Simon Jean Paul Sasha Adams (born 1966), known as Sacha Stone, is a British New Age influencer and conspiracy theorist. He is marketing 5GBioShield, a fake[1] anti-radiation protection device.[2] He is also known for founding The International Tribunal for Natural Justice, The New Earth Project and the New Earth Festival which he hosts at his private resort, Akasha New Earth Haven, in Ubud, Bali.[3]
Sacha Stone | |
|---|---|
| Born | Simon Jean Paul Sacha Adams 1966 (age 57–58) |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Movement | New Age conspiracism |
Early life
editStone was born in Rhodesia . In the late 1990s, he was the lead vocalist in the eponymously titled band Stone,[3] which released one album, Cover The Sun, but did not achieve commercial success.[4]
Activism
editStone launched the NewEarth Project, promoting "conscious living", in 2013. This led to the NewEarth Festival, launched in 2017, attended by 2,000. In 2018, he initiated the International Tribunal for Natural Justice, to promote awareness of "natural justice".[3]
Antisemitic claims
editStone posits that humanity is ruled by elite "Hidden Masters", which he refers to as "the Illuminati", "the Babylonian blood-cult", the "Luciferians", and the "Sabbateans":
Our holonomic reality can realistically be defined as a culture underpinned by generational satanism, ritual sacrifice, blood-economics and arch deception perpetrated by approximately 1 out of 10 people against an unwitting 9 out of 10. That is if any reasonable statistical analysis of contemporary satanism holds true.[5]
Stone blamed the world's current woes on "Sabbatian Zionist Lurian Kabbalists behind the veil," a formulation referring to followers of the 16th century Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria and the 17th century mystic Shabtai Tzvi.[6][7][8]
Anti-vaccine claims
editAt the 2019 NewEarth Festival, curated by Stone in Bali, invited speakers included anti-vaccine activist Del Bigtree and US conspiracy theory author G. Edward Griffin.[3]
Stone has stated that the COVID-19 vaccine is a conspiracy to implant a "nanochip" in the human body so that "the Beast" can "take control of their soul." Stone has stated that use of vaccines is misguided: "Anyone who rolls their sleeve up for a vaccine – or an RFID nanochip – is absolutely inviting the Beast to take control of their soul".[9][6][8]
On 5 January 2021, Stone hosted an event titled "Focus on Fauci" with anti-vaccine activists Judy Mikovits, a discredited biochemist, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an American lawyer known for promoting skeptical views on vaccines and radio-communication systems.[10]
International Tribunal for Natural Justice
editStone founded ITNJ (The International Tribunal For Natural Justice), an organisation which stages court-like hearings dedicated to applying the principle of "natural law" to matters of current affairs. ITNJ has featured discredited individuals who have subsequently used it as a forum for making claims that have been deemed to be false or misleading statements.
ITNJ hearings are chaired by Sir [sic] John Walsh of Brannagh, a lawyer disbarred from his practice in Victoria, Australia[11][12] who is a former chancellor of Greenwich University, an unaccredited university formerly of Norfolk Island, Victoria.
Robert O. Young, an American naturopath, who was jailed for illegally practising medicine,[13][14] claimed in a November 2019 ITNJ video that "Mandating vaccines is part of depopulation plan". In a widely circulated clip, Young makes unsubstantiated claims that Bill Gates wants to kill three billion people, that international health agencies are "using chemical warfare against all of us", that viruses are not real, that vaccines are poison, and that alkaline can be used to cure any ailment. The video went viral on social media. Its claims were dismissed as false by numerous factcheck organisations.[15][16][17][18][19]
The ITNJ organised a hearing on child trafficking, with "chief counsel" Robert David Steele, a former CIA-agent. His opening speech supported the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and suggested that Hillary Clinton's 2016 US presidential campaign team were Satanic paedophiles.[5]
Since 2020, ITNJ has spread conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic, including claims that 5G technology helps the coronavirus spread.[17][18][20] On 10 May 2020, ITNJ hosted a hearing which included testimony from discredited former doctor Andrew Wakefield and Sherri Tenpenny, an American anti-vaccination activist.[21]
Claims about 5G
editStone has promoted the claim that 5G is associated with health risks. He produced 5G Apocalypse: The Extinction Event,[3] an hour-long documentary film promoting the idea that 5G telephone networks are a military weapon disguised as a telephone system. The documentary introduced Mark Steele, whose claims comprise the bulk of its content.[22] The hour-long documentary had over a million views before being removed from YouTube.[23]
At the documentary's launch, Stone sold access to the film for $10, which included a 10% discount on the Bauer 5GBioShield, a USB-stick which Stone marketed as being able to protect users from the harmful effects of 5G radiation.[24][25] The USB stick was sold by Stone through an affiliate marketing network, but was later considered to be a scam by Trading Standards.[2]
Arise USA Tour
editStone was a guest speaker in Robert David Steele's Arise USA tour. He used this as a platform to alert his audience to a "wave of unprecedented evil" which he believed to be taking over America.[26]
References
edit- ^ Cellan-Jones, Rory (28 May 2020). "Trading Standards squad targets anti-5G USB stick". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b Wright, Tom (16 June 2020). "The 5G Con That Could Make You Sick" (PDF). BBC Radio 4.
since recording these interviews, Trading Standards have announced that they consider it to be a scam. They're working with the police to get a court order to take down the website.... Sacha Stone told me that the alternative science he promotes is under constant attack.
