“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
As John Demjanjuk Awaits Deportation,
As John Demjanjuk Awaits Deportation, Remembering the Story of Nazi War Criminals and the United States The Zeskind Fortnight No. 15April 14, 2009 John Demjanjuk, the Ukrainian-born retired autoworker charged repeatedly with war crimes, has asked a federal appeals...
Presentations by Leonard Zeskind
from Leonard ZeskindNeither Dinosaurs nor Neanderthals: How white nationalism is misunderstood. The common sense paradigm by which polite society understands white supremacists is wrong. They are not usually clinically paranoid, under-educated or economically...
A Re-emergence of the Militias?
A Re-emergence of the Militias? By Leonard Zeskind The Zeskind Fortnight No. 14 March 24, 2009 In my forthcoming book, Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream, one of the stories I tell is that of the...
The Economic Crisis & the Fortunes of White Nationalism: It’s Not What You Think
The Economic Crisis & the Fortunes of White Nationalism: It's Not What You Think The Zeskind Fortnight No. 13By Leonard ZeskindMarch 9, 2009 The real gross domestic product of the United States fell by an annualized rate of 6.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of...
Pre-publication Comment on Blood and Politics
Pre-publication Comment on Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream“We are all in Leonard Zeskind’s debt. Exhaustively researched, Blood and Politics is not only a brilliant account of the...
Things I Have Really Seen, Conversations I Have Actually Had
Things I Have Really Seen, Conversations I Have Actually HadBy Leonard ZeskindThe Zeskind Fortnight 12 February 24, 2009 If memory serves me right, it was 1970, probably around November. Two white guys in their very early twenties sat on the sofa, each with a case of...