Category Archives: Alt Right

White supremacists using Twitter mentions to organize, recruit, and unify

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Luke Ford

Sociologist Philip Cohen writes for the Southern Policy Law Center: These are commented excerpts from a Twitter conversation I had with a bunch of Trump-supporting racists on August 15. It started with my complaining to Jesse Singal about a table … Continue reading →

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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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