The Political Cesspool

Political Cesspool
Black silhouette of a man wearing a white-and-red striped hat, then a vertical bar, then "POLITICAL CESSPOOL"
GenreTalk show
Running timeThree hours
Country of originUnited States
Home stationWLRM
SyndicatesLiberty News Radio Network and Accent Radio Network[1]
StarringJames Edwards, Keith Alexander, Bill Rolen, Winston Smith, Eddie "The Bombardier" Miller[2][3]
Created byJames Edwards, Austin Farley[2]
Produced byArt Frith
Recording studioMillington, Tennessee
Original releaseOctober 26, 2004 –
Present
No. of episodesOne per week
Websitethepoliticalcesspool.org
PodcastPodbean

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 blues and southern soul radio station in Millington, Tennessee. Its sponsors include the white separatist Council of Conservative Citizens and 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.

  1. ^ "Liberty News Radio: Hosts". Liberty News Radio. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "The Political Cesspool: About". The Political Cesspool. Archived from the original on November 9, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference keithalexander was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ The Political Cesspool: An Encouraging and Comprehensive Update Archived July 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Holthouse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference statement was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Conant, Eve (April 25, 2009). "Rebranding Hate in the Age of Obama". Newsweek. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  8. ^ "Pat Buchanan Appears on Political Cesspool, a White Supremacist Radio Show". Anti-Defamation League. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010.
  9. ^ Zaitchik, Alexander. "Hawking Racism", Southern Policy Law Center, Intelligence Report, Winter 2006, Issue 124.