History Commons

A collaborative research site, collecting and organising facts from the corporate media. Data used to be publicly exportable, but that feature is no longer available. The site is famous for its very detailed 9/11 timeline by Paul Thompson.

 http://www.HistoryCommons.org  
Started: 2001
Founders: Derek Mitchell, Michael Bevin

Owner: Center for Grassroots Oversight
In its own words:
"To provide a means for members of civil society to monitor the activities of powerful entities, such as governments, large corporations, and wealthy and influential individuals."

History Commons is a website that documents events and issues of great social and political significance, focusing primarily on events from the 1970s on. It was originally sponsored by The Global Center and is now operated by the Center for Grassroots Oversight. The website was previously named Center for Cooperative Research, and was located at cooperativeresearch.org.

Importance

History Commons has a pretty high threshold for inclusion, giving it a high reputation for reliability. Compared to Wikispooks, it is more wedded to commercially-controlled media. In this respect it is similar to Wikipedia, but it is not subject to the same censorship, so it has details about a number of events such 2001 Mexican legislative assembly attack, which are completely missing on Wikipedia. If you are creating a new page here, it is good to include a reference to historycommons if one is available.

Activity

As of September 2016, the site appears to be semi-dormant; fatal errors are being attended to, but new material was no longer being added. The site's most recent tweet, from 6 January 2014, was a request for funds and the main site features an "urgent" request for funds. The site remains readable, however, though the last edit was made in July 2016.

By 2021 the website is inactive and possibly due to severe funding issues may not come online again.

History Commons On Wikispooks

Events

	Has historycommons	Description
"Iran-Contra"	http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=irancontraaffair	A drug trafficking/weapons smuggling operation carried out in the 1980s with the approval of the top of the US government.
"War on Drugs"	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=war on drugs 1	A social control strategy that provides a lot of off-the-books funding for the US Deep state in particular. As a strategy of tension, it has served to scapegoat minorities and is used as a pretext for social militarization and the removal of civil liberties.
2001 Anthrax attacks	http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=2001anthraxattacks	A week after 9/11, weaponised anthrax spores was sent from a US lab to media offices and to two U.S. Senators who were obstructing the rollback of civil liberties. A $100M FBI investigation concluded that posthumously blamed a "lone nut" researcher. In 2015, the FBI head of the investigation sued the US Attorney General alleging that exculpating evidence had been withheld.
2001 Mexican legislative assembly attack	http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=western support for islamic militancy 2848	Two Israelis caught with false passports grenades, explosives and guns in the Mexican parliament a month after 9-11. Later released without charge. Western corporate media uninterested.
2005 London bombings	http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete 911 timeline&complete 911 timeline alleged al qaeda linked attacks=complete 911 timeline 2005 7 7 london bombings	A series of coordinated attacks on London's public transport system during the morning rush hour, allegedly carried out by four Muslim suicide bombers.
