| Millennial Woes | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Colin Robertson [1] |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Social media personality |
| Website | millennialwoes |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2013 [2] –present |
Colin Robertson, known as Millennial Woes or simply Woes, [3] [4] is a Scottish former YouTuber, white supremacist, and antisemitic conspiracy theorist. [5] [6] [7]
Robertson was previously aligned with the neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative, but after a falling-out with them in 2020, his public influence has significantly diminished. [8]
Robertson has supported slavery, called for the bombing of refugees crossing the Mediterranean, and endorsed the white genocide conspiracy theory. [4] [9]
Robertson attended an art college in London in the mid-2000s. He launched his YouTube channel at the end of 2013. [10]
Robertson delivered a speech at the National Policy Institute Conference in November 2016, in Washington DC. [11]
In January 2017, Robertson began receiving coverage from BBC News [12] and national newspapers, [13] after Scottish tabloid the Daily Record doxxed Millennial Woes, exposing his birth name, family's home address and sending reporters and photographers to his parents' home to try to find him. [14] Robertson was reported to have "left Britain", posting a video to his YouTube channel named "Fugitive Woes". [15]
On 4 February 2017, Robertson gave a speech entitled "Withnail and I as Viewed From the Right" at The London Forum in Kensington, [16] On 25 February 2017, Robertson gave a speech at a white nationalist event in Stockholm organised by Motpol. [17] On 1 July 2017, he appeared at the far-right Scandza Forum's "Globalism v the Ethnostate" conference in Oslo. [18] [14]
In August 2017, Salon described Millennial Woes as one of only a few alt-right platforms to rapidly grow, alongside Red Ice, VDARE and The Rebel Media. [19]
On 10 December 2017, he began an interview series named Millenniyule 2017, inviting various internet personalities from the alt-right movement, [20] including an appearance from Faith Goldy. [21]
Until 2020, Robertson was aligned with the neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative until that group distanced themselves from him following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. [22] Since then, according to Hope Not Hate, Robertson's influence has been "radically diminished". [8]
Robertson is a proponent of the white genocide conspiracy theory. [4] He has claimed in interviews that "there are problems with the Jewish people". [5] According to anti-racism and anti-fascism research group Hope Not Hate, Robertson is known for supporting slavery, and has called for the bombing of refugees crossing the Mediterranean. [9]