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March 2015

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Yuray Reviews Anissimov’s Guide for Neoreactionaries

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If the first installment of Neoreaction: The Book was Bryce Laliberte’s What is Neoreaction? (Amazon link here), the second installment would undoubtedly be Michael Anissimov’s  A Critique of Democracy: A Guide for Neoreactionaries (see here). Despite their differences, our two hot-headed young intellectual mavericks remain the only two people to have formally published any sort of complete works on neoreaction, short as they both are (the books that is — not our mavericks [though they may be as well, I have no idea]). Whereas Laliberte’s work is a dense read by all accounts, Anissimov’s is a rather light one; a guide […]

Monday

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March 2015

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Different Mentalities

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Hello. I’m a Russian occupier. It is my profession. Historically, it just happened. I once occupied Siberia… I once occupied the Baltic States … I once occupied Central Asia … I once occupied Ukraine … Yes, I’m an occupier, and I’m tired of apologizing for it! I’m an occupier by birthright, an aggressor and a bloodthirsty monster. Be afraid. … All and sundry came to my house: the Turks, the British, the Poles, the Germans, the French — we’ve got enough land, two and a half meters for each and every one of them! Please, understand. I don’t need your hypocritical “freedom.” […]

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January 2015

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#JeSuisCharlie Won’t Save Free Speech

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The horrific attacks on Charlie Hebdo  have brought forth a defence of free expression from politicians, journalists, and ordinary citizens. But the outpouring of support is an exception in a broader pattern of events. The French President tries to call for a national unity that seems little more than a distant memory. Satirists across Europe convey their shock and grief – but everyone is rightfully nervous about republishing the Muhammad cartoons which put Charlie Hebdo on the radical Islamist death list. As Foreign Policy magazine and Reason.com have both pointed out, we are not all Charlie Hebdo, and not a few Western outlets […]