there were leftist movements the red army faction in europe. but there are the growth of right wing movements, patriot moves, militia, posse come tatis, both of these groups could get together and agree on nothing about the political outcomes they want, but they both agree that the target that they've chosen is the united states government. that is oppressing the rights of african americans, whether you want to look at, you know, philadelphia and the battle in downtown philadelphia or you want to look at right wing movements in idaho, they are all identifying the exact same enemy. that is, the national security state and all of the spears of the federal government. 1991 george h.w. bush, bones man, yales man, former head of the cia, comes forward and gives a speech about the new world order. many people who heard that said, well, that makes sense. the soviet union has just fallen. we have had a 50 plus year cold war in which we split the war -- the world between communist and capitalists. now one of those is gone. it is time to remake the world

1850s at a time when we're laying transatlantic telegraph lines people in america and other parts of europe but particularly america, are fascinated and believing in the existence of talking spirits. how do you have those things? how do we move if toward modernity, establishing the eerie canal -- erie canal and also looking back to beliefs that would not be out of place in the 1690s, right? so keep that in the back of your head. when i say conspiracy theorist or we talk about american conspiracies, what are some of the kind of conspiracies that we're talking about? what are conspiracy that you know of in the united states? yes, ma'am. >> [inaudible] >> we did not land on the moon. the moon hoax -- >> i had a student tell me this year that the las vegas shooting was a ploy by the united states government to take away their guns. >> this is second amendment kind of new world order stuff. yes. >> [inaudible] >> sandy hook didn't happen. right? others? >> [inaudible] >> jfk assassination. >> the holocaust -- >> holocaust didn't happen. >> [inaudible] >> parkland shooting was set up, right? >> [

leftist movements like the red army faction in europe. but there's often a group of right-wing, patriot movement, aryan, most of these groups could get together and we are nothing about the political outcomes that want. but they both agree that the target that they've chosen as the united states government. that it is oppressing both the rights of african americans, philadelphia in the battle of downtown philadelphia. or you want to look at right-wing movements and idaho. they're all identifying the exact same enemy. that is the national security state and all the institutions of the federal government. in 1991, george h. w. bush, former head of the cia comes forward and gives a speech about the new world order. many people who heard that said, okay, that makes sense. the soviet union has just fallen. we have had 50 plus years as a cold war in which we spent the war between communist and capitalist. now one of those is gone. it is time to remake the world and the need for a new world order seems utterly unremarkable. i can guarantee for t

world war i, all of the combatants in europe are all kin. they're all cousins and they're all family in a sense that they are all shape-shifting lizards and there are some that believe in the kennedy assassination. there are kennedy assassination conspiracy believers of all stripes from all different places and we'll talk about that a little bit. others are widespread and keyed into the birther controversy and it was big news in the late 20 teens and will probably not be huge news. it will not be the kennedy assassination. there was an argument that obama san tablged the water horizon in the gulf of mexico for -- to have new policies against oil use and to push solar power, but this one came up and was sampled and it happens in this life cycle of conspiracy theories, so the reality and one of the things we have to think about and the second part is what we do with our students about how we talk to our students about conspiracies. one of the things we have to acknowledge as part of this conversation is that conspiracies exist. >> if you say t

world war i, all of the combatants in europe are all kin, all cousins. they're all a family, in a sense, that they're all shape-shifting lizards. not believed by many, but spectacular. some are believed in evergreen, the kennedy assassination. the kennedy assassination conspiracy believers of all stripes from all different places and we'll talk about that a little bit. some are widespread and keyed into moments. the birther controversy was very big news in the late 2010s. will not be huge news 20, 50 years ago. some never take. there was an argument that obama sabotaged the deep water horizon in the gulf of mexico to have new policies against oil use, to push solar power. but this one came up, was sampled, everyone went, no, and it went away. this happens in this kind of life cycle of conspiracy theories. so the reality, and one of the things we have to think about, and the second part we'll be talking about what do we do with our students and how we talk to our students about conspiracies and fellow citizens about conspiracies. one of the things we have

in europe are all kin. they are all cousins. so they are all a family in a sense. that they are all actually shape-shifting lizards. not believed by very many. but spectacular. some believe in evergreen. the kennedy assassination. there are kennedy assassination conspiracy believers of all stripes from all different places, and we'll talk about that a little bit. others are widespread keyed into cultural moment likes to birther controversy. the birther controversy was very big news in the late 20 teens. will probably not be huge news 15, 20 years from now. it will not procedure probably be the kennedy assassination. there are some that never take. some that obama sabotaged the deep water horizon in the gulf of mexico to have new policies against oil use, to push solar power. you know, but this one came up with sampled. everyone was like, no. and then it kind of went away again. so this happens in this kind of life cycle of conspiracy theories. so the reality, and one of the things we have to think about and

there were leftist movements, the red army faction in europe. but they're also the growth of right wing you've movements, patriotic movements, worker area nations, -- all of these groups could get together and agree on nothing about the political outcomes that they had, but they agreed that the target that they chose was the united states government. that it's a pressing about the rights of african americans, if you want to look at you know, philadelphia and the battle in philadelphia, or you want to look at right-wing movements in idaho, exact same enemy. that is the national security state and all of the conspiracy states of the federal government. right? in 1991, george h. w. bush bones men, yale's men, former head of the cia comes forward about the new world order. that's just falling, we had a 50 plus year cold war in which we split the war between communist and capitalist, now one of those is gone. it is time to new world order, it seems utterly unremarkable. i can guarantee you for other people listening to different ears, the bones man,