Instauration

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Instauration
EditorWilmot Robertson
CategoriesEditorial
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherHoward Allen Enterprises
FounderWilmot Robertson
Founded1975
First issueDecember 1975
Final issueFebruary 2000
CountryUnited States
Based inCape Canaveral, Florida
LanguageEnglish

Instauration was a monthly magazine published between December 1975 and February 2000 by white supremacist Sumner Humphrey Ireland, under the pen-name "Wilmot Robertson". [1] Robertson's work was funded by Wickliffe Draper's Pioneer Fund. [2]

The magazine was described as being hostile to African-Americans, Jews, immigrants, and the LGBT community. [3] [4] [5] Mitch Berbrier, in an article titled "Impression Management for the Thinking Racist", described the magazine as an attempt "to present an intellectualized rhetoric of racism and white supremacy". [6]

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