In this episode, Daniel tells Jack about the aftermath of the
disastrous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville 2017. They also get a tad more theoretical about some
of the reasons for some of the behaviour of the so-called 'alt-right',
and chat about some related issues such as the recent controversy
concerning the Covington MAGA kids.
Download here.
Reminder: we're on iTunes and YouTube
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NOTES
Jason Kessler disrupted by his father.
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Covington Catholic Students confrontation full video (confrontation starts at ~1:13:00)
Robby Soave at Reason on Covington Catholic Kids
Jason Wilson at the Guardian on Covington Catholic Kids
Laura Wagner at Deadspin on Covington Catholic Kids
GQ "Scared White Supremacist Takes Off His Uniform."
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Assault of Deandre Harris
League of the South signs consent decree, will not return to Charlottesville. March 2018.
"The
decree specifically names the League of the South, its directors,
officers, members and agents, national League of the South chairman
Michael Tubbs and Kentucky chapter chairman Spencer Borum. These parties
are blocked from “returning to Charlottesville, Virginia, as part of a
unit of two or more persons acting in concert while armed with a
firearm, weapon, shield, or any item whose purpose is to inflict bodily
harm to any demonstration, rally, protest, or march,” on threat of
court-ordered punishment."
Jacob Goodwin and Alex Ramos sentenced for attack on Deandre Harris.
Daniel Borden sentenced for attack on Deandre Harris
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Jason Kessler tweets about Heather Heyer
""Heather
Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist," stated the tweet on an account
belonging to Jason Kessler. "Communists have killed 94 million. Looks
like it was payback time." "
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Cloudflare boots Daily Stormer August 16, 2017
Twitter bans Nazis December 18, 2017.
Major sites ban Alex Jones and Infowars September 2018.
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Sines V. Kessler
"Rise Above Movement" (RAM) members arrested. October 2018.
Tom Brokaw "Brown Grandbabies."
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Also, here's the famous Vice documentary 'Charlottesville: Race and Terror', which we refer to.
Right Wing Watch
Angry White Men blog
@EyesOnTheRight
Jared Holt
Conversations about the far-right's conversations, with Daniel Harper & Jack Graham
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Algorithm 2
More nightmarish examples from the hellscape of Daniel's YouTube recommendations.
This garbage just goes on and on and on and on and on.
This garbage just goes on and on and on and on and on.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Episode 3: Unite the Right, Charlottesville 2017
In this episode, which runs a bit longer than the first two, and which goes to some very dark places, Daniel tells Jack all about the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, 2017.
The episode features discussions of violence, and we try to signpost when we're getting into the painful details. But warnings definitely apply from the start. We're discussing virulent racism and bigotry.
Download here.
(Also, we're on iTunes and YouTube now.)
Of necessity, we're only glancing at this incredibly big and complex subject, so we're going to be coming back to many of the issues, organisations, and persons mentioned.
And here are some notes, sources, and references.
(Oh, P.S. Fun fact... Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dropped into Hbomberguy's Donkey Kong charity Twitch stream as we recorded this.)
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NOTES
Firstly, everyone interested in this should follow and support Emily Gorcenski and Molly (Socialist Dog Mom) on Twitter.
Here's Emily's livestream of the tiki torch rally
Here's Molly's podcast The Trial of James Alex Fields
First Vigil - tracking fascist violence
Texts between Jason Kessler (UtR organiser), Richard Spencer, other UtR participants:
SPLC/Hatewatch
Document at DocumentCloud
Unite the Right poster
Enoch and The Right Stuff crew photo with Taylor Wilson and James Alex Fields (tweet from Sandi Bachom):
Jason Kessler tweets about Heather Heyer after Charlottesville
Hunter Wallace (Brad Griffin) smears Heather Heyer.
White Boner's conspiracy theory video
Alex McNabb, the 'Nazi EMT'
Daniel has curated a selection of clips relating to the subjects touched on in this episode. Beware, some of these clips feature people like Jason Kessler and Mike Enoch being vile. Here.
David Futrelle's blog We Hunted the Mammoth, is a good source for lots of information about the far-right in its many forms. The blog originally tracked the 'Manosphere' (i.e. MRAs, Incels, etc) but has increasingly tracked online hate more generally as the Manosphere joined up with and fed into the so-called 'alt-right', Trumpism, etc.
Here's his post on nazis mocking the murder of Heather Heyer in their memes...
...and here's his post on the Daily Caller's call for people to run over protestors.
And here is the video we refer to in the episode, 'Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right' by Shaun - excellent stuff.
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Timeline of Rallies 2017:
Feb. 1: Berkeley. Milo rally cancelled.
