The Mobile Immobility of Chaos

Tradition, Family and Property, May – June, 1993     by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira IF ANYTHING is a common denominator in  events of public and private life in so many na­tions nowadays, it is chaos. Chaotic prospects seem to come one right after the other, and, increasingly, things follow the ways of chaos to […]

No Honor Without True and Justice

Folha de S. Paulo, February 4, 1973   “Throwing the Pen on the Floor” Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira      Some episodes deserve comment, others do not. Still, others are impossible to comment on because their burden of contradiction makes the human vocabulary’s most stinging qualifiers insufficient. This week, some events from this third category have […]

South America: Dangers and Opportunities – liberation theology / The TFP’s geopolitic

For decades, we have dealt with our Latin American neighbors without fully understanding their ways, heritage or culture. Today, as the importance of South America in the world panorama increases, this policy of misconception is having unfortunate consequences. Issues like the foreign debts, the Central American powder keg so near our very border and the […]

CALM’S GENTLE SUPERIORITY – Only a tranquil lake reflects the stars, Excerpts from the Thought of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Collected by Leo Daniele

Originally published in Portuguese by Edições Brasil de Amanhã São Paulo, 2012 Selection, presentation and notes: Leo Daniele English translation by Jose A. Schelini Copy Editor of the Original Portuguese edition: Francisco Leoncio Cerqueira Layout: Luis Guillermo Arroyave Originally published by Edições Brasil de Amanhã Printing: Artpress   “Canticum Novum” Collection Excerpts from the thought […]

The Abortionist Mentality Descends from Hitler

On January 23, 1944, when Nazi Germany was on the cusp of defeat, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira wrote an article analyzing the National Socialist regime’s mentality. He predicted that even after the fall of the Third Reich, this Nazi mentality, which he called the Attila mentality, would continue. One manifestation would be the abortionist […]

Is Glory to God in the Highest a Secondary Aspect of Christmas?

Catolicismo, December 1963 by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira     THOU dost repose, O Lord, in Thy pitiful and august manger, under the eyes of the Virgin, Thy Mother, which shed the inalienable treasures of their respect and affection over Thee. Never has a creature adored its God with such deep and respect­ful humility. Never […]

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