“Zeskind offers a well-placed warning ” —Kirkus Reviews
“Recommended for all libraries.” —Stephen L. Hupp, Library Journal
“Exhaustively researched, Blood and Politics is not only a brilliant account of the origins, modes of operation, collaborations, and internecine disputes of white supremacist, neo-Nazi, Holocaust-denier, and anti-Semitic groups in America, but alerts us to the fact that despite—or perhaps because of—significant improvements in race relations and changing demographic patterns, we are likely to witness a resurgence of their activities.” —Drew S. Days III, Professor of Law, Yale University, and former U.S. Solicitor General
Excerpt from my Presentation to the NAACP National Convention
Excerpt from presentation to the NAACP National Convention Branch, College & Youth Councils Officers Luncheon July 11, 2010 I am going to talk briefly about the Tea Party phenomenon and why it is important for all of our branches to educate themselves and their...
A Rebirth at IREHR.org
A Re-Birth at IREHR.orgThe Zeskind Fortnight No. 21A Personal Statement by Leonard Zeskind The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) is a different kind of organization. We didn't hesitate to point at the racism motivating the Tea Party...
Los Angeles Times reviews Blood and Politics
Los Angeles TimesBy Art Winslow June 14, 2009 Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement From the Margins to the MainstreamLeonard ZeskindFarrar, Straus & Giroux: 622 pp., $35 This April, when the Department of Homeland Security issued a...
Moment Magazine reviews Blood and Politics
Moment magazine September/October 2009 Racial Hatred: Made in AmericaRick hellman Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream By Leonard Zeskind Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2009, $37.50, pp. 645 When, in...
Guns, History, Nazis, and “Enemies of the State”
Guns, History, Nazis, and "Enemies of the State" The Zeskind Fortnight No. 20by Leonard Zeskind He was a lone figure in this video posted on the Kansas City Minuteman Civil Defense Corps website. Carrying a small piece of cardboard with "Tax the Rich" scrawled on...
Guns, the NRA and the Obama Opposition
Guns, the NRA and the Obama Oppositionby Leonard ZeskindGuns, ammo and paraphernalia were bought and sold like baseball trading cards at sixty-one gun shows in twenty-seven states during the ten days between August 14 and August 23. Certainly, there are still sportsmen...