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Leonard Zeskind

is founder of IREHR. For almost four decades, he has been a leading authority on white nationalist political and social movements. He is the author of Blood and Politics: The History of White Nationalism from the Margins to the Mainstream, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in May 2009. [more..]

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A Brief Note About New York’s 26th Congressional District: Its Not What You Think Uncategorized
June 8, 2011

A Brief Note About New York’s 26th Congressional District: Its Not What You Think

By now the Democratic Party's hoopla about winning a seat from this staunchly Republican district has died down.  With the smell of victory in their noses, how can you fault anyone for thinking that pro-Medicare politics defeated the let-them-eat-cake program of the Republicans.  A quick look at the numbers, however,…
Jeppi Barbour Speaking to the Council of Conservative Citizens
Mississippi and the Councils – Part Two: Brother Jeppie’s Visit to Carroll County Uncategorized
January 6, 2011

Mississippi and the Councils – Part Two: Brother Jeppie’s Visit to Carroll County

Yes, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour apologized (barely) for his racist rendition of the segregationist-era Citizens Councils in his Yazoo City hometown.  And at year's end, the governor did finally pardon and release Jamie and Gladys Scott, two African American sisters sentenced in 1994 to life imprisonment for their (minimal) role…