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Category Archives: Alt Right
The Rise Of The Alt-Right
Scott McConnell writes for The American Conservative: Twenty-one years ago I was assigned by Commentary to write about Jared Taylor—today known as one of the eminences of the “alt-right.” Taylor had written a grim book on American race relations, Paved … Continue reading
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The Reflections Of Alt-Right Jew Joshua Seidel
From Joshua’s website TheJewishRight.com: As my piece went live, new Twitter accounts begun for this purpose began reaching out. “I’m a Jew, and I’ve always felt this way but I’m afraid to say it” was one common refrain. This was … Continue reading
MEET THE DAPPER WHITE NATIONALIST WHO WINS EVEN IF TRUMP LOSES – Alt-right founder Richard Spencer aims to make racism cool again
Great article in Mother Jones (even though the author and the publication hate Richard Spencer’s views, they extend him a normal amount of empathy and do such thorough reporting that no matter your views, you are going to be interested … Continue reading
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The Alt-Right Is Racist, Xenophobic & Anti-Semitic
Greg Johnson, founder of Counter-Currents.com, says in this recent Swedish podcast: “The Alternative Right was started by certain white nationalist donors and organizers as an entryist vehicle into the mainstream conservative world for the purpose of interacting with it, deconstructing … Continue reading
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The Campaign to Toxify Donald Trump Among Jews
Joel Pollak wrote March 4, 2016: Say what you will about Donald Trump, but he is not an antisemite. Yet there is a malicious campaign afoot to paint him as one. Tablet Magazine, for example, has launched a “Trump Watch” … Continue reading
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Meet the Alt-Right ‘Spokesman’ Who’s Thrilled With Trump’s Rise – Trump’s campaign has legitimized Richard Spencer’s movement, and Spencer couldn’t be happier about it
Rolling Stone: Just two weeks after Hillary Clinton delivered her August speech decrying Donald Trump’s ties to “an emerging racist ideology known as the ‘Alt-Right,’” the Alt-Right movement’s leaders host a press conference – a coming-out party of sorts – … Continue reading
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The white flight of Derek Black
Washington Post: Matthew Stevenson had started hosting weekly Shabbat dinners at his campus apartment shortly after enrolling in New College in 2010. He was the only Orthodox Jew at a school with little Jewish infrastructure, so he began cooking for … Continue reading
The New Star Of Germany’s Far Right
From The New Yorker: On one side there are moderate members, for whom the AfD is basically a protest vote; on the other is what he called a “dark core” of true believers—people like Björn Höcke, a former history teacher … Continue reading
How The Alt-Right Takes Over
Build institutions? Win elections and popular support? I thought AmNats of white or any variety are supposed to complain about the ADL and call people cucks. Who knew that the boring, decades-long business of building institutions and winning popular support … Continue reading
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American Goyim Are Good To Jews, Are We Good To Them Back?
Steve Sailer writes: An op-ed in the NYT by a Brown U. student with the great name Benjamin Gladstone (referencing the arch-rival Victorian prime ministers Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone; Benjamin Gladstone is kind of like Alexander Jefferson or John … Continue reading
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