[…] of books about Italian politics recently, and almost none of them willing to answer the question “Why Italy?” Why is Italy’s political culture so firmly based on conspiracy and secrecy? A part of that answer must be Italy’s role as the premier European site of the conflict between indigenous left-wing forces and NATO, the […]
[…] preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing.’ Ribbentrop (1) was also convicted of two further counts, war crimes and crimes against humanity, but the evidence […]
[…] power from the Tories, Oyston was in jail, serving a six year sentence for the rape and indecent assault of a young woman. The secrets of the conspiracy that destroyed Oyston’s business and political career now lie in a huge archive gathered during the twenty years in which he was tormented by secret enemies, […]
[…] be my guess. Never mind that the CBS story inevitably framed the subject matter – Bilderbergers in the Obama administration – as the ‘crazy’ concerns of ‘ conspiracy theorists’,(4) this is a significant step for the major media of America; and only fifty-five years after the group’s inception. The Times piece adopts a more […]
[…] covered the King family’s landmark case and its successful outcome — establishing that Dr Martin Luther King was killed, not by a lone assassin, but by a conspiracy. This story was largely ignored by the American and British media, including our own dear Guardian, whose American reportage is in a class of its own […]
[…] House of Lords 1997 intake for services to politics because LFIG played a small but important role in that process of transition to what we have today. Conspiracy theory Before telling the tale, let’s knock some of the conspiracy theory on the head. I am well aware of how the ‘Zionist machine’ works and […]
[…] a new type of unaccountable elite. This is already, if slowly, becoming the dominant force at the centre of the European project. There is no single ‘ conspiracy’ as such, just a convergence of trends towards a new consensus on how Europe can and should be governed. This crisis of authority just happens to […]
[…] of the coup which appeared in the June issue of a privately circulated newsletter from New Zealand, “Wellington Confidential”. Both stories were filled with unsupported allegations, innuendo, conspiracy and inaccuracy. “Wellington Confidential” attempts to model itself on a U.S. publication “Covert Action Information Bulletin” which claims to reveal U.S. intelligence activity, but often replays […]
[…] Opportunity. New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1995. 342 pps. Illustrated, index. After all these years Moldea now says Sirhan Sirhan acted alone and there was no conspiracy, and those bullet holes in the doorway weren’t bullet holes after all. I wish I could believe him. PEPPER, William F. Orders to Kill: The Truth […]
[…] Bush (and Governor Howard Dean) acknowledged members of Skull and Bones, it is getting hard even for an establishment paper like the Post to completely dismiss the conspiracy buffs. In the pursuit of Skull and Bones, Millegan’s collection of essays and reprints of articles is a major addition to the published information on the […]
