When The Right Blinked

Podcasts – Counter-Currents · Sep 10, 2026

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When Charlie Kirk was killed, I and many others on the Right immediately thought of Jose Calvo Sotelo. Sotelo was a conservative, though a relatively moderate one in Spain before the civil war. His death at the hands of Left-wing members of law enforcement in 1936 convinced many wavering conservatives to support the attempted coup of the nationalist generals. The coup would still have happened, but Sotelo’s death made it far more palatable to moderates. The Franco regime understood his importance and honored Sotelo posthumously.

With the Left radicalizing over the last two years…