Europe has what they call a protest culture, which varies from country to country, but generally means a habit of doing politics in the street. In America, street politics is purely a left-wing phenomenon and totally synthetic. It’s mostly organized by the Democrat party and its affiliated organs. In Europe, everyone does street politics and it is not necessarily attached to the parties. As a result, dissidents and nationalists know how to work around Antifa in order to organize and hold events.
Without giving anything away, this morning I received a secret message, telling me where to stand at a particular time and to have the secret symbol visible. I arrived at the spot at the assigned time and in a few minutes, a man walking a dog passed by. As he did, he dropped a crumpled piece of paper onto the ground. I waited a few minutes until he was out of range and picked up the paper. On it was the location of the event. Others were sent to dead drops or met a courier at a specific location.
That is a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is to give Antifa as little time as possible to organize a riot. It works pretty well, but not this year. They were onto the location just as the doors opened. The cops were there to support them, allowing Antifa to close down the streets. As a result, we were forced to shelter in place for the day. Most people got in, but some of the speakers did not get there in time. We could hear the lunatics bellowing in the street below, but otherwise the event went off as planned.
As we see in the States, Antifa in Denmark enjoys broad police protection. It is unlawful in Denmark to have a protest without a permit. It’s always unlawful to block the streets and prevent people from going about their business. The cops could have arrested the whole lot of them, it was maybe fifty, and been done with it. Instead, they let them run riot for the most part. The only thing the cops did was keep them from attacking the building in which the conference was held. The cops were there to support Antifa.
The cops in Copenhagen are a complete joke. They have all these tall fit guys in the police, kitted out like storm-troopers, but they looked like they would burst into tears if they had to confront the noodle armed Antifa rioters. From what I gather, the police force is thoroughly pussified. They spend more time learning pronouns than doing actual police work. Based on my conversations with some of them, they would not last an hour in Lagos. The locals would eat them – literally.
As far as the conference itself, it went a little sideways due to a couple of speakers not getting into the conference. Mark Collett made it inside and he is a very powerful speaker, who has a lot of great things to say. If you have a chance to see Mark speak at an event, don’t miss it. He brings the house down. Millennial Woes also made it inside, along with Dr. Tom Sunic and Fróði Midjord. A lot of dissidents have read and recommend Sunic’s book, Homo Americanus: Child of the Postmodern Age.
European events are a bit different than American events, which are much closer to a business or academic conference in style. In Europe, they start around noon, have short speeches, lots social time and a Q&A at the end. They break up around eight, at which point people are encouraged to socialize at a local bar or restaurant. There is a much stronger emphasis on the socializing than we see in the US. I prefer it, as it allows people to network and trade ideas about what they are doing.
During the Q&A, someone asked about doxing. It is a different issue in Europe than in the States, as you can’t get fired for politics. There are some exceptions, but workers have more rights than in America. You also get government health insurance, so you don’t have to worry about losing that along with your job. In Europe, doxing is about harassing and anathematizing a person. Collett and Fróði both come down in favor of self-doxing in order to get it over with, so you can move on.
This is an old topic I have been debating with Fróði for months and we don’t see eye to eye on it. I don’t think the Euros appreciate how American dissidents are driven to poverty by the Left. I’ve tried to explain this to them, but they don’t get it. A man with a family can’t lose his job, his health insurance and his access to the banking system. He has a duty to his family, which must always come first. Even a single guy with nothing to lose still needs to eat and sleep indoors. The stakes are a bit higher here.
It also ties into another topic that is popular at dissident conferences and came up in this one during Q&A. In America, dissident politics tends to attract losers and weirdos, who have nothing to lose. They don’t care about being outed, because no one cares enough about them to bother. In order to attract high quality people, we have to deal with their fear of doxing. Allowing guys to stay anonymous is a part of doing business in American politics now. That’s not the case in Europe.
