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Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream (Hardcover): New, The Book That Explains Why We are Under Threat as a Nation from the Enemies Within Our Own Country. To Understand the Holocaust Museum and Tiller Murders, Read This Book. 672 Pages
By Leonard Zeskind
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“Zeskind’s rigorously researched and eloquent book is a definitive history of white nationalism and contains alarming warnings for a resurgence in racist politics.” —Publishers Weekly
Remember that the Tiller and Holocaust profoundly disturbing domestic terrorists are part of an even more distressing string of shootings by white male followers of the Siren song of white male empowerment and the daily "non-whites and liberals" are our enemies tirades of the right wing media echo chamber.
Defeated in the last few elections -- and particularly stung by the landslide victory of an African-American president -- by a increasingly non white male American electorate, obscenely paid right wing media figures and even some elected officials have called upon -- with wink and nod code words -- for an uprising of whites.
It is a war that has been declared against a democratically elected government precisely because America has evolved -- culturally, politically and demographically -- from a nation dominated by white males, who now perceive that their entitlement has been taken away.
Provided with weaponry courtesy of the military supply wing of the white male power movement -- the NRA -- these individuals have been given the green light to foment chaos, rebellion and murder. If you believe this is hyperbole, you are in denial.
As author Leonard Zeskind observes in this thorough examination of the history and nuances of the white male armed "empowerment" movement, there are two fundamental theories of "revolution": mainstreaming and vanguardism.
"Mainstreamers believe that a majority of white Christians will eventually support their cause. Vanguardists build small organizations made up of a highly dedicated cadre and plan a naked seizure of power. Zeskind shows how these factions have evolved into a normative social movement that looks like a demographic slice of white America, mostly blue-collar and working middle class, with lawyers and Ph.D.s among its leaders," according to a summary.
We ignore the deadly threat to our nation at grave risk if we do not take the expertise and knowledge of Zeskind seriously -- and start taking determined action to conduct a "war on domestic white power terrorism" and develop strategies that don't violate the First Amendment to deal with the dangerous media figures -- paid to incite this deadly mob -- who light the fire of treason and murder.
"When the Cold War ended, traditional conservatives helped birth a new white nationalism, most evident now among anti-immigrant organizations. With the dawn of a new millennium, they are fixated on predictions that white people will lose their majority status and become one minority among many. The book concludes with a look to the future, elucidating the growing threat these groups will pose to coming generations."
If you care about the future of this nation, non-violence, and armed rebellion, read this remarkably important and ominous book.
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