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Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
The Alternative Right, commonly known as the “alt-right,” was a set of far-right ideologies, groups and individuals whose core belief was that “white identity” is under attack by multicultural forces using “political correctness” and “social justice” to undermine white people and “their” civilization. The movement adopted the “alt-right” label to strategically soft-pedal their racist and antisemitic beliefs.
Link / DOI / ISBN: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/alt-right/
Document Type: Website
Tags: Educational | Advocacy | Nonprofit
Country: USA
Year: 2025
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Alt right, short for “alternative right,” is a repackaging of white supremacy by extremists seeking to mainstream their ideology // The term emerged in 2010 and started to gain widespread traction in 2016. // People who identify with the alt right regard mainstream or traditional conservatives as weak and impotent, largely because they do not adequately support white racial interests, or are not adequately racist or antisemitic. // Some alt right adherents prefer other labels, such as the “New Right” and the “Dissident Right.” // The alt right label explicitly avoids racial or racist language, and instead brings to mind rebellion or anti-establishment thinking – concepts that help attract young, new followers.
Link / DOI / ISBN: https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/alt-right-primer-new-white-supremacy
Document Type: Website
Tags: Educational | Advocacy | Nonprofit
Country: USA
Year: 2020
Merriam-Webster
A right-wing, primarily online political movement or grouping based in the U.S. whose members reject mainstream conservative politics and espouse extremist beliefs and policies typically centered on ideas of white nationalism.
Link / DOI / ISBN: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-right
Document Type: Reference
Tags: Educational
Country: USA
Year: 2025
Meir, Nicole; The Associated Press
The “alt-right” or “alternative right” is a name currently embraced by some white supremacists and white nationalists to refer to themselves and their ideology, which emphasizes preserving and protecting the white race in the United States in addition to, or over, other traditional conservative positions such as limited government, low taxes and strict law-and-order. // The movement has been described as a mix of racism, white nationalism and populism. // Although many adherents backed President-elect Donald Trump in the recent election, Trump last week said he disavows and condemns the “alt-right.” // The movement criticizes “multiculturalism” and more rights for non-whites, women, Jews, Muslims, gays, immigrants and other minorities. Its members reject the American democratic ideal that all should have equality under the law regardless of creed, gender, ethnic origin or race.
Link / DOI / ISBN: https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/behind-the-news/writing-about-the-alt-right/
Document Type: Website
Tags: Educational | Media
Country: Global
Year: 2016
Main, Thomas
Alt-Rightism is in essence a political ideology rather than a movement, constituency, or interest group…. The book’s main thesis is that the Alt-Right represents the first new philosophical competitor in the West to democratic liberalism, broadly defined, since the fall of communism. The main challenges to democratic liberalism now come not from the radical left, as was the case in the latter half of the twentieth century, but from the radical right. The distinctive features of Alt- Right thought can be summed up as the following: // A rejection of liberal democracy. The Alt- Right holds, in essence, that all men are not created equal and concludes that liberal political principles, broadly understood, are obsolete. // White racialism. A polity can be decent only if the white race is politically dominant. // Anti- Americanism. As racial equality has displaced white dominance, the United States of America has declined and no longer merits the allegiance of its white citizens; they should transfer their loyalty to the white race. // Vitriolic rhetoric. The propensity for intemperate language often found at the ends of the political spectrum is taken by the Alt- Right to lengths previously seen only among fringe elements. The movement rejects the standard ethics of controversy and indulges in race- baiting, coarse ethnic humor, prejudicial stereotyping, vituperative criticism, and the flaunting of extremist symbols.
Link / DOI / ISBN: 978 0815732907
Page Number: 7-8
Document Type: Book
Tags: Scholarly | Educational
Country: USA
Year: 2018
UCLA Link: https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma9912286542006531
Al Jazeera
The alt-right is a loosely knit coalition of far-right groups that includes populists, white supremacists, white nationalists, neo-Confederates and neo-Nazis. Many alt-rightists promote various forms of white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. // The term “alt-right” was first coined by US white supremacist Richard Spencer in 2008 to provide an alternative to the neoconservative politics that dominated the Republican Party establishment in recent decades…. The movement promotes what it calls “white identitarianism”, a worldview that advocates European racial and cultural hegemony. Alt-rightists often cite racial science as vindication for their views. // Researchers and experts note that sexism is as integral to the alt-right as racism, pointing out that there are few females among the cadres of the movement…. //Among the groups involved in the movement are: Spencer’s think tank, the National Policy Institute; the National Socialist Movement; the neo-Confederate League of the South; Identity Evropa, the white supremacist group and, among others, the neo-Nazi organisation Vanguard America. // Online organising made the alt-right’s success possible. // The key websites are: AltRight.com; the Occidental Dissent blog; the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website; Radix Journal; the Counter-Currents website and the Right Stuff blog, among others. // The alt-right has many connections to groups in Europe, many of which predate the movement. // Some prominent figures within the alt-right are: Daily Stormer’s Andrew Anglin; the Right Stuff’s Mike Peinovich; Identity Evropa’s Nathan Damigo; former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke; Traditional Worker Party’s Matthew Heimbach and Swedish businessman Daniel Friberg.
Link / DOI / ISBN: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/10/13/explained-alt-right-alt-light-and-militias-in-the-us
Document Type: Article
Tags: Media
Country: Qatar
Year: 2017
Jared Taylor, American Renaissance
What is the Alt Right? It is a broad, dissident movement that rejects egalitarian orthodoxies. These orthodoxies require us to believe that the sexes are equivalent, that race is meaningless, that all cultures and religions are equally valuable, and that any erotic orientation or identification is healthy. These things we deny. The Alt Right is also skeptical of mass democracy. It opposes foreign aid and foreign intervention–especially for “nation building.” // Given the loose nature of the movement, there are people who consider themselves “Alt Right” but who disagree on one or more of these points–except one. The entire Alt Right is united in contempt for the idea that race is only a “social construct.” This is an idea that is so wrong and stupid that only very intelligent people can convince themselves it is true.
Link / DOI / ISBN: https://www.amren.com/news/2016/10/what-is-the-alt-right-jared-taylor/
Document Type: Article
Tags: Media
Country: USA
Year: 2016