Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella Doomscroll 47: Abby Martin
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May 11, 2026 Abby Martin, journalist and documentary filmmaker behind Earth's Greatest Enemy. She traces early internet pluralism where left critique and conspiratorial currents overlapped. They explore how that culture shifted right, media populism, Israel’s policies and dependence on US support, surveillance exports like Pegasus, and the military’s massive environmental footprint.
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Conspiracy Culture Shifted From Left Critique To Partisan Tool
- Conspiracy culture was once nonpartisan and rooted in deep-state critiques that could align with leftist anti-imperialism.
- Martin argues that later strategic right-wing big-tent tactics folded these communities into partisan MAGA politics.
Early Internet Big Tent Around Anti-Establishment Ideas
- Early internet culture formed a broad anti-establishment coalition that included left anti-war activists and libertarian-leaning conspiracy communities.
- Abby Martin recalls Zeitgeist and Ron Paul-era overlap where questioning the Fed and 9/11 created a temporary big tent across ideologies.
Martin Frames Israel As An Apartheid State
- Abby Martin labels Israel an apartheid state, arguing Zionism requires creating and enforcing an artificial ethnic majority through displacement.
- She ties current policies to systemic ethnic cleansing and dual legal regimes under military occupation.
