In this program we'll discuss with Matthew Lyons his new book, Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The origins and ideology of the Alternative Right. The book addresses the origins and rise of the so-called “alt-right,” the fascistic movement that grabbed headlines in the months leading up to the 2016 election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.

Understanding the alt-right is important for those who aim to resist the era in which we find ourselves. This is a movement that has the wind in its sails, embodying the resentments and frustrations of large swathes of America, intent on reassert­ing and reinforcing the supremacy of white men, to the detri­ment, exclusion, or even annihilation of everyone else.

Matthew Lyon’s survey of the origins of the alt-right, takes a look at its constituent parts and beliefs at the present time, as well as observations about how its future relationship with the Trump administration may play out. Of particular inter­est, Lyons draws attention to the importance of sexism and misogyny within this movement, to its long-term “metapoliti­cal” strategy, as well as to the tensions between the disparate groups that have found their home under its banner.