ANOTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST BUSTED RUNNING FOR OFFICE & ENDORSED BY GOP

On work in Elmwood Park, NJ a few years ago is seriously the gift that keeps on giving. In 2007 after decades of WP meetings being held there that attracted the likes of David Duke and Prussian Blue, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics (JOUAM) jettisoned the Nationalist Coalition, aka National Vanguard, aka National Alliance from the premises when protests orchestrated by One People’s Project, Anti-Racist Action, the People’s Organization for Progress and other antifa groups drew enough attention that the Village Voice ended up writing a story about it. Well at the particular meeting that the Village Voice reporter went to, a guy from Weschester County, NY named Jim Russell was also in attendence. Jim Russell was a a Republican district leader and founder of Westchester-Rockland (NY) Citizens for Immigration Control. He is now running for Congress in New York’s 18th District against Nina Lowey. Problem is, his history and his writings were discovered this week and they are all over the place, so the Republicans that endorsed him in 2008 and this year are now distancing themselves from him. According to his campaign website, he is also supported by the New York State Conservative Party and Ed Kowalski, of 9/11 Families For A Secure America, which was already having issues with fellow member Dan Smeriglio of Voice of the People and his ties to white supremacists. Remember, this is what the right keeps putting up as an anthesis to Barack Obama – but they’re not racist. </sarcasm>

LoHud.com

In 2007, a Village Voice reporter went undercover to a gathering of white supremacists and was surprised to see a Westchester congressional candidate show up to pass out literature.

“I just remember him being this smiling kind of Mr. Rogers guy, walking around while people were eating, and handing out his fliers,” said Maria Luisa Tucker, who attended the Memorial Day weekend event at a meeting hall in Elmwood Park, N.J. The materials began, “Just how many illegal immigrants and family members are we talking about — and at what cost?”

The candidate, Jim Russell, was mentioned by name in the article published in June of that year.

In April 2006, a British magazine article described a Virginia conference of the white nationalist New Century Foundation, and noted “the Occidental Quarterly stall run by James Russell, a member of its editorial board.”

Only this week did Russell’s association with such organizations gain widespread attention and interfere with his political ambitions. On Monday, the Politico website highlighted Russell’s 2001 essay in the quarterly, another white nationalist organization. Republicans immediately dropped support for his candidacy, having endorsed him in 2008 and again this year as a challenger to Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison.

His essay discusses “sociobiological” theories against race mixing, and includes anti-Jewish comments and references. He quotes Ezra Pound, for example, on how “reasons of race and culture combine to make any large number of free-thinking Jews undesirable.”

Russell’s name appears on the quarterly’s Facebook page in a list of eight editorial advisory board members. It is not included in that list on the journal’s website. On both the Facebook page and the website, quarterly editor Kevin MacDonald calls for a defense of “the legitimate interests of Whites in maintaining their cultural and political control.”

Russell’s campaign manager, Frank Morganthaler, declined to comment on the latest revelations and questioned why his candidate was receiving so much scrutiny. Russell did not return calls for comment Friday.

The 56-year-old Hawthorne resident is running for Congress for a fifth time, and has the Conservative line. He is a case manager at the New York State Insurance Fund and a longtime activist for immigration enforcement.

Russell received a doctorate in theology from Fordham University in 1990 and taught the subject for a year and a half at St. Peter’s College in New Jersey. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1971 as part of the class of ’75 but did not graduate. It’s not clear how long he was at the academy. His campaign site doesn’t mention West Point, but “in veteran circles, he’s talked about it quite a bit,” Morganthaler said.

Russell’s name and his two religion-themed books are cited on numerous racist and anti-immigrant websites. He is identified by name in a photo on the American Renaissance website captioned, “at the 2002 AR conference.”