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The alt-right (or “alternative right”) movement is a mix of white nationalist groups and activists who reject mainstream conservatism and embrace racism and white supremacism in various degrees. Its members oppose multiculturalism and activism for the rights of nonwhites, women, Jews, Muslims, the LGBT community, immigrants and other minorities. Global awareness of the movement arrived with the appointment of Steve Bannon – the founder of the far-right website Breitbart News Network, who has called Breitbart "a platform for the alt-right" in the past – as chief strategist and senior counselor to President-elect Donald Trump.
Spencer, a resident of White Fish, Montana, grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he attended the prestigious St. Marks’s school (mocked by alumni Owen Wilson in the film Rushmore). He received a BA in English Literature and Music from the University of Virginia and an MA in Humanities from University of Chicago. Since 2007, he has been an far right activist, editing and writing for a variety of extreme right magazines. In recent years, he has become the leader and unofficial spokesman for the alt-right movement, and is even widely credited with coming up with the term "alt-right." The Southern Poverty Law Center has described him as “a suit-and-tie version of the white supremacists of old, a kind of professional racist in khakis.” In 2014, he was arrested in Hungary for organizing a white nationalist conference. In June, Spencer was banned from the U.K. for activity that could "foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.”
Alt-right leader has no regrets about 'Hail Trump,' but tells Haaretz: Jews have nothing to fear
Spencer, a resident of White Fish, Montana, grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he attended the prestigious St. Marks’s school (mocked by alumni Owen Wilson in the film Rushmore). He received a BA in English Literature and Music from the University of Virginia and an MA in Humanities from University of Chicago. Since 2007, he has been an far right activist, editing and writing for a variety of extreme right magazines. In recent years, he has become the leader and unofficial spokesman for the alt-right movement, and is even widely credited with coming up with the term "alt-right." The Southern Poverty Law Center has described him as “a suit-and-tie version of the white supremacists of old, a kind of professional racist in khakis.” In 2014, he was arrested in Hungary for organizing a white nationalist conference. In June, Spencer was banned from the U.K. for activity that could "foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.”
Alt-right leader has no regrets about 'Hail Trump,' but tells Haaretz: Jews have nothing to fear