Type of site | Alt-right, white nationalism |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founder(s) | Ron Unz |
| Editor | Ron Unz |
| URL | www |
| Launched | November 2013 |
The Unz Review is an American website and blog founded and edited by Ron Unz, a far-right activist and Holocaust denier. It is known for its publication of far-right, conspiracy theory, white nationalist, and antisemitic writings and pro-Russia propaganda.[1] The Unz Review has received support from pro-Putin and pro-Russian sources, and hosts a number of commentators who promote pro-Russian propaganda.[1]
- ^ a b Bevensee, Emmi; Ross, Alexander Reid (December 1, 2018). The Alt-Right and Global Information Warfare. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pp. 4393–4402. arXiv:1905.02712. doi:10.1109/BigData.2018.8622270. ISBN 978-1-5386-5035-6. Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
[PDF page 7 of 11] The most prominent and clearest connection between the Alt-Right and conspiracy theory sites in our conspiracy theory selection is called The Unz Review, which appeared very frequently amongst the Alt-Right twitter handles. The Unz Review is a 'mix of far-right and far-left anti-Semitic crackpottery, from 9/11 'truther' and conspiracy theorist Paul Craig Roberts to 'Holocaust industry' critic Norman Finkelstein, who believes Jews exploit the Holocaust to justify oppressing Palestinians'. This website represents the heart of Alt-Right disinformation landscape, in that it sees itself as a radical opposition to the mainstream that transcends the traditional left-right political binary in order to propagate white-supremacist narratives amidst a wide range of conspiracy and propaganda. Among the sites that support the Unz Review is the anti-Semitic and pro-Kremlin website russia-insider.com, which also featured in the Alt-Right websites linked. Russia-Insider keeps a running feed of articles posted on The Unz Review. Russia-Insider was founded in tandem with a larger effort to generate a more positive view of the Kremlin in the US by taking a critical approach to US politics from a Russian perspective while advancing pro-Russian conspiracy theories. Russia-Insider's top sources of traffic, according to Amazon's Alexa site overlap tool are searches for ZeroHedge, and the top sites visited before it were Sputnik News and RT.