Tradition and Revolution: Collected Writings of Troy Southgate

For twenty-five years, Troy Southgate has been a leading figure in radical politics, and he is currently one of the leading exponents of the English New Right. This anthology is a selection of his best essays, interviews, stories and poems. Through an analysis of both historical and contemporary events, he calls for an abandonment of the traditional Left/Right dichotomy and the creation of autonomous communities outside the prevailing order which can uphold and preserve traditional values. Also offered are Troy's practical suggestions for how this might be put into practice, as well as his in-depth analysis of Julius Evola's Men Among the Ruins, which originally appeared in the Russian Pravda Online. This book has much to offer everyone of a revolutionary disposition. 'Troy's ideals are for power to return to local communities and their chosen leaders, firmly rooted in time-tested principles of honour, labour and responsibility. From this vantage point, it is clear that it is the forces of international capitalism which are the true heirs of the totalitarian movements, and not those such as Troy who are merely seeking a secure island upon which to ride out the coming deluge when it all falls apart... Therefore, one who wants to become active in the arena of radical politics owes it to himself to become familiar with Troy's writings. In doing so, he will avoid many of the problems and pitfalls that plague all would-be radical movements.' --John Morgan, from the Introduction Table of Contents Publisher’s Foreword Dedication & Acknowledgements PART I: Lessons from History Chapter One King Alfred the Great: The Intellectual & Military Achievements of England’s First Political Soldier Chapter Two Robert Owen: Welsh Radical & Co-operative Power Chapter Three The Fischer Controversy: Examining the Foundations of the First World War Chapter Four What Was So Distinctive About the Russian Bolshevik Party? Chapter Five For or Against? Attitudes Towards Capitalism in German & Italian Fascism Chapter Six Revolution vs. Reaction: Social Nationalism & the Strasser Brothers Chapter Seven Blood & Soil: Revolutionary Nationalism as the Vanguard of Ecological Sanity Chapter Eight Oswald Mosley: The Rise & Fall of English Fascism Between 1918-1945 Chapter Nine Was ‘Fascism’ Outside Germany & Italy Anything More Than an Imitation? Chapter Ten The Guild of St. Joseph & St. Dominic PART II: Contemporary Political Theory Chapter Eleven Transcending the Beyond: From Third Position to National-Anarchism Chapter Twelve Manifesto of the European Liberation Front, 1999 Chapter Thirteen The Way of the Fanatic: Ayatollah Khomeini & the Leadership of the Ulema Chapter Fourteen Revolt Against the Feminists: The Traditional Woman According To Julius Evola Chapter fifteen Militant Imperium: A Chapter-by-chapter Summary of Julius Evola’s Men Among The Ruins PART III: Activism Chapter Sixteen From Sacrifice Comes Victory Chapter Seventeen The Inevitability of Depopulation Chapter Eighteen Meritocracy: The Rule of the Elite Chapter Nineteen The Case for National-Anarchist Entryism Chapter Twenty Organising for the Collapse PART IV: Myth Chapter Twenty-One The Symbolic & Practical Significance of the Centre Chapter Twenty-Two Beachy Head & the Negation of the Solar PART V: Interviews Chapter Twenty-Three Interview: L’Ecole Europa (Rumania), Conducted by Dan Ghetu (2001) Chapter Twenty-Four Interview: Kinovar Magazine (Russia), Conducted by Miron Fyodorov (2004) Chapter Twenty-Five Interview: Narodni Myslenka (Czech Republic), Conducted by Milan Spinka (2005) Chapter Twenty-Six Interview: Beast of Prey (Poland), Conducted by Thomasz Lewicki (2005) Chapter Twenty-Seven Interview: Autonom (Norway), Conducted by Tord Morsund (2006) PART VI: Fiction & Poetry Chapter Twenty-Eight The Warrior’s Reward Chapter Twenty-Nine An Ode to Apathy Chapter Thirty Diary of Desolation Chapter Thirty-One The Boot on the Other Foot Chapter Thirty-Two The End of an Age This book is a collection of writings by New Right thinker and activist, Troy Southgate. It was first published in November 2007. This greatly expanded second edition was first released in April 2010. For twenty-five years, Troy Southgate has been a leading figure in radical politics, and he is currently one of the leading exponents of the English New Right. This anthology is a selection of his best essays, interviews, stories and poems. Through an analysis of both historical and contemporary events, he calls for an abandonment of the traditional Left/Right dichotomy and the creation of autonomous communities outside the prevailing order which can uphold and preserve traditional values. Also offered are Troy's practical suggestions for how this might be put into practice, as well as his in-depth analysis of Julius Evola's Men Among the Ruins, which originally appeared in the Russian Pravda Online. This book has much to offer everyone of a revolutionary disposition. Troy Southgate (b. 1965) has had a long and varied career in the arena of radical politics, having pursued his social and spiritual visions as an organiser, as an author and as a musician. Born in London, Troy developed an early interest in politics and worked for the National Front as a teenager. He broke with the NF in 1989 and has been involved with a successive series of political organisations ever since, all of which are of a National Anarchist, Green and a traditionalist orientation.