“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
And Now, The Hate Show
New York Times Op-Ed16 November 1993And Now, The Hate Show By Leonard Zeskind Increasing numbers of white supremacists are forsaking paramilitary encampments and cow pasture cross burnings to build a larger, more mainstream constituency. Some leaders of the...
Ed Fields’ America First Party
Ed Fields’ America First PartyBy Leonard Zeskind Searchlight Magazine November 1993 A small band of white supremacists in the southeast region of the United States has organized the America First Party. Modeled after John...
Christian Coalition and Republican Party
Christian Coalition MeetsBy Leonard ZeskindSearchlight Magazine October 1993 Under the banner "The Tide Is Turning," over 2,400 people attended the Christian Coalition's third national conference on September 10th and 11th...
Siege at Waco, Doctor Murdered in Pensacola
Siege At Waco, Doctor Murdered in PensacolaBy Leonard ZeskindSearchlight Magazine April 1993 The concrete dust from the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City had just settled when federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms stormed...
Far Right Yowls at Clinton
Far Rights Yowls at ClintonBy Leonard ZeskindSearchlight Magazine March 1993 There was barely a peep when President Clinton took office in January and promptly broke a string of campaign promises: Instead of lifting the racist ban on immigration from Haiti,...
Counting Hate Crimes
Counting Hate Crimes in the USABy Leonard ZeskindSearchlight magazineFebruary 1993 On New Years day Christopher Wilson, an African American tourist from New York, was kidnapped in Tampa, Florida by three white men. After driving Wilson to a deserted area,...