Mike Enoch
Mike Enoch | |
|---|---|
 Enoch in 2017 | |
| Born | Michael Isaac Peinovich 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Presenting career | |
| Show | The Daily Shoah |
| Style | Neo-Nazi, antisemitic, Holocaust denial |
| Country | United States |
Michael Enoch Isaac Peinovich[1] (born 1977),[2] more commonly known as Mike Enoch, is an American neo-Nazi,[3][4] antisemitic conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier,[5] blogger, and podcast host. He founded the alt-right media network The Right Stuff and podcast The Daily Shoah. Through his work, Enoch ridicules African Americans, Jews, and other minorities, advocates racial discrimination, and promotes conspiracy theories such as Holocaust denial and white genocide.[6][7]
In early 2017, while operating his antisemitic media network under his pseudonym, Enoch was doxxed by fellow neo-Nazis. Most notably, the dox revealed that the neo-Nazi Enoch was married to a Jewish woman, and that their wedding had featured traditional Jewish rites and chanting.[5] According to Salon.com, prior to the dox, Enoch's wife had appeared as a guest on The Daily Shoah to promote antisemitic memes.[6]
In addition to his founding of a neo-Nazi media network, Enoch has drawn attention for his role in organizing book burnings.[7]
Early life
[edit]Enoch was born as Michael Enoch Isaac Peinovich of Norwegian and Serbian descent. His mother was the president of the National Labour College, while his father was a professor of Old English at the University of Pennsylvania.[8][9][10] His parents divorced when he was young.[1] He grew up in Maplewood and Montclair in New Jersey.[9] Enoch attended Columbia High School in Maplewood.[11] While in high school, Enoch had jobs in pizza delivery and swimming pool sanitation. After graduating high school, he attended and dropped out of several universities before becoming a computer programmer who worked at an e-publishing company.[1]
Early media coverage
[edit]Enoch first drew media attention for his use of the "Sieg Heil" salute at a conference in 2016 organized by Richard B. Spencer to celebrate Donald Trump's election as president.[6] The salutes were performed in front of journalists, and footage of the speech and the Enoch-inspired salutes was circulated by the mainstream media. According to Andrew Marantz, the event marginalized the alt-right by defining it to the public as a neo-Nazi movement, and led to an exodus of Trump supporters.[12]
The Right Stuff (blog)
[edit]The Right Stuff is a white nationalist, neo-fascist neo-Nazi blog founded by Enoch that hosts several podcasts, including The Daily Shoah and Fash the Nation. The blog is best known for popularizing the use of triple parentheses to identify Jews on social media.[13][14][15] The Daily Shoah is a far-right podcast, hosted on TRS. Its name uses the Hebrew word referring to the Holocaust.[16] The podcast also uses the triple parentheses symbol.[17][18][19]
Doxing incident
[edit]In January 2017, users of the imageboard website 8chan leaked the identities of several of its key contributors, including Enoch, and revealed that his wife was Jewish[20][21] and that their wedding had featured traditional Jewish rites and chanting.[5] According to Salon.com, prior to the dox, Enoch's wife had appeared as a guest on The Daily Shoah to promote antisemitic memes.