, Darren Aronofsky’s new movie Noah somewhat recalls The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese’s 1988 adaptation of the controversial Nikos Kazantzakis novel.

Both films were subjected to a pre-release drubbing by conservative Christian groups, who in each case complained of disrespect for Scripture and overall theological untenability (though the deluge of condemnation rained down upon Temptation—which featured a doubt-plagued and carnally-tormented Jesus—easily drowns out the contemporary Noah imbroglio, a fact which I daresay ought to demonstrate to right-wing pagan critics that Christianity, far from being a radically “egalitarian” monstrosity, is hardly without its hierarchy of heroes).