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[[File:Charlottesville Ukraine.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Charlottesville protesters received training from the Ukrainian neo-Nazis [[Azov Battalion]].<ref>https://worldbeyondwar.org/letter-charlottesville-ukraine/</ref><ref>Shuster, Simon; Perrigo, Billy (January 7, 2021). [https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/ Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members]. ''TIME Magazine''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref>]]

[[File:Charlottesville Ukraine.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Charlottesville protesters received training from the Ukrainian neo-Nazis [[Azov Battalion]].<ref>https://worldbeyondwar.org/letter-charlottesville-ukraine/</ref><ref>Shuster, Simon; Perrigo, Billy (January 7, 2021). [https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/ Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members]. ''TIME Magazine''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref>]]

The '''alt-right''' ("alternative right") is an anarchic banditti of various atheistic, pagan, white supremacist, and socialistic circles. Virulent violence glorified among its mobs culminated in the 2017 "Unite The Right" rally in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]], hijacking peaceful protests against the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue.

The '''alt-right''' ("alternative right") is an anarchic banditti of various atheistic, pagan, white supremacist, and socialistic circles. Virulent violence glorified among its mobs culminated in the 2017 "Unite The Right" rally in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]], hijacking peaceful protests against the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue. Conservatives have widely denounced the alt-right as "garden variety, left-wing fascists"<ref>Weigel, Daniel; Wagner, John (February 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/23/cpac-organizer-denounces-alt-right-as-left-wing-fascist-group/ Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC after organizer denounces ‘fascist group’]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref><ref>O'Neil, Tyler (February 23, 2017). [https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2017/02/23/dan-schneider-the-alt-right-are-nothing-but-garden-variety-left-wing-fascists-n50471 Dan Schneider: The Alt-Right Are 'Nothing But Garden Variety, Left-Wing Fascists']. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref>

At the Charlottesville protests, many racial hate groups were present, such as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and Neo-Nazis which President Trump unequivocally condemned.<ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/what-happened-in-charlottesville</ref> The event resulted in much violence between protestors, counter-protestors, and police, culminating in self-identified white supremacist James Alex Fields, Jr., intentionally ramming his car into a crowd of people, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 35 other people.<ref>https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11cjpdc0b5</ref>

At the Charlottesville protests, many racial hate groups were present, such as the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and Neo-Nazis which President Trump unequivocally condemned.<ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/what-happened-in-charlottesville</ref> The event resulted in much violence between protestors, counter-protestors, and police, culminating in self-identified white supremacist James Alex Fields, Jr., intentionally ramming his car into a crowd of people, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 35 other people.<ref>https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11cjpdc0b5</ref>

The movement is said to not have many set stances or positions aside from self-purported opposition to [[multiculturalism]], [[immigration]], and [[globalism]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/</ref><ref>http://theweek.com/articles/641595/how-american-nationalism-coexist-globalism</ref> Despite presenting itself as a "right-wing" movement, '''a convenient narrative propagated by both neo-Marxists ''and'' the alt-right,''' the alt-right, much as the German Nazis a century ago, compete with the mainstream neo-Marxist left not as legitimate opponents from the opposing side of the political spectrum but as rivals competing for the same recruits—gullible college students.

 

The movement is said to not have many set stances or positions aside from self-purported opposition to [[multiculturalism]], [[immigration]], and [[globalism]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/</ref><ref>http://theweek.com/articles/641595/how-american-nationalism-coexist-globalism</ref> Despite presenting itself as a "right-wing" movement, '''a convenient [[narrative]] propagated by both neo-Marxists ''and'' the alt-right,''' it, much as the German Nazis a century ago, competes with the mainstream neo-Marxist left not as legitimate opponents from the opposing side of the political spectrum but as rivals competing for the same recruits—gullible college students.<ref group=note>As noted by the left-wing publication [https://www.salon.com/2023/02/19/why-the-right-is-ascendant-on-college-campuses/ Salon], white nationalist movements have found a breeding ground on college campuses, indicating alt-right appeal to students.</ref>

The term "alt-right" was popularized by [[Richard Bertrand Spencer]], an outspoken supporter of the 2020 [[Biden/Harris]] ticket and organizer of the 2017 ''Unite The Right'' Charlottesville rally, who claims to have created the term.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141</ref> Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of The ''Alternative Right'' web magazine,<ref>https://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/from-the-old-right-to-the-alt-right-how-the-conservative-ideology-of-fdrs-day-fueled-the-rise-of-trump/</ref> advocated voting a straight [[Democrat]]ic ticket in the 2020 elections. Regardless of the definition(s) of "alt-right," the [[Liberal|Left]]'s extreme beliefs and behaviors are the cause of the alt-right's growth, not conservatives.<ref>Fiene, Hans (May 17, 2019). [https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/17/mom-reveals-lefty-political-tribe-breeds-affection-alt-right/ Mom Reveals How Her Lefty Political Tribe Breeds Affection For The Alt-Right]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref>  The Alt-Right supposedly is synonymous with Hillary Clinton's "deplorables".  

The term "alt-right" was popularized by [[Richard Bertrand Spencer]], an outspoken supporter of the 2020 [[Biden/Harris]] ticket and organizer of the 2017 ''Unite The Right'' Charlottesville rally, who claims to have created the term.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141</ref> Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of The ''Alternative Right'' web magazine,<ref>https://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/from-the-old-right-to-the-alt-right-how-the-conservative-ideology-of-fdrs-day-fueled-the-rise-of-trump/</ref> advocated voting a straight [[Democrat]]ic ticket in the 2020 elections. Regardless of the definition(s) of "alt-right," the [[Liberal|Left]]'s extreme beliefs and behaviors are the cause of the alt-right's growth, not conservatives.<ref>Fiene, Hans (May 17, 2019). [https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/17/mom-reveals-lefty-political-tribe-breeds-affection-alt-right/ Mom Reveals How Her Lefty Political Tribe Breeds Affection For The Alt-Right]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref>  The Alt-Right supposedly is synonymous with Hillary Clinton's "deplorables".  

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