Richard B. Spencer

Richard Bertrand Spencer
Born (1978-05-11) May 11, 1978
Boston, Massachusetts
Residence United States
Alma mater University of Virginia, St. Mark's School of Texas
Occupation author, publisher, activist
Known for President of the National Policy Institute, political activism

Richard Bertrand Spencer (born May 11, 1978) is an American writer, publisher, activist and self-described "identitarian" known for promoting white supremacist views.[1][2][3] He is president of the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist think-tank, and Washington Summit Publishers, an independent publishing firm.

Spencer advocates for a white homeland for a "dispossessed white race" and calls for "peaceful ethnic cleansing" to halt the "deconstruction" of European culture.[4][5][6]

Early life and career

Richard Spencer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas. In 2001, he received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and, in 2003, a M.A. from the University of Chicago. Between 2005 and 2007, he was a doctoral student in history at Duke University.[7] Spencer has been an assistant editor at The American Conservative magazine and Editor of Taki's Magazine. In 2010, he founded Alternative Right, a webzine that he edited until 2012. Spencer has been published at Right Now!, The American Conservative, American Renaissance, VDARE.com, The Occidental Observer, and other publications.

In 2012, he founded Radix Journal[8] as biannual publication of Washington Summit Publishers. Contributors included Kevin B. MacDonald, Alex Kurtagic, Samuel T. Francis, Andy Nowicki, Derek Turner, and others. He also hosts a weekly podcast, Vanguard Radio (a successor to AltRight Radio).

Spencer has been a guest speaker at Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Property and Freedom Society,[9] The Traditional Britain Group,[10][11] American Renaissance,[12] and the HL Mencken Club.[13]

Views

Greg Johnson, then-editor of The Occidental Quarterly, stressed how Spencer's concept of the "Alternative Right" was to collect a variety of perspectives that are outside the purview of the American Conservative movement:[14]

[Alternative Right] will attract the brightest 'young' conservatives and libertarians and expose them to far broader intellectual horizons, including race realism, White Nationalism, the European New Right, the Conservative Revolution, Traditionalism, neo-paganism, agrarianism, Third Positionism, anti-feminism, and right-wing anti-capitalists, ecologists, bioregionalists, and small-is-beautiful types.

The Anti-Defamation League reports:

Spencer has become a leader in white supremacist circles that envision a 'new' right that will openly embrace 'white racial consciousness'. ... Although Spencer began his career at 'The American Conservative,' he has since rejected conservatism. He believes that conservatives can’t or won’t represent explicitly white interests.

In 2013, Spencer spoke at the American Renaissance conference; he advocated the rejection of immigration and focus on the long-term goal of establishing a "White ethno-state in the North American continent."[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "White Flight". Slate. 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Here's How A White Supremacist Set The GOP's Immigration Policy". wonkette.com. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  3. ↑ "GOP's influencers push for another government shutdown, this time over immigration". The Rachel Maddow Show. November 19, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Richard Bertrand Spencer". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  5. ↑ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/18/a-racist-s-crazy-ski-resort-imbroglio.html
  6. ↑ http://flatheadbeacon.com/2014/11/26/richard-spencer/
  7. ↑ "NPI's Leadership". National Policy Institute. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Radix Journal". Washington Summit Publishers. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ Sean Gabb (June 15, 2010). "PFS 2010 - Richard Spencer, The "Alternative Right" in America". Vimeo.
  10. ↑ "Richard Spencer - Why We Need Europe". YouTube. October 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Richard Spencer - The American Right: Can Americans be Conservatives?". YouTube. November 8, 2012.
  12. ↑ Spencer, Richard (April 30, 2013). "Facing the Future as a Minority".
  13. ↑ "The Mencken Club".
  14. ↑ Johnson, Greg (March 2, 2010). "Richard Spencer Launches Alternative Right". The Occidental Quarterly. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Richard Spencer: A Symbol of the New White Supremacy". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
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