Accused of being anti-semitic white nationalist pro-russia neo-conferate far right extremist that promotes russian conspiracy theories, but has no direct ties to Russian anything. run by political activist James Edwards and syndicated by the organizations Liberty News Radio Network and Accent Radio Network
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- Brother Nathanael, a Jewish convert to Russian Orthodox Christianity, has become a YouTube sensation Nathanael Kapner - RationalWiki self-proclaimed "monastic with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR)" anti-Semite Brother Nathanael | Wikitubia | FANDOM powered by Wikia former Jew turned Orthodox Christian and a YouTube activist. controversial because they are often anti-Semitic and homophobic...
- Chuck Baldwin Conservative Pundit --- pro-russian anti-zionist christian pastor
- Patrick J. Buchanan - Author, Former Presidential Candidate WWII revisionist slightly nazi, hates Churchill, shows up on white nationalist media.
- David Duke View Of An Obama Presidency : NPR former Ku Klux Klan leader I'd vote third party and perhaps Ralph Nader or Chuck Baldwin. David Duke Return Guest: Dr. David Duke
- Putin Vladimir Putin vs. Megyn Kelly Brother Nathanael, a Jewish convert to Orthodox Christianity,
- USS Liberty Survivors - Gary Brummett, Ron Kukal, and Phil Tourney Veterans Today (russian front)EXCLUSIVE possible by Ernie Gallo, Ron Kukal and Larry Broyles, Sr. Ernie Gallo worked for the CIA for twenty-nine years after serving on the USS LIBERTY
- Rev. Ted Pike - Outspoken Constitutional Advocate
- Michael Collins Piper - Author
The following list is a sampling of the individuals who have appeared on The Political Cesspool Radio Program as our esteemed guests. You may visit our archives page to browse and listen on demand to our programs containing interviews with these leaders. Our extensive library of broadcast archives also includes additional shows featuring other celebrated thinkers, writers, pundits, activists, entertainers and elected officials.
GUEST LIST
- USS Liberty Survivors - Gary Brummett, Ron Kukal, and Phil Tourney
- - A -
- Dr. Virginia Abernethy - America First Immigration Activist
- Terry Anderson - Syndicated Radio Host
- - B -
- Michael Badnarik - Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate
- Dr. Chuck Baldwin - Pastor, Radio Host, Former Vice Presidential Nominee (Constitution Party 2004)
- Dr. Stephen Baskerville - Professor, Howard University (Washington, D.C.)
- Tom Baugh - Author, Starving the Monkeys
- Gordon Baum - CEO, Council of Conservative Citizens
- Tarry Beasley - Attorney, Activist, Sons of the Confederate Veterans
- Kris Blankenship - SleepBetterNextWeek.com
- Dr. Walter Block - Author, Professor, Senior Faculty Member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Craig Bodeker - Documentary Filmmaker
- Peter Brimelow - Author of Alien Nation; former editor of Forbes Magazine and National Review
- Frank Borzellieri - Columnist, Member of New York City School Board
- Angela "Bay" Buchanan - Former U.S. Treasurer, President of The American Cause
- Patrick J. Buchanan - Author, Former Presidential Candidate
- Walter Burien - Expert, Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
- Cory Burnell - President, ChristianExodus.org
- - C -Alex Carmichael - Chairman, League of American Patriots
- Juan Fernando Carpio - Descendant of Spanish Conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar, leader of Movimiento Libertario del Ecuador and Director of Instituto para la Libertad
- Willis Carto - American Free Press Newspaper
- Ernie Chambers - State Senator (D-Nebraska)
- Catherine Chesnutt - Christian Musician/Pianist
- Olaf Childress - Editor, The First Freedom
- Dr. John Cobin - Policy of Liberty
- Edmund Connelly - Columnist, The Occidental Observer
- Dr. Jerome Corsi - New York Times #1 Best-Selling Author of The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality
- Madison Cook - Chairman, Southern Independence Party of Tennessee
- Harry Cooper - Executive Director, Sharkhunters International
- Andrew Coulson - Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom
- Dr. Dennis Cuddy - Historian, Political Analyst
- - D -Simon Darby - Director of Information Technology, British National Party
- Adrian Davies - Prominent British Barrister
- Senator John DeCamp - State Senator (Nebraska), author of The Franklin Coverup
- John Derbyshire - Writer
- Dr. F. Roger Devlin - Author
- Filip DeWinter - Member of Belgium Parliament (Vlaams Belang)
- Sam Dickson - Attorney & Popular Speaker
- Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo - Economics Professor, Loyola College
- Colonel Don De Grand Pre - Author, Air Force Pilot, Chairman of A.F.P. Readership Council
- David Duncan - Civil War Preservation Trust
- Gottfried Dulias - Former Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot /Survivor of Bolshevik Gulags, Author
- David Duke - Author and former Louisiana State Representative
- - E -B.J. Ellis - Conservative Radio Personality
- Marcus Epstein - Colmnist
- - F -Dr. Steve Farron - Author of The Affirmative Action Hoax
- Jim and Tricia Feijo - Talk radio hosts
- Darlene Fitzgerald - Author, Military Insider
- William Flax - Legendary Conservative Writer
- Richard Flowers - Curator, Beauvoir (Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library)
- Ezola Foster - Author, Reform Party Candidate for Vice President 2000 (Buchanan)
- John Francis - Spokesman, Clarion Call to Converge Committee
- Professor Emeritus Andrew Fraser - Australian Nationalist
- Doug French - Editor of Liberty Watch Magazine; columnist for LewRockwell.com
- Paul Fromm - Director of Canadian Association for Free Expression
- - G -Michael Gaddy - Columnist for LewRockwell.com
- John Gardner - Financial Advisor
- Peter Gemma - Washington Insider
- Carl Giammarese - Lead Singer of "The Buckinghams," legendary 1960's rock group
- Hutton Gibson - Author and father of Mel Gibson
- Jim Gilchrist - Co-Founder of the Minutemen Project
- Mark Glenn - Writer, Radio Host
- Scott Goldsmith - Owner of Dixie Republic
- Dr. Paul Gottfried - Author and Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College
- Charles Goyette - Syndicated Radio Personality
- Mark Green - Author of Persecution, Privilege, and Power: Reconsidering the Zionist Role in American Life
- Anthony Gregory - Columnist, LewRockwell.com
- Nick Griffin - Chairman, British National Party
- Professor David Ray Griffin - Author and 9/11 Truth Expert
- Michael Andrew Grissom - Celebrated Author of Confederate Heritage Books
- Bob Griswold - Owner, Ready Made Resources
- Colonel James "Bo" Gritz - Former Green Beret, negotiated end to Ruby Ridge standoff
- Dr. Kevin Gutzman - Author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
- - H -Theresa Harmon - President, Tennesseans for Responsible Immigration Policies
- Ray Herrera --- National Rally Spokesman for the Minuteman Project
- Stan Hess - European American Spokesman
- Reed Heustis - Constitutional Writer
- Dr. Michael Hill - President of the League of the South
- Carlton Huffman - The American Cause
- - I -Charlotte Iserbyt - Author
- - J -Bill Johnson - Chairman, American Third Position
- Clint Johnson - Author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South
- Greg Johnson - Editor, The Occidental Quarterly
- James D. Jones - Chairman, Independent America First Party of Tennessee
- Marguerite Jones - Executive Director, Fully Informed Jurors Association
- - K -Brother Nathanael Kapner
- Jamie Kelso - Constitutional Activist, Event Organizer
- Rep. Charles Key - R-OK
- Alex Kurtagic - Author, Mister
- Karen Kwiatowski - Former Pentagon Insider
- - L -Drue Lackey - Former Chief of Police, Montgomery, Alabama
- Sonny Landham - Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate & Film Actor (48 Hours, Poltergeist, Predator)
- Jay Lankin - pokersourceonline.com
- Joel LeFevre - Editor, The Citizens Informer
- William Lind - Author and Commentator
- John Lofton - Writer, Radio Host
- Dr. Wayne Lutton - The Social Contract
- Dr. Isabel Lyman - Author of The Homeschooling Revolution
- Dr. Richard Lynn - Renowned Scientist; Expert on IQ Differentials
- - M -Dr. Kevin MacDonald - Professor of Psychology, California State University (Long Beach)
- Dr. Yuri Maltsev - Author, Economist and Professor
- Ray McBerry - President of Dixie Broadcasting
- Joe McCutchen - Protect America Now
- Shannon McGauley - Leader of the Texas Minutemen
- Steve McIntyre - Nathan Bedford Forrest Re-enactor
- Officer Jack McLamb - Radio Personality, Most Highly Decorated Officer in the History of Phoenix, Arizona
- Joshua McNair - Founder, Student Advocates for Freedom of Expression
- Merlin Miller - Film Director
- Dave Miner - Constitutional Authority and I.R.S. Expert
- Dr. Stanley Monteith - Writer, Radio Host
- General Hal Moore - Author and War Hero
- Maaziah Mountain - Southern Bluegrass Band
- Linda Muller - Administrator of ForTheCause.org, Former Webmaster for Pat Buchanan
- Eustace Mullins - Legendary conservative activist
- Professor Robert Murphy - Author and Economist
- - N -Dr. Thomas Naylor - Professor, Duke University
- Brent Nelson, Ph.D.
