Category Archives: Alt-Right

The French Right: Living in Liberals’ Heads, Rent Free

From a NYT book review of Mark Lilla’s book The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction: The second half of Lilla’s book explores recent reactionary thought on both sides of the Atlantic, on the political left as well as the right. … Continue reading

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George Nash: American Conservatism and the ‘Problem’ of Populism

George Nash, the notable historian of conservatism, has a worthy piece in The New Criterion (“Populism, I: American Conservatism and the Problem of Populism”) that serves as an overview of conservatism since the mid-20th century, and what historical forces are … Continue reading

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Spencer: Alt-Right or Alt-Light?

Richard Spencer discusses the very big week the Alt-Right just had. Some very good forecasting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsD4ba9944A

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The Forward on Paul Gottfried & Alt-Right

The Jewish Daily Forward (now called just The Forward) has a piece on Paul Gottfried (“Meet the Jewish ‘Paleoconservative’ Who Coined The Term ‘Alternative Right’”) Some other recent pieces in The Forward, the first exhibiting the full blown Jewish paranoia … Continue reading

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NPR Fossil on Alt-Right

NPR’s ancient fossil Diane Rehm had a rather poor, meandering segment yesterday on the Alt-Right (“The Rise Of The “Alt-Right” Movement And Its Place In This Year’s Presidential Campaign”). Jared Taylor appears as a guest around the 14:00 marker and … Continue reading

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Beck on Spencer & Sailer

Glenn Beck and his two parrots, perpetually in fear of a Trump dictatorship, “Wow” themselves by reading quotes from Breitbart’s Steve Bannon, the latter of whom has extolled writers such as Richard Spencer and Steve Sailer. What happened to this … Continue reading

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NYT: Breitbart News Has Arrived

The NYT has a piece titled “Breitbart Rises From Outlier to Potent Voice in Campaign”. This is good news. At this point in time, any press is good press for the Alt-Right. The piece begins: Breitbart News has arrived. The … Continue reading

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FNC: “The Rise of the Alt-Right Movement”

The amount of attention the Alt-Right has received (much of it inaccurate) is astonishing. From FNC:

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The Guardian: Alt-Right Profile

This profile in The Guardian has gotten a thumb’s up from AmRen.

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WaPo: An Alt-Right Primer

In WaPo, David Weigel (ahem) has a brief, laundry list piece on “What’s the alt-right? A primer”: While reporters like Rosie Gray, Olivia Nuzzi, and Benjy Sarlin have reported on the alt-right’s success for a year, and while the Southern … Continue reading

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