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In this episode, after a little roundup of podcast recs, Daniel (finally) tells Jack all about the latest venture by Mike Enoch and the TRS: the National Justice Party. We listen in on their founding meeting in a barn and learn the *other* problem with the GOP according to Enoch's audience. Then we check in on Richard Spencer to see what he thinks about it all. Finally, Daniel gives Jack a short, improvised tutorial on the concept of... pardon us... 'Finkelthink', which Jack finds unwarrantedly confusing. Fun times. Election? What election would that be officer? Content Warnings Show Notes / Links: Correction: In the episode, Daniel mistakenly says TRS has moved to Lancaster, PA. It's actually Greely. Embrace The Void Podcast: https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2020/10/29/ev-164-the-far-right-wing-with-daniel-harper Woking Up Episode 1: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/woking-up-1 Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ ALAB Liberate Michigan: https://www.alabseries.com/episodes/episode-17-liberate-michigan National Justice Party Website: https://nationaljusticeparty.com/ NJP Founding Speech, August 15, 2020: https://nationaljusticeparty.com/2020/08/19/national-justice-party-founding-speech-august-15-2020/ Thread from Antifascist Alligator on the known NJP members: https://twitter.com/Antifagator/status/1296426682673434624 Howard Graves and Michael Edison Hayden, "White Nationalist Organization Forms Racist, Antisemitic Political Party" https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/08/21/white-nationalist-organization-forms-racist-antisemitic-political-party NJP Founding Speech, August 15, 2020: https://nationaljusticeparty.com/2020/08/19/national-justice-party-founding-speech-august-15-2020/ Full Haus Episode 60: National Justice Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7NA1sopZV0 Hunter Wallace and Richard Spencer on Third Parties: (Not available, because Spencer got all his shit deplatformed)

This episode, we are joined by special guest Talia Lavin to talk about her excellent new book Culture Warlords. Content Warning. Talia's Twitter: @chick_in_kiev Culture Warlords: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/talia-lavin/culture-warlords/9780306846434/

Christopher Cantwell, the 'Crying Nazi', was recently tried and convicted in a federal court in New Hampshire. As our regular listeners will know, we've been following Cantwell's fortunes for some time. In this episode, Daniel and Jack are joined by special guest, journalist and Cantwell expert Hilary Sargent, to talk about the trial, and the long, winding, bizarre, horrifying story of how we got here. Content warnings. Notes / Links: Hilary's Twitter: @lilsarg Hilary's articles on the Cantwell trial for The Informant: https://www.informant.news/people/1157338-hilary-sargent Don't do meth kids: www.bitchute.com/channel/sFreBwLNiMDA/

An unplanned, emergency mini-sequel to our discussion of Tim Pool just a couple of days ago. Reality, displaying its customary poor timing, waited until just after we dropped our Tim Pool episode to reveal the story of the Wolverine Watchmen, a group of militia types arrested for planning the abduction and 'trial' (i.e. murder, presumably) of Michigan Governer Gretchen Whitmer. At least one of the conspirators seems to have been part of Tim's audience; Tim has been demonizing Whitmer as a dangerous tyrant for ages; and Tim himself reacted to the story in ways that combine the hilarious, disgusting, and accidentally instructive. And so here we are. Content Warnings. Contains Tim Pool. Links / Notes: Episode 67: Tim Pool https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/66-tim-pool New York Times, "F.B.I. Says Michigan Anti-Government Group Plotted to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-militia.html Continuation of Criminal Complaint regarding kidnapping plot of Gretchen Whitmer: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.99213/gov.uscourts.miwd.99213.1.1_1.pdf Emily Lawler, MLive, "Accused Michigan terrorists found natural home among anti-Whitmer sentiment promoted by far right" https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/accused-michigan-terrorists-found-natural-home-among-anti-whitmer-sentiment-promoted-by-far-right.html Samuel J. Robinson, MLive, "Man accused in Whitmer kidnapping plot defended Confederate statue at June protest" https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/10/man-accused-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-defended-confederate-statue-at-june-protest.html John Agar, MLive, "Grand Rapids man, alleged leader of plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, had to be 'insane,' boss says" https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/10/grand-rapids-man-alleged-leader-of-plot-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer-had-to-be-insane-boss-says.html Chad Livengood Twitter thread showing members of assassination plot at Re-open rally in June. https://twitter.com/ChadLivengood/status/1314332374759542784 Josh Russell Twitter thread collecting social media posts from assassination plot members. https://twitter.com/josh_emerson/status/1314234661820825609 Timbahontoast Twitter thread collected very non-leftist views of assasination plot members. https://twitter.com/timbahontoast/status/1314496845717143553 David Covucci and Mikael Thalen, The Daily Dot, "Pro-Kyle Rittenhouse coronavirus denier arrested in plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer" https://www.dailydot.com/debug/brandon-caserta-facebook-michigan-governor-kidnap/ Ali Breland, Mother Jones, "Men Who Allegedly Plotted to Kidnap Michigan's Governor Celebrated Violent Far-Right Extremism" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/men-who-allegedly-plotted-to-kidnap-michigan-governor-celebrated-violent-far-right-extremism/ The video Jack talks about: https://youtu.be/dSxyBqA8J8o Daily Kos article on Wolverine Watchmen and Trump's rhetoric / domestic terror policies: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/8/1984983/-Trump-s-domestic-terror-policies-rhetoric-gave-flight-to-Michigan-militiamen-s-murderous-plot