- Andy Nowicki - Author, columnist, and professor
- Ted Nugent - Rock and Roll Icon; Conservative Activist
- - P -Prussian Blue - Twin Sisters, singing duo
- Michael Peroutka - Constitution Party Presidential Candidate
- Pastor Peter J. Peters - Scriptures for America
- Rev. Ted Pike - Outspoken Constitutional Advocate
- Michael Collins Piper - Author
- Ken Platt - Director of Clean Fuels Technology
- Poker Face - Political Rock Protest Band
- Larry Pratt - Executive Director, Gun Owners of America
- Gary Puckett - Lead Singer of "Gary Puckett and the Union Gap"
- - Q -Roan Garcia Quintana - Political strategist
- - R -Candy Rabbitt - Lead Singer of "Chesapeake Wind," Pro-South Musical Group
- Jon Rawl - Publisher of Y'all Magazine
- S. Waite Rawls - Executive Director, Museum of the Confederacy
- Rick Revel - Southern Heritage Musician
- Professor Don Rich - Economist
- Frank Roman - European Americans United
- Dr. Paul Craig Roberts - Syndicated Columnist, Former Secretary of the Treasury
- Kyle Rogers - Webmaster, Council of Conservative Citizens
- Bill Rolen - Board Member, Council of Conservative Citizens
- Jim Rothstein - Former New York City Detective
- Elizabeth "Ashley" Russell - South Carolina Correspondent
- - S -David Saied - Former Head of National Public Policy, Government of Panama
- Steve Sailer - Columnist, VDare.com
- Kirkpatrick Sale - Founder of the Middlebury Institute
- Franklin Sanders - Southern Heritage Activist
- Dr. Bill Sardi - Health and Nutritional Expert
- Barrie Schwortz - Expert on the Shroud of Turin
- Kathy Shaidle - Author, Tyranny of Nice
- Chris Simcox - Co-Founder of the Minutemen Project
- Roger Simmermaker - Author, How Americans Can Buy American
- Southern Avenger, The - Charleston, South Carolina radio personality
- Dr. Stephen Sniegoski - Phd. American History
- Richard Spencer - Executive editor, Alternative Right
- Alan Stang - Top-Rated Los Angeles Radio Show Personality
- Peter Stanton - Political Cesspool International Correspondent
- Jim Staudenraus - Spokesman for Federation for American Immigration Reform
- Edgar Steele - Activist/Attorney
- Brandy Stokes
- Dr. Ed Stringham - President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education
- Nicholas Stix - Journalist
- Dr. Tomislav Sunic - Croatian Diplomat, writer
- - T -John Tait - Author, Plain Truth
- Jared Taylor - Editor, American Renaissance
- Joe Terry - Lead Singer of "Danny and the Juniors," legendary 1950's doo-wop group
- Dr. Mark Thornton - Auburn University
- Traven Tucker - Country Singer
- - V -Joan Veon - Columnist for World Net Daily and News With Views
- Dr. Edwin Viera
- - W -George Wallace, Jr. - Candidate for Alabama Lt. Governor
- Don Wassall - Editor, The Nationalist Times
- Mark Weber - Director, Institute of Historical Review
- Reverend John Weaver - Christian Patriot, Southern Heritage Activist
- Carl Twofeathers Whitaker - Gubernatorial Candidate
- Bob Whitaker - Author, Former College Professor and Ronald Reagan Appointee
- Pastor David Whitney - Institute on the Constitution
- Frosty Woolridge - Immigration Expert
- - Y -Dr. David "Bad Eagle" Yeagley
*Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Political_Cesspool
The Political Cesspool
Genre | Talk show |
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Running time | Three hours |
Country of origin | United States |
Home station | WLRM |
Syndicates | Liberty News Radio Network and Accent Radio Network[1] |
Starring | James Edwards, Keith Alexander, Bill Rolen, Winston Smith, Eddie "The Bombardier" Miller[2][3] |
Created by | James Edwards, Austin Farley[2] |
Produced by | Art Frith |
Recording studio | Millington, Tennessee |
Original release | October 26, 2004 – present |
No. of episodes | One per week |
Website | thepoliticalcesspool.org |
Podcast | Podbean |
The Political Cesspool is a weekly far-right talk radio show founded by Tennessean political activist James Edwards and syndicated by the organizations Liberty News Radio Network and Accent Radio Network in the United States. First broadcast in October 2004 twice a week from radio station WMQM, per Edwards it has been simulcast on Stormfront Radio, a service of the white nationalist Stormfront website[4] and as of 2011 is broadcast on Saturday nights on WLRM, a Christian radio station in Millington, Tennessee. Its sponsors include the white separatist Council of Conservative Citizensand the Institute for Historical Review, a Holocaust denial group.[5]
