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Adam Klein, Ph.D., was most recently a visiting professor at James Madison University in the School of Media Arts & Design. He received his Doctorate in Mass Communication & Media Studies from Howard University, and earned an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Miami. Adam is also a Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellow for proven research commitment to international conflict-resolution studies. Dr. Klein has published articles dealing with the topic of social movements and intercultural conflicts in the media, and has presented his research at several academic conferences including M.I.T.’s Media in Transition Conference in 2009, where this research debuted. As the grandson of two Holocaust survivors, Adam has focused much of his work on the present-day messages and messengers of hate speech and racial propaganda in the new global media. Next year, Adam will join the faculty of the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University.

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KURDISH SCAVENGERS UNCOVER A CACHE OF NERVE GAS IN IRAQ AND OFFER THEM TO KURDISH FIGHTERS IN TURKEY. THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BEDLAM ALPHA TEAM MUST SECURE THE WEAPONS BEFORE THEY CAN BE USED."You must swear by Allah never to say a word of what I'm going to tell you. This is the most important secret. Ever!"In their daily struggle for survival, Iraqi Kurdish scavengers uncover a cache of chemical weapons. They offer the weapons to fellow Kurdish rebels in Turkey and Syria to assist in their quest to free an imprisoned leader and create a unified homeland. After receiving a tip from an unlikely source, the newly formed Special Operations Bedlam team is called to arms! Travel with Craig Cameron and his international team on their covert operation as they weave their way through war-torn regions seeking to locate and recover the weapons before they can be used to cause irreparable harm and instigate a world crisis. The odds are stacked against them. Can they manage to keep their operation hidden and prevent further clashes before it's too late?"The Kurdish Connection--a compelling read. A story of friendship, danger and intrigue."--Ann Everett, Amazon Best Selling Author...". Randall's authentic voice adds a powerful push to keep a reader turning the pages." --Janet Taylor-Perry, author of The Raiford Chronicles, The Legend of Draconis Saga, and April Chastain Intrigues."Topical - Engaging - Intriguing - Powerful ... A real page turner."--Rikon Gaites, author of Mummy's Little Soldier and Darius Odenkirk...". Randall Krzak brings his wealth of experience living in this troubled part of the world and his military knowledge to bear in this exciting story..."--John L. DeBoer, author of When the Reaper Comes...". a journey full of history, suspense, intrigue, and action...a MUST READ for all!"--Les Stahl, Retired NSA Executive...". Readers need to fasten their seatbelts for a fast-paced tale made believable by a writer who knows what he's writing about."--Preston Holtry, author of the Morgan Westphal mystery series and the Arrius trilogy (forthcoming)."A behind the scenes story, ripped from today's headlines deepening the reader's understanding of an ancient strife ... filled with the sights and smells of the market place and secret meetings, the reader is admitted to the secret heart, the desperate longings of those that must fight and win, or see continued subjugation by their masters..."--Oliver F. Chase, author of Camelot Games, Levant Mirage, Blind Marsh, and Marsh Island.

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<div>May, 2010</div><div> </div>"At a time when racist propaganda is again on the rise, A Space for Hate offers an important analysis of how the internet is being used to spread 'a modernized version of hate.' Recalling the Nazis' extremely effective use of propaganda, Adam Klein shows how contemporary radical racists have effectively exploited what is certainly the most democratic medium ever known to spread hate and political violence." <div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">- Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project, Southern Poverty Law Center</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">September, 2010 </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">"When I brought this intriguing book to my monthly reference staff meeting (six public librarians), I supposed that everyone knew more than I did about the presence of white supremacy hate groups on the Internet. But I found out that only one-third of us did-and the ones who had no idea were the decidedly older members of our staff. This small sample coincides with the most disturbing element of the research presented in Klein's book: not only are white supremacist Web sites and social networks ubiquitous and wildly popular, they are primarily targeting-and attracting-the younger generation.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Although hate speech and hate groups include far more than racist and anti-Semitic white supremacists, Klein's book focuses on these particular groups and their outreach to the “net generation.” The granddaddy of them all, Stormfront.org, has been in cyberspace since the web took off in 1995. While much of the book uses and quotes a wealth of research already done on these groups, thereby bringing a lot together in one volume, A Space for Hate claims its own contribution to the field by postulating a theory of “information laundering” to describe how hate sites use the unique “formats and constructs” of cyberspace to transform hate-based information into “acceptable web-based knowledge.” Maybe it seems obvious once we really think about it, but the normal Web paths such as search engines and links “can unwittingly lead an online information seeker to white power content that has already been designed for them as being educational, political, scientific, and even spiritual in nature.” The Institute for Historical Review (holocaust denial) and the Charles Darwin Research Institute (white race supremacy) don't engage at all in “hate speech” but present themselves as legitimate and respectable research operations. Classy Web design and function may lead those raised online to accept the legitimacy of the content based on appearance. One example might be the “metapedia” that, using the same format as Wikipedia and sophisticated language and choice of topics, seeks to bring white nationalist thinking into the mainstream rather than keep it out at the fringes. Typical hate speech and swastikas will not be found on these sites.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">The book is organized thus: an examination of the legal debate surrounding hate speech in the context of the first amendment (the U.S. is a center of Internet sites devoted to this kind of speech, as it banned on servers elsewhere); the murky coexistence of information and propaganda online and how they are cunningly manipulated; the special attraction of hate-based sites to young people based on the various kind of social and cultural media that are proliferating in cyberspace (YouTube, music sites, etc.); an analysis and review of 26 white nationalist/supremacist Web sites and how they frame their issues for the target audience; and an examination of counterattack by monitoring and other sites devoted to exposing and counteracting them. Does it scare you to know that many of these sites getfar more traffic than the Human Rights Campaign site, or that of the NAACP?"</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><h3 style="font-size:15px;">- Reviewed by Ann Sparanese - Social Responsibilities Round Table, of the American Library Association</h3></div>

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