How are we to battle the spread of conspiracy theories when the incoming U.S. president has had a habit of peddling them? Øyvind Strømmen Trump won. Many of us were wrong in expecting […]
Alex Jones
Blaming Israel for Oslo’s bomb
IN DEPTH: Conspiracy theories about the “Islamization” of Europe helped inspire Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, so it’s only natural his elaborate attack would set off a new round of theorizing by conspiracists. […]
Militias and conspiracy culture
IN DEPTH: Anti-government rage is primarily an American phenomenon, but a number of ideas and tropes from the US anti-government subculture have entered Europe over the last 10 years through the influence of […]
The LAX shooter’s “manifesto”
Paul Anthony Ciancia, the 23-year-old who killed one person and wounded three in a shooting spree at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) late last week, reportedly carried a one-page “manifesto” that included references […]
The Atlantic Conspiracy link
An alleged would-be terrorist in Poland, a Swedish serial shooter and an Islamist extremist of Chechen background all have something in common: a connection to American conspiracy culture. (more…)