Roger Avary made his name as co-writer, alongside Quentin Tarantino, of the cult film Pulp Fiction. Now he has resurfaced as the apostle of a fictional belief system that, in the hierarchy of conspiracy theories, ranks alongside Flat Earthism. Appearing a few weeks ago on Joe Rogan's podcast—one of the most listened-to shows in the […]
The ‘TheoBros’ are a loose but influential American subculture of young, digitally fluent men drawn to aggressive masculinist Christian nationalism - and antisemitic, racist and women-hating conspiracy theories. Emerging from ultra-conservative protestant Reformed church circles in the 2010s, the self-styled ‘Theobros’ champion ‘biblical masculinity’, postmillennial optimism, and a rejection of liberal democracy, feminism, and religious […]
“LOL, what a plot twist that SPLC was funding the KKK… as Democrats always have. Another “conspiracy theory” coming true in real time.” It was with this gleeful message, posted on X, that Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), one of the leading American organizations monitoring the […]
The Anti-Zionist America Political Action Committee (AZAPAC) emerged in the summer of 2025, founded by Michael Rectenwald. The former New York University professor, now active in libertarian circles, is close to the radical right. “We’re not like leftist anti-Zionists, calling for ‘from the river to the sea’ and all this nonsense,” he stated in an […]
A recent report by Human Rights Watch accuses Burkina Faso’s armed forces of multiple abuses, particularly against the Fulani, an ethnic group regularly accused of supporting jihadists across West Africa. But President Ibrahim Traoré has a ready-made conspiracy-peddling explanation: a false-flag attack. “That’s what you call perfidy,” he says. “Terrorists come, they carry out massacres […]
Conspiracy thinking in Belgium is often dismissed as a marginal phenomenon, the preserve of a few eccentrics on social media. But a new survey by the Institut Jonathas invites a reassessment of that narrative. In the Brussels-Capital Region, 50 per cent of respondents believe that the pharmaceutical industry and governments are lying about the harmful […]
When Candace Owens uploaded a lengthy interview with Norman G. Finkelstein to her YouTube channel, she presented as a conversation about Israel, the Holocaust, and the upcoming release of his book Gaza’s Gravediggers. The exchange was also distributed in podcast format, further expanding its reach. But this was not a confidential academic debate. Owens’ YouTube […]
It has the distinctive air of 1989. Or as Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad put it: “This is a Berlin Wall moment. Let’s tear this wall down. Then America will be safe without the Islamic Republic.” 1989 was not only a watershed because of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was also the year Ayatollah […]
In recent weeks, Carrie Prejean Boller, the former Miss California who emerged as an anti-LGBTQ+ activist and recent convert to Catholicism, has thrust herself into the spotlight with antisemitic allegations linking global injustices to an opaque network of influence. Known for her reactionary positions on faith, politics, and social issues, Prejean Boller has faced widespread […]
On Thursday 29 January, comedian Bassem Youssef appeared as a guest on the show of antisemitic ideologue and professional disinformation entrepreneur and Brigitte Macron defamer Candace Owens. Far from distancing himself from his host’s wild claims—whose recent delirious excesses include allegations of the involvement of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron and the French military in a […]
