It's the first ever Weird Little Guys emergency broadcast! A weird little guy has filed a lawsuit against another weird little guy.

It's the first ever Weird Little Guys emergency broadcast! A weird little guy has filed a lawsuit against another weird little guy.

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off. 

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off.

Investigative journalist Molly Conger takes you beyond the headlines to examine some of the worst people on the planet, most of whom you’ve never heard of. These are the weird little guys trying to ruin life as we know it.

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Emergency Minisode: Jason Kessler Sues Gavin McInnes

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The President of the United States went on 60 Minutes last month and claimed that the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 was fake, a hoax perpetrated by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He's referring to allegations made in the recent indictment against the SPLC that one of their paid informants was a member of the planning chat for the rally. But what does the indictment actually say? And what kind of person snitches for money?

The President of the United States went on 60 Minutes last month and claimed that the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 was fake, a hoax perpetrated by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He's referring to allegations made in the recent indictment against the SPLC that one of their paid informants was a member of the planning chat for the rally. But what does the indictment actually say? And what kind of person snitches for money?

The Southern Poverty Law Center Did Not Plan Unite the Right

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Molly answers some of your burning questions about important stuff, like a nazi's tuna casserole recipe, who came up with a rhyming phrase about fascist violence, and what kind of cake she's eating this week.

Sources:

Testa, M. Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance. AK Press, 2015.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/m-testa-militant-anti-fascism 

https://socialistworker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a-radical-guide-to-antifascism-LR-1.pdf


https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-should-give-no-quarter-those-seeking-divide-us 

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/ttom-donegan-friedan/

Molly answers some of your burning questions about important stuff, like a nazi's tuna casserole recipe, who came up with a rhyming phrase about fascist violence, and what kind of cake she's eating this week. Sources: Testa, M. Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance. AK Press, 2015. <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/m-testa-militant-anti-fascism">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/m-testa-militant-anti-fascism</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://socialistworker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a-radical-guide-to-antifascism-LR-1.pdf">https://socialistworker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a-radical-guide-to-antifascism-LR-1.pdf</a> <a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-should-give-no-quarter-those-seeking-divide-us"></a>
<a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-should-give-no-quarter-those-seeking-divide-us">https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-should-give-no-quarter-those-seeking-divide-us</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/ttom-donegan-friedan/">https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/ttom-donegan-friedan/</a>

Listener Questions

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In the final part of the story about Jack Kershaw, we'll talk about his legal career. Before he represented MLK's assassin, before he sculpted a gigantic racist statue out of old bathtubs, he got a law degree from a part time night school program at the YMCA so he could do his part to stop integration.

Sources:

Phillips, Betsy. Dynamite Nashville: the FBI, the KKK, and the bombers beyond their control. Third Man Books 2021.

Houston, Benjamin, et al. “‘We Kept the Discussion at an Adult Level’: Jack Kershaw and the Tennessee Federation for Constitutional Government.” Southern Cultures, vol. 20, no. 4, 2014, pp. 72–88. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26217566

Graham, Hugh Davis. “Desegregation in Nashville: The Dynamics of Compliance.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, 1966, pp. 135–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42622869

McMillen, Neil R. “Organized Resistance to School Desegregation In Tennessee.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, 1971, pp. 315–28. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42623247

Michael J. Henry, Student Display of the Confederate Flag in Public Schools, 33 J.L. & EDUC. 573 (2004).
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2824&context=jled

Egerton, Joel. Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville
https://southernspaces.org/2009/walking-history-beginning-school-desegregation-nashville/

https://www.ahcuah.com/lawsuit/federal/melton.htm

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/328/88/1428295/


https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/42777957/james-n-mason/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/BR/81/897/1821803/ 

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/the-fugitives/


https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/clinton-desegregation-crisis/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/us/nashville-civil-rights-bombings.html

In the final part of the story about Jack Kershaw, we'll talk about his legal career. Before he represented MLK's assassin, before he sculpted a gigantic racist statue out of old bathtubs, he got a law degree from a part time night school program at the YMCA so he could do his part to stop integration. Sources: Phillips, Betsy. Dynamite Nashville: the FBI, the KKK, and the bombers beyond their control. Third Man Books 2021. Houston, Benjamin, et al. &ldquo;&lsquo;We Kept the Discussion at an Adult Level&rsquo;: Jack Kershaw and the Tennessee Federation for Constitutional Government.&rdquo; Southern Cultures, vol. 20, no. 4, 2014, pp. 72&ndash;88. JSTOR, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/26217566">http://www.jstor.org/stable/26217566</a>
Graham, Hugh Davis. &ldquo;Desegregation in Nashville: The Dynamics of Compliance.&rdquo; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, 1966, pp. 135&ndash;54. JSTOR, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42622869">http://www.jstor.org/stable/42622869</a>
McMillen, Neil R. &ldquo;Organized Resistance to School Desegregation In Tennessee.&rdquo; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, 1971, pp. 315&ndash;28. JSTOR,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42623247">http://www.jstor.org/stable/42623247</a>
Michael J. Henry, Student Display of the Confederate Flag in Public Schools, 33 J.L. &amp; EDUC. 573 (2004). <a href="https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2824&amp;context=jled">https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2824&amp;context=jled</a>
Egerton, Joel. Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville <a href="https://southernspaces.org/2009/walking-history-beginning-school-desegregation-nashville/">https://southernspaces.org/2009/walking-history-beginning-school-desegregation-nashville/</a>
<a href="https://www.ahcuah.com/lawsuit/federal/melton.htm">https://www.ahcuah.com/lawsuit/federal/melton.htm</a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/328/88/1428295/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/328/88/1428295/</a> <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/"></a>
<a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/">https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca/</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/42777957/james-n-mason/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/42777957/james-n-mason/</a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/BR/81/897/1821803/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/BR/81/897/1821803/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/the-fugitives/">https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/the-fugitives/</a> <a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/clinton-desegregation-crisis/"></a>
<a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/clinton-desegregation-crisis/">https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/clinton-desegregation-crisis/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/us/nashville-civil-rights-bombings.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/us/nashville-civil-rights-bombings.html</a>

Say a Good Word for Slavery: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 3

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