Issue 49: Misery Index
Crunching the numbers on the class war.
Blog
The South African Blame Game
The colonial history of South Africa lives on in conspiracy theories about the “Third Force,” but it’s not secret external enemies plaguing South Africa today — it’s the country’s own ruling class.
Latin America’s Very Own Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina fueled antisemitic fears of the Andinia Plan, a supposed Jewish plot to create a homeland in Latin America.
The Land of Milk and Honey
The Caribbean has a reputation for its lenient tax laws, but the United States is the second-biggest tax haven in the world.
Ancient Hindu Aeronautics
Hindu nationalists insist that, thousands of years ago, Indians were already equipped with modern knowledge of science and technology, only to be undermined by centuries of foreign invasion.
A Killer in the Castle
What actually happened to Nepal’s royal family on June 2, 2001?
We Have New Evidence of Saudi Involvement in 9/11
New evidence further implicates Saudi intelligence in the September 11, 2001, attacks — and nobody seems to care.
Sea Change
There remains a fortune to be made at sea — but no longer in Somalia. Modern pirates have turned their attention to the Singapore Strait and the South China Sea.
Illness as Metaphor
Between 2013 and 2016, Ebola claimed more than 11,000 lives in West Africa. Beginning in 2018, another two-year wave of the devastating disease caused a further 2,000 deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These days, even when Ebola itself isn’t spreading, false conspiracy theories about it are.
Royal Treatment
People have been speculating about the British royal family for centuries. You decide which conjectures might be true.
When Uncle Sam Desperately Wanted to Whack Fidel
The Cold War’s greatest Road Runner and Coyote shit show.
Friends in High Places
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia — not to mention the man behind the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — has a host of American celebrity friends.