The Unz Review is an American website and blog, founded and edited by far-right activist and Holocaust denier Ron Unz. It is known for its publication of far-right, white nationalist, and antisemitic writings.

History

Far-right activist and Holocaust denier Ron Unz[1][2] launched the The Unz Review in November 2013. Unz is editor-in-chief and publisher.[3][4]

In May 2020, Facebook removed fake accounts tied to The Unz Review.[5]

Editorial positions

The Unz Review describes itself as a publication presenting an "alternative media selection"[1] and "controversial perspectives largely excluded from the American mainstream media."[6]

It has been described as alternative conservative,[7] far-right[8][9], white nationalist,[5][8][10][7][11] and a publisher of antisemitism and Holocaust denial.[11][7] The Associated Press describes the outlet as "a hodgepodge of views from corners of both the left and right."[12] According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the website is an "outlet for certain writers to attack Israel and Jews".[3]

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 associate of with alt-right political activist Richard Spencer".[10]

Writer Stephen Sniegoski contended in The Unz Review in June 2016 that President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program had a greater "connection to fascism than anything Donald Trump has said."[13]

Controversy

Luisa Neubauer accused former President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's intelligence agency, Hans-Georg Maaßen of antisemitism for sharing links to The Unz Review and using terms like "globalists" on his Twitter account.[14]

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame apologized in September 2017 after receiving attention for sharing an antisemitic article by Philip Giraldi titled "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars" on her Twitter account.[7][15] 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.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Amponsah, Michelle (2023-06-23). "Deep Within the Anti-Affirmative Action Lawsuit, a Holocaust Denier". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Sigler, Gall (2023-06-29). "The Supreme Court just hobbled affirmative action — and an antisemitic conspiracy theorist helped". The Forward. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Ron Unz: Controversial Writer and Funder of Anti-israel Activists". Anti-Defamation League. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Should Anyone Be Able To Take A Job Anywhere?". NPR. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 Stubbs, jack (2020-05-05). "Facebook says it dismantles disinformation network tied to Iran's state media". Reuters. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Indiana U says it can't fire prof who made 'racist, sexist and homophobic' remarks". CBC Radio. November 25, 2019. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Tatum, Sophie (2017-09-21). "Ex-CIA operative apologizes for tweet of anti-Semitic article". CNN. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  8. 1 2 Panofsky, Aaron (2020-09-28). "How White nationalists mobilize genetics: From genetic ancestry and human biodiversity to counterscience and metapolitics". American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 175 (2): 387–398. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)". The New York Times. 2018-10-17. Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. 1 2 Jackson, John P. (2020-10-07). "The Mythical Taboo on Race and Intelligence". Review of General Psychology. 25 (1). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 "The Strange Logic of Germany's Antisemitism Bureaucrats". Jewish Currents. Spring 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  12. 1 2 Oxford, Andrew (September 21, 2017). "Ex-CIA agent sparks Twitter controversy by sharing commentary on Jews". AP News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  13. ↑ Rosenfeld, Gavriel (December 2019). "An American Führer? Nazi Analogies and the Struggle to Explain Donald Trump". Central European History. 52 (4): 570.
  14. ↑ "Neubauer erneuert und konkretisiert Vorwürfe gegen Maaßen". Zeit (in German). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Kirchick, James (September 25, 2017). "Valerie Plame's Real Blunder". Tablet. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.


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