Another thing that is different in Europe from the US is the dissident movements spring from different roots. In Europe, the guys you see organizing came out of hard right party politics and the underground scene. Collett was in the British National Party, which is a fascist party, for the most part. Fróði got into politics through the far-right Scandinavian subculture and from reading people like William Pierce. Over time, their views moderated and changed in the face of multiculturalism and immigration.
In America, most dissidents came through libertarianism, but not through organized structure like the Libertarian Party. Some came this way through conventional conservative politics. Of course, some older guys came this way through paleoconservatism. Hardly anyone was in organized politics, much less underground politics. The typical guy you meet at a dissident event in America was a libertarian until he spent time around vibrancy and realized it could never work.
It is an interesting contrast, in that the Euros are trying to clean up their act, while the Americans are trying to dirty up their act. For example, Collett, who is a reformed drinker, is intolerant of alcohol and drugs in his organization. He is relentless in his demand for making the right presentation. He talks about health and fitness, personal grooming and how to properly approach people on politics. In America, dissidents are always on guard for cucking, to the point of distraction.
All-in-all it was a good time. There are things Americans can learn from the Euros, particularly when it comes to organizing. It’s always good to socialize with people who understand the issues. A big part of the dissident project is community building and that can only happen with in-person events. No matter what comes next, the people to come out the other end in the best shape will be those who have the community strength to handle whatever comes. When the crisis comes, we have to be ready for it.
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Z, you certainly have an amazing work ethic!
Fantastic! I’ve some time in and around Copenhagen, although now I am about a 16 hour journey away. Would love to participate in this event in the future. It sounds like an excellent opportunity to take barometric readings. Interesting idea about self-doxxing. You are spot on about the American experience with regards to un-personing. A prohibitive price for anyone with a life or prospects. It is price I have paid in the past that at one point had me eating from dumpsters…not a metaphor. Lesson learned. Important point about the emphasis on after event socializing. It is so important to… Read more »
How do you guys do it??? I’ve worked in progressive and diverse workplaces. It’s always the same, the women socialize and chatter, the fuggin vibrants **** the dog and the management looks the other way.
I quit my last job over it and walked… but I am up in Canada and I have amassed a sizeable “F*ck You Fund”. Of course I left on amicable terms… but no way am I ever working around pakies and women again. I will work with white men and that’s IT.
What would be an adequate F u fund in you guys’ opinion?
If you work in the trades you don’t have that for the most part…Which is why I recommend my line of work to anyone young enough to do it and that are dissidents…
“I don’t think the Euros appreciate how American dissidents are driven to poverty by the Left. ”
After you discuss it, what do they still not understand?
Thanks much for the reports. Happy travels to you.
Euros simply don’t understand what it means NOT to have healthcare, basic social services and much stronger job security.
They have no experience with it, so one can describe it in great detail until one is blue in the face, but they have never and will never experience it, so they think you’re just being a weak crybaby.
Exactly. Explaining it won’t work. For the few who can understand how different the US is , do this Show them a few pictures of people pooping in the street and tell them that this is routine in many democratic cities do to poverty and degradation Then show them graphs about homelessness and explain that if any American loses a job they may not have food, shelter or medicine ever again doubly so if it political Show more pictures If it’s sinking in and it can be hard to get past the cognitive bias of Euros. they’ll ask you “Why… Read more »
Europeans also don’t seem to understand how difficult it is to achieve change when we have >300 million citizens who want one thing, and a few thousand donor/elites controlling the institutions and determining our choices.
Right in the 10 ring. Work for one of the “woke” public companies in the US and everything is at risk. Suppose it would be great if you could build a movement out of nothing but yeoman farmers…but around here even an organic farmer that did something to anger the social vengeance warrior mob got thrown out of the local farmers market. Apparently even jellies and baby vegetables need to have been “wokely” made and grown. So we’re right back at the starting line.
Interesting. I suspect the organic farmer opened his mouth with a suggestion about grass-fed beef or something similarly confrontational.
