William Guy Carr, anti-Semitism and the Jews

As I have pointed out in a previous article: (1) the well-known conspiratorial writer William Guy Carr has for some time now been accused in some quarters of being anti-jewish and/or anti-Semitic.

For example, the Democrat Party’s think-tank 'Political Research Associates' claims the following about Carr:

'Anti-Jewish allegations could easily be added to anticommunism. In the mid-1950s William G. Carr promoted the anti-Semitic variant on conspiracism with books such as 'Pawns in the Game' and 'Red Fog over America'. According to Carr, an age-old Jewish Illuminati banking conspiracy used radio-transmitted mind control on behalf of Lucifer to construct a one world government. The secret nexus of the plot was supposedly the international Bilderberger meetings on banking policy. The anti-Semitic Noontide Press distributed 'Pawns in the Game' for many years.' (2)

The allegation - such as it is - comes down to two basic points: one is the claim that Carr envisioned the Illuminati as being a jewish-dominated - or simply jewish - entity. The other is that because the anti-Semitic publisher Noontide Press (associated with the Willis Carto and the Institute for Historical Review) distributed 'Pawns in the Game' then it thus makes Carr anti-Semitic.

Now before we plunge headlong into the dark recesses of the liberally accusative mind that wrote those lines: we need to understand what anti-Semitism actually is. The reason for this is simple: the argument is that Carr was anti-jewish and thus he was anti-Semitic (which incidentally do not follow in spite of the popular belief that they do) so unless we know what anti-Semitism actually is then we cannot judge the label that is being pejoratively attached to Carr.

Anti-Semitism broadly defined is simply the opposition to jews on the basis that they are a biological group. Now there are two other forms of what we may term anti-jewishness. That is anti-Judaism, which broadly defined is opposition to Judaism as a religion and anti-Zionism, which similarly defined is the opposition to the state of Israel and Zionism as a political and intellectual ideology more broadly.

This then gives the lie to the popular misconception that anti-jewish is synonymous with anti-Semitic precisely because there are three kinds of opposition to jews which can be held individually or in varying combinations. None of these broad categories are mutually exclusive to each other either as there have been anti-Semites who were all for Zionism and critics of Judaism who thoroughly supported Israel and Zionism while roundly condemning anti-Semitism.

It isn't so simple an identification as 'Political Research Associates' claim by implication: in fact it is a very specific label and one that - as I will show - not only doesn't fit Carr, but is actually indicative that whichever nincompoop wrote said piece didn't bother reading Carr's work or had they read them don't seem to have been able to understand the difference between correctly suggesting that many controversial influential individuals in history have been jewish and opposing jews based on their being a biological group.

Now returning to what 'Political Research Associates' claim in relation to Noontide Press - to deal with the second point first - the argument they make simply boils down to claiming that if an author's work is distributed by an anti-jewish or anti-Semitic publisher then that means that author's work must per force be anti-jewish or anti-Semitic. This is clearly a profoundly stupid argument to make given that an author can be admired by those they are radically opposed to and distributed on that basis, or an author can be distributed because what they argue/write can be seen to support the contentions of the distributor.

A good example is Rabbi Michael Higger's 'The Jewish Utopia', which has been distributed by anti-Semitic publishing houses for years in spite of the fact that it is written by a jew for jews. It never-the-less plays nicely into conventional anti-Semitic beliefs about jews, because of what it argues is the case.

Would this make Higger an anti-Semite by extension?

No: it doesn't.

All that it means is that Higger's ideas are held to fit or confirm all, or part of the ideas held by those who distribute their work. It is as simple as that. You cannot argue that Carr is anti-jewish or anti-Semitic based on the fact that one - and mark you one - anti-Semitic publishing house has distributed his work for quite some time.

Without confirmatory evidence that Carr is anti-jewish or anti-Semitic then we cannot reasonably contend that this is the case.

Coming back to the first point and the allegation that Carr sees the Illuminati as predominately or all jewish, which is the cornerstone of the 'Political Research Associates' argument. It would be well for us to quote Carr's comments in regard to the relationship of jews and the Illuminati in 'Pawns in the Game', 'The Conspiracy to Destroy All Existing Governments and Religions' and 'The Red Fog over America'.

