Conspiracy Theory

Conspiracy Theories refer to explanations of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation and usually by the government, organised crime groups or large corporations. Although the term 'conspiracy theory' is usually used as an insult, many conspiracies actually make more sense than the official explanations.

List of Conspiracies

Confirmed Conspiracies

Conspiracies that the actors in said conspiracy have admitted to participating in

• Cannes and Nice bombings - an effort by French neo-nazis to commit several bombings in African communities and blame them on Zionists in order to start a race war between Jews and and French Africans.
• COINTELPRO, an effort by the FBI to disrupt 'extremist' (predominantly left-wing) organisations
• Marxist–Leninist Party of the Netherlands, set up by the Dutch Secret Service to gain contacts in China and divide the left.
• MK-ULTRA, an effort by the CIA to develop mind control techniques, that included kidnapping American citizens and administer drugs (notably LSD) without their knowledge or consent
• Watergate, an effort by US Republicans to break into the office of the Democratic Party during an election campaign to gain key inside information.

Very Likely Conspiracies

For conspiracies with significant amounts of evidence to support them and no plausible alternative explanations

• Belgian police were participants in a child sex trafficking ring that was exposed in the 1990s.
• Juanita Nielsen - The journalist and left-wing activist based in Sydney, Australia who disappeared was killed by the mafia and covered up by local police for her support for the Green Bans (hurting profits in the Mafia-linked construction industry) and efforts to expose police corruption.
• Karen Silkwood - The trade unionist and anti-corporate activist based in the US was quietly murdered in her car driving through the countryside to prevent her from exposing massive health and environmental regulation violations at the nuclear power plant where she worked.

Likely Conspiracies

Conspiracies with a fair amount of evidence behind them, but plausible alternative explanations do exist

• John F. Kennedy - The US President who was assassinated in 1963 was done so by the CIA and Mafia for his anti-crime and (somewhat) anti-war policies.
• Judi Bari - The US anarcha-feminist and green syndicalist was nearly killed in an attempted car bombing in 1990 organised by the FBI. Other suspects include members of Earth First! or anti-abortion extremists.
• Malcolm X - The black activist in the US who was assassinated in 1965 was killed by the FBI as a part of COINTELPRO.
• Martin Luther King Jr. - The black activist in the US who was assassinated in 1968 was killed by the FBI as a part of COINTELPRO.
• Olof Palme - The Swedish prime minister who was assassinated in 1986 was killed by the CIA and South African police working together to help preserve Apartheid.

Unlikely Conspiracies

Conspiracies with some evidence, but there are gaps in the theory and plausible alternative explanations.

• Helmin Wiels - leftist and anti-colonial politician from Curucao who was assassinated for his plans to crack down on government corruption and nationalise certain industries.
• Lost Cosmonauts - The USSR covered up failed spaceflights in order to seem more organised during the Cold War.
• Udo Ulfkotte - The German journalist who claimed the CIA was controlling the German media was assassinated in 2017 and did not actually die of a heart attack.

Very Unlikely Conspiracies

Conspiracies with very little evidence to support them, and its usually circumstantial evidence

• Kibbutzim - Zionist and Imperialist plots to steal Arab land.
• Rojava - Zionist and Imperialist plot to steal Arab land.
• Zapatistas - they are in fact a front by drug cartels to destablise the Mexican government.

Debunked Conspiracies

Conspiracies that has seen all evidence debunked

• Holocaust Denial - the belief that the Holocaust either didn't happen or has been significantly exaggerated to discredit Hitler's wonderful ideas (sarcasm) or to benefit the 'Jewish Elite'.