Lobster Issue 65 (Summer 2013)
[PDF file]: […] there isn’t enough evidence to believe or disbelieve much of it; but let us consider it. The most complete account in English by Estes of the assassination conspiracy is in his 2005 book, Billie Sol Estes: a Texas Legend.3 This book appeared after a French book about Estes, Le Dernier Temoin (The Last Witness) […]
Lobster Issue 74 (Winter 2017)
[PDF file]: […] if Shenon and Sabato know the material linking Oswald to US intelligence agencies; and it is possible that they dismiss all that kind of information as ‘ conspiracy theories’ not worth their attention and are simply unaware of it. Even if they are familiar with it, Shenon is a former New York Times journalist […]
Lobster Issue 70 (Winter 2015)
[PDF file]: […] both reinforces and appeals to the supercilious anti-populism of the comfortable classes. Slick, cultish, pseudo-left website Spiked exemplifies this attitude.3 The Spiked orthodoxy finds ‘moral panics’, ‘ conspiracy theories’ and ‘anti-science attitudes’ wherever criticism of the rich and powerful is voiced. Most of the claque of regular Spiked contributors have no credentials beyond the […]
Lobster Issue 83 (Summer 2022)
[PDF file]: […] far the most dynamic part of the 21 June Report is a lengthy editorial, covering a page and a half of A4 paper, denouncing the ‘Communist world conspiracy’. As one might expect, this diatribe is full of hot words and extravagant claims, and focuses upon the ‘peaceful coexistence’ policy promoted by Soviet premier Nikita […]