The journal is named after the Holocaust denierHarry Elmer Barnes.[1] Linked with it is a TBR Bookclub, promoting what the SPLC describes as "a wide range of extremist books and publications". The organization also holds conferences with speakers such as Ted Gunderson. "Claiming that its mission is to 'tell the whole truth about history,' TBR really practices an extremist form of revisionist history that includes defending the Nazi regime, denying the Holocaust, discounting the evils of slavery, and promoting white nationalism", according to the SPLC.[4]
^ ab"Willis A. Carto: Fabricating History". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on November 17, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2008. The Spotlight announced in August 1994 that Liberty Lobby was launching a new publication devoted to historical revisionism called The Barnes Review (after the 20th century revisionist historian Harry Elmer Barnes).
^Johnson, Matthew Raphael (October 2015). "A Personal Tribute to Willis A. Carto". The Barnes Review. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Fellow nationalists and populists quickly became envious and betrayed him