April 15: Berkeley. "Free Speech Event," Nathan Damigo punches "Moldylocks."
April 27: Berkeley. Ann Coulter speech cancelled, "Based Stickman," Lauren Southern, et al.
April 29: Pikeville, KY. TWP/NSM rally. Village Voice article.
May 13: Cville. Richard Spencer torch rally. Charlottesville 1.0.
-----June 2017---- UtR announced.
July 8. Cville. Ku Klux Klan rally.
-----July 11------ Kessler appears at town hall in Cville, publicizing UtR and distancing from Klan.
August 11. Cville. UVA torch march, "Jews Will Not Replace Us," assault on Emily Gorcenski and Kristopher Goad. Emily Livestream.
August 12. Cville. Unite the Right.
State of Emergency declared at 11:00AM. Rally planned to start at 12:00PM.
James Alex Fields Attack at 1:45PM.
Oct. 28. Shelbyville. NSM/Brad Griffin/TWP/Klan "Hard Right" Rally.
The episode features discussions of violence, and we try to signpost when we're getting into the painful details. But warnings definitely apply from the start. We're discussing virulent racism and bigotry.
Download here.
(Also, we're on iTunes and YouTube now.)
Of necessity, we're only glancing at this incredibly big and complex subject, so we're going to be coming back to many of the issues, organisations, and persons mentioned.
And here are some notes, sources, and references.
(Oh, P.S. Fun fact... Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dropped into Hbomberguy's Donkey Kong charity Twitch stream as we recorded this.)
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NOTES
Firstly, everyone interested in this should follow and support Emily Gorcenski and Molly (Socialist Dog Mom) on Twitter.
Here's Emily's livestream of the tiki torch rally
Here's Molly's podcast The Trial of James Alex Fields
First Vigil - tracking fascist violence
Texts between Jason Kessler (UtR organiser), Richard Spencer, other UtR participants:
SPLC/Hatewatch
Document at DocumentCloud
Unite the Right poster
Enoch and The Right Stuff crew photo with Taylor Wilson and James Alex Fields (tweet from Sandi Bachom):
Jason Kessler tweets about Heather Heyer after Charlottesville
Hunter Wallace (Brad Griffin) smears Heather Heyer.
White Boner's conspiracy theory video
Alex McNabb, the 'Nazi EMT'
Daniel has curated a selection of clips relating to the subjects touched on in this episode. Beware, some of these clips feature people like Jason Kessler and Mike Enoch being vile. Here.
David Futrelle's blog We Hunted the Mammoth, is a good source for lots of information about the far-right in its many forms. The blog originally tracked the 'Manosphere' (i.e. MRAs, Incels, etc) but has increasingly tracked online hate more generally as the Manosphere joined up with and fed into the so-called 'alt-right', Trumpism, etc.
Here's his post on nazis mocking the murder of Heather Heyer in their memes...
...and here's his post on the Daily Caller's call for people to run over protestors.
And here is the video we refer to in the episode, 'Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right' by Shaun - excellent stuff.
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Timeline of Rallies 2017:
Feb. 1: Berkeley. Milo rally cancelled.
April 15: Berkeley. "Free Speech Event," Nathan Damigo punches "Moldylocks."
April 27: Berkeley. Ann Coulter speech cancelled, "Based Stickman," Lauren Southern, et al.
April 29: Pikeville, KY. TWP/NSM rally. Village Voice article.
May 13: Cville. Richard Spencer torch rally. Charlottesville 1.0.
-----June 2017---- UtR announced.
July 8. Cville. Ku Klux Klan rally.
-----July 11------ Kessler appears at town hall in Cville, publicizing UtR and distancing from Klan.
August 11. Cville. UVA torch march, "Jews Will Not Replace Us," assault on Emily Gorcenski and Kristopher Goad. Emily Livestream.
August 12. Cville. Unite the Right.
State of Emergency declared at 11:00AM. Rally planned to start at 12:00PM.
James Alex Fields Attack at 1:45PM.
Oct. 28. Shelbyville. NSM/Brad Griffin/TWP/Klan "Hard Right" Rally.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Algorithm is an Arabic Word
Actually it's the latinising of the name of a Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. So the very thing that, on YouTube, enables and promotes loads of far-right Islamophobes and Western chauvinists, originates literally with a Muslim intellectual from the East.
But we stray from the point of this little extra post, which is to give you a glimpse of the dank horrors that the dreaded algorithm has wrought on Daniel's YouTube recommendations as a result of his extensive researches.
But we stray from the point of this little extra post, which is to give you a glimpse of the dank horrors that the dreaded algorithm has wrought on Daniel's YouTube recommendations as a result of his extensive researches.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Episode 2: David Duke
In our second episode, Daniel tells Jack all about former KKK Grand Wizard, "king of the angry Facebook grampas", and man who wrote an autobiography it took 42 hours for him to record himself reading, 'Dr' David Duke.
Download or listen here.
As ever, we're discussing fascism, racism and bigotry generally, so warnings apply.
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Show Notes
Richard Spencer Errata:
On Spencer's connections
On the plausible domestic assault allegations against RS
David Duke:
http://www.renseradioarchives.com/dduke/
Southern Policy Law Centre: Extremist Files entry on DD
Book: Blood and Politics
Duke on Donahue 1992
Duke leaves the Kan 1980, founds NAAWP (National Association for the Advancement of White People)
David Duke is talking over everyone
My Awakening (DD's autobiography) (PDF)
My Awakening audiobook version
Dating David Duke
David Duke wrote a sex-help book called "Finders Keepers" in 1976.
David Duke and Mike Enoch speak at Unite the Right
David Duke sentenced for tax and mail fraud, serves 15 months in 2003
Book: The Rise of David Duke
Download or listen here.
As ever, we're discussing fascism, racism and bigotry generally, so warnings apply.
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Show Notes
Richard Spencer Errata:
On Spencer's connections
On the plausible domestic assault allegations against RS
David Duke:
http://www.renseradioarchives.com/dduke/
Southern Policy Law Centre: Extremist Files entry on DD
Book: Blood and Politics
Duke on Donahue 1992
Duke leaves the Kan 1980, founds NAAWP (National Association for the Advancement of White People)
David Duke is talking over everyone
My Awakening (DD's autobiography) (PDF)
My Awakening audiobook version
Dating David Duke
David Duke wrote a sex-help book called "Finders Keepers" in 1976.
David Duke and Mike Enoch speak at Unite the Right
David Duke sentenced for tax and mail fraud, serves 15 months in 2003
Book: The Rise of David Duke
Monday, January 7, 2019
Episode 1: Richard Spencer
More than two years ago, concerned about the newly resurgent fascist fringe in America and elsewhere, Daniel Harper, a lefty podcaster and online writer, started investigating the so-called 'alt-right'.
He's gone where few other researchers have gone, and actually subjected himself to hours and hours of the many podcasts and Youtube shows produced by the multifarious people and groups who make up this pernicious and dangerous subculture. He's listened, at length, to what they say to each other in their own spaces. And, having done the listening so you don't have to, he's back with his reports.
This new podcast series features Daniel in conversation with his friend and fellow podcaster Jack Graham.
Here's the first episode, on perhaps the best-known representative of the 'alt-right', Richard Spencer, his career, style, and ideology. The episode also touches on the origins of the term 'alt-right', the infamous 'heilgate' occurance after Trump's election, etc.
We're discussing fascism and racism, so this podcast comes with big warnings.
The next episode will be on a more old-school fascist, David Duke, former Klan 'Grand Wizard' who spoke at Charlottesville.
Future episodes will continue to cover one 'topic' per show. We plan to keep the episodes as short as possible, and crank them out regularly.
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT - by Kat (@leftgoth)
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Links pertaining to the discussion:
Der Ewige Juden (The Eternal Jew)
The Richard Spencer Show on Heel Turn
Report on Spencer's 2010 'anti-diversity' speech to Vanderbilt students
Gottfried's 2008 article apparently coining the term 'alternative right'
Spencer taking part in the 'Ron Paul Revolution'
He's gone where few other researchers have gone, and actually subjected himself to hours and hours of the many podcasts and Youtube shows produced by the multifarious people and groups who make up this pernicious and dangerous subculture. He's listened, at length, to what they say to each other in their own spaces. And, having done the listening so you don't have to, he's back with his reports.
This new podcast series features Daniel in conversation with his friend and fellow podcaster Jack Graham.
Here's the first episode, on perhaps the best-known representative of the 'alt-right', Richard Spencer, his career, style, and ideology. The episode also touches on the origins of the term 'alt-right', the infamous 'heilgate' occurance after Trump's election, etc.
We're discussing fascism and racism, so this podcast comes with big warnings.
The next episode will be on a more old-school fascist, David Duke, former Klan 'Grand Wizard' who spoke at Charlottesville.
Future episodes will continue to cover one 'topic' per show. We plan to keep the episodes as short as possible, and crank them out regularly.
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT - by Kat (@leftgoth)
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Links pertaining to the discussion:
Der Ewige Juden (The Eternal Jew)
The Richard Spencer Show on Heel Turn
Report on Spencer's 2010 'anti-diversity' speech to Vanderbilt students
Gottfried's 2008 article apparently coining the term 'alternative right'
Spencer taking part in the 'Ron Paul Revolution'
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