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The first comprehensive history of white nationalism in America, from a MacArthur Award–winning expert in the field.Blood and Politics continues to be a relevant compass to understanding the strategies that drive white nationalism forward. Join us for a discussion on how to stop the spread of white nationalist movement's racism and bigotry, to protect human rights and to foster real democracy - and to honor Zeskind's long motto: Fighting Nazis' can be fun!
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Originally published to great acclaim in 2009, Blood and Politics is an unprecedented, sweeping history of white nationalism’s rise in America from a MacArthur Award–winning expert in the field.
Over decades of archival and in-person research, Leonard Zeskind explored the startling underworld of white supremacist organizations in the United States, from think tanks and publications to armed militia groups. Tracing a vast web of Holocaust deniers, Christian Identity churches, neo-Nazi skinheads, and high-profile figures like David Duke, Zeskind finds that these factions—once thought to be fringe extremists—have both deep roots and far-reaching ambitions.
Thorough, careful, and troublingly prescient, Blood and Politics is an essential study of American racism and a rallying cry for the ongoing fight against hate.
Leonard Zeskind (1949–2025) was a union organizer and community activist prior to founding the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights in 1983. He was research director of the Center for Democratic Renewal, a national clearinghouse for efforts to counter hate-group activity, and wrote widely on racism and anti-Semitism for publications such as The New York Times, The American Prospect, and The Nation. He was awarded a MacArthur “genius grant” in 1998 for his research on American hate groups.
Devin Burghart is the executive director of IREHR, and has closely tracked the white nationalists’ movement alongside Zeskind sine 1991.
Carol Smith was Leonard's life partner of 46 years.
Mab Segrest is the author of Memoir of a Race Traitor: Fighting Racism in the American South.
Ben Wilkins is the director of the Union of Southern Service Workers.
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