According to its statement of principles, the show stands for the "Dispossessed Majority" and represents "a philosophy that is pro-White."[6] It has attracted criticism—including from The Nation, The New Republic, the Stephen Roth Institute, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the Anti-Defamation League—for its promotion of anti-semitic, white nationalist and white supremacist views.[7][8] According to the SPLC, the show has featured a "Who's Who of the radical right", including members of the Ku Klux Klan; they say Edwards has probably done more than anyone in America to promote neo-Nazis, Holocaust deniers and other extremists.[9]
The show features Edwards and his co-hosts Keith Alexander, Bill Rolen, Winston Smith, and Eddie Miller, as well as producer Art Frith. Former staffers include Geoff Melton, Jess Bonds and co-founder Austin Farley. Its guests have included author Jerome Corsi, Minuteman Project leader Jim Gilchrist, former Constitution Party presidential candidate Michael Peroutka, actor Sonny Landham, British National Party leader Nick Griffin, Vermont secessionist Thomas Naylor, and paleoconservative activist Pat Buchanan. It is carried by at least three licensed terrestrial radio stations in the United States and on network feeds on the Galaxy 19 communications satellite.
Contents
[hide]Background
James Edwards
Edwards is a far-right political activist from Memphis, Tennessee, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a rising star of the modern white-nationalist movement. They write that he is articulate, charming, and at ease in front of the public, as well as in television and radio studios. He attended Briarcrest Christian School, a private school in Memphis, and in ninth grade transferred into a Christian-nationalist homeschooling program, a decision that he said led him into political activism. In 2000 he volunteered for Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign, and in 2002 ran unsuccessfully for the Tennessee House of Representatives. It was during this campaign that he met fellow activist Austin Farley, who was on the ballot against him.[5] In October of that year, he and Farley established The Political Cesspool.[10]
In 2007, Edwards was part of a panel that appeared on CNN's Paula Zahn Now, along with Roland S. Martin and Jesse Lee Peterson. The purpose was to discuss racial segregation in American cities. He told Zahn that white children should seek out those who share "the same values and traditions and heroes," and that "forced integration" was a "march toward totalitarianism." He said: "Crime and violence follow African-Americans wherever they go, and if you think that is racist, then spend some time on the mean streets of south Memphis."[5] Martin described his remarks as unfit for national television.[11] Edwards made a second appearance on Paula Zahn Now in 2009, during which he said: "Whites are in for the fight of their lives. America is becoming balkanized. We are being robbed of having a future in the very nation our ancestors carved from the wilderness."[5]
In 2010, he became involved with a new party, the American Freedom Party, which advocates white nationalism and a form of economic nationalism known as the Third Position.[12] Also in 2010 he self-published a book, Racism, Schmacism: How Liberals use the "R" Word to Push the Obama Agenda, distributed by CreateSpace, a self-publishing printer.[13]
Staff and show history
Other staff at The Political Cesspool include Bill Rolen, Eddie "The Bombardier" Miller, Keith Alexander,[3] and Winston Smith. According to the show's website, most of the staff claim descent from Confederate soldiers.[2][14] The show was initially broadcast on AM 1600 WMQM, a Memphis-based radio station, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Edwards and Farley invited friends Bill Rolen, a board member of the Council of Conservative Citizens,[14] and Jess Bonds as guest hosts, as well as radio technician Art Frith. Frith had previously worked for a number of other radio stations including American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) (in Keflavik, Iceland; Anchorage, Alaska; and Nea Makri, Greece), KFQD (in Anchorage), and WBCK (in Battle Creek, Michigan).[14]
