Amazon Removes David Duke's Books After Inquiry By The Script [UPDATED with Amazon response]

UPDATE: An Amazon spokesperson eventually responded with "I can share that these books are no longer available. We do not comment on specific accounts."

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    As of Monday morning, David Duke's books "Jewish Supremacism: My Awakening to the Jewish Question" and "My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding" are no longer available for purchase on Amazon. The books were available as of Sunday night as this cached version shows:




    However, the books were removed after The Script contacted Amazon regarding the continued availability of Duke's books after the discontinuation of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam books as reported by The Script on Monday. The pages for both of Duke's books now return an error page:

    The Script also reported Monday on the removal of Farrakhan's Nation of Islam books from Amazon's site. Amazon did not reply to The Script's query about Duke's or Farrakhan's books.

Amazon Discontinues Sale of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam Books

    Amazon recently discontinued sales of four of Louis Farrakhan's organization's books on the "contentious history of interactions of Blacks and Jews." Although the link for at least one of the books is still active, the page notes that "This title is not currently available for purchase."

Archived copies of the page show that both a Kindle and paperback version of the book were recently available for sale.

    Archives also show that several other books, including Volumes 2 and 3 of the Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews series and another book called Jews Selling Blacks, that were once sold by Amazon. These are no longer available either:

    The Nation of Islam Research Group published an article decrying the "ban" of the books, saying the "[t]he privatizing of the First Amendment and doling out its privileges to Jews alone are where this Satanic cabal is moving." The article begins:

The banning of four Nation of Islam Black history books by Amazon, the largest bookseller in the world, provides a perfect opportunity to examine the wickedly racist ways Jewish power is wielded in America. Amazon provided no warning, no reason, no hearing, and no opportunity to respond—it was a blatant mockery of Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos’s own creed, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” 

    The article is similar in tone to one written on March 1 by Michael Hoffman, a man that the ADL and the Southern Poverty Law Center both call a "Holocaust denier." As The Script reported in February, Hoffman spoke at this year's Nation of Islam Saviours' Day event after meeting with Farrakhan at Farrakhan's home. Under the heading "Amazon Bans Black History Books during Black History Month," Hoffman wrote:

On Feb. 17 at the United Center in Chicago, before a cheering crowd of black Muslims numbered in the thousands — and who knows how many viewing around the world via webcast — this writer lauded the Nation of Islam’s three volume The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews as “magisterial revisionist history.”   

Nine days later, on February 26, after having been offered for sale on Amazon for several years, these three books were suddenly banned for “violating content guidelines,” an apparent euphemism for offending the Holy People. Coincidence?

    Amazon's move comes in the midst of the company's removal of a number of White Nationalist books as noted by several prominent White Nationalist websites. Amazon did not respond to a request for comment on the removal, or on the continued availability of David Duke's book "Jewish Supremacism: My Awakening to the Jewish Question." However, within hours of The Script's query to Amazon, Duke's book was removed from the site.

Farrakhan's Nation of Islam Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar “All About The Benjamins” Tweet

   An article posted this week on the Nation of Islam's "Research Group" website defends Rep. Ilhan Omar's widely condemned tweet this week, "It's all about the Benjamins baby." Rep. Omar's remark's was a response to a report that Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to punish Omar and fellow House member Rep. Rashida Tlaib over criticism of Israel. When asked "who [Omar] thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel," Omar responded "AIPAC!"
   Members of both parties, including Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, roundly condemned Omar's remarks as an anti-Semitic trope, and the House voted 424-0 on a motion to recommit to "combat anti-Semitism around the world" just days after the incident. Omar offered a half-hearted apology for her remarks, tweeting that she was "[l]istening and learning, but standing strong." Rep. Omar was rebuked for her comments, but has suffered no consequences from her party.
   As if on cue, the notoriously anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam trotted out a defense of Rep. Omar's remarks, writing:

Rep. Ilhan Omar was called “anti-Semitic” for tweeting that American politics is “all about the Benjamins”—Benjamins being slang for cash money. Jews, who are 1.4% of the U.S. population, took offense to the suggestion that their money inordinately influences the electoral process. According to the election watchdog organization Center for Responsive Politics, the top 20 donors to federal candidates in 2018 contributed $532,225,145. Of those top 20, 12 (60%) are Jewish. The total contributed by those 12 Jews amounts to $416,291,558 or 78.2% of the total. 

