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Writer, mother, and reactionary feminist.
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Transhumanism's Gone WIld
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Jordan Peterson
Psychologist, author, and commentator.
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“No civilisation has invited invaders in and put them up in four-star hotels"
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Britain's Institutions Are Failing
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Requiscat in pace, Charlie
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“No civilisation has invited invaders in and put them up in four-star hotels"
A recent interview by Zoltán Kottász.
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Regime Change in London? Don’t Count on It
Rome wasn’t burned in a day, and Britain won’t be either.
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Mary Harrington
Writer, mother, and reactionary feminist.
Oct 15 • 
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Jordan Peterson
Psychologist, author, and commentator.
Sep 29 • 
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32
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Matt Goodwin
Academic, author, and broadcaster.
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Edward Barrett-Shortt
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The Flying Frisby
The Flying Frisby
Dominic Frisby
Mary Harrington
Mary Harrington
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Wrong Side of History
Wrong Side of History
Ed West
Konstantin Kisin
Konstantin Kisin
Konstantin Kisin
Matt Goodwin
Matt Goodwin
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Why Universities Won’t Reform Themselves
Why can’t higher education defend free speech?
Sep 18 • 
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Have we broken the back of woke?
The revolution is losing momentum.
Sep 15 • 
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Charlie Kirk & James Orr on Why Liberalism Has Failed
Rootedness, family, and nation.
Sep 15 • 
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