9-11	http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911 project	A complex and spectacular set of events in New York and Washington. The US government was quick to blame Al Qaeda, though no evidence of guilt was presented and there is much suspicion about what Al Qaeda really is. In the USA 9-11 assisted the Patriot Act's roll back of civil liberties, the stepping up of domestic surveillance and the financial advancement of the military industrial complex. Abroad 9-11 helped launched wars on Iraq and Afghanistan that had been planned long before.
9-11/Insider Trading	http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete 911 timeline&before 9/11=insiderTrading	A mound of evidence points to insider trading. However, the 9/11 Commission decided not to investigate the matter and the SEC destroyed important records.
9-99/Ryazan incident	http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a092299ryazanbomb#a092299ryazanbomb	Moscow FSB officers discovered wiring up what looked like a bomb in the basement of a building by night. Local FSB unaware. Claimed to be a terror drill but no documentation was presented. Instead documents were sealed and discussion of it prohibited in the Duma.
Bilderberg/2006	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bilderberg/2006 1	54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests
ECHELON	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=echelon
Hurricane Katrina	http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=hurricane katrina
Inslaw	http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=inslawpromis	Complex financial/political fraud the full dimensions of which were never uncovered, but some of which were forced onto the official record.
Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity= nayirah 1	A spectacular and effective stunt in a $10 million propaganda campaign orchestrated by the Kuwaiti government, which may well have swung the balance in what was a close congressional vote on the use of the US military against the Iraqi invasion.
Operation Gladio/B	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=operation gladio/b 1	A development of Operation Gladio to help roll out the "war on terror" by promoting US/NATO-sponsored false flag attacks to be blamed on "Muslim terrorists".
Townhouse Operation	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=townhouse operation 1	The Townhouse Operation was a US deep state operation to gain leverage over US politicians.
USS Cole attack	http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete 911 timeline&complete 911 timeline alleged al qaeda linked attacks=USSColeBombing	Supposed "terrorist attack", attributed to Al Qaeda. Possibly a false flag.
United Airlines Flight 553	http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a120872huntplanecrash	A plane crash which ended the life of the wife of E. Howard Hunt, suspected by some to have been an assassination.
Vietnam War/My Lai Massacre	http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/my-lai-massacre	The systematic, cold-blooded murder, butchery and rape of 504 Vietnamese civilians including 173 children by a company of 115 US army soldiers.
Watergate coup	http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=nixon and watergate	This is framed by the official narrative as a simple case of political corruption, one which proves that "the system works", since the powerful perpetrator was caught - if not actually brought to justice, since outgoing president Nixon was immediately pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford. In fact it may well have been the outworking of a deeper political power struggle at work.

