2022 American Renaissance (AmRen) Conference Speeches

“What is it about whites,” Mr. Taylor wants to know, “that makes them casually say such vicious things about their own people?” He traces this to a uniquely white compulsion to feel virtuous. Mr. Taylor notes that whites' zeal for the welfare of other races and a thirst to condemn their own people is unique. No other people ever work up a fanatic conviction that they are bad and should be suppressed. He says we should not to think of our opponents as vicious or bad-intentioned, but as lost brothers and sisters whom we must respect enough to try to understand and win over. We cannot afford the dizzying luxury of hatred; we must enlighten and lead.

Gregory Hood argues that what our movement needs more than anything is a Sorelian Myth to inspire immediate action for a long-term goal. Mr. Hood says that the West is entirely on the wrong course because it is following an egalitarian morality that will end with dissolution and chaos. Our mission is to build a Western Civilization-State that would have the explicit purpose of ensuring the physical survival of the white race, the advancement of Western culture, and the upward development of every Western man and woman to his or her fullest potential.

Henrik Palmgren of Red Ice presents a comprehensive economic and geopolitical case for why he believes the current global order will collapse. He argues that the system will intensify its attempts to centralize control, and concludes that each of us will have to decide for himself how to survive a potential collapse, but in chaos will come many possibilities for renewal.

Laura Loomer describes the censorship she faced running for congress, and says failing to protect free speech was President Trump’s biggest failure. She notes that many of the censors who work for Big Tech are “Third World invaders,” which means that strangers help decide what we can say, read, and think. She argues that free speech has been the engine of progress in the West and called for us to defend a country that was “once a shining example of what is possible when white men come together to build something great.”

Former Congressman Steve King guides the audience through Western history, identifying the origin of key concepts such as the rule of law, the right to confront one’s accusers, and limits to the power of the state. He defends whites as the group indispensable to the creation of Western Civilization, and says that others should be grateful for what whites have done. Congressman King expresses amazement that leftists believe the West will roll over without a fight. “We’re the ones who have to save this country,” he concludes.

Ruuben Kaalep, a member of the Conservative Party in Estonia and an elected parliamentarian, passionately defends ethnonationalism and independent nation-states. He says ethnostates are the norm in Eastern Europe. “We are an ethnostate,” he said of Estonia, “and we exist, and we are successful.” He argues that in the current era, white nationalism must never be imperialist, but should respect the autonomy of all peoples. Nevertheless, Mr. Kaalep argues that white nationalists around the world should work together. "Our future is united,” he says, calling for “an alliance between nationalists around the world.”

Attorney Sam Dickson argues that aspects of Americans' national history are difficult problems for whites. These include an emphasis on materialism, opposition to the frank and necessary use of state power, and a tendency to take the “easy way out,” of just moving away from problems. Mr. Dickson says whites must delay hard choices no longer. We need a home of our own. If whites don’t meet this historical challenge to secure self-determination, our children will pay ever higher costs. Only one question remains: How high a price will we have to pay?