American Renaissance (magazine)
Available in | English |
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Owner | New Century Foundation |
Editor | Jared Taylor |
Launched | November 1990 |
American Renaissance (AR or AmRen) is a
Since the magazine's first issue in 1990, it has become linked to various white supremacist people and organizations. It hosted conferences attended by
History
The magazine and the New Century Foundation were established by Jared Taylor; the first issue of American Renaissance was published in November 1990.[5]
Both the magazine and foundation, as well as Taylor have had links with organizations such as the Council of Conservative Citizens, the Pioneer Fund, and the British National Party. Former Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan Don Black and David Duke have attended American Renaissance conferences and have been seen talking with Taylor.[6][7] Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes has also written for American Renaissance.[8] The organization has held bi-annual conferences that attract neo-Nazis, white nationalists, white separatists, Holocaust deniers, and eugenicists.[9] Attendance at the conferences has varied; in February 2008, some 300 people attended.[7]
Content
American Renaissance is a
The publication promotes
According to Carol M. Swain, "American Renaissance has become the leading intellectual journal of contemporary white nationalism with a small but highly educated readership which sees itself as the vanguard of a new race realism that seeks to rescue America from the harmful effects of multiculturalist dogmas."[16] YouTube banned the American Renaissance channel, along with those of individual white nationalists, in late June 2020 for violating the website's policies against hate speech.[17]
Reception and controversy
Southern Poverty Law Center
American Renaissance and the New Century Foundation appear on a list of 115 "white nationalist hate groups" published in the
Mark Potok, editor-in-chief of the Intelligence Report, has said: "Jared Taylor is the cultivated, cosmopolitan face of white supremacy. He is the guy who is providing the intellectual heft, in effect, to modern-day
An article in the Intelligence Report by Potok and Heidi Beirich, head of the SPLC's Intelligence Project stated: "American Renaissance has become increasingly important over the years, bringing a measure of intellectualism and seriousness to the typically thug-dominated world of white supremacy. Today, it may be the closest thing the extreme right has to a real think tank. Whether or not it survives, and in what form, genuinely matters."[19]
Anti-Defamation League
The American
Conferences
American Renaissance has held conferences since 1994. Anti-racist activists were sometimes successful in persuading private hotels to cancel their reservations with American Renaissance.[21] In 2011, the publication planned to hold a three-day conference at a Sheraton Airport hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hotel canceled the group's booking amid plans by anti-racism activists and the Jewish Defense Organization (JDO) to protest at the conference site. The mayor pro tem of the city also reportedly contacted the hotel.[22]
Since 2012, the American Renaissance has held its conference at Montgomery Bell State Park Inn in Burns, Tennessee, a state-owned site. Protests have often taken place outside the conference facilities.[21]
Alleged DHS memo regarding 2011 Tucson shooting
A document—initially claimed to be a leaked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo—alleged that Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in the 2011 Tucson shooting that wounded Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and killed six bystanders, may have had ties to American Renaissance, which it called an "anti-ZOG (Zionist Occupational [sic] Government) and anti-semitic" group.[23][24] In an interview with Fox News, Jared Taylor denied the organization ever used the term "ZOG" and said Loughner had no connection to them.[23]
DHS officials the following day reported: "the department has not established any such possibility, undercutting what appears to be the primary basis for this claim". Furthermore, no such memo had been issued.[25]
Major David Denlinger, commander of the
References
- ^ a b Holley, Peter (January 12, 2016). "Hear a white nationalist's robocall urging Iowa voters to back Trump". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Groden, Claire (January 12, 2016). "White Supremacist Group Makes Pro-Trump Robocalls". Fortune. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Extremism in America: Jared Taylor/American Renaissance". Anti-Defamation League. January 11, 2011. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019.
- The Atlantic Wire. Archivedfrom the original on August 9, 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-4299-5933-9. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Roddy, Dennis (January 23, 2005). "Jared Taylor, a racist in the guise of 'expert'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Jared Taylor/American Renaissance" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Gavin McInnes". American Renaissance.
- ^ Roddy, Dennis (January 30, 2005). "Weird Science". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
- ^
Wright, David (January 11, 2016). "White nationalist group urges Iowans to vote Trump". CNN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
In the 50-second robocall, Johnson, along with Christian talk show host Ronald Tan and white supremacist magazine "American Renaissance" founder Jared Taylor, urges listeners to support Trump in the Iowa caucuses
- ^ Gelin, Martin (November 13, 2014). "White Flight". Slate. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ Edelman, Adam (January 11, 2016). "White nationalist group calling on Iowa to vote for Trump: 'We need smart, well-educated white people'". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (August 26, 2016). "'The races are not equal': meet the alt-right leader in Clinton's campaign ad". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018.
- ^ Timberg, Craig; Tsukayama, Hayley (December 18, 2017). "'Twitter purge' suspends account of far-right leader who was retweeted by Trump". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 18, 2017.
- ^ Carbone, Christopher (December 20, 2017). "Twitter's purge of far-right accounts sparks backlash, praise and confusion". Fox News. Archived from the original on January 17, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-521-80886-6.
- ^ Nieva, Richard (June 29, 2020). "YouTube bans white supremacists including David Duke and Richard Spencer". Cnet. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. March 10, 2015. Archivedfrom the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. Archivedfrom the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ a b "Jared Taylor/American Renaissance". archive.adl.org. p. 3. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Allison, Natalie (April 27, 2018). "Antifa, Anti-Racist Action among those protesting conference at Montgomery Bell Inn Saturday". The Tennessean.
- ^ Morrill, Jim (January 29, 2011). "White nationalist leader to discuss hotel cancellation". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011.
- ^ a b Summers, Patrick (January 9, 2011). "American Renaissance Denies DHS Charges, Any Affiliation With Shooter". Fox News. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ Jonsson, Patrik (January 9, 2011). "American Renaissance: Was Jared Lee Loughner tied to anti-immigrant group?". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013.
- ^ Sargent, Greg (January 10, 2011). "Official: DHS has not determined any possible ties between Arizona shooter and right wing group". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.
- ^ Vogel, Kenneth P. (January 11, 2011). "Loughner's supremacists tie debunked". Politico. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017.
Further reading
- "A Convocation of Bigots: The 1998 American Renaissance Conference". JSTOR 2999023..