- ^ a b c d e Spiro, Samantha (20 June 2019). "Rocker turned activist who founded a Bali festival on shaking the world up". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Stone - Cover The Sun". Discogs. 1996.
- ^ a b "How the New Age fell for the oldest lie in the book". Jules Evans.
- ^ a b Hope Not Hate. "State of Hate 2021: Backlashes, Conspiracies and Confrontation" (PDF). pp. 29–40.
Meanwhile, the faux-spiritual guru Sacha Stone uses the 'New Earth Project', which has 280,000 Facebook followers, to push the idea that 'pollutants' such as electromagnetic radiation are the source of all illnesses. Stone also tells his followers that the COVID vaccine will insert a 'nanochip' into recipients that will allow 'the Beast to take control of their soul'. ... The likes of Shemirani, Stone and Icke tap into the 'cultic milieu', a term coined in the 1970s by British sociologist Colin Campbell, and used to refer to a diverse subculture encompassing forms of 'New Age' spiritualism and occultism, paranormal beliefs and pseudosciences, including fringe alternative medicine/healing communities. This milieu is fluid and overlaps significantly with conspiracy theorist communities, with which it shares an outsider identity, an ethos of 'seekership' and a scepticism towards established authority. The danger is that those attracted to Icke, Shemirani and Stone for their spiritual teachings or health advice will soon be exposed to the darker side of their ideologies... Piers Corbyn, Icke, Shemirani, Steele, Stone and other leading figures all promoted (and promote) variants of the NWO theory... Sacha Stone blames the 'Sabbatian Zionist Lurian Kabbalists behind the veil', using code words for Jews.
- ^ "British anti-racism group issues report detailing spread of antisemitic covid-19 conspiracy theories". Monitoring Antisemitism Worldwide. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b Algemeiner, The (22 March 2021). "British Anti-Racism Group Issues Report Detailing Spread of Antisemitic COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories". Algemeiner.com (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Davies, Gregory (1 July 2020). "British Conspiracy Theorists at the Heart of Dangerous Anti-Vaxx movement". Hope Not Hate.
- ^ Gogarty, Kayla (11 January 2021). "Prominent anti-vaccine figures pushed egregious misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine live on Facebook and YouTube". Media Matters for America.
- ^ "PRACTITIONER REMOVED FROM ROLL - John Francis Patrick Cyril Colclough Walsh of Brannagh" (PDF). Supreme Court of Victoria.
- ^ Coyote, El (27 March 2018). "TNJ 'Chief Justice' stripped of ability to practise law". Hoaxtead Research.
- ^ "Jury awards $105 million to terminal cancer patient in suit against 'pH Miracle' author". Los Angeles Times. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Yeo, Dr Giles; Quinn, Tristan (19 January 2017). "The dying officer treated for cancer with baking soda". BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Discredited US naturopath makes false claims about Gates". AFP Fact Check. 19 January 2021.
- ^ SHEHU, Olayinka (28 January 2021). "Not True, Bill Gates did not suggest depopulation of Africa as claimed". International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Fact check: No evidence Bill Gates said 'at least 3 billion people need to die'". Reuters. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b Funke, Daniel (25 January 2021). "Bill Gates didn't say '3 billion people need to die' to reverse climate change". @politifact. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Viral video contains several false pandemic claims". Full Fact. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week". AP NEWS. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "International Tribunal for Natural Justice".
- ^ "5G Apocalypse: The Extinction Event". IMDB.
- ^ "Meet the 'anti-vaxxers' of tech fighting Telstra, Optus 5G rollouts". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Broderick, Ryan. "5G Conspiracy Theorists Are Using Fears About The Coronavirus To Make Money". BuzzFeed.
- ^ Large, Megan Lily (8 April 2020). "My Dad Got Hoaxed By the Anti-5G Conspiracy Movement". VICE. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
I spoke to a member of the group, who told me he had not heard anything more from the campaign after donating on CrowdJustice. Another member, Jasper, told me he'd previously seen Steele talk on 5G at an event in London last year, where musician-turned-activist Sacha Stone was promoting an anti-radiation tool. These anti-5G tools pop up everywhere on the Internet and can be anything from £200 paint, to £70 umbrellas, to £900 router-looking devices – many which lack the science behind them. Stone was trying to flog his product for around £500, which is where Jasper's suspicions with figures within the anti-5G movement began.
- ^ Conrad, Jody. "Resurrection Tour passes through Milton". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 September 2021.[permanent dead link]