International Alt-Right

<p>The alt-right has been the most important new far-right grouping to appear in decades. Written by researchers from the anti-racist advocacy group HOPE not hate this book provides a thorough ground-breaking and accessible overview of this dangerous new phenomenon. It explains where the alt-right came from its history so far what it believes how it organises and operates and its future trajectory.</p><p>The alt-right is a genuinely transnational movement and this book is unique in offering a truly international perspective outlining the influence of European ideas and movements as well as the alt-right's development in and attitude towards countries as diverse as Japan India and Russia. It examines the ideological tributaries that coagulated to form the alt-right such as white supremacy the neo-reactionary blogosphere the European New Right the anti-feminist manosphere the libertarian movement and digital hate culture exemplified by offensive memes and trolling. The authors explore the alt-right's views on gender sexuality and masculinity antisemitism and the Holocaust race and IQ globalisation and culture as well as its use of violence. The alt-right is a thoroughly modern far-right movement that uses cutting edge technology and this book reveals how they use cryptocurrencies encryption hacking meme warfare social media and the dark web. </p><p>This will be essential reading for scholars and activists alike with an interest in race relations fascism extremism and social movements.</p>