Nationalism, Ireland, and Keith Woods
a medley poast
I am going to link to a bunch of old articles from various authors here, so this can be used as a jumping point to related topics, this is a scatterbrained post
Recently,
was interviewed on Counterpoint talking about Ireland’s riots and the political landscape that created such events. After watching this interview, I realized that Keith is in a unique position to really help his people confederate in a way not seen in many centuries. In the next year, Keith could continue bagging interviews with bigger and bigger personalities, or he could help provide a platform for Irish Nationalists to get their message to the global stage. He is probably the biggest online nationalist personality from Ireland’s youth, and this gives him great opportunities. I really wonder where he will take his activism.Who knows? I used to have serious gripes with the guy because he swung right sometimes, further right than him, and at times I have seem him pushing against what I see as healthy radicalism and militant ethno-centrism. Granted, these infighting events were largely from his earlier days, and he has mollified somewhat as our situation gets worse. I also think that other nationalist spokesmen are better in terms of message and appearance (such as the Doubting Thomas’s of America and Australia, Thomas Rousseau and Thomas Sewell, respectively), but rhetoric and aesthetics aren’t everything, and folkish intentions must be taken over sentimental attitudes towards WW2.
Some of you might remember that a while back Keith released an article1 debunking some of the erroneous claims in the infamous “Europa: The Last Battle” documentary, and he also briefly sparred with stalwart Australian Nationalist
over the usage of National Socialist ideas and symbols, and the rehabilitation of Adolf Hitler’s social image2. In my opinion, Joel’s response3 was good enough at showing some of what I will touch on here, but I don’t know if Keith, an Irishman, fully understands what Joel, an Australian, is trying to say when it comes to Germanic symbols and nationalist sentiment. Especially since Australians are likewise colonial folks, and since I am American, I understand that most nationalists in old colonial lands are quite sentimental towards Europe, doubly so when it pertains to the crimes our fathers committed in WW2 against our Germanic cousins. I still think Keith is wrong about some of the things he says and believes, but regardless of my petty gripes, it is clear that Keith often talks about something quite important when it comes to the issue of low-brow anti-semitism and sentimental attitudes towards WW2, and it has reverberations with his recent comments in his Counterpoint interview.I will try to explain.
Ireland is a unique nation. Truly, all European nations are unique, but Ireland perhaps is one of the most interesting, not just due to personal bias but due to its isolation as an island-nation. The Irish will only unite based on grounds familiar to the Irish. In fact, all of our nations will have to unite based on historical grounds, using the legendary and mythic symbols of our native cultures. These are bound to our blood, to our spirits, and they cannot be ignored.
Therefore, it makes perfect sense why men of the Anglosphere, descendants of Germanics and Nordics, would turn towards the symbols of National Socialism and syncretize them with their own nations. Thomas Sewell may very well prove this to be true in Australia, his own grandfather helped burned down Dresden and its good that Thomas is trying to help make amends in some fashion. At the least we know that National Socialism is not wholly foreign to the Anglo mind,
makes a compelling argument for the syncretism of the American system with the Germanic National Socialism4. In a country like America, this could perhaps work since we have such a large degree of people with German ancestry here who do find such imagery powerful.However, there are many more who do not feel such loyalty to German symbols and ideas. There are proud Americans who desire to see America reclaim the federalist and confederate spirit of their Yankee and Southron fathers. There are countless Europeans who will never become National Socialists in terms of imagery or style, and their message and rhetoric will always be distinctly theirs. This brings us back to Ireland.
Ireland. I have written about Padraig Pearse before5, one of my favorite heroes from recent history. I have also written about Rob Roy MacGregor6, another hero who I admire. My paternal lineage is Gaelic, although from Hebridean Scots, and I have written about my clan extensively7. My mother’s father is Irish on his patrilineal line, but that was mixed with Spanish and Basque at some point in history. I am not very Gaelic, all things considered. I can list a good few Germanic and some French families from my tree, even though my father’s family is predominantly Hebridean Scots. This lineage really just holds religious and historical importance to me, for I am an American.
, who is likewise descended from Gaels, holds even stricter views, it seems, as expressed in his article covering Irish history8. Suffice to say, Gaels who came to America are largely mixed with Germans and Anglos at this point, and we who come from them know this fact better than most. My nationalism is not Irish Nationalism. It is uniquely American, although heavily flavored through my household, which gives it hints of Southern and Scottish tastes.America. This nation is unique. Anglos, Frenchmen, Gaels, Germans, Spaniards, Slavs, and Italians came here in waves, placing new households on a frontier land that demanded strong blood and spirit to survive. The modern folk of this nation struggle with identity. I am not truly Scottish. I am an American, but I follow the ancestral household religion, and I am very ethno-centric. My family is not the same as many of the Germanic folks here, and we have a long and storied history in the American South. I want more for my people. I want more for my race. Nova Scotia is given a Latin and Gaelic name, but I desire for more than just names to be imparted upon the New World. Perhaps it is time for more migrations, if there are Irish who feel as though they simply cannot face the changes in their homeland, then they should join Eric Orwoll in the Return to the Land Initiative and get land in America before it is too late. We colonials will accept you with open arms - the hour is late, and we need the ancient roots and the young branches of our tree to work together.
If the Irish desire to reclaim their nation from internationalism, then I think it is time to confederate, once again. In some ways, I guess I just want to see more action and victory. Australia, Europe, America… we few who care… we must learn to unite and work together for the betterment of our race, no matter where we may reside. However, the focus must always be to those who are nearest - our national kinsmen, the members of our households and communities. Stop looking so far from home. Our nations are being invaded. Spend less time online, network more with nationalists from your own folk.
Nations are birthed, and nations can die. My nation is young, while the Irish one is ancient. Both are in danger of dying. Soon, very soon, we will all have to learn how to confederate based on our natural identities and national genesis.
Thank you, and hail victory! o///
Militancy in History - Padraig Pearse
This will be the first of (hopefully) a long installment of essays and articles concerning militant thinkers, leaders, and movements, and their respective successes and failures. This series partly came about due to the retarded notion that is spreading in the Right Wing that we can somehow come back from the brink - that we can somehow use peaceful met…
Militancy in History ~ Rob Roy MacGregor
We drive the cattle through the glens, through the corries, woods and bens, through sleet or misty rain. When the moon is shining low, by frozen loch and drifted snow, stealthily and bold we go, though small our hope of gain.
The Clan MacMillan
Millan, deserving of the warmest praise, as full of worth and virtue as of days, brave, open, generous ‘tis in him we find a solid judgement and a taste refined.
I've followed Keith for years. He's a good guy. Even if he disagrees on certain things, he's clearly committed to trying to find solutions to our most important problems.
I've been following Keith's work for years and am glad to see how far he has come. He is a big reason I became so interested in perennialist philosophy and European philosphical works in general. Funnily enough, he is also a part of the reason I became much more supportive of national socialism.