Willis
Allison Carto
US editor and politician,
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July 17, 1926 in Fort Wayne, Indiana
C. grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. After serving in the Army during World War II, he attended Dennison University in
Granville, Ohio, and enrolled for a semester as a law student at the University of Cincinnati. In the early 1950s, he moved to San Francisco, where he worked as an account collector for the Household Finance Corporation and became involved in political
activity. He served as director of the 'Congress of Freedom', and as executive secretary of
'Liberty and Property' (which he founded).
In this first phase of his career C. was deeply influenced by Francis Parker
Yockey, who, a lawyer by training, became an assistant to the prosecution at the War Crimes Tribunal in Wiesbaden but quit in less than a year because he believed that defendants were being unfairly
treated. In 1948, Yockey completed a treatise, 'Imperium: The Philosophy of History and
Politics'. C. reprinted 'Imperium' under his 'Noontide Press' and in 1962 added a 35-page introduction that effectively summarized his own views,
describing a June 1960 visit to the San Francisco jail where Yockey was being held
and where, a week later, at the age of 43, Yockey was found killed by
cyanide.
Yockey's central message was: 'the Jew is spiritually worn out....He lives solely with the idea of revenge on the nations of the white European-American
race.' According to C., Hitler's defeat was the defeat of Europe, and of America.
In 1955, C. founded an organization called 'Liberty Lobby', which remained in operation under
his control until 2001, when the organization was forced into bankruptcy as a result of a
lawsuit. 'Liberty Lobby' was known for publishing the newspaper 'The
Spotlight' between 1975 and 2001.
C. and several 'Spotlight' staff members and writers founded a new newspaper called the
'American Free Press'. The paper focuses on nationalist economics, and Israel.
C. was also the founder of a publishing company called 'Noontide Press', which published a number of books, including David Hoggan's
'The Myth of the Six Million', one of the first books to deny the 'Holocaust'.
'Noontide Press' later became closely associated with the 'Institute for Historical Review'
(IHR). The IHR was founded by C. in 1979, with the intent of promoting the proposition that the
'Holocaust' never happened. After losing control of 'Noontide Press' and the IHR in a hostile takeover by former associates,
C. started another publication, 'The Barnes Review'. C.'s 'Liberty Lobby' acquired the
'Sun Radio Network' in December 1989, and attempted to use talk radio as a vehicle for espousing his
views. 'Liberty Lobby' and 'American Free Press' also sponsored the 'Radio Free America' talk
show.
In November 2001 C. faced a court-ordered liquidation of his personal assets
and lost his home. In 2004, C. joined in signing the 'New Orleans Protocol' on behalf of
'American Free Press'.
Letzte Änderung / Last update: 17.07.2011
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