In the late 1970’s, the United States was seeing a spike in anxieties over women entering the workforce, the influence of Satanism in entertainment and schools, and the idea of organized child abuse. What had been bubbling up exploded into a full-blown moral panic with the publication in 1980 of Michelle Remembers, which purported to […]
The newest generation of conspiracy theory influencers are able to move almost effortlessly between far-right and far-left beliefs. Many are openly anti-banking and anti-government, traits of the far-right, while also believing climate change is real and socialism is the key to defeating economic inequality – traits of the far-left. They push a mix of social […]
As the 2024 United States presidential election hurtles toward its conclusion, Donald Trump has brought the question of antisemitism back to the center of the campaign. With his history of courting Jewish voters while simultaneously insulting them, the former President has now been revealed as fixated with the dictator who directed the Holocaust, Adolf Hilter […]
When French journalist and libertarian activist Thierry Meyssan published his book 9/11: The Big Lie in March 2002, the industry of conspiracy theories about the attacks was still in its infancy. There had been conspiracy theories that the hijackings were planned or carried out by the US government as early as that day. But it […]
English rock veteran Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd bassist, is becoming increasingly notorious for his anti-Zionist positions veering sharply into antisemitism. On August 24, the singer-songwriter posted a video on social media which garnered 254K views on X. In the message addressed to United States Vice President Kamala Harris, he urged the Democratic presidential […]
Since German-born hacker Kim Dotcom fled to New Zealand to avoid extradition for numerous copyright violations by his website Megaupload, he has been spreading conspiracy theories about every subject imaginable while weaving them into an overall plot about Jewish control and “overrepresentation.” Little of this is different from what countless authors, pundits, politicians, and media […]
American conspiracist Candace Owens sees the pernicious influence of satanic Jewish pedophiles on international politics everywhere. Any rumor that casts Judaism, Israel or Zionism in a bad light is eagerly seized upon by her. She believes that the history of the Jewish people is wilfully distorted by the mainstream media and established institutions in the […]
Prominent Flemish author Herman Brusselmans has gained international notoriety and opprobrium since he wrote a column for Belgian weekly Humo in which he let his emotions run wild in response to the atrocities in the war in Gaza. Brusselmans wrote that he would like to stab any random Jew he met on the street with a […]
The assassination attempt on former president and current candidate Donald Trump sparked conspiracy theories from almost the moment the shots rang out. And in keeping with America’s toxic political polarization, the theories tended to fall across two different narratives, depending on your political persuasion. Claims that the shooting was staged or a hoax circulated among […]
It is arguably the most popular conspiracy theory book of the late 20th century. Yet Behold a Pale Horse is barely an actual book. It has no overarching narrative, no particular subject matter it focuses on, little prose to speak of, and is clearly plagiarized at points. Long revealed as a mashup of fake documents […]
