Washington Summit Publishers
{{Short description|American white nationalist book publisher}}
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| founded = 2006
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| status = Active
| distribution = International
| topics = Racialism, eugenics, nationalism
| country = United States
| headquarters = Augusta, Georgia
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Washington Summit Publishers (WSP) is a white nationalist publisher based in Augusta, Georgia, which produces and sells books on race and intelligence and related topics. The company is run by white supremacist Richard B. Spencer, who also ran the defunct white supremacist National Policy Institute.
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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}
In 2013, the company was listed as being headquartered in Whitefish, Montana.{{cite news|last1=Burghart|first1=Devin|title=White Nationalists Descend on D.C. for National Policy Institute Conference |url=http://www.irehr.org/2013/10/23/npi-conference-2013/ |access-date=15 July 2016 |work=Institute for Research & Education of Human Rights |date=23 October 2013}} As of 2019, the company had moved to Augusta, Georgia.{{cite news |title=Hate Groups Georgia: There are 40 hate groups operating in Georgia, report says |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/there-are-40-hate-groups-operating-in-georgia-report-says/911731915 |access-date=5 March 2019 |work=WSBTV |date=1 February 2019}}
Authors
Authors published by WSP include J. Philippe Rushton, Kevin B. MacDonald, Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen, and Michael H. Hart.
Journal
WSP published Radix Journal through its imprint Radix.{{cite web |title=About Radix Journal |url=http://www.washsummit.com/radix-journal/ |website=Washington Summit Publishers |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202110939/http://www.washsummit.com/radix-journal/ |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=dead}} Contributors have included Kerry Bolton, Peter Brimelow, Samuel T. Francis, Kevin B. MacDonald, William Regnery II, Alex Kurtagić, and Jared Taylor. {{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} 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.{{Cite web |title=RADIXJOURNAL.com |url=https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radixjournal-com--2783797 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Spreaker |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=radixjournal.com is expired |url=http://www.radixjournal.com/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626000828/http://www.radixjournal.com/ |archive-date=26 June 2023 }} Spencer started publishing a Substack under the name Radix Journal in April 2022, it later was rebranded as ALEXANDRIA.{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Richard |title=About - Alexandria |url=https://radixjournal.substack.com/about |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=radixjournal.substack.com |language=en}}
Subjects
This company has published content supportive of white nationalism and white supremacy. "Human biodiversity" (HBD), an alt-right euphemism for scientific racism, was one of the main publishing subjects of Washington Summit Publishers.{{Cite book |title=Post-Digital Cultures of the Far Right: Online Actions and Offline Consequences in Europe and the US |publisher=transcript Verlag |location=Bielefeld |last1=Fielitz |first1=Maik |last2=Thurston |first2=Nick |date=2019 |isbn=978-3837646702 |page=29}} The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said in 2006 that the company had reprinted racist tracts along with books promoting antisemitism and eugenics. In 2015, the SPLC listed Washington Summit Publishers as a white nationalist hate group.{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/2015-active-white-nationalist-groups |title=Active White Nationalist Groups |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=19 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2006/new-racialists |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=Summer 2006 |access-date=19 October 2022 |title=Intelligence Report: The New Racialists}}
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Category:White nationalism in the United States