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Understanding the relationship between antisemitism, conspiracism, and apocalypticism
by Chip Berlet, 2004
…to the extent that extraordinary claims require extraordinary investigations, those investigations must be true to the spirit of science. And that means highly skeptical, demanding, rigorous standards of evidence.
The Complete Interviews
I certainly acknowledge that there have been conspiracies. They simply don't have the attributes of almost superhuman power and cunning that conspiracists attribute to them
...apocalypticism leaves no room for ambiguity...[it] is not a disagreement, but a struggle with evil incarnate, so there is no structure for a peaceful reconciliation
Conspiracism is a disaster for progressive people because it leads them into cynicism, convoluted thinking, and a tendency to feel it is hopeless even as they denounce the alleged conspirators
Don't fear populism, don't fear relatively simple ways of understanding the causes behind prevalent political issues, but don't embrace them without understanding their downside risk
In a culture of conspiracism, opponents become traitors and enemies are stripped of their humanity
Progressive thought falters under the weight of apocalyptic and conspiratorial thinking
Antisemitism has been historically used to divert attention from the people who really make the decisions
When progressives grab onto conspiracy theories it undermines effective strategic analysis, planning and action
New Internationalist
- Zog Ate My Brains by Chip Berlet
- New Internationalist website
- New Internationalist 2004 Page
- New Internationalist 2007 Page
The Complete Interviews
- Michael Barkun
- Brenda E. Brasher
- G. William Domhoff
- Mark Fenster
- Robert Alan Goldberg
- Evan Harrington
- Sonali Kolhatkar
- Lee Quinby
- Penny Rosenwasser
- Holly Sklar
Conspiracism
- Conspiracism - Topic Portal Page
- Conspiracism as a Flawed Worldview
- Conspiracism Post 9/11
- Conspiracist Episodes in the U.S. 1797-2001
- Antisemitism
- The Sucker Punch Series
- Automatic Conspiracy Theory Generator
- Onlide Slide Show: Protocols to the Left, Protocols to the Right: Conspiracism in American Political Discourse at the Turn of the Second Millennium
Other Resources
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- Freemasons and the Illuminati
- The Lyndon LaRouche Network
- Justice for Jeremiah Duggan
- Hate and Ethnoviolence
- More on Antisemitism
Systems of Oppression
- Understanding Systems of Oppression
- Antisemitism
- Christian Right & Theocracy
- Government Misconduct
- Hate and Ethnoviolence
- Heterosexism & Homophobia
- Racism & Xenophobia
- Sexism & Reproductive Rights
- Dynamics of Bigotry
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