Willis Carto

Willis Carto
Born
Willis Allison Carto

(1926-07-17)July 17, 1926
DiedOctober 26, 2015(2015-10-26) (aged 89)
Virginia, U.S.
Known forHolocaust denial
Antisemitism
Right-wing populism
Neo-Nazism
TitleHead of the Liberty Lobby (defunct), founder of the Institute for Historical Review
Political partyPopulist

Willis Allison Carto (July 17, 1926 – October 26, 2015) was an American far-right political activist. He described himself as a Jeffersonian and a populist, but was primarily known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial.[1][2][3][4]

Carto was known for the Liberty Lobby and successor racial extremist organizations which he helped create.[5] Carto ran a group supporting segregationist George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign and reorganized the group into the National Youth Alliance, which promoted Francis Parker Yockey's ideology. Carto helped found the Populist Party, which served as an electoral vehicle for white supremacist group and Ku Klux Klan members, such as David Duke in the 1988 presidential election and Christian Identity supporter Bo Gritz in 1992. Carto ran the American Free Press newspaper which publishes antisemitic and racist books and features columns by Joe Sobran, James Traficant, Paul Craig Roberts, and others. The organization promotes 9/11 conspiracy theories.[6] Carto's many other projects included the Institute for Historical Review, which promotes Holocaust denial.

  1. ^ "Willis Carto" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  2. ^ Kaplan, Jeffrey, ed. (2000). Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. AltaMira Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0742503403.
  3. ^ Levy, Richard, ed. (2005). Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution, Volume. ABC-CLIO. p. 107. ISBN 978-1851094394.
  4. ^ Michael, George (2012). Confronting Right Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA. Routledge. p. 15. ISBN 978-0415628440.
  5. ^ "Willis Carto". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "Paul Disowns Extremists' Views but Doesn't Disavow the Support" by Jim Rutenberg & Serge F. Kovaleski,The New York Times, December 25, 2011

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