 

   Notably, the article does not make mention of Israel or America's policies, only that "Jews... took offense" over the suggestion that "their money" had undue electoral influence. The article links to a summary of the top 20 individual donors to federal candidates in 2018 with columns added to indicate "Jewish" donors versus "Gentiles":

   The split between donations to liberal/Democratic versus conservative/Republican candidates by those donors identified as Jewish is roughly 60/40. This document makes no reference to the donors' or the candidates' positions on Israel or US policy towards Israel, only the donors' identities as Jewish or Gentile.

   The Nation of Islam also takes the opportunity to promote a The Secret Relationship Between Blacks & Jews, a Nation of Islam polemic blaming virtually every ill suffered by African Americans in the United States going back hundreds of years on Jews.

   This weekend, the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan hold their 2019 Saviours' Day convention in Chicago. As The Script reported earlier this week, a presentation by 9/11 Truthers at the 2017 Saviour's Day event blamed Jews for the 9/11 attacks as a false flag operation to justify a War on Islam. The presentation included this image:

   The Nation of Islam's 2019 Saviours' Day event kicks off today, Friday, February 15, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Conference Center in Chicago and is expected to be attended by thousands if prior years are any indication. Louis Farrakhan will address the crowd on Sunday at the United Center.

Louis Farrakhan, 9/11 Trutherism, and Anti-Semitism

   This weekend, Nation of Islam members will gather in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Conference Center and the United Center for this year's Saviours' Day convention. The group's longtime leader, Louis Farrakhan is scheduled to address the crowd on Sunday. Farrakhan sparked a firestorm with remarks in his annual address in 2018 such as, "the powerful Jews are my enemy" and "Farrakhan, by God's grace, has pulled the cover off of that Satanic Jew and I'm here to say your time is up, your world is through."

   While Saviours' Day 2017 did not generate as much attention, Farrakhan's gathering that year in the Cobo Center in Detroit included a symposium hosted by three 9/11 Truthers: Richard Gage, Christopher Bollyn and Kevin Barrett. The symposium drew a crowd of 4,000 people and included lectures from all three men along with video and slides to illustrate their points. Frequently interrupted by applause, the three spun a detailed story of conspiracies, false flags, revised history, "Zionist" plots, and Jewish influence, with the ultimate conclusion that "agents and supporters of Israel were the key players" in pulling off the "controlled demolitions" of the World Trade Center.
   At one point in his presentation (1:15:01 in the video), Christopher Bollyn tells the crowd that since its inception, the objective of the "Israeli Zionist state - Zionism means Israeli nationalism, Jewish nationalism" has been to take over the entire middle east region. During this part of his talk, a slide is shown to the audience of a devilish figure with pointed ears and glowing red eyes holding a crystal ball in its claws, and "Zionism" and a Star of David on its forehead; the crystal ball is labeled Syria and shows apparently dead children. Bloody tombstones labeled Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan also appear in the graphic (shown below).

