[…] of Gemstone is demonstrably false, much else uncheckable, almost all of it profoundly implausible, the damned thing’s continued circulation these past 25 years is a depressing testament to the intellectual sloppiness of conspiracy buffs. (Which is pretty much what Jim Hougan says about Gemstone in a letter of his about it included in this collection.)
[…] 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 […]
[…] Communist. It is difficult to lay this charge to rest once and for all because these critics really mean something much broader than the dictionary definition of conspiracy. All right, then, if “conspiracy” means that these men are aware of their interests, know each other personally, meet together privately and off the record, and […]
[…] now has the best mail order book list in the UK for things conspiratorial, Masonic, oligarchic, elite-wise etc. Who else in the UK offers Proofs of a Conspiracy by John Robison (originally printed 1798) at 10, Nesta Webster’s best known three books, and Who Are The Trilaterals? by KOP editor, Ronald King, at 0.15p? […]
[…] the 1980s. But all things pass….(4) Quid pro quo? Both the Ian Black piece in the Guardian and Rupert Cornwell’s version in the Independent referred to ‘ conspiracy theorists’ who believed that the Libyans had not shot Fletcher, but believed that it had been done by, or at the behest of, the United States […]
[…] Detective Inspector Robishaw had annoyed Murrin by reporting that Oyston did not own the model agency. Oyston’s lawyers were three weeks away from a hearing in a conspiracy to defame case against Atkins, Blaker and Harrison, when, before dawn on February 9, 1995, a team of 11 Manchester Police officers drove up a rough […]
[…] against Larry O’Hara has reached new depths. In the March issue they published his picture and described where they think he works and lives. Is this not conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm (or worse) to O’Hara? Since Larry will ignore the threat, what next for Searchlight? Larry’s address? A map? The London Left […]
As a recent TV programme (James Bellini’s ‘The Polite Conspiracy’ 4th April 1984 BBC2) made clear, the rich have devised some artful ways of avoiding tax. Of course they also have a government committed to drastically reducing their tax ‘burden’ (e.g. Nigel Lawson’s abolition of investment income surcharge, formerly payable on high unearned incomes). […]
[…] is new to me and, perhaps, to most Lobster readers. It is worthy of note as a splendid example of that relatively rare species, the British global conspiracy theory. Quite what Stuart’s ‘theory’ is, however, is less than clear. He writes variously of ‘International Finance-power capitalism”, “One World Monopolists”, “a World Federalist State”, the […]
[…] coming World Government Nicholas Hagger New Alresford (Hampshire), John Hunt Publishing, 2004, pb, £11.99 Another massive reworking of the basic elements of the post-WW2 American-oriented global conspiracy theory: Rothschild, Quigley, Fabians, CFR, Bilderberg, Masons etc. Hagger makes much of Bilderberg (perhaps simply because there is so much material to use) and – his […]
