When You Realize That You Are The Deep State: Reflections on the Trump-Epstein Cover-Up
This article is about the realization that you are the thing you hate. US President Donald Trump’s supporters and many of his political underlings...
Propaganda for Beginners, Part 1: The Primacy-Effect
(Editorial note: This article appeared first in German on NachDenkSeiten)
Introduction
Propaganda is a well-known and effective tool for manipulating public opinion. We are familiar with...
The Johan Galtung Approach to Taboo Topics
Published simultaneously with The International Center for 9/11 Justice
A topic that is virtually never allowed to be addressed within the hallowed halls of academia...
The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part II: The Multi-institutional Politics of...
(A follow-up to Part I: The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part I: Origins and Organizations Behind the Conspiracy Label)When my stepdaughter...
The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part III: The CIA and Reification...
Note from the Editors: This article is the third installment of a series on how and why “conspiracy theory/ist” became a common pejorative label....
Taking Tucker Carlson Seriously, Part Three: 11/22, 9/11, 7/13
(Editors' note: this article is part three of a series. Read Part One and Part Two.)
“ … I lie. If I’m really cornered or...
War is Peace: How journalists vilify peace to rationalize war
Not too long ago, a meme was going viral on social media. It showed the horrified face of George Orwell, looking in disbelief and...
The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part IV: Closing My Case on...
In my closing installment for this series, I’d like to start with a joke I recently came across. Jokes and humor help speak truths...
Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 1
What happens when evidence of a nerve agent poisoning exists in impossible dual states? Part one of a three-part report on the Dawn Sturgess...
Turning the Tide: The 9/11 Truth Movement and the Mainstreaming of Its Message
Historically, social movements have been catalysts for lasting social change, and such efforts have never been easy. Had the elites of Colonial America not...