In 2005 the group moved to WMQM's Millington-based sister station, AM 1380 WLRM, and switched to a nightly schedule, Monday through Friday. Farley left the program in November of that year.[5][15] Two years later, Geoff Melton, a former co-host, joined to help set up the show's website and the show entered syndication with Dixie Broadcasting Radio Network. The program went on hiatus on February 15, 2008, because staff members said they needed a break,[2] but returned to the airwaves in June 2008 on WLRM on Saturday nights. One year later, it switched from Republic Broadcasting Network to Liberty News Radio Network.[16] As of August 2009, Bonds and Melton are no longer affiliated with the program.[2] Frith now lives in Nashville, Michigan, but remains a part of the show's staff.[14] Since WLRM is not audited by Arbitron, the show's ratings are unknown.[5][17] The show is listener-supported and, according to Edwards, receives more donations from Florida than from any other state.[18]
Statement of principles
The Political Cesspool describes its philosophy as "pro-White" and "against political centralization". Its statement of principles, with material borrowed from the Council of Conservative Citizens,[19] reads:
Guests
The Political Cesspool has over the years featured many guest appearances, including political activists, Holocaust deniers,[20][21] economists, and musicians.[22]Former Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Carl "Twofeathers" Whitaker, who claims partial Native-American ancestry and is known for his strong support of the Minuteman movement,[10] has appeared on the show, as has conservative Native-American activist David Yeagley.[22] Filmmakers Merlin Miller (A Place to Grow, Jericho), who is the 2012 presidential nominee of the American Freedom Party, and Craig Bodeker (A Conversation about Race)[23] have featured.[22]
Author Jerome Corsi was interviewed in July 2008. During the discussion he spoke about his financial newsletter, and promoted his book The Obama Nation, which includes several statements that have been widely described as racist; for example, he opined that US President Barack Obama identifies more with his "African blood" than his American roots[24] and that the President "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents".[25] Corsi scheduled another promotional appearance on The Political Cesspool, but one month later he canceled this appearance, citing "travel plans that changed".[26] Edwards said that he believed the incident "just goes to show what incredible pressure everyone in public life is under to never have anything to do with anyone who speaks up for the interests of white people."[27][28] Fellow authors John Derbyshire[29] and Steve Sailer[22] have also been guests. In July 2011, WorldNetDaily columnist Ilana Mercer appeared on the show.[30]
Constitution Party nominee Michael Peroutka used his appearance in 2004 to promote his presidential campaign. Party member Michael Goza described the show as "Christian/Constitutionalist", and "a great blessing to our cause".[31] Thomas Naylor, of the Vermont secessionist organization Second Vermont Republic, appeared on the show to celebrate Confederate History Month in April 2007,[32] while American Freedom Party Chairman Bill Johnson appeared to promote his party.[12]
On May 8, 2006, Minuteman Project leader Jim Gilchrist spoke on the program. Co-host Bill Rolen agreed with Gilchrist's view that illegal immigrants' intentions are to "just squat here and plunder whatever social benefits our programs provide them". However, Rolen disagreed with Gilchrist's claim that illegal immigration was "the 21st century slave trade".[33] Gilchrist's colleague in the Minuteman movement, Chris Simcox, has also been a guest of the show.[34]
Paul Babeu, the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, appeared on The Political Cesspool on July 10, 2010 to discuss illegal immigration; during the interview, he referred to James Edwards as a "great American".[35] Less than two weeks later, Babeu's spokesman issued an apology, saying that he had not researched the show thoroughly enough before scheduling the interview and that Babeu has a policy of not conducting interviews with hate groups. Babeu himself said that he was "hoodwinked" into appearing on the show and that he rejects "any hate or bigotry".[36] Prior to the interview, cohost Eddie Miller said that "Of all the people we’ve interviewed on this radio show, I would say the only people that came close to getting me this excited was Dr. David Duke."[37][38] Following Babeu's spokesman's apology, Edwards alleged that Babeu was aware of the show's true ideology prior to appearing on the show, saying: "For Sheriff Babeu to change his mind and now regret coming on our show, for whatever reason, is his right. For him to act as though he had no idea of our ideology is a lie."[36][37][39] As a result of the controversy surrounding Babeu's appearance on the show, Arizona U.S. Senate candidate J. D. Hayworth asked his primary opponent, John McCain, to drop several campaign ads featuring McCain and Babeu.[35]In 2011, another sheriff, Dennis Spruell of Montezuma County, Colorado, also apologized after appearing on the show without knowing its actual agenda.[40]
