03-07-2009 / United States

USA - David Irving’s holocaust-denial speaking tour - the show that must be stopped

David Irving
David Irving

This July, David Irving, a British neo-fascist and fraudulent historian, goes on the road in the United States, planning to hold approximately one and a half dozen speaking engagements over the course of a month.

Irving’s current tour focuses on "Re-writing history, using the decoded Nazi messages" (see: http://www.focal.org/speaks/index.html). The re-writing of Third Reich history -especially in relation to the Nazi “Final Solution” for Europe’s Jewish population - is a major preoccupation for modern neo-Nazis and neo-fascists, who correctly believe that memory of the Holocaust, is a significant barrier to the mainstreaming of their beliefs. The Holocaust is denied so that, paradoxically, it can be repeated. Wherever Irving appears, he is backed and promoted by virulent antisemites and fascist organizers.

Irving’s bogus history is both blatantly offensive and incorrect. He is part of a political tendency that is actively organizing for ethnic and racial hostilities and in particular to persecute Jewish people. (James von Brunn’s murder of a security guard at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one recent example of where this anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi tendency can lead. Von Brunn moved within many of the same circles that promote Irving’s work.)

When and Where?

At present, the dates for Irving’s speaking tour are as follows:

July 3 Friday: Kansas City, 19:00

July 6 Monday: Oklahoma City, 19:00

July 8 Wednesday: Albuquerque, 19:00

July 10 Friday: Phoenix, 19:00

July 12 Sunday: Las Vegas, buffet, 19:00

July 13 Monday: Salt Lake City, buffet, 19:00

July 15 Wednesday: Boise, buffet, 19:00

July 16 Thursday: Spokane, buffet, 19:00

July 18 Saturday: Seattle 15:00

July 19 Sunday: Portland, OR, buffet, 15:00

July 22 Wednesday: Sacramento, buffet, 18:30

July 23 Thursday: San Francisco, buffet 18:30

July 25 Saturday: Costa Mesa, 18:30

July 26 Sunday: Sherman Oaks, 15:00

July 29 Wednesday: Denver, 19:00

July 30 Thursday: Omaha, 19:00

July 31 Friday: Chicago incl. de luxe dinner, 19:00

The exact location of Irving’s talk in each city has not been made public, due to Irving’s fear of encountering the opposition he so richly deserves.



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