No smoke without fire?

Book cover
Lobster Issue 52 (Winter 2006/7)

[…] British state’. No evidence has been produced to support this. In fact the particular claims made by Foot about Bryn Estyn actually fit quite neatly into a conspiracy theory held by many on the left: that Freemasons have undue power and exercise much of it through the establishment and, in particular, the official structures […]

Last Talons of the Eagle

Book cover
Lobster Issue 37 (Summer 1999)

[…] Talons of the Eagle. See Tom Bower, Blind Eye to Murder – Britain, America and the Purging of Nazi Germany, a Pledge Betrayed (1981) and The Paperclip Conspiracy (1984) and Christopher Simpson, Blowback – America’s Recruitment of Nazis and its Effects on the Cold War (1988) Myrha – who describes himself as ex-US Marine […]

Cyberculture: Counterconspiracy

Book cover
Lobster Issue 41 (Summer 2001)

Cyberculture: Counter conspiracy – A Steamshovel Web Reader Ed. Kenn Thomas Vol 1. The Book Tree, California, 1999 ISBN 1-58509-125-1 $16.95 from Flatland Vol 2. The Book Tree, California, 1999 ISBN 1-58509-126-X $13.95 from Flatland   Two volumes of material which originally appeared on the Steamshovel Web site: a splendid jumble of conspiracy theories, […]

Cyberspace Wars: Microprocessing vs. Big Brother

Lobster Issue 26 (1993)

[…] little guy vs. Big Brother), because hackers are motivated more by malicious amusement than by genuine self-defense. More hype comes from a bizarre intersection of cyberspace with conspiracy theory: the incredible PROMIS software by Inslaw, Inc. For months I was reading accounts of how this software was revolutionary, and could track everything about everyone. […]

The Rhodes-Milner Group

Lobster Issue 13 (1987)

[…] 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 […]

Welcome to Lobster

Lobster Issue

Welcome to Lobster, the journal that looks at the impact of the intelligence and security services on history and politics. From espionage to dirty tricks to conspiracy theories. What else is in Lobster? Check out the keywords in the box in the sidebar, right. Lobster issues are free. Over 80 issues of Lobster magazine […]

Sources

Lobster Issue 29 (1995)

[…] 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? […]

Bank-havens: Exposures Of The Rich

Lobster Issue 4 (1984)

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). […]

The View from the Bridge

Lobster Issue 41 (Summer 2001)

[…] dates them back to ‘ancient times’, whatever that means. However, even if we go back only as far as the 18th century, how would such a ramified conspiracy communicate when the fastest transport was horse which could do what, 20-30 miles a day at most? What did the messages sent between members of the […]

The View From The Bridge

Lobster Issue 29 (1995)

[…] 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 […]

Accessibility Toolbar