Junge Freiheit‘s American Cousin

For years, the neo-fascist weekly Junge Freiheit has attempted to put a respectable veneer on right-wing extremism in Germany.  The editors cleverly combine "interviews" with mainstream politicians and thought leaders with op/ed pieces extolling völkisch nationalism and historical revisionism. Believe it or not, Junge Freiheit has its fans in the United States. One of the most vocal is Paul Gottfried, a professor of political science at Elizabethtown College.  Gottfried has been a frequent contributor to Junge Freiheit over the years, and has vigorously defended the Berlin weekly in numerous articles.  Last week Professor Gottfried defended "his good friend" Jost Bauch, a Junge Freiheit contributor and activist in the right-wing hate group Bürgerbewegung Pro Köln.  Gottfried dismisses any criticism of Bauch's extremists views as evidence of a "police state mentality" in Germany. 

Now Professor Gottfried and his friends have launched a new Webzine, Alternative Right, which puts an American spin on the editorial thrust of Junge Freiheit.  Alternative Right openly celebrates the racial superiority of "white America".  Every other piece on the Web site explores the "science" of genetic supremacy of whites (and Asians) over black and Hispanics.  America, in the view of these "academics", is quickly going down the tubes, thanks to the "diversity" of its population.  The magazine makes its racist point of view explicit in its opening manifesto:

Besides our disagreements with mainstream conservatives on the issue of
foreign policy and the relative importance of fighting terrorism, there
is the topic of race and, more broadly, IQ and heredity.  We've known
for a while through neuroscience and cross-adoption studies–if
common sense wasn't enough–that individuals differ in their inherent
capabilities. The races do, too, with whites and Asians on the top and
blacks at the bottom. The Alternative Right takes it for granted that
equality of opportunity means inequality of results for various
classes, races, and the two sexes. Without ignoring the importance of
culture, we see Western civilization as a unique product of the
European gene pool.

No doubt we will soon see some interesting collaborative efforts between the scholarly racists at Alternative Right and their counterparts at Junge Freiheit.