Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Research Robin Ramsay ‘The unexpected and dramatic death of the famous, whether statesmen like John F Kennedy, or media stars like Marilyn Monroe, invariably give rise to conspiracy theories.’ Thus Cambridge historian, Christopher Andrew, during his disgraceful hatchet job on Hugh Thomas’ books about Rudolph Hess for BBC2 ‘s Timewatch … Read more
[…] John Mulholland, was hired to ‘teach intelligence operatives how to use the tools of the magician’s trade – sleight of hand and misdirection – to covertly administer drugs, chemicals and biological agents to unsuspecting victims’ as part of Project MKULTRA.(19) Privates on the payroll The increasing use of PMSCs (private military or security companies) […]
David Black London:Vision Paperbacks, 20001, £9.99 This a revised edition of the book which was reviewed in Lobster 35. I’m not sure how new it is. I no longer have the original edition but this seems pretty similar to it. What is new is some material on the activities of Steve Abrams, one of the … Read more
Clint Eastwood Movies Flags of Our Fathers, directed by Clint Eastwood and to be released in Britain in December 2006, is an example of post-9-11 PR. It tells the story of the 1945 battle for Iwo Jima and has been described as the first film in which the balance of combat and public relations has … Read more
edited by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones and Christopher Andrew Frank Cass, London/Portland, Oregon, 1997, £15.00 pb There are two kinds of books about the CIA: there are those like William Blum’s, advertised in this issue, which see the CIA simply as part of the US post-war empire, the sharp end of imperial enforcement, somewhere between the … Read more
[…] Traccy – Believe, Obey, Fight: Political Socialization of Youth in Fascist Italy 1922-43 (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 1985) Kruger, Henrik – The Great Heroin Coup: Drugs, Intelligence and International Fascism (Boston, South End Press, 1980) LAB/IEPALA – Narcotrafico y Politica: Militarismo y Mafia en Bolivia (Madrid, IEPALA, 1982) Landis, Fred – Psychological […]
[…] injuring all but one of its occupants. Immediately after the crash and before the emergency services arrived, Henri Paul was injected with a cocktail of alcohol and drugs to help establish him as the posthumous patsy. Diana was left to succumb to her injuries, her deliberately slow progress to hospital being part of a […]
[…] motive in many cases. The individuals concerned often lived in small towns with few prospects, were unemployed, had generally difficult circumstances, had debts and were dependent on drugs.( ) They would be contacted by former colleagues, journalists or solicitors, told that they could make financial claims funded by legal aid and sheltering behind the […]
[…] classic Tory background. Eton/Oxford, inherited Beaverbrook wealth, writing speeches for Selwyn Lloyd (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) at 19 etc. He was also a libertarian, calling for drugs to be decriminalised, conducting numerous high society affairs and surviving an Official Secrets trial in 1969, having revealed too much about whom Britain was backing in […]
Frost/Nixon Or, a load of old dick When Frost/Nixon first appeared at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London back in 2006 I wondered why on earth anyone would want to stage, to recreate, what was, essentially, a non-event. Why indeed? One can imagine mere actors relishing the opportunity to ‘interpret’ Frost and Nixon but who … Read more