Groups

	Has historycommons	Description
"Independent Police Complaints Commission"	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=independent police complaints commission 1	A group interested in complaints about the UK police
"National Counterterrorism Center"	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=national counterterrorism center 1	In 2004, succeeded the "Terrorist Threat Integration Center" ...
ACLU	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=american civil liberties union
AIPAC	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=american israel public affairs committee 1	A lobby which has somewhere between a lot of influence and "total control" over the US Government.
Accuracy in Media	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=accuracy in media 1
Afghanistan	http://www.historycommons.org/topic.jsp?topic=country afghanistan	"The graveyard of empires" - Afghanistan has a reputation for undoing ambitious military ventures and humiliating would-be aggressors.
Al-Qaeda	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=al-qaeda	A sketchy term that has been repeated endlessly by the corporate media. Its close connections to Western intelligence agencies are never examined. "The Brotherhood" of the modern era.
Albania	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=albania	A small country in Southeastern Europe.
American-Turkish Council	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=american-turkish council	Sibel Edmonds has presented evidence implicating this group in espionage
Armenia	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=armenia 1	Small Eurasian nation; formerly part of the USSR
Association of Chief Police Officers	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=association of chief police officers 1	A forum for chief police officers to share ideas and coordinate their strategic operational responses. Unaccountable to Parliament or the public by virtue of its limited company status.
Austria	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=austria 1	German-speaking republic in Central Europe. Since the end of the Cold War, Austria has become increasingly westernised.
BAE Systems	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bae systems 1	A global arms company, with interests also in civilian avionics and engineering. Its subsidiaries are also involved in providing intelligence, personnel and logistics support to US/UK military.
Bangladesh	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bangladesh 1	8th most populated country in the world. Formerly part of the British Empire.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bank of credit and commerce international	The "Bank of Crooks and Criminals International", as some nicknamed it, was a bank set up to facilitate large scale, global money laundering, mainly to support a range of black operations by intelligence agencies.
Barclays Bank	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=barclays bank 1
Bin Laden Issue Station	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=fbi usama bin laden unit 1	A particularly secret CIA station purportedly set up to try to capture and thwart Osama Bin Laden, but which appear to have been thwarting other US law enforcement officials from uncovering the 9-11 event.
Bolivia	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bolivia 1	Mountainous country in South America. Formerly part of the Spanish Empire.
Brazil	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=brazil 1	Very large and not particularly populous country which has made a priority of biofuels.
Brewster Jennings & Associates	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=brewster jennings associates 1
Brigham Young University	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=brigham young university 1	99 percent of the students are Mormons
British Aerospace	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=british aerospace 1
Brookings Institution	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=brookings institution
Bundestag	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bundestag 1
CBS	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=cbs 1
CIA	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=central intelligence agency	The most high profile of the US intelligence agencies, a covert agent of foreign policy. Funded by a 'black budget' derived from the global drug trade, the CIA is experienced at assassination, blackmail, instigating coups and other such covert deep state actions. Its scrutiny in the early 1970s however led to the development of more secure bases for the most sensitive deep state operations.
Canada	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=Canada	If tar sands are counted, Canada possesses the 3rd largest oil reserves of any nation state.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=canadian broadcasting corporation 1	A Canadian state-owned media outlet.
Carnegie Mellon University	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=carnegie mellon university 1
Centre for European Reform	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=centre for european reform 1	The Centre for European Reform is a intelligence connected lobby group closely associated with the American Enterprise Institute and the deep state Atlantic Council.
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=centre for the study of terrorism and political violence 1
Chad	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=chad 1	Arabic and French speaking desert nation in North Africa. Formerly part of the French Empire, Chad has seen instability in recent years.
Channel 4	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=channel 4 1	UK corporate media TV station
Church Committee	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=church committee 1
College of Europe	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=college of europe 1
Colombia	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=colombia 1	Colombia is an important state in the trafficking of cocaine to North America.
Competitive Enterprise Institute	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=competitive enterprise institute 1	A "vociferous anti-environmental" think tank.
Council on Foreign Relations	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=council on foreign relations	A long established and relatively public organ of the US deep state.
Court of Session	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=court of session 1
Criminal Investigation Command	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=criminal investigation command 1
Cuba	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=cuba 1	The only country in North America under the influence of the USSR during the cold war.
DEA	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=drug enforcement administration 1
Dartmouth College	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=dartmouth college 1
Denmark	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=denmark 1	Member of the EU, NATO.
Electronic Privacy Information Center	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=electronic privacy information center 1	A think tank concerned with the impact of technology on privacy and free speech.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=equal employment opportunity commission 1	Established to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination
European Commission	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=european commission 1	The executive body of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing day-to-day business.
European Parliament	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=european parliament 1
FBI	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=federal bureau of investigation	Formerly focused on "law enforcement", the Federal Bureau of Investigation has since 2013 been officially prioritising "national security". Director for life J. Edgar Hoover used it for multiple purposes over the decades - most notably muckraking for information to be used later as blackmail material.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=federal deposit insurance corporation 1
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People

