TBR’s Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson presents a podcast on Russian nationalist and royalist philosopher Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin, refuting the Council on Foreign Relations defamation of him in their article “Putin’s Philosopher Ivan Ilyin and the Ideology of Moscow’s Rule”, while exploring some of his ideas about the relationship between the nation and the state. The…
The Barnes Review is known for many things, its cautious defense of Adolf Hitler is certainly one of them. As certain academics have made a career over defending communist butchers to the cheers of the state, those seeing some good in Hitler’s goals and policy are removed, often violently, from American society. Hitler was not…
Matt Heimbach and John Friend have a conversation about race in the 2016 election cycle. In California, the local Republican Party has thrown itself behind “Lyin’ Ted Cruz” as a way to stop the rise of Donald Trump. At the rally there were protesters, some pro-Trump and others anti-Cruz but the event was overall low…
TBR was again a guest on Matt Heimbach’s Daily Traditionalist podcast series. His guest was TBR’s Senior Researcher, Matthew Raphael Johnson from The Orthodox Nationalist. They begin their discussion by going over how we need to begin forming a subcultural identity for the nationalist movement. We have a variety of divided factions and as the late, great…
Nothing about the shootings in Orlando on June 12 make sense. As is normal for these kinds of massacres, the media immediately — and often without question — impose a mythos on events. They tell us the meaning, purpose, agenda and appropriate reaction to these. Shootings and killings like this create a population constantly in…
In this broadcast Dr Matthew Johnson attempts to summarize a huge amount of information concerning early Soviet economic policy and ideology. The argument can be summarized this way: 1. Trotsky had far more power and influence than Lenin. 2. Marxism was almost totally irrelevant to the Red forces during and after the Civil War. 3.…
This is an Introduction to Alexander Dugin’s philosophical foundations by one of the few Americans that can claim to know his work well. Almost totally unknown to American journalists and academics, Dugin remains an important subject. Matthew Raphael Johnson has been both a student and a supporter of Dugin for many years, introducing history students to…
TBR was represented again by its Senior Researcher Matthew Raphael Johnson on the Daily Traditionalist, the daily radio show of Matthew Heimbach, founder of the Traditionalist Worker’s Party. After several requests from listeners to discuss this topic, Dr. Johnson and Matthew discuss the ideology of Dr. Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian thinker, author and political activist on…
Matthew Raphael Johnson’s “Orthodox Nationalist” podcast ran from 2009 to 2012. Dealing with all facets of Russian and Ukrainian history, theology and politics, it was the #1 draw at the Voice of Reason Network. Today, it is a part of The Barnes Review and sponsored in part by the Traditionalist Worker’s Party.In this edition…