However, we’re only back at the starting line when we try good things in the wrong places. This is why I think dissidents need to cede “woke” territory and collocate with deplorables.
The typical farmer is either dependent on staple crops, largely subject to various federal price supports; or is in cash crops/livestock and dependent on illegal foreign labor.
The particular organic farmer in that incident was doxed as being in Id. Evr. Once you affiliate with an ADL/SPLC tagged group, the average person thinks you are a terrorist.
What I don’t get is why he would want to feed his enemy…
“In America, most dissidents came through libertarianism, but not through organized structure like the Libertarian Party. Some came this way through conventional conservative politics. Of course, some older guys came this way through paleoconservatism. Hardly anyone was in organized politics, much less underground politics. The typical guy you meet at a dissident event in America was a libertarian until he spent time around vibrancy and realized it could never work.” Z-man I have been a dissident and far right since I was about 20. That would be over half a century. I read Rothbard and understood. I was always for… Read more »
Me, too. I would have called myself a paleocon 20 years ago.
I developed an interest in politics and current events as a teenager and read George Will. Then I read James Burnham’s “The Suicide of the West.” Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis, Joe Sobran, Rothbard-Rockwell report and Chronicles magazine were great teachers. Even The National Review carried some good authors and articles until the neocons took over by the mid-1990s.
I came aboard when two things happened in the same year. I applied for a summer job, that would have been ideal for me, working on a project to see whether the weight of Lake Mead influenced earthquakes in the area. I’d be collecting data from and trouble-shooting the monitoring devices, driving through three states to do so. I was interviewed, and asked to explain the difference between AM and FM. The two guys seemed shocked when I reeled it off, looked at each other, and agreed to tell me the truth: they had already been told to hire ‘a… Read more »
I was thinking of your travel columns while driving through Lagos today. I call it Mogadishu, but don’t live there. I avoided the most spicy areas, but did have to navigate through Pimlico.
“…In America, dissident politics tends to attract losers and weirdos, who have nothing to lose. They don’t care about being outed, because no one cares enough about them to bother….” ————————— John Smith reporting for duty SIR!!! Actually I used to be a centrist or a mildly conservative normie but I could survive in a family of shitlibs. One of the things I grew up thinking was that I drove them crazy and there was something wrong with me. I was in my 50’s before I realized that THEY were crazy – and they were going to make me crazy… Read more »
Any of your SJW members of your family have a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign prominently displays on the front lawn?
“A man with a family can’t lose his job, his health insurance and his access to the banking system. He has a duty to his family, which must always come first.” Tough topic, but my experience is that family wants its head to do his duty as long as it doesn’t require emasculation or enslavement. And men, this culture will cut your nuts off if you let them. I’m blessed to have a wife that first wants me to be a man – and she assumes if I do that part right then my health insurance and finances will work… Read more »
Capt…..great survival treatise and how-to strategy! Keep your writings coming. Best to you and yours.
Thanks RFR … seems there are a few of us here doing the hardscrabble dissident thing, unfortunately in different locations. I share this stuff because a semblance of freedom is still out there to be had for those brave enough to sever the umbilical. I went “off-grid” at age 45, going back to school on things my great-grandparents knew when they were 12. I’m not certain that circumstances will compress us into a new dark-age, but I am certain that a lifestyle grounded in survival reality is good for the soul.
Z–Thanks so much for dealing with Antifa, traveling all over, talking with endless people and gathering information….and having the focus and energy to write this to inform us. How did you and conference folks escape Antifa to head off for drinks/dinner and then your digs? Are the Antifa in Europe roaring useful idiots with noodle arms and loud-mouthed blue haired women like the US models? Am visiting daughter in the SF Bay Area today and while showering up with a thick lather of soap on face, the water stopped. Soap went right to my eyeballs. Bellowing for my daughter to… Read more »
I request more Range Front Fault travelouges
In my 67 years I have never experienced a power company turning off the electricity on hundreds of thousands because they feared they might start a fire. And the state let them. Never mind that it’s the power company’s duty to keep their power lines free and clear of flammable material near them.