	Has historycommons	Description
Mahmoud Abbas	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mahmoud abbas 1	President of the State of Palestine and President of the Palestinian National Authority, for what it's worth.
Rajaa Gulum Abbas	https://web.archive.org/web/20140329040541/http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a071499abbas	Pakistani spook and presumed agent provocateur. According to some narratives, was supposed to have foreknowledge of 911.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=umar farouk abdulmutallab 1	The Underwear bomber
Agha Hasan Abedi	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=agha hasan abedi 1
Roman Abramovich	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=roman abramovich 1	Got very rich in Russia during the 1990s, during which time he set up and liquidated at least 20 companies.
Bella Abzug	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=bella abzug 1	US Congresswoman who campaigned to expose the US deep state
Dean Acheson	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=dean acheson 1	US deep state operative who was the 51st Secretary of State
Mike Adams	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mike adams 1	The "HealthRanger", owns and runs Natural News
David Addington	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=david s. addington	The "most powerful man you’ve never heard of" (2006) who was an energetic supporter of torture under George W. Bush.
Sheldon Adelson	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=sheldon adelson 1	Multi-billionaire pro-Israel US sponsor of the US government
Kamal Adham	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=turki bin faisal	Director General of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah at the time of BCCI and "Iran-Contra"
Philip Agee	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=philip agee 1	Spent twelve years in the CIA from 1957 to 1969 before becoming the most important CIA whistle blower ever.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mahmoud ahmadinejad 1	An Iranian President who publicly called for an investigation into the events of 9/11 in the UN.
Mahmud Ahmed	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mahmood ahmed	Director-General of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=nafeez mosaddeq ahmed 1	UK academic with extensive knowledge of deep politics and the use of false flag terror, featured frequently on Unwelcome Guests.
Fouad Ajami	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=fouad ajami 1	Triple Bilderberg "terror expert"
Marwan Al-Shehhi	http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete 911 timeline&the alleged 9/11 hijackers=marwanAlshehhi
Nawaf Alhazmi	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=nawaf alhazmi
Clifford Allen	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=clifford allen 1	Prominent UK pacifist who died in March 1939
Randolph Alles	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=randolph alles 1	American law enforcement officer and government official.
Graham Allison	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=graham allison 1	Attended the Bilderberg in 2007 after a 33 year break. First attended, as a speaker, in 1970, aged 30. Multiple deep state connections.
Khalid Almihdhar	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=khalid almihdhar
George Alogoskoufis	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=george alogoskoufis 1	Greek economist, multi-Bilderberg
Philip Alston	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=philip alston 1	international law scholar and human rights practitioner.
Roger Altman	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=roger altman 1	US Banker, Bilderberg Steering Committee
Julian Amery	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=julian amery 1	MI6, deep politician who chaired Le Cercle for several years.
Aldrich Ames	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=aldrich ames 1
Jack Anderson	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=jack anderson 1
James Jesus Angleton	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=james angleton 1	"The dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world", according to Richard Helms, DCI.
Joe Arpaio	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=joe arpaio 1	US Sheriff who stated that the long-form birth certificate of Barack Obama was a computer-generated forgery.
Michael Ashcroft	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=michael ashcroft 1	Billionaire former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party
Julian Assange	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=julian assange 1	A "hacktivist" of mysterious background, whose website, Wikileaks, has been the conduit for a lot of whistleblowing. His pronounced disinterest in 9/11 is particularly notable.
Haroon Rashid Aswat	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=haroon rashid aswat 1	UK citizen of Indian origin with alleged ties to Al Qaeda and also possibly a clandestine agent of UK intelligence.
Mohamed Atta	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mohamed atta	One of the 19 hijackers blamed for 9-11.
Lorie Van Auken	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=lorie van auken 1
Kelly Ayotte	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=kelly ayotte 1
Paolo Baffi	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=paolo baffi 1
Norman Bailey	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=norman bailey 1	Spooky economist who taught "Economics for Foreign Policy Makers." Admitted on the record that the PROMIS database and search application has been given to the NSA
Sheila Bair	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=sheila bair 1
Howard Baker	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=howard baker 1
Mike Baker	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=mike baker 1	Worked in the CIA for 17 years as a covert field operations officer, specializing in counterterrorism, counternarcotics and counterinsurgency operations.
Fayez Banihammad	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=fayez ahmed banihammad
John Perry Barlow	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=john perry barlow 1
Kevin Barrett	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=kevin barrett 1	An academic and 9-11/Dissident.
Shamil Basayev	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=shamil basayev 1
Evan Bayh	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=evan bayh 1	US lawyer, lobbyist, and politician
Zdeněk Bažant	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=zdenek bazant 1
Margaret Beckett	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=margaret beckett 1	UK foreign secretary, Le Cercle attendee
Herman K. Beebe	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=herman k beebe 1	Jailed in connection with the US savings and loan fraud.
Menachem Begin	http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=menachem begin	Attended the JCIT as Prime Minister of Israel
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A document sourced from History Commons

Title	Type	Subject(s)	Publication date	Author(s)
File:The Assassinations of the 1960s.pdf	essay	JFK Assassination MLK Assassination RFK Assassination	17 October 2008	Peter Dale Scott