Mathias Bröckers
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Mathias Bröckers is a writer, journalist and longtime editor of the Berlin newspaper 'taz' (die tageszeitung
). He is most widely known for his writings casting doubt on the commonly accepted version of events regarding the destruction of the World Trade Center
on September 11, 2001.
He first wrote on the matter in the September 13, 2001, edition of the online magazine Telepolis
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/special/wtc.html and has subsequently published two books on 9/11: Verschwörungen, Verschwörungstheorien und die Geheimnisse des 11.9 was, under the title Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories and the Secrets of 9/11, the only book promoting a 9/11 conspiracy theories to be translated into English from German http://www.progressivepress.com. Its sequel was entitled Fakten, Fälschungen und die unterdrückten Beweise des 11.9, (Facts, Forgeries and the Suppressed Evidence of 9/11).
Bröckers stated that the unanimous opinion expressed by the media that Bin Laden was responsible made him suspicious: "Although it was the biggest police investigation of all time," he writes, "one year after the attacks the amount of evidence gathered against those who allegedly masterminded them, Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group Al Queda, comes to no more than it did only a few hours afterwards: virtually nothing."http://www.broeckers.com/ Bröckers does not accept that Al Queda and Osama bin Laden
planned and executed the 9/11 attacks.
Bröckers is a long standing writer on conspiracy theories who was working on a book on conspiracy theories before the 9/11 attacks. As an admirer and translator of the work of novelist Robert Anton Wilson
, co-author of the The Illuminatus! Trilogy
, Bröckers was working a book on a "new science of conspirology" in Sept. 2001, which led to his work on 9/11. His proposed scheme of thought would include "a general theory of conspiracy theories" as a guide to assessing their validity, instead of "blindly demonizing" them. This proposed book does not appear to have been published. He assigns conspiracy a key role in history and biology as a powerful hybrid of the forces of competition and co-operation.
Bröckers is also a long-time activist and author advocating the legalization of hemp. In 1993 he co-authored wrote the influential Die Wiederentdeckung der Nutzpflanze Hanf (The Rediscovery of the Agricultural Crop Hemp) with Jack Herer
. His Albert Hofmann
und die Entdeckung des LSD (the Discovery of LSD
) was published in Jan. 2006. He has spoken at conferences promoting the use of LSD.
Die tageszeitung
die tageszeitung , was founded in 1978 in Berlin. It is a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper which is administrated by a workers' self-management...
). He is most widely known for his writings casting doubt on the commonly accepted version of events regarding the destruction of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
on September 11, 2001.
He first wrote on the matter in the September 13, 2001, edition of the online magazine Telepolis
Telepolis
Telepolis is the name of a German Internet magazine, published by the Heinz Heise Verlag since the beginning of 1996. It was founded by journalists Armin Medosch and Florian Rötzer and deals with privacy, science, culture, internet-related and general politics and media.Telepolis received the...
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/special/wtc.html and has subsequently published two books on 9/11: Verschwörungen, Verschwörungstheorien und die Geheimnisse des 11.9 was, under the title Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories and the Secrets of 9/11, the only book promoting a 9/11 conspiracy theories to be translated into English from German http://www.progressivepress.com. Its sequel was entitled Fakten, Fälschungen und die unterdrückten Beweise des 11.9, (Facts, Forgeries and the Suppressed Evidence of 9/11).
Bröckers stated that the unanimous opinion expressed by the media that Bin Laden was responsible made him suspicious: "Although it was the biggest police investigation of all time," he writes, "one year after the attacks the amount of evidence gathered against those who allegedly masterminded them, Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group Al Queda, comes to no more than it did only a few hours afterwards: virtually nothing."http://www.broeckers.com/ Bröckers does not accept that Al Queda and Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
planned and executed the 9/11 attacks.
Bröckers is a long standing writer on conspiracy theories who was working on a book on conspiracy theories before the 9/11 attacks. As an admirer and translator of the work of novelist Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...
, co-author of the The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magick-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both...
, Bröckers was working a book on a "new science of conspirology" in Sept. 2001, which led to his work on 9/11. His proposed scheme of thought would include "a general theory of conspiracy theories" as a guide to assessing their validity, instead of "blindly demonizing" them. This proposed book does not appear to have been published. He assigns conspiracy a key role in history and biology as a powerful hybrid of the forces of competition and co-operation.
Bröckers is also a long-time activist and author advocating the legalization of hemp. In 1993 he co-authored wrote the influential Die Wiederentdeckung der Nutzpflanze Hanf (The Rediscovery of the Agricultural Crop Hemp) with Jack Herer
Jack Herer
Jack Herer was an American cannabis activist and the author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, a book which has been used in efforts to decriminalize cannabis.-Biography:...
. His Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide . He authored more than 100 scientific articles and a number of books, including LSD: My Problem Child...
und die Entdeckung des LSD (the Discovery of LSD
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family, well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, an...
) was published in Jan. 2006. He has spoken at conferences promoting the use of LSD.