Ron Unz Writes the Book on Conspiracy Theories

By Kevin Barrett, for American Free Press

The Unz Review, like American Free Press, is high on the list of the world’s most important alternative media outlets. Several AFP writers, including Paul Craig Roberts, Philip Giraldi, and yours truly, also publish there.

UR publisher Ron Unz, formerly of The American Conservative, has long been considered one of the most moderate and judicious members of what passes for the conservative movement—as well as one of the smartest. Until about 15 years ago, Unz shared the perspective of mainstream critics of “conspiracy theories” who argue that non-mainstream perspectives on the two World Wars, the JFK assassination, 9/11, elite pedophilia, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other ultra-controversial issues are inherently implausible given the difficulty of keeping secrets and the media’s watchdog role and propensity for exposing scandals.

Unz’s belated discovery that some of the biggest “conspiracy theories” are true, or at least probably true given the available evidence, began in the fall of 2008, when he “clicked an ambiguous link on an obscure website and stumbled into a parallel universe.”