Millennial Woes

Millennial Woes
Born
Colin Robertson[1]
OccupationSocial media personality
Years active2013[2]–present
Websitemillennialwoes.com

Colin Robertson, known as Millennial Woes or simply Woes,[3][4] is a Scottish former YouTuber, white supremacist, and antisemitic conspiracy theorist.[5][6][7]

Robertson was previously aligned with the neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative, but after a falling-out with them in 2020, his public influence has significantly diminished.[8]

Robertson has supported slavery, called for the bombing of refugees crossing the Mediterranean, and endorsed the white genocide conspiracy theory.[4][9]

Career

Robertson attended an art college in London in the mid-2000s. He launched his YouTube channel at the end of 2013.[10]

Robertson delivered a speech at the National Policy Institute Conference in November 2016, in Washington DC.[11]

In January 2017, Robertson began receiving coverage from BBC News[12] and national newspapers,[13] after Scottish tabloid the Daily Record doxxed Millennial Woes, exposing his birth name, family's home address and sending reporters and photographers to his parents' home to try to find him.[14] Robertson was reported to have "left Britain", posting a video to his YouTube channel named "Fugitive Woes".[15]

On 4 February 2017, Robertson gave a speech entitled "Withnail and I as Viewed From the Right" at The London Forum in Kensington,[16] On 25 February 2017, Robertson gave a speech at a white nationalist event in Stockholm organised by Motpol.[17] On 1 July 2017, he appeared at the far-right Scandza Forum's "Globalism v the Ethnostate" conference in Oslo.[18][14]

In August 2017, Salon described Millennial Woes as one of only a few alt-right platforms to rapidly grow, alongside Red Ice, VDARE and The Rebel Media.[19]

On 10 December 2017, he began an interview series named Millenniyule 2017, inviting various internet personalities from the alt-right movement,[20] including an appearance from Faith Goldy.[21]

Until 2020, Robertson was aligned with the neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative until that group distanced themselves from him following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.[22] Since then, according to Hope Not Hate, Robertson's influence has been "radically diminished".[8]

Views

Robertson is a proponent of the white genocide conspiracy theory.[4] He has claimed in interviews that "there are problems with the Jewish people".[5] According to anti-racism and anti-fascism research group Hope Not Hate, Robertson is known for supporting slavery, and has called for the bombing of refugees crossing the Mediterranean.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Fallout from modern protests: naming and shaming online". The Christian Science Monitor. 17 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Are these the faces of London's young 'alt-right'?". The Standard. 2 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "I Love Hans Hoppe!". LewRockwell.com. 23 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Exposed racist vlogger flees home and faces police probe". Sunday Herald. 15 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 "WATCH: 'Alt-Right' Owns up to Anti-Semitism". The Forward. 16 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Warwick student's leading role in Facebook hate group exposed". The Boar. 27 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Townsend, Mark (August 24, 2019). "Far-right activist posted to serve on Trident submarine". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. 1 2 State of Hate 2024 (PDF). Hope Not Hate. 3 July 2024. p. 122. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 "PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE: UNITING THE FASCIST RIGHT?" (PDF). Hopenothate.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Government suspends its YouTube advertising, amid concerns about where revenue goes". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Porter, Tom (14 February 2017). "UK alt-right exposed: British bloggers and activists helping to spread white nationalism globally". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Scotland's papers: Crime figures 'fiddle' and Brexit warning". BBC News. 9 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Racist vlogger who became global YouTube sensation unmasked as jobless ex-student who lives with dad". Daily Mirror. 9 January 2017.
  14. 1 2 "International Nazi movement meets again in Norway". Searchlight. 4 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "Vile YouTube racist flees to US and puts out the begging bowl after Record exposes him". Daily Record (Scotland). 11 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Poulter, James (12 March 2018). "The Neo-Nazi Home of the UK Alt-Right". Vice.
  17. ↑ "Inside the alt-right: Stockholm conference brings together US and European white nationalists". International Business Times. 3 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "US white supremacist arrested hours before far-right conference in Norway". The Independent. 2019-11-03. Archived from the original on 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  19. ↑ "Trump and the Nazis: Our troll-in-chief has a deep affinity with the alt-right — and with their ancestors". Salon. 20 August 2017.
  20. ↑ "'Sargon Of Akkad' Cites White Nationalist Propaganda, Reveals His Alt-Right Sympathies". Right Wing Watch. 11 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "Faith Goldy Recites The '14 Words'". Right Wing Watch. 20 December 2017.
  22. ↑ "White Nationalist YouTuber Goes Dark After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct". 5 May 2020.
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