Paleoconservative activist and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has appeared twice as of 2011.[41] In a June 2008 interview initiated and arranged by his publicist, he promoted his book Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War. During the broadcast, Buchanan defended Charles Lindbergh against charges of antisemitism, stating that his reputation "has been blackened because of a single speech he gave and a couple of paragraphs in it where he said that ... the Jewish community is beating the drums for war but frankly, no one has said what he said was palpably untrue." At the end of the interview, James Edwards said, "Mr. Buchanan, thank you so much for coming back on our program, for fighting for our people." Previously, in September 2006, Buchanan had made an appearance to promote his book State of Emergency; during this interview, he said that "we are being invaded by people of different cultures" and argued that Americans "cannot survive a bifurcated culture or a heavily Hispanicized culture, tilted towards Mexico ... I think that's the beginning of the end of the United States." [42][43]
Self-proclaimed "racial realist" Jared Taylor, whom James Edwards considers to be a close friend,[2] has appeared on at least ten occasions.[44] In an article he wrote for VDARE, Taylor described the program as "racially oriented".[45] Although describing itself as "America First",[46] the show has also hosted foreign guests, including Croatian white nationalist Tomislav Sunić, Australian white nationalist Drew Fraser, Russian Austrian School economist Yuri N. Maltsev, British lawyer Adrian Davies, Canadian white supremacist Paul Fromm, Canadian conservative blogger Kathy Shaidle, and British National Party (BNP) leaders Simon Darby and Nick Griffin; Griffin appeared as a guest before and after his election to the European Parliament. During his post-election appearance, Griffin attributed the BNP's electoral successes to a fear of "creeping process of Islamification".[22][47]
Actor Mel Gibson's father, Hutton Gibson, has also appeared on the show. During his appearance, he referred to Pope Benedict XVI as a "homosexual" and claimed that "half the people in the Vatican are queer."[48]
Controversy and criticism
The show has frequently been criticised by anti-racist groups and individuals (such as the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL),[49]Stephen Roth Institute, and journalist Max Blumenthal) over its stated ideology. The Political Cesspool was added to the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate groupwatch list in 2006. James Edwards was "ecstatic", saying "I don't think you've arrived in the conservative movement until you've made it to the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Watch". Edwards describes the SPLC as a group composed of "communists and civil rights hustlers".[15][19] The SPLC's Hatewatch has referred to The Political Cesspool as "an overtly racist, anti-Semitic radio show hosted by [a] self-avowed white nationalist"[50] and as "the nexus of hate in America".[21] The Anti-Defamation League has also criticized the show; Edwards has attacked the ADL as "America's most powerful hate group" and has claimed that its definition of a "neo-Nazi [is] any white person who disagrees with a Jew".[21][51]
Author John Avlon, a former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, has described The Political Cesspool as "avowedly white supremacist".[41] Investigative journalist Max Blumenthal, who reported on an attempt by one of the show's staff to advertise at a rally for Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, described The Political Cesspool as having a "racist ideology", and highlighted anti-Semitic, racist, and homophobic comments that Edwards had made on his blog.[52][53] The Stephen Roth Institute has also commented on the show, noting that "[James] Edwards openly espoused many of his guests' views and during speeches to extremist audiences, including members of the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens and the racist League of the South, he gained the support of a wide array of extremists." In an article about antisemitism in Belgium, the Institute commented on the show's interview with Filip Dewinter, a member of the Belgian Parliament and a leader of the extremist Vlaams Belang movement.[54]