To wit:

'Pawns in the Game'

'He [Christ] exposed the synagogue of Satan (Rev. 2:9; 3:9) he denounced those who belonged to it as sons of the devil (Lucifer), whom he castigated as the father of lies (John 8:44) and the price of deceit (2 Cor. 11:14). He was specific in his statement that those who compromised the synagogue of Satan were those who called themselves Jews, but were not, and did lie (Rev. 2:9; 3:9). He identified the Money-Changers (Bankers), the Scribes, and the Pharisees as the Illuminati of his day.' (3)

'To offset the plans of the International Money-Barons, Karl Ritter advised the leaders of the Aryan Groups to organize Nazism and use Fascism, i.e. National Socialism, as their manual of action to further their secret ambitions, for world conquest. Professor Ritter pointed out that because the International Bankers intended to use all phases of Semitism to further their plans, the Aryan leaders should use all phases of anti-Semitism to further their cause.' (4)

'The important fact to remember is that among the Jewish leaders, in exactly the same way as among the Aryan leaders, there always has been a small, hard core of men who have been , and still are, Illuminists or Atheists. They may have given up lip-service to the Jewish or Christian religions to suit their own purpose, but they never believed in the existence of God. They are Internationalists now. They give allegiance to no particular nation although they have used, on occasion, nationalism to further their causes.' (5)

'History proves they [the Illuminati] had a fiendish reason for putting the guilt of the death of Christ on the Jewish people. History proves that they intended to use the hate engendered amongst the Jewish people as the result of persecution, to serve their vile purposes, and further their secret totalitarian ambitions.' (6)

'Study of the World Revolutionary Movement (W.R.M.) from the time of Christ to the present day, proves that it is unjust to blame the whole Jewish Race for the crimes committed against humanity by a small group of false priests and money-lenders. These men always have been, and still are, the secret power behind internationalism. They use Communism today as their manual of action to further their secret plans for ultimate world domination.' (7)

'After the Jewish-dominated revolution collapsed for want of aid, the German Aryan people took a full measure of revenge on the Jewish people. Thousands of Jews, men, women and children, were rounded up during the night and executed. Rosa Luxemburg, and her right hand man Karl Liebknecht, were captured and shot in the head like mad dogs by a German lieutenant. Thus, once again, a large number of Jews were made to pay the penalty for the crimes of a small group of international gangsters who used them as pawns in the game of international intrigue.' (8)

'Leo Maxse, writing in the August issue of the 'National Review' 1919 stated: “Whoever is in power in Downing Street, whether Conservatives, Radicals, Coalitionist, or Pseudo-Bolshevik, the international Jews role the roost. Here is the mystery of the 'Hidden Hand; of which there has been no intelligent explanation.” Once again the word 'Jew should have been 'Banker' or 'Gangster'. It would be just as reasonable to blame all Roman Catholics for the crimes of a few Roman Mafia Chieftains who had given up the practice of their religion for many years.' (9)

'[…] a fact that past history would indicate is very doubtful. Satanism, not the Jews will rule.' (10)

'Thus history reveals that from 1920 to 1934 the Secret Power directed international intrigue in such a manner that the leaders of ALLEGEDLY Jewish dominated Communism in Russia were working hand in glove with the leaders of ALLEGEDLY Aryan dominated Nazism in Germany. This phase of history is most complicated. It is difficult for the average citizen to understand.' (11) [Capitalization in original]

'The purpose of the Inquisition was to ferret out and question infidels suspected of masquerading as Christians. Spain had been exceptionally kind to the Jews. They were allowed to hold office and acted as tax-collectors. But, as happened in every other country in Europe, the crimes of the atheistic money-lenders, and their agents, were charged against the whole Jewish population.' (12)

'Therefore to charge this diabolical conspiracy as a crime against the whole Jewish people and their religious leaders is unjust.' (13)

'These “tools”, be they Jew or Gentile, Freemason or otherwise, have been without exception, liquidated by one method or another if, after serving their purpose, they were considered to know too much.' (14)

'The Long Range Plan of the International Illuminati called for the destruction of the British, the German Empire, and the Jews who were not actively Communistic and therefore not their “Tools”.' (15)

'The Conspiracy to Destroy All Existing Governments and Religions'

'We must also remember that the words “Synagogue of Satan” do not, repeat not, mean the Jews because Christ also made it perfectly clear that the Synagogue of Satan. “Are those who call themselves Jews, but are not, and do lie.” The Synagogue of Stan is composed of men and women of many nationalities which have their origin in Cain, Eve's son.' (16)

'The Red Fog over America'

'Those charged with preparing the hoax used the plan found on the courier's body, but they changed certain words and phrases make those who read the “New” document [the Protocols of Zion] believe it was a Jewish plot to obtain world domination in accordance with the policy of Political Zionism was advocated by Herzl in 1897.' (17)

