Conspiracy Theories

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Review of ‘Fascismens gröna rötter. Konspirationsteorier, kris och kollaps´ [”The Green Roots of Fascism. Conspiracy Theories, Crisis and Collapse”] by Hannah Pollack Sarnecki (78p. 2021)

In early 2021, two Swedish youngsters were prosecuted for carrying out an arson-attack against a mink farm in Sweden, motivated by eco-fascist, accelerationist ideas. With obvious links to online support…

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12 min

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COVID-19: The Lab Leak Theory Makes a Comeback

The sudden reemergence of the lab leak theory earlier this year — that COVID-19 was made in and escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology — has hit international media…

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6 min

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Anti-Vaxxers’ Trivialization Of The Holocaust Is Antisemitic

In June of this year, a British nurse, Kate Shemirani, was struck off for spreading misinformation about the covid-19 pandemic. The fact that a nurse was arguing that the illness was…

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5 min

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The Interconnected Conspiracies That Sparked The January 6 Insurrection

Rather than one grand conspiracy, it appears the January 6 insurrection was organized and executed by disparate extremist groups. Was the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 a…

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7 min

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The Role of Conspiratorial Narratives in the Violent Radicalisation of Right-Wing Lone Actors

Conspiracy theories have been talked about a lot recently as a key ingredient in the radicalisation of right-wing lone actor (RWLA) terrorists. To some extent, all narratives and ideological propaganda issued by…

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5 min

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How Authoritarians Erode Democracy Under The Guise Of Defending It

The last decade has brought about both new conspiracy theories as well as the revival of older conspiracy myths on the far-right. Some far-right figureheads propagate the fear of a…

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9 min

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The Murky Overlaps Between Swedish COVID Protests and the Radical Right

Despite Sweden’s comparably soft public-health approach in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Anti-Corona movement finally hit the streets in early 2021. Under the fuzzy slogan “Freedom and Truth”, a motley crew…

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5 min

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The Interconnected Web Of Anti-Vaccine Disinformation

Vaccine disinformation does not come from a single source; it is like a hydra with many heads. Sometimes, its origin is geopolitical, authoritarian states, and even vaccine nationalism playing a…

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8 min

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On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part II). Detecting Attacks on History: A Case Study in Bosnia Denialism

In the first part in this series, I introduced a basic premise for assessing commonalities among conspiracy theorists and deniers of many stripes, focusing on three specific tendencies outlined in…

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6 min

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On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part I)

When former war crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp said, “we’ve got better evidence” against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad committing war crimes “than we had against the Nazis at Nuremberg,” he caused…

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Review of ‘Fascismens gröna rötter. Konspirationsteorier, kris och kollaps´ [”The Green Roots of Fascism. Conspiracy Theories, Crisis and Collapse”] by Hannah Pollack Sarnecki (78p. 2021)

COVID-19: The Lab Leak Theory Makes a Comeback

Anti-Vaxxers’ Trivialization Of The Holocaust Is Antisemitic

The Interconnected Conspiracies That Sparked The January 6 Insurrection

The Role of Conspiratorial Narratives in the Violent Radicalisation of Right-Wing Lone Actors

How Authoritarians Erode Democracy Under The Guise Of Defending It

The Murky Overlaps Between Swedish COVID Protests and the Radical Right

The Interconnected Web Of Anti-Vaccine Disinformation

On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part II). Detecting Attacks on History: A Case Study in Bosnia Denialism

On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part I)

America Classified As A Declining Democracy By Experts, Again

Why Does the Radical Right Oppose European Integration?

“The Golden One,” a Metapolitical Influencer

Appropriating the King of Pop: The Far Right Co-Opts Michael Jackson