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Of equal concern as BAHC's efforts to galvanize the African-American =
community to the cause of Jew-hatred is the source of much of their =
propaganda. The first issue of The Holocaust Journal, for example, =
advertises a BAHC lecture at which a video attacking the historical =
veracity of the gas chambers at Auschwitz, produced by the largest =
Holocaust-denying group in the world, the Institute for Historical =
Review, was shown. The publication also advertised two books written by =
the conspiracy-theorist Eustace Mullins, (old friend of Ezra Pound!, =
M.P. note)

who has been aligned with white supremacist and right-wing extremist =
groups for more than 40 years. The Holocaust Journal's most disturbing =
link to the white supremacist movement as an editorial by BAHC leader =
Eric Muhammad; this feature lifts material, in some cases word-for-word, =
from an anti-Semitic, anti-Black essay by long-time neo-Nazi William =
Pierce.=20

How could Eric Muhammad, supposedly so committed to the education and =
liberation of the African-American community, read Pierce's gutter-level =
attacks against Blacks and Jews and conclude that this provided him with =
an ideological and rhetorical model worthy of emulation? To attempt to =
explain this, one must understand the history of Black and white =
extremist efforts to collaborate. Thus, this report reviews the =
instances in which the Nation of Islam has endorsed the propaganda of =
Holocaust denial. The publication also reviews the career of Robert =
Brock, an African-American extremist who has regularly made common cause =
with white racists and anti-Semites -- particularly Holocaust deniers -- =
and who has evidently established contacts with BAHC lecturers Leonard =
Jeffries and Khalid Muhammad.=20

The report also details the endorsement of Black separatists and their =
anti-Jewish rhetoric by white extremists, from American Nazi Party =
leader George Lincoln Rockwell in the 1960s to White Aryan Resistance =
leader Tom Metzger, among others, in the present day. The nature of this =
support has ranged from joint meetings and rallies to the use of Black =
anti-Semitic propaganda, sometimes uncredited, in white hate group phone =
messages and publications.=20

More fundamentally, however, this publication seeks to provide further =
evidence that Black and white extremists share an agenda reflecting =
greater similarity than is commonly supposed. Part of this similarity =
derives from the common motivations the two movements share: racial =
separatism and racial supremacy. Though each group claims to advocate a =
society independent of the other, their rhetoric in fact demonstrates =
how much the two depend on one another -- as scapegoats and as focal =
points in the creation of identity. As the noted scholar and philosopher =
Cornel West has written of the Nation of Islam: "The basic aim of Black =
Muslim theology -- with its distinct Black supremacist account of the =
origins of white people -- was to counter white supremacy. Yet this =
preoccupation with white supremacy still allowed white people to serve =
as the principal point of reference. That which fundamentally motivates =
one still dictates the terms of what one thinks and does -- so the =
motivation of a Black supremacist doctrine reveals how obsessed one is =
with white supremacy...." (Cornel West, "Malcolm X and Black Rage," =
_Race Matters_, 1993, p. 99)=20

As much as the two movements share mirror-image mythologies and a common =
goal of racial purity (better described by Professor West as a fear of =
the "cultural hybrid character" of modern American life), they also =
share a hatred and fear of Jews. Frequently, this demonization of Jews =
is attributed to the Jews' "racial impurity"; as the British =
propagandist Arnold Leese wrote in the 1930s, using the same =
pseudo-scientific vocabulary as the Nazis, "The Jews are ... a mixture =
of races, and the racial constituent which is most frequently to be =
found among them is the Armenoid, or, as it is sometimes called, Hither =
Asiatic. The other races which have contributed most to Jewish =
types...are the Mongoloid, Negroid, Oreintal and ...Alpine."=20


