John Sharpe (publisher)

John Forrest Sharpe, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a former submarine officer and media spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet, is the author and publisher of numerous articles and books on the economic theory of distributism. He is chairman of the publishing house IHS Press in Virginia; the vice-chairman is Derek Holland. IHS Press and the Legion of St. Louis (LSL), another publishing entity run by Sharpe that sells books such as Henry Ford's The International Jew and Michael A. Hoffman II's Strange Gods of Judaism,"Officer denies accusations of anti-Semitism", Navy Times are on the list of hate groups for the Southern Poverty Law Center.SPLCenter.org: The Dirty Dozen
== Controversies over alleged racist views ==
On March 7, 2007, John Sharpe was temporarily relieved of duty pending a Navy inquiry into allegations that he was involved in supremacist activities.Carrier PAO relieved pending investigation Navy Times 
In 2008, the Catholic University of America canceled a lecture series in which Sharpe was to speak after the Southern Poverty Law Center claimed Sharpe is anti-Semitic, though no review of his written opinion had occurred.Catholic University nixes lectures, The Washington Times
Sharpe later filed suit against Landmark Communications, claiming defamation in a news story. The suit sought $5 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. In April 2009, Norfolk Circuit Court judge Norman A. Thomas issued his opinion. In it, Thomas grants a summary judgment to the defendants on the major issues of the case, conclusing that Sharpe's writings "do espouse anti-Semitic and racist views...No reasonable person can read Sharpe’s individual writings and conclude that he espouses anything other than a deep, abiding and pervasive suspicion of and hostility toward Jews, whether considered as a collective people, religion, nation or ethnic group." Norfolk Circuit Court judge Norman A. Thomas' opinion
== References ==
== External links ==
* IHS Press
* Neo-Conned Anti-Iraq War Books
* Legion of St. Louis
* Distributism Defended
* Speaker at Thomas More Centre
Category:American publishers
Category:Living people
Category:Antisemitism
Category:United States Naval Academy alumni
Category:United States Navy officers