Conspiracy Theories

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“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve All Got It Infamy!”* The Paranoid Delusions of Radical Right Conspiracism

*Kenneth Williams as Caesar in Carry On Cleo (1964) Numerous online networks serve radical-right conspiracy theories. One of the highest profiles is QAnon, which alleges a ‘deep state’ conspiracy run…

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6 min

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America’s Other Pandemic: Conspiracy Theories

Judging by their prevalence and popularity, conspiratorial interpretations of political events seem to tap a basic need of many individuals in the US and other nations. The belief that nothing…

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6 min

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Tackling Online Radicalization At Its Offline Roots

You would be forgiven for thinking that the advent of Covid-19 and the accompanying lockdowns have led to the mass radicalization of our youth, consigned to cyberspace, and exposed to…

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4 min

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Donald Trump, COVID-19 and America’s Love of Conspiracy

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for COVID-19 on the evening of Thursday, October 1. In retrospect, the diagnosis should not have become as a complete…

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Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

The European radical right seems to have failed to develop coherent responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe’s radical-right parties have quickly understood the benefit they can derive from criticizing their…

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9 min

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QAnon: A Conspiracy for Our Time

In the wake of the pandemic, QAnon has morphed into a cult, an ersatz religion, a great narrative that gives meaning to an increasingly disconcerting reality. Those of us who,…

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4 min

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COVID-19 Drives Conspiracy Theories and Islamophobia

The COVID-19 pandemic has been used as a weapon by the radical right in promoting conspiracy theories. For the past decade, I have been researching the impact of Islamophobia on social…

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7 min

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QAnon In Germany: How The Pro-Trump Theory Is Infecting Europe

A couple of weeks days ago, a motley crew of protesters — ranging from ordinary citizens, anti-vaccination activists, anti-5G activists, and a range of other esoteric groups nostalgically yearning for…

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9 min

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How COVID and Syria Conspiracies Introduce Fascism to the Left. Part I: The Red-Brown Media Spectrum

Introduction Why is a supposedly US veteran’s organization, co-founded by someone active with the National Socialist Movement, spreading conspiracies about COVID-19 and Syria? Why is that same organization in collaboration…

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“The media censorship”, free speech and the radical right: The case of Spain’s VOX party

Introduction The word “infodemic” was coined by the Word Health Organization (WHO) to describe the excess of information, usually false, on a particular problem, used to hinder the process of…

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“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve All Got It Infamy!”* The Paranoid Delusions of Radical Right Conspiracism

America’s Other Pandemic: Conspiracy Theories

Donald Trump, COVID-19 and America’s Love of Conspiracy

Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

QAnon: A Conspiracy for Our Time

QAnon In Germany: How The Pro-Trump Theory Is Infecting Europe

How COVID and Syria Conspiracies Introduce Fascism to the Left. Part I: The Red-Brown Media Spectrum

“The media censorship”, free speech and the radical right: The case of Spain’s VOX party

The Death Of White Supremacist Tom Metzger Marks The End Of An Era

Trump’s Exploitation Of Christianity And Assault On Women’s Rights

Portfolio Distributions of Radical-Right Cabinet Ministers

Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?

Live Free or Die: America vs. Science