Category Archives: Alt Right

Human Biodiversity: the Pseudoscientific Racism of the Alt-Right

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Luke Ford

Ari Feldman writes for the Forward: There’s a piece of the “alt-right” puzzle of bigotry you need to know more about: “human biodiversity.” An ideological successor to eugenics, human biodiversity (HBD) is, like eugenics (from the Greek words for “good” … Continue reading →

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The Birth Of The Alt-Right

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Luke Ford

Neo-reaction thinker Henry Dampier says: The Alternative Right really derives from Richard Spencer and his organization. I’ve become a bigger believer in the impact of individuals, so I’m going to focus on the individual there. Spencer wanted to come up … Continue reading →

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The Alt-Right At The RNC

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Luke Ford

Joan Walsh writes for The Nation: An exhilarated Richard Spencer, a leading white nationalist who coined the term “alt-right,” introduced himself to me just as Milo began to speak. “This is the alt-right convention! We were really absent in 2012; … Continue reading →

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‘Power is what matters’: Alt Right leader Richard Spencer explains his admiration for Trump and Israel

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Luke Ford

From Mondoweiss: A specter is haunting Cleveland, the specter of the Alt Right. The Alt Right in the United States is a small but growing intellectual movement that seeks to resist the dilution of “White” people, both as a matter … Continue reading →

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How Trumpism hid in plain sight for 15 years

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Luke Ford

The Week: During the Bush years, a diverse group of right-leaning writers and thinkers began sounding an alarm about what mass immigration meant for the rest of the country. Many of them emerged from California, exactly where migration’s transformational effects … Continue reading →

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