Leonard Zeskind
Leonard Zeskind (born c.1950) is a Jewish-American political activist, and self-styled expert on white nationalism, who has been associated with various left-wing and far-left organizations, such as the NAACP and the Sojourner Truth Organization, throughout his career. He is president of the Institute for Research & Education of Human Rights (IREHR).[1]
Known for his staunch opposition to extreme right, racist, and anti-Semitic organizations in the United States, Zeskind has served on the board of directors of the Petra Foundation, and the Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau. He is also a collaborator for the communist magazine, Searchlight.
Biography
Zeskind was born in 1950 to Stanley Clu Zeskind (born 1927) and Shirley B (born 1928). He has a younger brother Philip Sandy (born 1951). He has spent most of his life in Kansas City, Missouri, but, for a time, owned property in Riverside, California and Flagler Beach, Florida.
Awards
- 1998 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1992 Petra Foundation Fellowship
Works
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- Blood and Politics: The History of White Nationalism from the Margins to the Mainstream, Macmillan, 2009, ISBN 978-0-374-10903-5
Reviews
What favorable timing, then, for Leonard Zeskind's "Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement From the Margins to the Mainstream," which addresses all of these issues, provides a context in which to assess them and offers an extended look inside a little-understood cultural zone that is really a panoply of small groups.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Staff & Board. Irehr.org (2009-09-18). Retrieved on 2010-10-23.
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External links
- Author's website
- "Leonard Zeskind: Blood and Politics", Open Source Audio
- "Right-Wing Extremism Expert Leonard Zeskind Analyzes the Movement That Nurtures Shooters Like Von Brunn and Roeder", Buzzflash, 06/11/2009
- "Leonard Zeskind on the Minutemen", Everyday Citizen, Stuart Elliott, March 19, 2008
- Leonard Zeskind featured on Real Law Radio, Leonard talks with Bob DiCello on the legal news talk radio program, Real Law Radio, about the infiltration of the Tea Party Movement by white supremacists (Podcasts/Saturday March 27, 2010).
