The Unz Review
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The Unz Review is an American website and blog founded and edited by Ron Unz, a far-right activist and Holocaust denier. It is known for its publication of far-right, conspiracy theory, white nationalist, and antisemitic writings and pro-Russia propaganda.[1] The Unz Review has received support from pro-Putin and pro-Russian sources, and hosts a number of commentators who promote pro-Russian propaganda.[1]
Type of site | Alt-right, white nationalism |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founder(s) | Ron Unz |
| Editor | Ron Unz |
| URL | www |
| Launched | November 2013 |
History
Ron Unz, far-right activist and conspiracy theorist and Holocaust denier,[2][3] launched The Unz Review in November 2013. Unz is editor-in-chief and publisher.[4][5] In May 2020, Facebook removed fake accounts tied to The Unz Review.[6]
Editorial positions
Summarize
Perspective
The Unz Review describes itself as a publication presenting an "alternative media selection",[2] and "controversial perspectives largely excluded from the American mainstream media".[7] It has been described as "alternative conservative",[8] far-right,[9][10] white nationalist,[6][9][11] and a publisher of antisemitism and Holocaust denial.[8][12] The Associated Press describes the outlet as "a hodgepodge of views from corners of both the left and right".[13] According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the website is an "outlet for certain writers to attack Israel and Jews".[4]
Writers
The Unz Review hosts the blogs of far-right writers Steve Sailer and Anatoly Karlin. The Review of General Psychology describes Sailer as "a political writer who uses the language of IQ and genetics to further a White nationalist political agenda" and Karlin as a promoter of "antisemitic conspiracy theories and associates with alt-right political activist Richard Spencer".[11] Polygraph.info describes Karlin as a "Russian white nationalist blogger".[14]
In June 2023, an article in The Guardian observed that "[a]mong those whose writings Unz republishes are Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website ... and Eric Striker (real name Joseph Jordan), a founder of the neo-Nazi National Justice Party".[15] Writer Stephen Sniegoski said in The Unz Review in June 2016 that the New Deal of United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt had a greater "connection to fascism than anything Donald Trump has said".[16]
Controversy
In September 2017, former CIA operative Valerie Plame apologized after receiving attention for sharing an antisemitic article by Philip Giraldi titled "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars" on her Twitter account.[8][17] The article's depictions of Jews controlling the media and politics echoed long-running tropes blaming them for a variety of social and economic ills.[13] In May 2021, Luisa Neubauer accused Hans-Georg Maaßen, the former president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Germany's intelligence agency), of antisemitism for sharing links to The Unz Review and using terms like "globalists" on his Twitter account.[18]
References
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