When all your capital spending goes to windmills, solar panels and all the redundant gas fired generators required to make up for the intermittency, nothing is left for basic maintenance. Plus have to cut logging roads into some of those areas. Enviros shut down the biomass generators that used to provide a market for the waste wood and shut down thinning and logging operations. The state’s own Little Hoover Commission issued a scathing report last year on the chronic mismanagement of forests. It like the “Upside Down” from that series “Stranger Things”.
Saml nailed the utility problem. Plus throw in corruption and mismanagement. Driving through the Sierras, pulled off into Foresthill at the base of the western foothills and all electricity kaput. No gas stations up, all restaurants closed, big supermarkets closed and traffic lights out. PG&E knocked out over 2 Million customers, meaning business and households….so a lot more people than 2 million. Told daughter she’s seeing the beginning of a Californicated Venezuela. Picture the manager of a big box grocery store throwing out all frozen food X a million or more. Lost my little travel flashlight, popped into 2 stores… Read more »
Well RFF it’s all about covering your butt when everyone is sue happy…
So what happens to PG&E when 1 Mil people and businesses file claims for lost time and melted freezers? Bankruptcy? If so, then what?
You’re getting a lot of snow up there. Many power lines down with trees still leafed out? Hang in there, brother.
Yea when the state and envirewhachos control what the power companies can and can’t do it’s a shitshow let me tell you…
Ah – now Californians are suing the people who clear the trees around power lines for negligence after fires start along those stretches. Those businesses are losing interest. PG&E itself is not in that business.
Those nimrods are giving us a preview of the Green New Deal in action: California, seen from space at night, may start looking like North Korea.
Exactly right Brother…I wish people understood how bad the state was screwing them…
Nevermind that you have to sell your firstborn to be able to clear brush under the power lines…You want to blame someone blame the frickin state where all the blame belongs…I actually know what’s going on not just what you hear on the news…
Still chuckling over that 2nd graph. . . .
If one works though the twits from the danish Antifa related group “Konfront” one can see that they had plans of actions on the 10.oct. They twit about keeping an eye of central people (known by them as active on the right) and they are centred around a park called the “People Park”. They talk about using several social media platforms and use the tagging #StopScandza when people have information. It looks like a surveillance operation of known people to them. They write that “the nazis are trying to confuse them with false information of the location”. I think there… Read more »
Interesting, I was more suspicious of an infiltrator, but just tracking a few people might explain the discovery.
To what extend is the police run by a leftist mayoral administration? Or is it run directly from the national level? If the police is locally administered, this might be sidestepped by holding events in rural areas.
What is more remarkable, is that NO Scandinavian alt-media outlet has mentioned Scandza at all. I would not be surprised if the Scandi kosher-right has helped Antifa dox a competitor.
I would suspect a spy. The Bolsheviks were riddled with spies but it ended up not mattering because Kerensky was a de facto Communist spy.
“The cops were there to support Antifa.”
Can confirm. I have see this happen a number of times on both coasts of the USA. I’m sad to hear that this is true in Europe as well.
I was raised to respect and like the police. While I don’t hate them as individuals, they are mostly mercenaries paid by our enemies.
When John Mark says they will join us, I am quite skeptical.
Depends on where you are. Some will join us, some will not. Pick your own proportion.
I’ve heard the distinction made between the old “peace officer” and today’s “law enforcement officer.” It’s a very real distinction. I remember as a kid heading home from a squirrel hunt with some buddies, strolling down Rural Route #2 with my semi-auto .22. A sheriff’s deputy pulled up and offered me a ride home … obviously he had no problem giving a lift to a 14 yo with a weapon. I worked the bolt to show him the gun was empty and we were good to go. Try that out with today’s “law enforcement officer” and you’re liable to end… Read more »
No kidding. On various family farms we’d be turned loose with a .22 And one of the old H&R 20 gauges that were always around and told to come back when we had a couple of rabbits. Nobody thought twice about it.
