Ivor Benson
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Ivor Benson was a South African journalist who began his career on
Fleet Street, London
. In South Africa
he became chief assistant editor of The Rand Daily Mail, and became particularly well known in 1963 as a news commentator for Radio South Africa.
Benson was then employed as information adviser to the White-ruled Rhodesian government, under Ian Smith
. Benson was also an author of conspiratorial anti-Communist books and booklets, such as This Worldwide Conspiracy and Truth out of Africa, linking Communism and super-Capitalism with the assault on White rule in Africa
.
Barry Alexander Kosmin, in his text Majuta: a history of the Jewish community of Zimbabwe, described the controversies concerning Benson's time in Ian Smith's government. He described the background to the ascendancy of Ian Smith
and the Rhodesian Front
, and then said:
Benson edited a newsletter, Behind the News, and founded the National Forum. He also wrote the introduction to Douglas Reed
's conspiratorial polemic The Controversy of Zion, which attacked Communism and Zionism, presenting them as twin subversive movements that, if left unchecked, would ultimately create another World War and impose a world government.
Benson's later views are described in a pamphlet entitled This Age of Conflict, in which he attempted to reconcile his own White Nationalist views with those of Carroll Quigley
, Douglas Reed
, and Antony Sutton (he critiqued what he perceived to be the limitations of each of these authors). He argued that there existed a "Wall Street Struggle" between the Anglophile WASP banking Establishment and the Jewish Banking Establishment. He believed that the Jewish banking establishment had first overcome it's competitors in the Boer War, that they were the force behind this war, causing unnecessary strife between Europeans, that they were powers behind the rise of Communism, and that the Anglophile establishment in turn responded by subsidizing Fascism and other Nationalist movements. He believed that with the ascendancy of FDR and World War II the "internationalist" Jewish banking establishment triumphed over the "Nationalist" WASP banking establishment, took control of the power structures it's competitors had created, and were from that time forward the dominant force in World affairs.
His collection of essays The Zionist Factor critiqued Jewish politics in a manner that combined conspiracism (arguing that there existed an obscured alliance between Zionism, Communism, and the Jewish banking establishment), and the idea of conscious ethnic struggle between Jews and Gentiles that would later be put forth by White Nationalists like David Duke
and Kevin B. MacDonald
.
Fleet Street, London
London
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. In South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
he became chief assistant editor of The Rand Daily Mail, and became particularly well known in 1963 as a news commentator for Radio South Africa.
Benson was then employed as information adviser to the White-ruled Rhodesian government, under Ian Smith
Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...
. Benson was also an author of conspiratorial anti-Communist books and booklets, such as This Worldwide Conspiracy and Truth out of Africa, linking Communism and super-Capitalism with the assault on White rule in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
Barry Alexander Kosmin, in his text Majuta: a history of the Jewish community of Zimbabwe, described the controversies concerning Benson's time in Ian Smith's government. He described the background to the ascendancy of Ian Smith
Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...
and the Rhodesian Front
Rhodesian Front
The Rhodesian Front was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule. Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the...
, and then said:
Benson edited a newsletter, Behind the News, and founded the National Forum. He also wrote the introduction to Douglas Reed
Douglas Reed
Douglas Reed was a British journalist, playwright, novelist and author of a number of books of political analysis. His book Insanity Fair was influential in publicizing the state of Europe and the megalomania of Adolf Hitler before the Second World War...
's conspiratorial polemic The Controversy of Zion, which attacked Communism and Zionism, presenting them as twin subversive movements that, if left unchecked, would ultimately create another World War and impose a world government.
Benson's later views are described in a pamphlet entitled This Age of Conflict, in which he attempted to reconcile his own White Nationalist views with those of Carroll Quigley
Carroll Quigley
Carroll Quigley was an American historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations. He is noted for his teaching work as a professor at Georgetown University, for his academic publications, and for his research on secret societies.- Biography :Quigley was born in Boston, and attended...
, Douglas Reed
Douglas Reed
Douglas Reed was a British journalist, playwright, novelist and author of a number of books of political analysis. His book Insanity Fair was influential in publicizing the state of Europe and the megalomania of Adolf Hitler before the Second World War...
, and Antony Sutton (he critiqued what he perceived to be the limitations of each of these authors). He argued that there existed a "Wall Street Struggle" between the Anglophile WASP banking Establishment and the Jewish Banking Establishment. He believed that the Jewish banking establishment had first overcome it's competitors in the Boer War, that they were the force behind this war, causing unnecessary strife between Europeans, that they were powers behind the rise of Communism, and that the Anglophile establishment in turn responded by subsidizing Fascism and other Nationalist movements. He believed that with the ascendancy of FDR and World War II the "internationalist" Jewish banking establishment triumphed over the "Nationalist" WASP banking establishment, took control of the power structures it's competitors had created, and were from that time forward the dominant force in World affairs.
His collection of essays The Zionist Factor critiqued Jewish politics in a manner that combined conspiracism (arguing that there existed an obscured alliance between Zionism, Communism, and the Jewish banking establishment), and the idea of conscious ethnic struggle between Jews and Gentiles that would later be put forth by White Nationalists like David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
and Kevin B. MacDonald
Kevin B. MacDonald
Kevin B. MacDonald is a professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach, best known for his use of evolutionary psychology to inform his study of Judaism as being a "group evolutionary strategy."...
.
See Also
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- Douglas ReedDouglas ReedDouglas Reed was a British journalist, playwright, novelist and author of a number of books of political analysis. His book Insanity Fair was influential in publicizing the state of Europe and the megalomania of Adolf Hitler before the Second World War...
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