Michael Ruppert

Who was Michael Ruppert?

Michael C. Ruppert was an American author, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, investigative journalist, political activist and peak oil awareness advocate.

Until 2006, he published and edited From The Wilderness, a newsletter and website covering a range of topics including international politics, the C.I.A., peak oil, civil liberties, drugs, economics, corruption and the nature of the 9/11 conspiracy. He served as president of Collapse Network, Inc until he resigned in May 2012, when he gave 35 percent of his 55 percent share back to the company's founders. He hosted The Lifeboat Hour on Progressive Radio Network until 2014. He has been described as a conspiracy theorist by numerous mainstream media outlets.

Ruppert was the author of Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil. He was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Collapse, which was based on his book A Presidential Energy Policy and received the New York Times' "critics pick". In 2014, VICE featured Ruppert in a 6-part series titled Apocalypse, Man.