This time, Jack and Daniel delve into the cesspool that is the barking, beanie-wearing, bollocks-talker Tim Pool. Prepare for a small avalanche of weapons grade stupid from YouTube's favourite reactionary propagandist pretending to be a centrist or something. Content Warning. Links / Notes: CV Vitolo "Haddad": Another Academic Racial Fraud? https://medium.com/@polite_keppel_dinosaur_57/cv-vitolo-haddad-another-academic-racial-fraud-c5c41fe32110 The CV Dossier: https://twitter.com/thecvdossier Inside Higher Ed, "Fresno State Pulls CV Vitolo-Haddad's Job Offer." https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/09/18/fresno-state-pulls-cv-vitolo-haddads-job-offer Timcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Timcast/videos Timcast News YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TimcastNews/videos Timcast IRL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TimcastIRL/videos SCNR YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SCNRtv/videos Tim Pool: Day at a Chicago Warehouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LgfyUeFlzw Tim Pool calls into the Majority Report, November 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYcZodBFS8k Christopher Robbins, Gothamist, "Is OWS Livestreamer Snitching Or Reporting?" https://gothamist.com/news/update-is-ows-livestreamer-snitching-or-reporting "Is that his job? To hold people accountable? "Well," Pool pauses. "That's not my decision to make. That's the majority's decision. I will say that in the case of last night, I'm not advocating anyone to go after this person." "But it does offend me when people say I'm putting them at risk. If you throw a bottle at the police, you're putting people at risk. When two innocent people who were doing nothing get arrested because you threw the bottle, that's putting people at risk. I'm going to hold those people accountable." " Tim Pool at Vice.com: https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/tim-pool Vic Berger thread on Tim Pool: https://threader.app/thread/1101208956230356994 James Allsup and Tim Pool, June 2017. https://archive.org/details/youtube-5_QaIhe7JxA Thought Slime, "Hats Off to Tim Pool." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxDVhNuFAq4 Cassandra Fairbanks Telegram: https://t.me/s/CassandraFairbanks Jose, "Diving Into the Shallow End, My Week With Tim Pool (Part 1)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Wv59W0uPo Jose, ""Diving Into the Shallow End, My Week With Tim Pool (Part 2)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AnrGWF2ri4 Earlier Jose video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtrZQ_bu8Sc&t=402s Tim Pool clips https://twitter.com/TimPoolClips Matt Binder video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfoLE-eHnwM&t=1022s Tim Pool's Grift Exposed https://youtu.be/jpRyjI8oC_E Inside the Mind of Tim Pool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6zbw2vWOz4&t=1531s Antisocial Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsNKtRZEVjk&t=522s Tim Pool, Phony Liberal by Abe Gaustad https://medium.com/@abegaustad/tim-pool-phony-liberal-67e409cd34ca RationalWiki https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tim_Pool

This time, Daniel welcomes special guest Rebecca Lewis to the show. Rebecca is the author of the Data & Society report 'Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube' about which Eric Weinstein was such an asshole (our word, not Rebecca's). Content Warnings as ever. The report: https://datasociety.net/library/alternative-influence/ Rebecca's Twitter: https://twitter.com/beccalew IDSG 62 (on Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel, etc): https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/62-eric-weinstein-part-2-cancel-culture

This week, Daniel is joined by a special guest Ed Burmila who blogs at Gin and Tacos and hosts the Mass for Shut-Ins podcast. A free-form chat about the way things are and the way they're going. Fun despite the depressing subject matter. Content Warnings, as ever. Ed's Twitter: @edburmila Gin and Tacos blog: http://www.ginandtacos.com/ Mass for Shut-Ins: https://massforshutins.libsyn.com/

Another of our occasional movie episodes, this time looking at famous (and bad) 90s movie American History X starring Edward Norton as a neo-Nazi skinhead. Content warnings apply. Also, we introduce our new theme music, courtesy of Lune the Band.

