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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..]

Harold Covington Dies Featured
October 30, 2018

Harold Covington Dies

This recap of the role of national socialist Harold Covington in the white nationalist movement was originally published in Searchlight Magazine in September 2017.     Long-time national socialist Harold Covington died, apparently at his home in Bremerton, Washington.  He was 64 years old.  Born in North Carolina, he traveled…
Trump’s Promotion of Far-Right Islamophobic Video Raises Alarms AppFeatured
November 30, 2017

Trump’s Promotion of Far-Right Islamophobic Video Raises Alarms

On November 7, in Bromley—a district in the southeastern quarter of London, England—the far-right group, Britain First, attempted to hold another one of their anti-Islam protests, according to the British magazine Searchlight. In the street, over 200 anti-racists stood with placards: “Never Again: No to the Nazis,” “No to Britain…
Standing at the Crossroads: An Analysis of Events in Charlottesville, Virginia AppFeatured
August 16, 2017

Standing at the Crossroads: An Analysis of Events in Charlottesville, Virginia

On Friday night, August 11, in Charlottesville, multiple hundreds of white supremacists from a mélange of organizations marched virtually undisturbed across the campus of the University of Virginia in a well-ordered torchlight parade.  They chanted, “You will not Replace Us,” and similar mantras. They did not scream White Power! like…
Michael Hill from League of the South to Speak in Charlottesville AppFeatured
July 23, 2017

Michael Hill from League of the South to Speak in Charlottesville

Strong Connection to David Duke Among the speakers at a pro-Confederate rally to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12 will be Michael Hill, the leader of the League of the South.  Founded in 1994 as an educational institute dedicated to defending Confederate symbols and promoting the South’s current…