The National Youth Alliance (NYA) was an American right-wing political group founded by

Willis Carto 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 ...

, head of the right-wing

Liberty Lobby Liberty Lobby was a far-right think tank and lobby group founded in 1958 by Willis Carto. Carto was known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories, white nationalism, and Holocaust denial. The organization produced a daily five-mi ...

. The NYA was founded on November 15, 1968, at the

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Governor George Wallace's bid for president as

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candidate in 1968. The NYA aimed to recruit students to counter liberal and Marxist groups on college campuses like

Students for a Democratic Society Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships ...

. Willis Carto was a devotee of the writings of

Francis Parker Yockey Francis Parker Yockey (September 18, 1917 – June 16, 1960) was an American fascist and pan-Europeanist ideologue. A lawyer, he is known for his neo- Spenglerian book '' Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics'', published in 1948 u ...

, who revered

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. Yockey's book ''

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'' was adopted by Carto as his own guiding ideology and that of the National Youth Alliance. Carto recruited

William Luther Pierce William Luther Pierce III (September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002) was an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and far-right political activist. For more than 30 years, he was one of the highest-profile individuals of the white nationalist movemen ...

to be NYA chairman. Pierce had previously been prominent in the

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(NSWPP), the successor organisation to the

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(ANP) that fell apart after the August 1967 assassination of its leader

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. Pierce joined the National Youth Alliance in 1970 after leaving the NSWPP. Pierce wrote ''

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'' while in the NYA. By 1971, a rift had developed between Carto and Pierce. Accusations by Carto emerged alleging that Pierce had stolen the mailing list of his

organization and used it to send letters attacking Carto's group. The group split into factions, with Pierce and his supporters forming the National Alliance.

References

External links

FBI file on the National Youth Alliance
{{Authority control Defunct organizations based in Washington, D.C. Neo-Nazi organizations in the United States Youth organizations established in 1968 Political youth organizations in the United States Student political organizations in the United States Youth politics in the United States 1968 establishments in Washington, D.C.