Newsweek used one of Winston Smith's statements to argue that the rise in popularity of white nationalism and supremacy is due to the combination of the late-2000s recession and the election of a black president. Many such groups have been attempting to gain new recruits and increase their political influence by rebranding themselves as defenders of "white heritage" while de-emphasizing their dislike of minorities and Jews. Smith states, "[t]he emphasis is different now. We don't talk as much about what blacks have done to us; we're more focused on ourselves and our own culture."[55]
City Park demonstration
In 2005, the staff of The Political Cesspool organized a rally at the Tennessee area known as Confederate Park, which, along with two other Confederacy-themed parks in downtown Memphis, has been the subject of a longtime controversy for honoring Confederate soldiers and ideals.[10] The park had been criticized earlier by a black Shelby County official, which attracted the notice of New York-based activist Al Sharpton, who was invited by the Reverend LaSimba Gray to hold a demonstration in Memphis. Sharpton planned a march called the Rally for Dignity[56] from downtown Memphis to another park honoring Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest who was involved early in the organization of the Ku Klux Klan.[57]Sharpton canceled the march after Edwards and The Political Cesspool staff obtained a permit to demonstrate in Confederate Park, located along Sharpton's planned march route.[5]
Sharpton settled for a protest at Forrest Park. At the demonstration, he argued that "We need to show the rest of the world that the day for honoring people like this is over", and said in an interview that his objections were not related to race but to Forrest's Civil War-era (1861–1865) actions against the United States.[56] Estimates of attendance at the rallies vary; according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, James Edwards attracted about 200 white counter-demonstrators to the Confederate Park vigil, while Sharpton's protest at Forrest Park attracted a few dozen black demonstrators, whom Edwards referred to as "rabble".[5] The Memphis Flyer estimated that Sharpton attracted about 250 supporters.[56] In the aftermath of the city park controversy, show affiliates Edwards, Farley, Bonds, and Rolen received the "Dixie Defender Award" from the Sons of Confederate Veterans.[2]
Later that year, Memphis city councilman E. C. Jones awarded Edwards and Farley with a certificate "in appreciation of outstanding contributions to the community". Edwards and Farley also received an honorary city council membership from Jones, who had previously appeared on The Political Cesspool. According to The Commercial Appeal, Jones had not listened to the show before the incident, and was unaware of its ideology. After a reporter informed him of the program's agenda, Jones initially refused to apologize. However, after another reporter confronted him with more details about the show's ideology, he changed his view, saying that he probably would not appear again.[19] Carol Chumney, another member of the Memphis City Council, was also invited to appear on The Political Cesspool, but ultimately declined the invitation after listening to an episode of the show; Chumney said, "what I heard was about advocating for prostitution ... So I told them I had other commitments."[19]
Le Journal du Dimanche interview
In an interview with the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, cohost Eddie "Bombardier" Miller described the United Nations as "Satan on Earth".[58][59]
Donald Trump Jr. interview
In 2016, Edwards co-hosted a Super Tuesday broadcast that interviewed Donald Trump Jr., the son of Republican party presidential candidate Donald Trump. Edwards praised the elder Trump and encouraged his supporters to vote for him.[60]
Radio stations that air the show
As of 2011, The Political Cesspool airs on WLRM in Memphis, Tennessee,[61] KHQN in Spanish Fork, Utah;[62] and the Florida-based Accent Radio Network.[63] The Accent Radio Network and KHQN air a shortened two-hour version of the show,[62][63] in contrast to the three-hour Liberty News Radio Network (WLRM) version.[64][65]
ARN and Liberty News Radio Network broadcasts their feeds on separate channels on the Galaxy 19 communications satellite.[66]
See also
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