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Fascism in the Contemporary US
Kevin Reuning
October 24, 2017
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Contemporary Fascism in the US
◦ Three Generations of Fascist Organizations
◦ The Alt-Right and Fascisim
◦ What are they doing?
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascist Groups
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Three Generations of Fascist Organizations
Old Guard: Traditional organizations but often built around singleindividuals.
◦ National Alliance (1970)
◦ National Socialist Movement (1994ish)
◦ The League of the South (1994)
◦ American Freedom Party (2009)
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
First Wave of Internet Organizations
Less of organizations and more of platforms for connecting.
◦ StormFront (1995)
◦ Daily Stormer (2013)
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
New Wave
Mixture of organizations and platorms, still driven by individualidentities.
◦ Richard Spencer’s Alt-Right (2017)
◦ Traditionalist Worker Party (2015)
◦ Identity Evropa (2016)
◦ Anti-Communist Action (2017?)
◦ Vanguard America/Patriot Front (2014?/2017)
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
How big are they?
Hatreon Social Media
Individual or Group Amount Donors Facebook Twitter
Daily Stormer $7,843 214 SuspendedRichard Spencer $531 48 15,996 77,302StormFront $654 13Identity Evropa 21,959Trad Worker Party 2,877
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Fascists Organizations
◦ Develop around a single leader, tend to fall apart when theleader vanishes.
◦ Media platforms versus organizations.
◦ Not very rigid boundaries between organizations (creation ofmany federations).
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
How Fascist is the Alt-Right?
The alt-right is both an organization and an umbrella term for thenew far right.
From: https://itsgoingdown.org/
types-right-wing-groups-attending-unite-right-rally/
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How Fascist is the Alt-Right?
◦ Some take a traditional fascist positions.
◦ Some take other far-right positions
◦ Some are social or cultural organizations and less explicitlyideological.
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Traditionalist Worker Party
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Traditionalist Worker Party
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
Not all of the Alt-Right is Fascist
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The Proud Boys
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The Proud Boys
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Overlap
◦ Strong support for traditional genderroles.
◦ Deeply contemptuous of current politicalelites (Trump excluded).
◦ Use of violence against left wingprotesters.
◦ Always online.
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
What are they doing?
Online presence:
◦ Recent history connected to internet culture spawned by4chan and reddit.
◦ Podcasts and blogs: The Right Stuff, the War Room, andDaily Stormer
Change in the last year as more of this comes off the internet andinto real-life.
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Rallies
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College Postering and Recruiting
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Rebranding
Race Realist or Identitarian‘White Genocide’
Support for ‘diversity’
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Thank You
Kevin Reuning Fascism in the Contemporary US
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