OBITUARIES: CHARLES KRAFFT, EDDY MORRISON AND JEAN RASPAIL

It was a sad day on Saturday, as I learnt of the deaths of two great men of the arts: Charles Krafft and Jean Raspail, the former whom I knew personally. Yesterday was no better, as I found out that my friend, the politician and activist Eddy Morrison died unexpectedly from an accident at home two days ago. An obituary about his career in politics can be found over at Heritage and Destiny, but what is not mentioned is the fact that he was also a very good poet. Some of his poetry was collected in Issue II of Mjolnir Magazine. He was one of the few in the nationalist movement who truly understood the link between culture and politics and was one of the first on the Right to embrace punk rock and turn its energy against the Leftists and Jews who had artificially created the counter-cultural movement as yet another affront to tradition. Eddy was instrumental in setting up Rock Against Communism in response to Leftists like The Clash and Elvis Costello's Rock Against Fascism. Eddy was an unashamed National Socialist, and while I have never shared his politics, we had common ground as comrades in the racial struggle for White self-determination. We actually never had a crossed word - a rarity in the nationalist movement! He was also responsible for the realisation of the Mjolnir logo and helped get the print magazine off the ground.

 

 

 

SOME GOOD CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

It is a misconception that no good art is being created in the contemporary age. Very little is being created in the mainstream, that is true, but there are still those who persevere in spite of being starved of publicity, or even, as in the case of ceramicist Charles Krafft, receiving negative publicity. Even though his website has not been updated recently, I am pleased to report that Charles is still going strong despite recent illness and simultaneously celebrated and ridiculed the life of Charles Manson in his usual Delftware style:

  

 

But what about others who, while not politically aware or conscious, are creating good works of art that are implicitly white, by dint of their aesthetics and subject matters?

 

 

THE ALT RIGHT AND THE ARTS

Originally published at Counter Currents

Charles Krafft with one of his creations.

I. The Road to Alt Right Artistry

Since Hillary Clinton’s mention of the Alternative Right in one of her speeches, there have been countless discussions about what the Alt Right is and represents, with everyone and anyone, no matter how inappropriate, suddenly declaring they are part of the Alt Right. I think it is quite easy to define what the Alt Right is: it is the postmodern manifestation of what Julius Evola termed the True Right.

The True Right has been almost completely disprivileged from the mainstream arts scene in the present day. The political Left, meaning firstly the Whiggish Left and then the socialist Left, realized as early as the late eighteenth century the power art had to shape political discourse by altering the masses’ perceptions of the world. They thus sought to seize the artistic mainstream as a means towards political power.

David Yorkshire, Greg Johnson and John Morgan in conversation

A discussion I had with Greg Johnson of Counter Currents and John Morgan of Arktos. Please bear in mind that John and I were on the beer until the wee small hours the night before.

Charles Krafft Exhibition

The artist Charles Krafft should need no introduction to people on the Alt Right. His infamy in the art world is such since his "outing" by The New Yorker, The Guardian and other leftist publications that his exhibits in museums and art galleries now come with public health warnings. He is currently exhibiting in Texas and we wish him well and ask that others support him and invest in his work. Here he explains in his own words: