Sam Kestenbaum is a contributing editor and former staff writer for the Forward. Before this, he worked for The New York Times and newsrooms in Sana, Ramallah and Beijing. Contact him at kestenbaum@forward.com and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum and on Instagram at @skestenbaum.
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By Sam Kestenbaum
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Breaking News New White Nationalist Podcast Aims To Serve ‘Alt-Right,’ Anti-Semites
There’s a brand new podcast angling to be the go-to source for the white nationalist “alt-right.” And like the broader “alt-right” movement, the three hosts of the Reactionary Report podcast lament what they see as the decline of whites in America because of immigrants, blacks and Muslims — and take special pleasure toying with anti-Semitic…
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Fast Forward Got Nazis? Milk Is New Symbol Of Racial Purity For White Nationalists
First it was Pepe the Frog, a seemingly benign cartoon character, appropriated by white nationalists and now listed in the Anti-Defamation League’s database of hate symbols. Now — milk? Earlier this month, a cadre of white nationalists stormed Shia Labeouf’s since-shuttered art installation in New York to dance and chug gallons of whole milk. They…
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News ‘Lost Tribe’ Separatists In Nigeria Celebrate Trump’s Victory
On the weekend of President Trump’s inauguration, hundreds took to the street to march. They blocked traffic, sang songs and danced. In the crowd, scores of them wore yarmulkes and tallitot as they waved Israeli flags. This was not a scene from a major American city — where supporters and protestors similarly thronged the streets….
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Breaking News Reddit, the ‘Alt-Right’s’ Online Home, Kicks Them Out
Last night, Reddit banned two forums associated with the white nationalist “alt-right” movement, hours after one group had celebrated a banner month during which they had attracted thousands of new subscribers. Reddit shut down the two main congregating points for the “alt-right” — r/altright and r/alternativeright — leaving only a brief explanatory note. Reddit said…
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Fast Forward For Black History Month, White Nationalists Plan ‘White Consciousness’ Campaign
White nationalists are planning to flood college campuses with propaganda posters this month. “Our movement has the wind in its sails as never before,” white nationalist Jared Taylor wrote on his website American Renaissance. “Let us seize this moment and make the most of it,” wrote Taylor, who believes that race is correlated with intelligence,…
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Fast Forward White Nationalist ‘Alt-Right’ Celebrates a Banner Month
The “alt-right” started 2017 strong. Donald Trump, hero to the white nationalist movement, was inaugurated as president. Richard Spencer, would-be head of the movement, launched a new website and announced plans for a national tour. And the Reddit channel altright, a main congregating point for the largely-online movement, saw 5,000 new subscribers in just one…
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News A New Generation of Jewish Militants Embrace Trump — and Even the ‘Alt-Right’
Earlier this month, about 20 Jews gathered in a rental space above New York City’s Times Square to celebrate the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. Israeli wine, red and white, was poured into plastic cups alongside platters of bagels. The event’s organizers wore black T-shirts bearing the phrase “Never Again,” the slogan of the Jewish…
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News Neo-Nazi Podcaster Mike Enoch Is Back — Despite Jewish Wife
Earlier this month, it looked like the host of the anti-Semitic show “The Daily Shoah” would be booted from the white nationalist movement known as the “alt-right.” Mike Enoch, a leading “alt-right” figure, was revealed to be a web developer named Mike Peinovich — whose wife is Jewish. How could a self-respecting white nationalist be…
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