Far-right activists have vowed to hold a public event in London, after places across the UK barred them. Generation Identity representatives said that venues were “threatened” into rejecting their Young Independence Conference. Co-Leader of Generation Identity Austria, Martin Sellner, announced he will be giving a speech at Hyde Park’s Speakers’ Corner this weekend. The original […]
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Medium suspends alt-right trolls following major rules change
Medium is taking its own steps in the fight against fake news and following a major reworking of its rules, has suspended the accounts of a handful of writers. As The Outline reports, the accounts of Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec and Laura Loomer now link to a largely blank page that says, “This page is […]
Superhero Bits: Superman vs Hulk, Jon Bernthal Bashes Alt-Right Punisher Fans & More
Which Gotham villain is becoming a recurring guest star later this season? Which of David Ayer‘s movie convinced Margot Robbie to join Suicide Squad? What does Jon Bernthal think of alt-right supporters donning The Punisher logo? Does Logan tell Luke Skywalker’s story better than Star Wars: The Last Jedi? All that and more in this […]
‘Okay to be white’: Alt-right flyers at schools raise concerns
Published time: 3 Nov, 2017 19:17 A number of flyers and stickers reading, “It’s okay to be white” have appeared across the US and Canada, courtesy of a ‘master plan’ by 4Chan trolls to challenge the credibility of schools and media. Staff at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, found “It’s okay to […]
Violent Alt-Right Chats Could Be Key to Charlottesville Lawsuits
Leaked documents describe weapons and cite potential “gunfight.” https://media.wired.com/photos/599f29c2d7c1e93ce5d83683/master/pass/CharlottesvilleRallyHP_14994671.jpg Feed: All Latest
Stormfront Nazis Think the Alt-Right Is Full of Idiots
White supremacist message board users has taken issue with the alt-right, in an echo of past divisions. https://media.wired.com/photos/599786438d00942cb02e0f20/master/pass/KKK-FeatureArt.jpg Feed: All Latest
The Alt-Right Platform
With three people dead and the violence still simmering around the University of Virginia’s campus, Jason Kessler, the Unite the Right rally’s white nationalist organizer, stepped up to a bouquet of microphones placed in front of an angry, restless crowd in Charlottesville on Sunday and began to speak. Kessler was able to utter just two […]
Not Alt-Right
The events in Charlottesville have created the first real crisis for the pro-Trump media, which is caught between its mainstream aspirations and its addiction to the traffic and energy of the white nationalist movement. For the better part of 2017, the collective of Twitter personalities, trolls turned citizen journalists, and social justice-hating memelords that make […]
New Media and the Messy Nature of Reporting on the Alt-Right
The press is grappling with a conundrum: how much coverage of the so-called alt-right is too much coverage? https://media.wired.com/photos/599356bcd7818e7bbdbebe59/master/pass/PressCharlottesvilleHP-831329068.jpg Feed: All Latest
Trump retweets alt-right conspiracy theorist amid Charlottesville fallout
@JackPosobiec/Twitter Days after a white nationalist rally turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump retweeted an alt-right conspiracy theorist Monday night. Trump’s retweet originated from Jack Posobiec, a prominent alt-right figure who reportedly was behind a viral post-election photo of a “Rape Melania” sign shown among anti-Trump protesters. Posobiec, who is a leading pro-Trump internet personality, […]