I'm 100% with knowing which books are banned (not fake banned books that are sold in target). You've done us a favor in collecting many into one place.
IMO, its worth considering that a book is banned bc it is considered dangerous- which means it has rhetorical power against the banning establishment. This means that there are not banned books that are just as subversive but might lack the rhetorical power . And there are banned books that have the power, but are complete bullshit. (Looking at the contradictory books here should be enough to make it clear that being banned has nothing to do with being true.)
So the forbidden knowledge might be forbidden lies. What are your thoughts on this? You mentioned only that the authors were true believers in their message (I think there's also miscalculation on reception and times a'changing involved.) But that's hardly a reason to make it true.
Another quick thought worth considering- these are banned books in the west. Rushdie and plenty others are banned in other places, and knowing what other people find offensive that we find benign is a significant insight too.
I'm in Canada and I intend to read the Turner Diaries and White Resistance Manual. I make this clear and I don't care who may know. Revolt against the modern world
Probably some of the most important banned books are those of physical therapy: seriously, try finding any book which overtly states the correct human posture (shoulders up and forward, tailbone up and back, chin up, looking down via T1, not C1) and purpose of the chin (as a resting point for stomach sleeping, which is the correct way to sleep -back sleeping causes flatback posture). Such books must have been written, particularly by the U.S. Army, Nazi Germany, the USSR, and the imperial Japanese -but where are they?
I could tell you all about this as an army physical therapist. McGill's Back Mechanic, Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance, and Gift of Injury aren't exactly banned, but they aren't popular with military clinicians either. There are complex reasons why posture is dismissed by midwit clinicians. Tickled by this observation though when I just stopped by to say how great of a read unintended consequences is.
Two questions: (1) Who else hesitated even for a moment before "liking"? I imagine an NSA / AI-curated struggle session where I'm asked to account for every SS like. Then I realize no one cares, and even if someone did, they'll screw it up so badly they won't actually get their facts straight. (2) why do we have so much free time to read to the end?
Well, kudos. This is a deep article and calls for a change of pov on media, books and everything around information and pop culture. Definitely to be read several times to dig into all the insights you give.
You’ve done the lords work with this. I thought I knew most of the big names in this genre but like half of these I’d never heard of!
I’ve never seen a banned book list that was the real deal until now, and the emphasis on nonpolitical or non-dissident right work is what makes this an authentic effort on the side of truth and freedom. Even some of the summaries made me squirm.
More often lately I think preserving the European peoples worldwide is just a means to an end, and that end is the preservation of the instinct for genuine philosophy, enlightenment, and freedom among mankind. This embodies that perfectly.
I'm 100% with knowing which books are banned (not fake banned books that are sold in target). You've done us a favor in collecting many into one place.
IMO, its worth considering that a book is banned bc it is considered dangerous- which means it has rhetorical power against the banning establishment. This means that there are not banned books that are just as subversive but might lack the rhetorical power . And there are banned books that have the power, but are complete bullshit. (Looking at the contradictory books here should be enough to make it clear that being banned has nothing to do with being true.)
So the forbidden knowledge might be forbidden lies. What are your thoughts on this? You mentioned only that the authors were true believers in their message (I think there's also miscalculation on reception and times a'changing involved.) But that's hardly a reason to make it true.
Another quick thought worth considering- these are banned books in the west. Rushdie and plenty others are banned in other places, and knowing what other people find offensive that we find benign is a significant insight too.
curious if you agree or disagree with that
<< Anarchists had assassinated Tsar Nicholas II with similarly manufactured homemade explosives
1) It wasn't anarchists (it was communitarian socialists)
2) It wasn't Nicholas II (it was Alexander II)
Corrected, thankyou for pointing out the typo
I'm in Canada and I intend to read the Turner Diaries and White Resistance Manual. I make this clear and I don't care who may know. Revolt against the modern world
Probably some of the most important banned books are those of physical therapy: seriously, try finding any book which overtly states the correct human posture (shoulders up and forward, tailbone up and back, chin up, looking down via T1, not C1) and purpose of the chin (as a resting point for stomach sleeping, which is the correct way to sleep -back sleeping causes flatback posture). Such books must have been written, particularly by the U.S. Army, Nazi Germany, the USSR, and the imperial Japanese -but where are they?
Archive has a wide selection of books on posture from the 19th and early 20th century...
I know nothing of the subject but dig away
These are all the permanently online ones for download
https://archive.org/search?query=posture&and%5B%5D=lending%3A%22is_readable%22
As I suspected (most of?) the old books, just like many PTs today, promote flatback or hyperextended posture, which is disastrous for the shoulders:
https://substack.com/profile/11976384-eharding/note/c-46737253
I could tell you all about this as an army physical therapist. McGill's Back Mechanic, Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance, and Gift of Injury aren't exactly banned, but they aren't popular with military clinicians either. There are complex reasons why posture is dismissed by midwit clinicians. Tickled by this observation though when I just stopped by to say how great of a read unintended consequences is.
Unz wrote a good piece on this same topic
https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravda-amazon-book-censorship/
Love unz, Big inspiration.
Haven't read that one though thanks for the tip!
Someone should train a chat gpt instance on all of these, banned search engine
Two questions: (1) Who else hesitated even for a moment before "liking"? I imagine an NSA / AI-curated struggle session where I'm asked to account for every SS like. Then I realize no one cares, and even if someone did, they'll screw it up so badly they won't actually get their facts straight. (2) why do we have so much free time to read to the end?
Here's the Ian Smith book on Rhodesia.
https://archive.org/details/bitter-harvest-zimbabwe-and-the-aftermath-of-its-independence/page/n17/mode/2up
The decolonisation of Africa was probably the greatest tragedy of the late 20th century.
Even weirder because no one knows about it.
If you understand the details of why it went so badly, you understand why liberalism and socialism are doomed.
Well, kudos. This is a deep article and calls for a change of pov on media, books and everything around information and pop culture. Definitely to be read several times to dig into all the insights you give.
Erectus Walks Among Us by Richard D Fuerle
Opium for the Masses by Jim Hogshire
Anything published by the awesome Loompanics Unlimited.
Have you seen this, Kulak?
https://open.substack.com/pub/popehead/p/the-100-families-that-rule-the-empire
You’ve done the lords work with this. I thought I knew most of the big names in this genre but like half of these I’d never heard of!
I’ve never seen a banned book list that was the real deal until now, and the emphasis on nonpolitical or non-dissident right work is what makes this an authentic effort on the side of truth and freedom. Even some of the summaries made me squirm.
More often lately I think preserving the European peoples worldwide is just a means to an end, and that end is the preservation of the instinct for genuine philosophy, enlightenment, and freedom among mankind. This embodies that perfectly.
You should read Lolita, it’s excellent. Nabokov writes very beautifully.
Didn't see "The Ethnic Phenomenon" by Pierre Van Den Berghe on the list. Deserves a spot in future lists, Good book, €100-300 for a used copy.
So regarding Operation Dark Heart:
I managed to find a new, albeit redacted copy, in the Fort Sam Houston military clothing store several years back.
I’d have bought two copies if they’d had two.
Where's the forbidden sexuality books? Stuff about having sex with kids or dogs or corpses or your sister and such.
Protip on reading books that are not in English: Google lens can translate for you as you read.