'The documents [the Protocols of Zion] are undoubtedly the conspiracy by which Satan plans to bring about his kingdom on this earth. If it succeeds Christians and Jews; black men and white; Aryans and Semites; Communists and Nazi; Socialist and Capitalist; will all have to fall down on their knees and adore his Satanic Majesty.' (18)

'One can only conclude it was all part of the publicity campaign embarked on by the agentur of the Illuminati to arouse the hatred of the Russian Gentiles against the Jews and to inflame the Jews with the spirit of revenge against non-Jews so they would revolt and introduce the reign of terror.' (19)

'It was the additional words “of the Learned Elders of Zion” which placed the blame for the diabolical nature of the “scheme” on the shoulders of the Jewish people, that was wrong.' (20)

'The matter of subversion within religion cannot be ended without dealing with the way the conspirators of Satan have infiltrated into the Jewish religion. Christ condemned those who were deliberately teaching the Jews false doctrines. He prayed for and sympathized with those who fell into error as the result of such teaching. At the age of twelve Christ sat at the temple of Jerusalem with the priests and elders correcting their teachings. He was doing this when found by Mary and Joseph after he had been missing three days.' (21)

'It is the false priests and false prophets who have deliberately caused Jews to hate Christians and Christians to hate Jews.' (22)

'The manner in which the lesser Jews were herded into Ghettos enabled the Satanic despots to make them think and do whatever they told them to think and do. After all, the wealthy Jews and Elder exercised the power of life or death over their lesser brethren.

Our quarrel is not with the lesser Jews, it is with a small number of men who pretend to be Jews while they are in actual fact followers of Satan.. Let Christians insist that those Jews, to whom they extend the hand of friendship, condemn publicly the Talmudic teaching which contain blasphemies and insults regarding Christ and threats to Christians.

Anti-Semitism plays right into the hands of the Illuminati. The high priests of Satan must get a great deal of satisfaction when Jews are blamed for their crimes against humanity. That is exactly what they want. Many Gentiles and Jews swallow their bait, hook-line-and-sinker.' (23)

'Moslems, Jews, and all other people who worship the One and ONLY God, Creator of Heaven and earth could be united in such a common cause [to fight Lucifer].' (24)

'Many Clergymen, news commentators, editors, politicians, etc. blame Communists and Jews as being the root of ALL evil. This is not so. Lucifer is the ROOT of ALL Evil.' (25) [Capitalization in original]

Having thus reproduced all the significant references to the role of jews in the Illuminati according to Carr: it is clear that Carr did not view the jews as the enemy or even a disproportionate element of the 'satanic Illuminati conspiracy' that he wrote against. Rather he felt that - like Europeans - it was their leaders who were the members of the members or dupes of the Illuminati not the average jews or gentile on the street

Carr also clearly makes it his business to condemn anti-jewish sentiments (except anti-Judaism) as being part of the Illuminati's master plan to create 'One World Government' (under Satan) by human discord/hatred and while Carr did indeed use some borrowings from anti-Semitic literature: he was clearly not anti-Semitic himself.

He merely adopted the ideas from anti-Semitic literature that suited his theories without being anti-Semitic himself in much the same way that Goebbels took ideas from Marx, Engels and Lenin, but was not himself a communist as he perceived that theories and ideas can have some truth in them without being wholly truthful.

So then in summary we can see that Carr was not an anti-Semitic in any way, shape or form and if anything, his attitude towards the jews was positive not negative. So thus, if anything Carr could be held to be a philo-Semite not an anti-Semite.

References

(1) See my article:

(2) http://www.publiceye.org/apocalyptic/Dances_with_Devils_1-01.html

(3) William Guy Carr, 1958, 'Pawns in the Game', 3rd Edition, Federation of Christian Laymen: Ontario, p. ix

(4) Ibid, p. 5

(5) Ibid., p. 13

(6) Ibid, p. 15

(7) Ibid.

(8) Ibid., p. 110

(9) Ibid., p. 115

(10) Ibid., p. 118

(11) Ibid.

(12) Ibid., p. 127

(13) Ibid., p. 175

(14) Ibid., p. 182

(15) Ibid., p. 184

(16) William Guy Carr, 1998, [1958], 'The Conspiracy to Destroy of All Existing Governments and Religions', 1st Edition, Patriot Press: Henderson, p. 5

(17) William Guy Carr, 1962, 'The Red Fog over America', 3rd Edition, Britons: London, p. 4

(18) Ibid., p. 7

(19) Ibid., p. 9

(20) Ibid., p. 105

(21) Ibid., p. 182

(22) Ibid.

(23) Ibid., p. 186

(24) Ibid., p. 228

(25) Ibid., p. 240