9/11/01 - Repercussions

General Conspiracist Views

Some of these theories are from the political right, others claim to be from the left, others represent a fusion of left and right viewpoints.

See also:

Further discussion of post-911 conspircacism

{Link Broken} Collection of Conspiracy Theories
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Debunking 911 Conspiracy Theories

Snopes.Com - Rumors of War

 

911 Conspiracy Theories

Operation 911: NO SUICIDE PILOTS by Carol A. Valentine

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF EMERGENCY by Sherman H. Skolnick. One of the most relentless and self-aggrandizing conspiracists in the US.

Planes controlled by radio waves

World Action  Elaborate conspiracy theories - One article claims internal bombs secretly placed inside WTC.

Bombs in World Trade Center

Explosive placed in WTC

World War III - 'This Was Not An Intelligence Failure' by Michael C. Ruppert. General conspiracism (but doubts claim that bombs secretly placed inside WTC).

BrassCheck  A mixture of useful information and extravagant assertions.

American Patriots Friends Network

See also:

The Conspiracism Collection:

• Conspiracism as a Flawed Worldview An Introduction with Links 
• Dynamics of Conspiracist Scapegoating Part of a longer article
• 9/11: General Conspiracist Views Shortly After the Attack An Archive {you are here}
  • Antisemitic Conspiracist Views
  • Hard Right Views. (including Patriot & militia movement)
  • Fascist Right Views. (Extreme Right)
• 9/11: Conspiracism Post 9/11
  • Further discussion of post-911 conspiracism

The Sucker Punch Collection

• The Sucker Punch Series - Introduction
• Buchanan, Fulani, Perot, & the Reform Party
• Lenora Fulani and the Politics of Opportunism
• Right Wing Populism
• Right Wing Anti-Globalism
• Conspiracism as a Flawed Worldview An Introduction with Links 

More Resources Related to the Period Shortly After the 9/11 Attacks:

• Larry Wayne Harris
• Chemical and Biological Threats
• Who is behind these anthrax letters?
• More Resources: Links to Right Wing Groups, Groups Opposing the Right, Studying the Right, Directories
• Terms & Concepts: Use with Caution - Islamophobia & Arabophobia, Terrorism, Fundamentalism, Neofascism, Clerical Fascism, Theocratic Islamic Fundamentalism, Apocalyptic Demonization
 
• Southern Poverty Law Center overview of Right-Wing responses

 
• Anti-Defamation League collection of responses. [See larger collection of statements by date under heading: "What They are Saying: Internet Responses to the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks". Also NOTE ADL DISCLAIMER that its site: "provides examples of commentary from a wide variety of groups, from civil rights groups to extremist organizations. This includes both the strongly positive and the strongly negative. The intent is to provide a snapshot of responses to the tragedy, not to comment on or to categorize the inherent nature of these groups."]

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People with unfair power and privilege generally try to hold onto that unfair power and privilege. Sometimes they make plans that are not publicly announced. Sometimes they engage in illegal plots. Real conspiracies have been exposed throughout history. History itself, however, is not controlled by a vast timeless conspiracy. The powerful people and groups in society are hardly a "secret team" or a tiny club of "secret elites." The tendency to explain all major world events as primarily the product of a secret conspiracy is called conspiracism. The antidote to conspiracism is Power Structure Research based on some form of institutional, systemic or structural analysis that examines race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, class and other factors that are used to create inequality and oppression. We do not criticize conspiracism because we want to shield those with unfair power and privilege, but because we believe that conspiracism impedes attempts to build a social movement for real social justice, economic fairness, equality, peace, and democracy.