Arktos Media
| Founded | November 2009[1] |
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| Headquarters location | Budapest |
| Official website | https://arktos |
Arktos Mediais a publishing company known for publishing authors of theEuropean New Right,as well as translating European far-right literature into English.[2]It has been described by historianMark Sedgwickas a "radical-right publisher".[3]
History
[edit]Arktos was founded inIndiain 2009 bySwedishbusinessman and former active neo-naziDaniel Fribergand John B. Morgan, anAmericaneditor. The company launched in 2010, then relocated to Sweden in 2014 and Hungary in 2015. Friberg had previously distributedwhite power musicandNaziparaphernalia before starting the company. His stated goal was to create a Swedish parallel to Americanalt-rightmedia.[4]
Friberg is the CEO, whileGregory Lauder-Frost,formerly of theConservative Monday Club,leads the British division.[5]American professorJason Jorjanibecame editor-in-chief in 2016, but later left that position when he began to distance himself from thealt-right.[6]
Arktos was the world's largest distributor of far-right literature as of 2017, according toThe New Yorker.[7]In 2019, Arktos was publishing more than 120 titles by 54 authors, including translations of the Russian ultra-nationalistAlexander Duginand the French far-right thinkerAlain de Benoist.[8][2][9][10]
TheSouthern Poverty Law Centerhas identified Arktos as being a bedfellow ofIdentity Evropa.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"About Arktos – Arktos".Arktos Media.Retrieved2020-01-06.
- ^abSchaeffer, Carol (28 May 2017)."How Hungary Became a Haven for the Alt-Right".The Atlantic.
- ^Sedgwick, Mark(2023).Traditionalism: The Radical Project for Restoring Sacred Order.Pelican Books. p. 346.ISBN9780241487921.
- ^Feder, J Lester & Buet, Pierre (26 December 2017)."They Wanted To Be A Better Class Of White Nationalists. They Claimed This Man As Their Father".BuzzFeed News.Retrieved8 June2019.
- ^Porter, Tom (9 March 2017)."Tory think-tank invites anti-black Traditional Britain Group to anniversary dinner".International Business Times UK.
- ^Mazzola, Jessica (27 September 2017)."I'm a leftist, not a Nazi, says N.J. professor at center of Hitler video controversy".NJ.
- ^Williams, Thomas Chatterton (27 November 2017)."The French Origins of" You Will Not Replace Us "".The New Yorker.
- ^Owen, Tess (May 30, 2019)."How a Small Budapest Publishing House Is Quietly Fueling Far-Right Extremism".vice.Retrieved2022-01-28.
- ^Gray, Rosie (2017-01-12)."An Alt-Right Leader Sets Up Shop in Northern Virginia".The Atlantic.Retrieved2022-06-12.
- ^ab"Identity Evropa and Arktos Media — Likely Bedfellows".Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch.September 26, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Owen, Tess (30 May 2019)."How a Small Budapest Publishing House Is Quietly Fueling Far-Right Extremism".Vice News.Retrieved8 June2019.
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