The Unz Review

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The Unz Review
Type of site
 Alt-right, white nationalism
Available in English
Editor Ron Unz
Launched2013

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, conspiracy theory, white nationalist, antisemitic writings and pro-Russia propaganda. [1]

Contents

The Unz Review has received support from pro-Putin, pro-Russian sources and hosts a number of commentators who promote pro-Russian propaganda. [1]

History

Far-right activist and Holocaust denier Ron Unz [2] [3] launched the The Unz Review in November 2013. Unz is editor-in-chief and publisher. [4] [5]

In May 2020, Facebook removed fake accounts tied to The Unz Review. [6]

Editorial positions

The Unz Review describes itself as a publication presenting an "alternative media selection" [2] and "controversial perspectives largely excluded from the American mainstream media." [7]

It has been described as alternative conservative, [8] far-right, [9] [10] white nationalist, [6] [9] [11] [8] [12] and a publisher of antisemitism and Holocaust denial. [12] [8]

The Unz Review has also been described as "mix of far-right and far-left anti-Semitic crackpottery", from 9/11 ‘truth’ conspiracy theorist Paul Craig Roberts and Norman Finkelstein, who believes Jews exploit the Holocaust to justify oppressing Palestinians”. [1]

The Associated Press describes the outlet as "a hodgepodge of views from corners of both the left and right." [13] According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the website is an "outlet for certain writers to attack Israel and Jews". [4]

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". [11]

Writer Stephen Sniegoski said 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." [14]

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. [15]

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. [8] [16] 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. [13]

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