American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion
by Richard Abanes
Founder/Director of the Religious Information Center of Southern California
Binding by Minsky, 1997


A heavily footnoted analysis of the development of militias published by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. It details the sources of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an anti-semitic Czarist fraud perpetuated by Henry Ford, Adolf Hitler, and groups like The Aryan Nation and Christian Identity, which have provided substantial founding support for the militias.

Bound in green Nigerian Goatskin, with quotes from the book stamped in 23K gold. Endpapers are Rives BFK, printed on an Epson Stylus 1500 inkjet, and shot at 50 yards with a Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4".


You can also go to the publisher's page about this book:

Intervarsity Press, publisher of American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion



The above
binding is a detail of the work pictured to the right:

The Right To Bear Arms
  Seven books on the American Militia movement, the right to bear arms, and the gun culture, in a snakeskin cabinet with a Norinco
MAK-90 semi-automatic rifle, three loaded clips, and a thousand rounds of ammunition. Created 1996-98, this work is part of Minsky's series The United States Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and is subtitled The Second Amendment.  Click on the image to return to the main Second Amendment page.
Also in "The Bill of Rights" series:
 
Reliquary for the Ashes of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses
The First Amendment
Forlorn Hope: The Prison Reform Movement 
by Larry Sullivan
The Eighth Amendment


and The Bill of Rights Limited Edition
Set


 



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