David McCalden
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David McCalden c.1980
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| Born | 20 September 1951 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Died | 15 October 1990 (aged 39) El Segundo, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Involvement in British politics and Holocaust revisionism |
William David McCalden (20 September 1951 – 15 October 1990) was a figure in the British political far right. As co-founder of the Institute for Historical Review in 1978, he is notable for his extreme right politics and advocacy of Holocaust revisionism.
McCalden was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He left Northern Ireland in 1972 to study at Goldsmiths College in London. During his time at University he was widely known as "Revisionist Dave". McCalden was noted for his long hair and readiness to debate with left-wing fellow students. He graduated in 1974 with a Certificate in Education (Sociology).
McCalden first became involved in politics as a member of the National Front, where he became editor of the party newspaper Nationalist News. A leading supporter of John Kingsley Read, McCalden transferred his allegiance to the National Party soon after Read and other NF members founded the party in 1976. He became a leading contributor to the party journal Britain First. He also became involved in setting up organisations for hunt saboteurs and produced a journal on the subject called Howl. His other works at this time included Beacon, another journal, and allegedly the book Nuremberg & Other War Crimes Trials (1978), although this was initially written under the pseudonym Richard Harwood, one shared with fellow Holocaust denier Richard Verrall
McCalden emigrated to the United States and arrived in California in 1978. Here he met up with veteran American populist and Holocaust denierWillis Carto and set up the Institute for Historical Review, of which McCalden was appointed Director and Editor-in-Chief (although he generally operated under the name Lewis Brandon in these roles). McCalden soon garnered a reputation as an advocate of Holocaust denial and became the leading organizational figure within the IHR.
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