Parapolitics: Conspiracy in Contemporary America [Paperback]

Kenn Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2006

Join Steamshovel Press editor Kenn Thomas as he tracks parapolitics—aka conspiracy theory—in the 21st Century. Thomas has traveled and lectured about conspiracies throughout America for the past decade, appearing in the major media as the sharpest critic of the consensus view of current affairs. From the Kennedy assassination to 9/11, Thomas examines the underlying parapolitics that animate the secret elites and the warravaged planet they manipulate. Parapolitics collects Thomas' lecture remarks, interviews, correspondence and articles printed in the underground press from around the world.

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About the Author

Kenn Thomas is the editor of Steamshovel Press, the premier conspiracy journal in the U.S. Thomas has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including Art Bell and The Conspiracy Zone.

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The etymological roots of the word 'paranoia' suggest a consciousness additional to sanity, not sanity's absence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 323 pages
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press (May 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193188255X
• ISBN-13: 978-1931882552
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,412,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kenn Thomas works as a conspiracy writer, a parapolitical researcher, university library archivist, and showrunner for Steamshovel Press, a parapolitical conspiracy cyber presence and magazine. He has written books on the Inslaw affair, co-authoring The Octopus with the late Jim Keith, and on Fred Crisman and the Maury Island Incident.

Thomas has authored over a dozen books on various conspiracy topics. The latest is JFK & UFO, about the possibility that 1947 UFO witness Fred Crisman was connected to the assassination of John F. Kennedy; and The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro, about theInslaw affair. In 2004, Feral House published a new edition of The Octopus, extending the suggestion of connections to the post-9/11 world and al-Qaeda. Feral House also recently published the new book, fully titled JFK & UFO: Military-Industrial Conspiracy and Cover-Up from Maury Island to Dallas.[1]

Thomas calls his research interest "parapolitics," the study of conspiracies of all colors -- from alien abductions and the Illuminati, to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the September 11, 2001 attacks. The New Yorker called his work "on the cutting edge" of conspiracy. His name has become a proverb for a conspiracy theorist; enough so that a baseball almanac described the sport as involving "enough fishy behavior to keep Kenn Thomas swarming for years."[2]

Thomas lectures extensively. He has appeared at Conspiracy Con in San Francisco many years; the Disinfo Con and Media Monotone conferences in New York,; the Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas; the International UFO Conference in Laughlin; the FortFest and Beyond Knowledge conferences in London; even on a Caribbean cruise ship. Most recently he appeared at the Alternative Research Community conference in Bath, England and the All I Want Is The Truth conference in Atlanta, Georgia.



In addition to JFK & UFO, Thomas' writing currently also appears The Casebook on the Men In Black (published by AUP) and Round Trip To Hell In A Flying Saucer (published by Global Communications). His web site, steamshovelpress.com, also makes available a new PDF book entitled Popular Parapolitics and a DVD of his appearance with psychedelic philosopher Timothy Leary, called Cafe Chaos.


1. http://feralhouse.com/jfk-ufo/
2. Baseball Prospectus by Joseph S. Sheehan and Chris Kahrl.
3. Conspiracy Con: Video & Audio:
http://www.conspiracycon.com/audiotapes.html
4. Steamshovel Press: Appearances:
http://www.steamshovelpress.com/appearances1.html
^ Conspiracy Con: Speakers:
http://www.conspiracycon.com/speakers.html

External links

Steamshovel Press (official site): steamshovelpress.com

Kenn Thomas Profile in St. Louis Magazine:
http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/August-2008/Stalking-the-Octopus/

Nov.22 appearance on Coast To Coast:
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/11/22

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hard-hitting anthology, November 4, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Parapolitics: Conspiracy in Contemporary America (Paperback)

Conspiracy expert Kenn Thomas presents Parapolitics: Conspiracy In Contemporary America, an anthology of his writings originally published outside his usual magazine "Steamshovel Press", plus assorted gatherings from his web site and lectures. Chapters probe possible hidden machinations behind key events from the Kennedy assassination to election 2000 to conspiracy questions about the September 11th attacks, to valuable advice for using the Freedom of Information Act to glean vital data from national archives. A hard-hitting anthology that stresses the importance of keeping a skeptical mind and holding trust in abeyance unless thoroughly earned. Above all, Parapolitics indicts the "parapolitical" underground of the secret elites who engineer war and worse for the sake of their own personal gain. Though some of Thomas' theories may appear extraordinarily far-reaching at best, his sense of citizen's distrust and determination is more valuable than ever in today's increasingly chaotic and lie-filled world.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Connecting the nodes of the Matrix, August 15, 2006

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drew hempel (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Parapolitics: Conspiracy in Contemporary America (Paperback)

Along with Nick Redfern's new book "on the trail of the saucer spies" this latest by longtime conspiracy investigator Kenn Thomas is the work of complete genius.

Thomas has this sort of acrid, slightly cynical, "seen it all" writing style that makes his conspiracy investigations have the air of a stolid tome.

Even still the book doesn't waste your time trying to prove anything -- no we're beyond that -- what it does do is expose the labyrinth of disinformation in the shadowy world of spooky-looky land.

So the JFK assassination IS connected to UFO technology and to genocidal drug-weapon schemes of the CIA.

Ouch. This is powerful stuff.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mostly Silly, December 26, 2011

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K. Bufkin "reading paws" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parapolitics: Conspiracy in Contemporary America (Paperback)

This book is about conspiracy theories from a person who believes the conspiracies. I was looking for a book that reported on conspiracies from a proving/disproving, fact-based point of view. This book is made for the believers by a believer. Lots of conjecture. Not what I was looking for.