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David Neiwert

American journalist and author who has spent decades covering right-wing extremism, hate groups, and domestic terrorism in the United States. His books The Eliminationists (2009) and Alt-America (2017) documented the rise of far-right movements before they became mainstream political concerns. Neiwert was one of the earliest journalists to track the convergence of conspiracy culture, white nationalism, and mainstream conservatism.

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1. Biography

A short life of the author

David Neiwert is an American journalist based in the Pacific Northwest who has covered right-wing extremism, militia movements, and domestic terrorism since the 1990s. He was among the first journalists to systematically document the connections between far-right fringe movements and mainstream politics.

Major Works

The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right (2009, PoliPointPress) analysed how eliminationist rhetoric — language that dehumanises political opponents — migrated from the far right into mainstream conservative media.

Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump (2017, Verso) traced the historical roots of the alt-right movement and its emergence into national politics, drawing on Neiwert’s decades of reporting on conspiracy culture, the Patriot movement, and white nationalist organisations.

Collecting Neiwert

Alt-America (2017, Verso) first editions bring $20–$40. The Eliminationists (2009, PoliPointPress) is a small-press publication with a modest print run. Neiwert’s books are collected by scholars of American political extremism and journalism.