The History of the Alt-Right

In this video, I look at the history of the Alt-Right, looking specifically at 4chan, Gamergate, and meme culture, as well as leaders like Milo Yiannopoulos, Richard Spencer, Jared Taylor and Kevin Macdonald, to draw a short history of the people and the ideas. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources Jared Taylor – Anti-Defamation League https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/jared-taylor-extremism-in-america.pdf G. Michael - Professor Kevin MacDonald s Critique of Judaism: Legitimate Scholarship or the Intellectualization of Anti-Semitism? file:///C:/Users/walle/OneDrive/pdf/alt-right/macdonalds%20semitism.pdf T. Alberta, Politico, The Ideas Made It, But I didn’t https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/22/pat-buchanan-trump-president-history-profile-215042 S. McConnell, Rise of the Alt-Right, American Conservative http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/rise-of-the-alt-right/ J. Daniels, The Algorithmic Rise of the “Alt-Right” http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1536504218766547 D. Burghart, Who is Richard Spencer?, IREHR https://www.irehr.org/2014/06/27/who-is-richard-spencer/ P. Frank, The Strange Internet Journey of Pepe the ‘Chilled-Out Stoner Frog’, Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-furie-pepe-frog-meme_us_57ed3a6fe4b0c2407cdc4298 J. Anomaly, What the Alt-Right Gets Wrong About Jews, Quillette https://quillette.com/2018/03/15/alt-right-gets-wrong-jews/ C. Michel, Meet the Favorite Philosophers of Young White Supremacists, Think Progress https://thinkprogress.org/this-philosophers-of-young-white-supremacists-33605ba538c0/ D. Minkowitz, The Racist Right Looks Left, The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/the-racist-right-looks-left/ Hine, G; Onaolapo, J; De Cristofaro, E; Kourtellis, N; Leontiadis, I; Samaras, R; Stringhini, G; (2017) Kek, Cucks, and God Emperor Trump: A Measurement Study of 4chan s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effects on the Web http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1544396/ Angela Nagel, Kill All Normies https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kill-All-Normies-culture-alt-right/dp/1785355430 Music Deuces Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Is That You or Are You You by Chris Zabriskie Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Credits https://www.flickr.com/photos/26427742@N08/14132414383 (by Thomas Fedra - Creative Commons 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/vas/30910084580/ (by Vas Panagiotopoulos - - Creative Commons 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52934799@N03/7644076958/ (by Jason Miklacic- - Creative Commons 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plakat_akcji_Kony_2012_przy_pl._Trzech_Krzy%C5%BCy_w_Warszawie.JPG (by Mateusz Opasiński – Creative Commons 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sad_Pepe.png (by Bahasa Indonesia – Creative Commons 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/32452974604/ (by Fibonacci Blue – Creative Commons 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/acrider/35780274914/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buchananinterview.JPG (by Anthony Crider– Creative Commons 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B5#/media/File:Flat,800x800,075,f.jpg (by Lilholmboy – Creative Commons 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/40508670921/ (by Gage Skidmore – Creative Commons 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Bannon.jpg (by Michael Vadon – Creative Commons 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en