New World Order (conspiracy theory) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Post-Cold War usage=== [[File:Pat Robertson Paparazzo Photography.jpg|thumb|upright|American televangelist [[Pat Robertson]] wrote the 1991 best-selling book ''[[The New World Order (Robertson)|The New World Order]]''.]] American [[televangelist]] [[Pat Robertson]], with his 1991 best-selling book ''[[The New World Order (Robertson)|The New World Order]]'', became the most prominent Christian disseminator of conspiracy theories about recent American history. He describes a scenario where [[Wall Street]], the Federal Reserve System, the Council on Foreign Relations, the [[Bilderberg Group]] and the [[Trilateral Commission]] control the flow of events from behind the scenes, constantly nudging people covertly in the direction of world government for the [[Antichrist]].<ref name="Barkun 2003" /> It has been observed that, throughout the 1990s, the galvanizing language used by conspiracy theorists such as [[Linda Thompson (attorney)|Linda Thompson]], [[Mark Koernke]] and [[Robert K. Spear]] led to militancy and the rise of the [[American militia movement]].<ref name="CAMO">Pitcavage, Mark; Institute for Intergovernmental Research: "Camouflage and Conspiracy. The Militia Movement From Ruby Ridge to Y2K". ''American Behavioral Scientist'', Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 957–81, SAGE Publications, 2001.</ref> The militia movement's [[Anti-statism|anti-government]] ideology was spread through speeches at rallies and meetings, books and videotapes sold at [[gun show]]s, shortwave and satellite radio, fax networks, and computer bulletin boards.<ref name="Berlet 1999" /> It has been argued that it was overnight AM radio shows and propagandistic [[viral marketing|viral content]] on the [[internet]] that most effectively contributed to more extremist responses to the perceived threat of the New World Order. This led to the substantial growth of New World Order conspiracism, with it retroactively finding its way into the previously apolitical literature of numerous [[Kennedy assassinologist]]s, [[ufologist]]s, [[lost lands|lost land theorists]] and—partially inspired by fears surrounding the [[Satanic ritual abuse#As a moral panic|"Satanic panic"]]—[[occultist]]s. From the mid-1990s onward, the amorphous appeal of those subcultures transmitted New World Order conspiracism to a larger audience of seekers of [[stigmatized knowledge]], with the common characteristic of disillusionment of [[political efficacy]].<ref name="Barkun 2003" /> From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Hollywood [[conspiracy fiction|conspiracy-thriller]] television shows and films also played a role in introducing a general audience to various [[fringe theory|fringe]], esoteric theories related to New World Order conspiracism—which by that point had developed to include [[black helicopter]]s, [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] "[[FEMA camps conspiracy theory|concentration camps]]", etc.—theories which for decades previously were confined to largely right-wing subcultures. The 1993–2002 television series ''[[The X-Files]]'', the 1997 film ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]'' and the 1998 film ''[[The X-Files (film)|The X-Files: Fight the Future]]'' are often cited as notable examples.<ref name="Barkun 2003" /> <!-- Please do not add further examples unless they are noted as such by a reliable source (e.g., author, review, article [no blogs], etc.). Otherwise, they will be removed; Wikipedia cannot designate something as having introduced the public to various fringe theories related to New World Order conspiracism if reliable sources have not already done so. --> Following the start of the 21st century, and specifically during the [[late-2000s financial crisis]], many politicians and pundits, such as [[Gordon Brown]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grice |first1=Andrew |title=This was the Bretton Woods of our times |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andrew-grice/andrew-grice-this-was-the-bretton-woods-of-our-times-1662231.html |access-date=10 July 2014 |work=The Independent |date=4 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405105014/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andrew-grice/andrew-grice-this-was-the-bretton-woods-of-our-times-1662231.html |archive-date=5 April 2009}}</ref> and [[Henry Kissinger]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kissinger|first1=Henry|title=The chance for a new world order|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/opinion/12iht-edkissinger.1.19281915.html|access-date=10 July 2014|work=The New York Times|date=12 January 2009|ref=Henry Kissinger}}</ref> used the term "[[new world order (politics)#Recent political usage|new world order]]" in their advocacy for a comprehensive reform of the [[global financial system]] and their [[International monetary systems#Calls for a "New Bretton Woods"|calls for a "New Bretton Woods"]] taking into account [[emerging markets]] such as China and India. These public declarations reinvigorated New World Order conspiracism, culminating in talk-show host [[Sean Hannity]] stating on his [[Fox News]] program ''[[Hannity]]'' that the "conspiracy theorists were right".<ref name=Hannity>{{cite book|last=Romero|first=George|title=The Rescue|date=2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHZStF5WgTEC&pg=PA246|page=246|publisher=George Romero |isbn=978-1-4564-9962-4}}</ref> Progressive [[media watchdog|media-watchdog]] groups have repeatedly criticized [[Fox News]] in general, and its now-defunct opinion show ''[[Glenn Beck (TV program)|Glenn Beck]]'' in particular, for not only disseminating New World Order conspiracy theories to mainstream audiences, but possibly agitating so-called "[[lone wolf (terrorism)|lone wolf]]" extremism, particularly from the [[Radical right (United States)|radical right]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Krugman |first1=Paul |title=The Big Hate |journal=The New York Times |date=11 June 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/opinion/12krugman.html |access-date=10 July 2014 |ref=Paul Krugman}}</ref><ref name="Anti-Defamation League">{{cite web|author=Anti-Defamation League |author-link=Anti-Defamation League|date=16 November 2009|url=http://www.adl.org/special_reports/rage-grows-in-America/default.asp|title=Rage Grows in America: Anti‑Government Conspiracies|work=ADL Special Reports|publisher=Anti-Defamation League|access-date=20 November 2009}}</ref> In 2009, American film directors [[Luke Meyer]] and [[Andrew Neel]] released ''[[New World Order (film)|New World Order]]'', a critically acclaimed documentary film which explores the world of conspiracy theorists—such as American radio host [[Alex Jones]]—who vigorously oppose what they perceive as an emerging New World Order.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Monfette|first1=Christopher|title=SXSW 09: New World Order Review|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/03/16/sxsw-09-new-world-order-review|access-date=10 July 2014|work=ign.com|date=16 March 2009}}</ref> The growing dissemination and popularity of conspiracy theories has also created an alliance between right-wing agitators and [[hip hop music]]'s left-wing rappers (such as [[KRS-One]], [[Professor Griff]] of [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] and [[Immortal Technique]]), illustrating how [[anti-elitism|anti-elitist]] conspiracism can create unlikely political allies in efforts to oppose a political system.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gosa|first1=Travis L.|title=Counterknowledge, racial paranoia, and the cultic milieu: Decoding hip hop conspiracy theory|journal=Poetics|date=June 2011|volume=39|issue=3 |doi=10.1016/j.poetic.2011.03.003|pages=187–204}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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