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<P>Of equal concern as BAHC's efforts to galvanize the African-American=20
community to the cause of Jew-hatred is the source of much of their =
propaganda.=20
The first issue of <CITE>The Holocaust Journal</CITE>, for example, =
advertises a=20
BAHC lecture at which a video attacking the historical veracity of the =
gas=20
chambers at <A =
href=3D"http://www.nizkor.vex.net/faqs/auschwitz/";>Auschwitz</A>,=20
produced by the largest Holocaust-denying group in the world, the <A=20
href=3D"http://www.nizkor.vex.net/faqs/ihr/";>Institute for Historical =
Review</A>,=20
was shown. The publication also advertised two books written by the=20
conspiracy-theorist <A=20
href=3D"http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/people/m/mullins.eustace";>Eustace=20
Mullins</A>, (old friend of Ezra Pound!, M.P. note)
<P>who has been aligned with white supremacist and right-wing extremist =
groups=20
for more than 40 years. <CITE>The Holocaust Journal's</CITE> most =
disturbing=20
link to the white supremacist movement as an editorial by BAHC leader =
Eric=20
Muhammad; this feature lifts material, in some cases word-for-word, from =
an=20
anti-Semitic, anti-Black essay by long-time neo-Nazi <A=20
href=3D"http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/people/p/pierce.william";>William =
Pierce</A>.=20

<P>How could Eric Muhammad, supposedly so committed to the education and =

liberation of the African-American community, read Pierce's gutter-level =
attacks=20
against Blacks and Jews and conclude that this provided him with an =
ideological=20
and rhetorical model worthy of emulation? To attempt to explain this, =
one must=20
understand the history of Black and white extremist efforts to =
collaborate.=20
Thus, this report reviews the instances in which the Nation of Islam has =

endorsed the propaganda of Holocaust denial. The publication also =
reviews the=20
career of Robert Brock, an African-American extremist who has regularly =
made=20
common cause with white racists and anti-Semites -- particularly =
Holocaust=20
deniers -- and who has evidently established contacts with BAHC =
lecturers=20
Leonard Jeffries and Khalid Muhammad.=20
<P>The report also details the endorsement of Black separatists and =
their=20
anti-Jewish rhetoric by white extremists, from American Nazi Party =
leader George=20
Lincoln Rockwell in the 1960s to <A=20
href=3D"http://www.nizkor.vex.net/hweb/orgs/american/war/";>White Aryan=20
Resistance</A> leader <A=20
href=3D"http://www.nizkor.vex.net/hweb/orgs/american/adl/tom-metzger/";>To=
m=20
Metzger</A>, among others, in the present day. The nature of this =
support has=20
ranged from joint meetings and rallies to the use of Black anti-Semitic=20
propaganda, sometimes uncredited, in white hate group phone messages and =

publications.=20
<P>More fundamentally, however, this publication seeks to provide =
further=20
evidence that Black and white extremists share an agenda reflecting =
greater=20
similarity than is commonly supposed. Part of this similarity derives =
from the=20
common motivations the two movements share: racial separatism and racial =

supremacy. Though each group claims to advocate a society independent of =
the=20
other, their rhetoric in fact demonstrates how much the two depend on =
one=20
another -- as scapegoats and as focal points in the creation of =
identity. As the=20
noted scholar and philosopher Cornel West has written of the Nation of =
Islam:=20
"The basic aim of Black Muslim theology -- with its distinct Black =
supremacist=20
account of the origins of white people -- was to counter white =
supremacy. Yet=20
this preoccupation with white supremacy still allowed white people to =
serve as=20
the principal point of reference. That which fundamentally motivates one =
still=20
dictates the terms of what one thinks and does -- so the motivation of a =
Black=20
supremacist doctrine reveals how obsessed one is with white =
supremacy...."=20
(Cornel West, "Malcolm X and Black Rage," _Race Matters_, 1993, p. 99)=20
<P>As much as the two movements share mirror-image mythologies and a =
common goal=20
of racial purity (better described by Professor West as a fear of the =
"cultural=20
hybrid character" of modern American life), they also share a hatred and =
fear of=20
Jews. Frequently, this demonization of Jews is attributed to the Jews' =
"racial=20
impurity"; as the British propagandist Arnold Leese wrote in the 1930s, =
using=20
the same pseudo-scientific vocabulary as the Nazis, "The Jews are ... a =
mixture=20
of races, and the racial constituent which is most frequently to be =
found among=20
them is the Armenoid, or, as it is sometimes called, Hither Asiatic. The =
other=20
races which have contributed most to Jewish types...are the Mongoloid, =
Negroid,=20
Oreintal and ...Alpine." </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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