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The American Free Press (AFP) is a weekly newspaper published in the United States which often focuses on the role of Zionism in US politics.^{[citation needed]} It was founded in 2001 as the successor to The Spotlight, which ceased publication in 2001 when its parent company, Liberty Lobby, was forced into bankruptcy.^{[citation needed]} The paper was founded by former Spotlight staffers. Like The Spotlight, American Free Press describes itself as "maverick, independent grass-roots media.^[1]" It proclaims a "populist and nationalist" political orientation and runs opinionated articles and editorials aimed at a mainstream audience across the political spectrum.^{[citation needed]}

The paper includes articles from mainstream columnists such as Ron Paul, Joe Sobran, and Paul Craig Roberts, as well as articles by its own staff.^{[citation needed]} Articles by Willis Carto, the founder of Liberty Lobby, also appear occasionally.^{[citation needed]}

The American Free Press is opposed to managed trade (free trade) treaties such as NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, has been strongly opposed to all U.S. military interventions since the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present including the Iraq War, supports a large reduction of immigration into the United States, and supports the elimination of the federal income tax and the abolition of the Federal Reserve Bank.^{[citation needed]} The newspaper is critical of the policies of the state of Israel, and of Zionist lobby groups in the United States such as AIPAC.^{[citation needed]} One of its writers, Michael Collins Piper, hosts a weekday talk show on shortwave radio that is pointedly anti-Zionist.^[2]

[edit] Conspiracy theories

American Free Press also publishes articles on 9/11 conspiracy theories.^{[citation needed]} One of their ex-contract reporters, Christopher Bollyn, who has been a guest on David Duke radio, is sometimes cited for his reporting in the 9/11 Truth Movement.^[3]

James P. Tucker, Jr., who has been chronicling the activities of the Bilderberg Group for over thirty years, is also a reporter with American Free Press and was a longtime Spotlight reporter.^{[citation needed]}

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has criticised AFP, in particular Bollyn, for its linking of prominent figures in the Jewish community with the events of September 11, 2001, and in September 2006 accused the publication of disseminating "antisemitic propaganda".^[4]