What a blessed childhood you and CAPT had.
US city cops have had no problem with being snipers when a public library has a drag queen day. They’ll enforce the law so long as they are paid though on an individual basis most aren’t bad folk Rural police may be a different issue. In the end though they aren’t that big of an issue. What cripples dissidents is an inability to decide what they want and a high degree of fecklessness. This seems universal as seen when the Norwegian Dissidents (NPP IIRC) won power than promntly cucked and refused to form a government at all. They were routed… Read more »
“They hate and fear power and won’t take it”
It seems to be the nature of the world that you impose your will or are imposed upon. “Leave me alone” libertarianism only existed once and that was when the USA was a homogeneously white frontier nation with a small population.
I’m sad to hear that this is true in Europe as well.
I am surprised to hear Zmans report on police behavior. They kept Antifa at bay when Pegida were doing their weekly walks in Copenhagen, and Pegida kept it up for a year without incidents, although having a getaway-car was advisable.
Never forget that Cops will obey orders. If the Police Chief says don’t arrest Antifa, that’s what they will do. And Police Chiefs usually are just Pols in a uniform and will kow-tow to any Mayor.
If the Police Chief says don’t arrest Antifa, that’s what they will do.
They arrested four of them yesterday.
https://www.tv2lorry.dk/artikel/antidemonstration-blokerer-hoejrenationalistisk-konference-i-koebenhavn
Felix, thanks for the link. I appreciate information that counters my understanding. I don’t want my biases confirmed, I want to see the world clearly.
Do you have any thoughts about why the police/government chose to hold Antifa accountable?
Has John Mark ever addressed that criticism? Is he even still around?
“Over time, their views moderated and changed in the face of multiculturalism and immigration.”
Why? I would have figured their views would have hardened under the reality of vibrancy.
At some point various Euro far-right groups have been associated with coup plots, football hooliganism and organized crime. In some cases people fought in the Balkan Wars, and some are fighting in Ukraine and Syria.
In contrast, any “militias” are treated as a joke in the US, but weren’t in the 1980-90s. Nor are largely white biker gangs seen as connected at all with a political agenda.
I think the threat became real, which necessity greater practicality. They also got older and learned fro their mistakes. Now they want the next generation to avoid those mistakes.
My experience with the police showed a better side. I left the venue with several others and as we expected (despite Antifa’s Twitter-announced alleged official departure) we were mini – mobbed by a dozen-ish degenerates within 2 blocks. They shouted & foamed (& Big Gulped the rear guard) for a couple of blocks before a decent sized contingent of cops descended via vans & started running interference/rear-guarding for us, jumping out & walking in step with us taking down trailing trolls for a good number of blocks. We basically commandeered a public bus with their assistance which then got trailed… Read more »
They spend more time learning pronouns than doing actual police work. They may not do much police work (unless you count writing speeding tickets as policw work) but they certainly don’t use pronouns, and they do stop the the Antifa from attacking you – they even arrest some of them from time to time, if they actually block the street: http://cphpost.dk/news/climate-protest-results-in-22-arrests-in-aarhus.html they looked like they would burst into tears if they had to confront the noodle armed Antifa rioters Here’s a cop, punching an Antifa in the face: https://twitter.com/RasmusPreston/status/1127677944556589061 I don’t think the Euros appreciate how American dissidents are driven… Read more »
A exotic multicultural story from Denmark a few days old; A 20-22.years old dane is walking at 1.30 night in the 2.largest city, Aarhus in Denmark and is suddenly hold up by a black man with a knife who demands that he gives him some money. The dane says that he don’t have any money and his credit card is blocked. He shows that on his mobile that is blocked. The african then says that he shall give him a blow-job. The africans sits down for the blow-job and relaxes. The dane refuses to give him the blow-job and the… Read more »