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"Robinson, Shaw, Broudy and their hangers-on are nothing if not persistent. The same crew can be found in various roles at Synaesthesia, a journal funded by the Okinawa Christian Institute (the university’s parent body) through its budget for “scholarly activities.” Synaesthesia publishes articles in English and Japanese offering “critical perspectives on communications and exercises of power.” Once again, Broudy is listed as a co-editor. Mark Crispin Miller (a New York University professor and member of Robinson’s Working Group on Syria who regards the “official” version of 9/11 as “ludicrous” and “preposterous”) is on the advisory board, while Robinson and Florian Zollman (another Working Group member) are on the international review board.
Synaesthesia also hosts an “International Corona Research Cohort,” whose 20 members include Broudy and Robinson plus Shaw from the anti-vax journal and David Hughes, a contributor to both the journal and Propaganda in Focus. Hughes lectures at the University of Lincoln and can be seen in a video on the conspiracy theory website UK Column describing the “official” version of 9/11 as “absurd.”
According to Broudy, the “corona cohort” project was inspired by a German campaign to prosecute the WHO for crimes against humanity. He announced the cohort’s formation in a post on the website Global Research, inviting the site’s readers to take part. This was an odd way to recruit participants because Global Research — contrary to what its name might suggest — is a notorious hornet’s nest of conspiracism. In 2017, it was investigated by information warfare specialists at NATO’s StratCom, who identified it as “a key accelerant” in circulating false stories that happened to fit narratives being pushed by Russia and Syria. In StratCom’s view, Global Research was part of a network that sought to improve the Google ranking of untrue stories through reposting in order to create “the illusion of multisource verification.” Several articles by Broudy seem to have been given that treatment: Five of them can be found on Global Research, cross-posted with other websites."
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