The final (for now) part of of coverage of the IDW's Weinstein brothers. Back to Eric, with special reference to his boss Peter Thiel and the Gawker affair, Eric's response to Becca Lewis' Alternative Influence Report, and to Eric's thoughts on BLM and the current protests. Warnings Apply. Notes/Links: Owen Thomas, Gawker, "Peter Thiel is Totally Gay, People." https://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, "The Most Expensive Comment in Internet History?" https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/hogan-thiel-gawker-trial/554132/ Steven W. Thrasher, "Peter Thiel's Gawker War Not His First Brush With a High-Priced Vendetta." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/05/peter-thiel-gawker-lawsuits-james-okeefe-acorn Maureen O'Connor, Gawker. "Christina Hendricks Says THese Giant Naked Boobs Aren't Hers, But Everything Else Is." https://gawker.com/5890527/christina-hendricks-says-these-giant-naked-boobs-arent-hers-but-everything-else-is Maureen O'Connor, Gawker, "Olivia Munn's Super Dirty Alleged Naked Pics." https://gawker.com/5890506/olivia-munns-super-dirty-alleged-naked-pics-lick-my-tight-asshole-and-choke-me" Bollea v. Gawker at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollea_v._Gawker Rebecca Lewis, "Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube." https://datasociety.net/library/alternative-influence/ Full PDF: https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DS_Alternative_Influence.pdf Eric Weinstein abuses Becca Lewis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=beccalew%20(from%3Aericrweinstein)&src=typed_query Dave Rubin, "What Is the Future of the Intellectual Dark Web?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUl7-SvntQ4 Eric Weinstein, "Some Thoughts on Wokeness and Shame in light of events." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETcq7qqPhow

We return, apologetic for the delay, with the next part of our investigation into the Weinstein brothers (no, the other ones). This time, it's Eric - mathematician, hedgefund manager, cultural commentator, founder of the Intellectual Dark Web (or at least of the name), and persecuted/suppressed victim of conspiracies (to hear him tell it anyway). We don't always cover Nazis. Sometimes we have to cover people like Eric who, while not Nazis, are part of the current reactionary ecosystem. And what a part he is. More about Eric, particularly his connection to Peter Thiel, next week. Content Warnings, as ever. Notes/Links: Eric Weinstein website: https://ericweinstein.org/ Eric Weinstein YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nobani88 Eric Weinstein CV: http://www.eric-weinstein.net/CV/Eric_Weinstein_CV_July_17_2003.pdf Eric-Weinstein.net About Page: http://www.eric-weinstein.net/about.html "During my training in pure mathematics, I became equally interested in real world problems. While much of the challenge in research mathematics revolves around the specialized tools needed to attack narrowly defined problems, as a consultant, I sometimes find it more rewarding to find a toolkit that has already been developed elsewhere, and adapt those tools to attack the problem at hand. While I am always open to the idea of using recently developed or highly advanced analytic tools, I have often found that it is often in the partner/client's best interest to use fundamental results which, while central in another field, may be less familiar in the area at hand." Michael Phillips, "Scholars Facing Joblessness Seek Curbs on Immigration" The Wall Street Journal September 4, 1996. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB84178634524002500 ""We remain a fiercely merit-oriented, antixenophobic community, but the current situation knows no precedent," wrote Harvard-trained mathematician Eric Weinstein and 20 other scholars in a recent plea to Capitol Hill. [...] "The U.S. mathematicians allege that foreign scholars take many of the best research jobs, reducing salaries and forcing Americans into non-tenure-track positions or lower-quality schools. Since 1976, "universities have been using the immigration exemptions to import a labor force of foreign scientists at greatly decreased cost," wrote Mr. Weinstein, who is a non-tenure-track postdoctoral fellow at MIT." " "Eric Weinstein's Harvard Story -- The System Breaks Down in Novel Situations." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgGZMRJ15oY The Verdict With Ted Cruz, "A Portal into the Progressive Mind." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CCde6TAKdw James O'Keefe on the Portal, Episode 26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CvsBlKGYg&t=4514s Eric Weinstein, "Lynching, Police Brutality, BLM and Defunding the Police." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAumoTIeik Dennis Overbye, "They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street," The New York Times March 9, 2009: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10quant.html " "I regard quants to be the good guys," said Eric R. Weinstein, a mathematical physicist who runs the Natron Group, a hedge fund in Manhattan. "We did try to warn people," he said. "This is a crisis caused by business decisions. This isn't the result of pointy-headed guys from fancy schools who didn't understand volatility or correlation." " Bret Weinstein on The Portal, Episode 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLb5hZLw44s "Of Mice and Men: Unseen Dangers in Laboratory Protocols" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/of-mice-and-men-unseen-da_b_1352201 r/IntellectualDarkWeb thread on the claims in The Portal 19. https://www.reddit.com/r/IntellectualDarkWeb/comments/erochq/can_we_verify_the_claims_made_in_portal_19/ "Lab Mice Telomeres Do Not Break Them as Disease Models" https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/06/lab-mice-telomeres-do-not-break-them-as-disease-models.html Uberfeminist, "Eric Weinstein is an awful person." http://uberfeminist.blogspot.com/2020/02/eric-weinstein-is-awful-person.html Uberfeminist, "Eric Weinstein's Conspiracy Theories." http://uberfeminist.blogspot.com/2020/03/eric-weinsteins-conspiracy-theories.html Chris Kavanagh livetweet of THe Portal 19: https://twitter.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1218579021698494464 The Vox interview which so fascinated / annoyed Jack: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/25/15998002/eric-weinstein-capitalism-socialism-revolution Rowan Fortune's very complimentary write-up of IDSG, complete with Rowan's own insights: https://www.timetomutiny.org/post/i-don-t-speak-german-on-fascist-subcultures