Alex Constantine
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Alex Constantine is an American author, investigative journalist, radio commentator and musician. His work focuses on fascism, political corruption, Big Business and organized crime. His work provided the premise for several BBC documentaries. In 2005, he was a featured speaker (with Paul Robeson, Jr. and Afeni Shakur, the mother of Tupak Shakur) at the Congressional Black Caucus's annual Brain Trust conference. In 2009, Constantine hosted a program that aired on French television (also featuring comedian Paul Krassner, singer Country Joe McDonald and Black Panther Bobby Seale) about '60s opposition the Vietnam War. One of his less well-known books explored the possibility that O.J. Simpson was innocent and set up by the Mafia and LAPD.ref>
, Hustler, Z magazine
, High Times, Random Lengths (Long Beach, CA) and a variety of other magazines, as well as providing news and radio commentary for several California radio stations, including KAZU-FM in Monterey. Constantine has also appeared on various television shows related to music, mind control
and political assassinations. His investigation of cults led to an opening Hard Copy segment that examined the chuldhood of late actor River Phoenix in the Children of God sect. He has hosted two BBC productions, one on the John Kennedy assassination and another on the death of Jimi Hendrix. The British newspaper The Observer
included his book The Covert War Against Rock in their "The 50 Greatest Music Books Ever Written list." Much of his writing focuses on fascism, which he says is inherently conspiratorial.
Constantine's band is called The Platitudes.
One of Constantine's more popular articles alleges that the Central Intelligence Agency
uses satanic cults
to engage in trauma-based programming. In his book The Covert War Against Rock Constantine claims that anti-fascist rock stars were murdered for political reasons.
Professional activities
He has contributed to LA WeeklyLA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
, Hustler, Z magazine
Z Communications
Z Communications is a radical left-wing media group founded in 1986 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. It advocates participatory socialism as a replacement for capitalism. Its publications include Z Magazine, ZNet, Z Media, and Z Video.Z Communications is based outside Woods Hole, Massachusetts...
, High Times, Random Lengths (Long Beach, CA) and a variety of other magazines, as well as providing news and radio commentary for several California radio stations, including KAZU-FM in Monterey. Constantine has also appeared on various television shows related to music, mind control
Mind control
Mind control refers to a process in which a group or individual "systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator, often to the detriment of the person being manipulated"...
and political assassinations. His investigation of cults led to an opening Hard Copy segment that examined the chuldhood of late actor River Phoenix in the Children of God sect. He has hosted two BBC productions, one on the John Kennedy assassination and another on the death of Jimi Hendrix. The British newspaper The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
included his book The Covert War Against Rock in their "The 50 Greatest Music Books Ever Written list." Much of his writing focuses on fascism, which he says is inherently conspiratorial.
Constantine's band is called The Platitudes.
One of Constantine's more popular articles alleges that the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
uses satanic cults
Satanic ritual abuse
Satanic ritual abuse refers to the abuse of a person or animal in a ritual setting or manner...
to engage in trauma-based programming. In his book The Covert War Against Rock Constantine claims that anti-fascist rock stars were murdered for political reasons.