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Thiago Vahia Malliagros

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Thiago Vahia Malliagros is a brazilian historian focused on conspiracy theories and contemporary far right ideologies.

Europa: The Last Battle – the antisemitic documentary going viral among the far right

The makers of the viral documentary Europa: The Last Battle want viewers to believe Jewish people rule and control the world - and they have a far-right audience primed to believe it

Why inaccuracies in Bill Cooper’s influential conspiracy theory book serve as its strength

Bill Cooper's highly-influential 1990s conspiracy theory book Behold A Pale Horse is riddled with inaccuracies - but for fans, these errors are actually proof that he was right

Jack Chick’s foray into the developing world only illustrates the development of his ideology

Jack Chick, the legendary Christian comic book propagandist, treats his readers with visits to Africa and India in his series, showcasing his own hypocrisy along the way

The “purebloods”: how the unvaccinated came to see themselves as superior

As viral videos claimed that the vaccinated were dying in great number due to vaccine-caused blood clots, antivax communities adopted a new label for themselves: "purebloods"

January 8th, and the insurrectionist riot provoked by Bolsonaro and the Brazilian army

When Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazilian parliament on January 8th, the attack was merely the culmination of years of lies and provocation from the former President and the army

Druids, the devil, and the hope for salvation: piecing together Jack Chick’s ‘The Broken Cross’

Right-wing radical Christian propagandist Jack Chick struggles with the paradox of his all-powerful Satan figure in The Broken Cross.

“Operation Bucharest”: a bizarre insight into the mind of Christian propagandist Jack Chick

Jack Chick may be best known for his Christian propaganda 'Chick Tracts', but it is in his comic books that we get the clearest insight into his ideology

Q without Q: the devolution theory that sees QAnon believers double down in their delusion

By misinterpreting emergency powers designed for war scenarios, QAnon believers claim Trump is still in power, operating the government behind the scenes
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