   Louis Farrakhan often peppers his talks with references to the "Synagogue of Satan," a term he lifts from the Book of Revelation in the Bible and repurposes to target his perceived enemies. As noted above, last year Farrakhan railed against his enemies "the powerful Jews" and that he, Farrakhan, "has pulled the cover off of that Satanic Jew."
   In addition to selling CDs and DVDs of the "The War on Islam: 9/11 Revisited Uncovered & Exposed" presentation on its website, the Nation of Islam hosts a video of the symposium on its website as well. Farrakhan himself promoted the video on Twitter.
   In the wake of 9/11, as early as July 2002, Louis Farrakhan was pointing the finger at Jews for inciting a war on terror as an excuse for a "War on Islam," telling a BET interviewer during a trip to South Africa, "...those who don’t want war, let us give the reason why we don’t want war and let the American people judge and our representatives in Congress act on the will of the American people and not the will of a lobby, whether it is a Jewish lobby or a Zionist lobby or any kind of lobby. That government body should represent the will of the American people." [emphasis added]
   As America struggles against a resurgence of anti-Semitism, the country should be paying closer attention this year to Louis Farrakhan and his words during his annual keynote address to the Saviours' Day convention on Sunday, and paying closer attention to any politicians or other public figures who continue to align themselves with the polarizing head of the Nation of Islam or his associates.

Note: The image shown above is labeled "DDees.com" in the bottom right corner. That website is filled with all manner of conspiracy-related artwork.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Wrote For Louis Farrakhan's Publication In 2006

Note: Updated w/ Rep. Tlaib's response at the bottom.

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   Rashida Tlaib was elected to Congress in 2018 and has quickly become a lightning rod for her criticism of Israel and her associations with Palestinian activists, at least one of whom has compared Zionism to Naziism. Tlaib recently told the New York Times regarding her support for such Palestinians, "respect for free speech does not equate to anti-Semitism."
   When Tlaib worked for the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services in Detroit in 2006, she wrote an article for Louis Farrakhan's publication The Final Call:

   The article appears to have been written specifically for The Final Call; an online search did not turn up any evidence of the article elsewhere. The article is entitled "Bills must stop deportations for minor offenses" and addressed the problem of legal immigrants deported for technicalities and other relatively minor issues. The author bio included with the article reads "(Rashida Tlaib, advocacy coordinator of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Detroit.)"
   In January, Tlaib was criticized for tweeting "They forgot what country they represent" about lawmakers who support legislation to oppose the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement targeting Israel:

   Rep. Tlaib insists her criticism of the government of Israel and its supporters has nothing in common with anti-Semitism.
   Though there is no indication The Final Call or Farrakhan explicitly endorsed Tlaib as a candidate, Askia Muhammad (the photojournalist who took the now-infamous Barack Obama-Louis Farrakhan photo) wrote an August 2018 article for the Final Call regarding Tlaib's uncontested win of Rep. John Conyers old seat. Askia wrote:

Ms. Tlaib’s victory carries perhaps, the most significance. “She ran on a very progressive agenda. She didn’t bite her tongue, at all,” said Dr. Lusane. Hers “will be an important voice, not just because of her background, but because of the policies that she’s advocated, from increasing the minimum wage, and the peace agenda. It will be great, I think.
“I would suspect that former Representative Conyers would actually be very happy that someone’s coming to take his place who really will represent not only the politics that he advocated for decades, but bring in that additional perspective and experience of being of Palestinian ancestry,” said Dr. Lusane.

Conyers is one the founders of the Congressional Black Caucus and maintained a public relationship with Farrakhan as late as 2015.
   When I asked Rep. Tlaib's office for a comment on having written for Farrakhan in 2006 and whether she has maintained any connection with Farrakhan in the interim, I received no response.

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Related: I have written in depth at the Wall Street Journal and National Review Online and the about the connections numerous Democrats have (including current leadership in the House) to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. In 2005, twenty or so members of the Congressional Black Caucus posed for a photo (via The Final Call) with Louis Farrakhan when he was invited to address the CBC at the Capitol. Though some members have explicitly distanced themselves from Farrakhan in recent years, others have remained silent, and the CBC as an organization has likewise remained silent. (Rep. Tlaib has not joined the CBC.)

Photo: Kenneth Muhammad via The FInal Call

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UPDATE (6:00 PM, 2/11/19): While I did not get a response from Rep. Tlaib's office before I ran the story, a spokesperson told Joe Perticone of Businessinsider: "The piece was from 2006 and was not an endorsement of Farrakhan or anyone for that matter. The Congresswoman has not had any direct contact with Farrakhan and condemns his anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ views."