Washington Summit Publishers (WSP) is a

white nationalist White nationalism is a type of racial nationalism or pan-nationalism which espouses the belief that white people are a Race (human categorization), raceHeidi Beirich and Kevin Hicks. "Chapter 7: White nationalism in America". In Perry, Barbara ...

publisher based in

Augusta, Georgia Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third mos ...

, which produces and sells books on

race and intelligence Discussions of race and intelligence—specifically regarding claims of differences in intelligence along racial lines—have appeared in both popular science and academic research since the modern concept of race was first introduced. With th ...

and related topics. The company is run by

white supremacist White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine ...

Richard B. Spencer, who also ran the defunct

National Policy Institute The National Policy Institute (NPI) was a white supremacist think tank and lobbying group based in Alexandria, Virginia. It lobbied for white supremacists and the alt-right. Its president was Richard B. Spencer. It has been largely inactive ...

History

Before Spencer, the company was run by Louis Andrews. He was also director of the National Policy Institute and managing editor of '' The Occidental Quarterly'', both heavily funded by William Regnery II. In 2013, the company was listed as being headquartered in

Whitefish, Montana Whitefish (Montana Salish, Salish: epɫx̣ʷy̓u, "has whitefish") is a city in Flathead County, Montana, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, there were 7,751 people in the city. History Archaeological records indicate th ...

. As of 2019, the company had moved to Augusta, Georgia.

Authors

Authors published by WSP include J. Philippe Rushton, Kevin B. MacDonald,

Richard Lynn Richard Lynn (20 February 1930 – July 2023) was a controversial English psychologist and self-described " scientific racist" who advocated for a genetic relationship between race and intelligence. He was the editor-in-chief of '' Mankind Qua ...

, Tatu Vanhanen, and Michael H. Hart.

Journal

WSP published ''Radix Journal'' through its imprint Radix. Contributors have included

Kerry Bolton Kerry Raymond Bolton (born 1956) is a New Zealand white supremacist and Holocaust denier, and a writer and political activist on those subjects. In 1980, Bolton co-founded the Church of Odin as the New Zealand branch of the Australian neopagan ...

, Peter Brimelow, Samuel T. Francis, Kevin B. MacDonald, William Regnery II, Alex Kurtagić, and Jared Taylor. The last article on RadixJournal.com was published in April 2021 and its last podcast episode was released in September of the same year; the website was taken offline in June 2023. Spencer started publishing a Substack under the name ''Radix Journal'' in April 2022, it later was rebranded as ALEXANDRIA.

Subjects

This company has published content supportive of white nationalism and white supremacy. " Human biodiversity" (HBD), an

alt-right The alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a Far-right politics, far-right, White nationalism, white nationalist movement. A largely Internet activism, online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late ...

euphemism for

scientific racism Scientific racism, sometimes termed biological racism, is the pseudoscience, pseudoscientific belief that the Human, human species is divided into biologically distinct taxa called "race (human categorization), races", and that empirical evi ...

, was one of the main publishing subjects of Washington Summit Publishers. The

Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, it is known for its legal cases against white ...

(SPLC) said in 2006 that the company had reprinted racist tracts along with books promoting

antisemitism Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemi ...

and

eugenics Eugenics is a set of largely discredited beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter the frequency of various human phenotypes by inhibiting the fer ...

. In 2015, the SPLC listed Washington Summit Publishers as a white nationalist hate group.

References

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