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Author: Emma-Kate Symons

Emma-Kate Symons
Emma-Kate Symons is a Paris-based journalist and columnist who has been published in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The Financial Review and Reuters. A contributing editor at The New World, she is a regular contributor to French weekly Franc-Tireur and France 24 . Educated at the University of Sydney and Columbia University, Emma-Kate has reported from Europe and the Middle East, as well as from New York, Washington, Manila, Bangkok and Canberra.

Mainstreaming the Racist and Antisemitic Fake ‘White Genocide’

It was once a fringe conspiracy theory confined mostly to the milieus of white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Now the purely invented ‘white genocide’ concept— inspiration of far-right terrorists from the Christchurch mosque killer to the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue murderer, and the ideological evil twin of the racist ‘Great Replacement’ narrative— has gone mainstream. […]
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Dan Bilzerian’s Radical Rebrand: From Instagram Playboy to Antisemitic Hate Influencer

Dan Bilzerian is a misogynist social media identity and cannabis merchant who markets a gun-toting, porn and gambling jetset lifestyle while hawking Holocaust denial and multiform anti-Jewish hate to his tens of millions of followers. The Florida-born 44 year-old is a failed Navy SEAL candidate who acquired Armenian citizenship in 2018. Bilzerian has been dubbed […]
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From “Hitler Had Some Decent Points” to Shaping U.S. Foreign Policy: The Ascent of Mike Benz

A far-right racist conspiracy theorist who once claimed that “Hitler actually had some decent points” is now being welcomed as a thought leader by the U.S. Secretary of State. Michael Benz’s ideas—once confined to anonymous white nationalist forums—are now being cited to justify the dismantling of American institutions like the foreign aid agency USAID and […]
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Trump Envoy Mouths Kremlin Conspiracies about Ukraine, Praises Putin and Qatar, Soft on Hamas and Iran

Donald Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff has attracted global ridicule for spewing Kremlin conspiracy theories about Ukraine being a “false country” while lauding war criminal and dictator Vladimir Putin as “super smart and gracious”. In an extensive interview with pro-Russia far right broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Witkoff declared that Putin “was not a bad guy” and […]
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'Moscow Mario' Nawfal: Musk's Favored Disinfo Merchant

Mario Nawfal is a Kremlin mouthpiece and crypto ‘entrepreneur’ whose conspiracy-peddling anti-western content is relentlessly pushed by Elon Musk on X. The black-clad 30 year-old podcaster is best known for hosting his eponymous ‘Roundtable’ show on X. He interviews fellow extremist influencers and anti-democratic political figures from Romania, Russia and the Middle East, broadcasting to […]
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MAGA Meltdown Over Misogynist Jew-hater Andrew Tate’s Criminal Woes

The conspiracy theorists of Donald Trump’s pro-Russia, antisemitic ‘manosphere’ and women enablers including Candace Owens and Laura Loomer are rushing to defend self-confessed misogynist and Jew-hating Hamas apologist Andrew Tate. The campaign of disinformation comes after Tate and his brother Tristan were placed under criminal investigation in Florida for human trafficking. Tate is a globalized […]
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Henry Makow’s Antisemitic Derangement Syndrome

Henry Makow is a Canadian author and blogger known for his virulent and relentless antisemitic conspiracy theorising. A slavish fan of Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin, he publishes repeatedly about a Judeo-Masonic Satanist plot to control the world. Often homophobic and intensely masculinist, he is opposed to Donald Trump and his “bromance” with the man […]
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Jean-Marie Le Pen: A Life of Holocaust Denial and Racist Conspiracies

Jean-Marie Le Pen's lifelong obsession with Holocaust denial was strictly off the agenda at his carefully staged funeral and burial. A few days after the January 7, 2025 death of France's extreme right patriarch at the age of 96, Le Pen's clan assembled in La Trinité-sur-Mer. It was the village where the Front National founder […]
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Max Blumenthal: Darling of Despots and Antisemites

From his early work as a journalist to being founder and editor-in-chief of Russia and Iran-supported "independent media" platform The Grayzone, Blumenthal has developed a dubious reputation for disseminating the disinformation of dictators while pushing antisemitic narratives. Beloved by fellow America-hating anti-Western "anti-imperialists" like the late John Pilger, George Galloway and Oliver Stone, his propagation […]
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Anatomy of an Antisemitic Conspiracy

The horrific premeditated violence against Israeli and Jewish football fans in Amsterdam on the night of November 7 into the morning of November 8—described by the attackers themselves in their planning messages as a “Jew Hunt” —has been amplified and justified by a disturbing blend of antisemitic conspiracy theories, including that the attacks were staged […]
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