Book. Stalin: the history and critique of a black legend, by Dominico Losurdo
English version translated from the Portuguese and Spanish versions, not from the original Italian, by David Ferreira in 2020
The real terror network: terrorism in fact and propaganda
Classic from 1982 by the late Edward S. Herman
Iranian Hijab: Working-class symbol in an anti-imperialist class war
by Janna al Kadri, first published at Al Maydeen, here: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/the-iranian-hijab:-a-working-class-symbol-in-an-anti-imperia The manipulation of human rights in Western media has long been used to push for an agenda of regime change. This article explains why Iran’s revolution constitutes […]
Media Lens: The Ukraine War Propaganda Blitz
Media lens reflects on the latest propaganda storm from the NATO embedded war media. Original post is here: https://www.medialens.org/2022/doubling-down-on-double-standards-the-ukraine-propaganda-blitz/ The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a […]
The Saudi-Israeli-US Propaganda War On Iran, by Benham Gharagozli
“Shortly after the horrific attacks on 9/11, it was discovered that there was an American plan to dismantle the regimes of seven countries: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and lastly, Iran. Since then, the world witnessed regime […]
Expanding the Field of Political Communication: Making the Case for a Fresh Perspective Through ‘Propaganda Studies’, Piers Robinson
“Propaganda studies can help to widen and deepen the reach of existing political communication research. It can do so by alerting us to the wide range of actors involved in propaganda production and dissemination, including governments, academics, NGOs, […]
War and media since 9/11, two book reviews by Piers Robinson
Reviews of Romy Fröhlich (ed.) (2018) Media in War and Armed Conflict: The Dynamics of Conflict News and Dissemination, Routledge: Abingdon; and Lindsay Palmer (2018) Becoming the Story: War Correspondents since 9/11, University of Illinois Press: Chicago, IL,
Expanding the Field of Political Communication: Making the Case for a Fresh Perspective Through ‘Propaganda Studies’, Piers Robinson
“A research agenda based on propaganda studies can provide a fuller and more accurate understanding of the role of communication in the exercise of power, serving better the objectives of speaking truth to power, holding power to account […]
Does the Propaganda Model Actually Theorise Propaganda? by Piers Robinson
Book chapter: Robinson, P. 2018. Does the Propaganda Model Actually Theorise Propaganda?. In: Pedro-Carañana, J et al, The Propaganda Model Today. London: University of Westminster Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16997/book27.e full text: does-the-propaganda-model-actually-theorise-propaganda
Tianna Sukkarieh: the media on Syria, fighting the spin
Tianna Sukkarieh speaks about the media on Syria, fighting spin and sabotage; at the ‘Reading Controversies’ seminar, University of Sydney, 21 April 2018 Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3tYOZhqrU
Tim Anderson: ‘Reading Controversies: Palestine, Syria, Venezuela’
Tim Anderson presents on reading through propaganda storms, at the ‘Reading Controversies’ seminar, University of Sydney, 21 April 2018 Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWyrxc_RJXk&t=5s
The Media War On Truthful Reporting And Legitimate Opinions, Moon of Alabama
“Last week saw an extreme intensifying of the warmongers’ campaign against individuals who publicly hold and defend a different view than the powers-that-be want to promote. The campaign has a longer history but recently turned personal …” Propaganda […]
How We Were Misled About Syria: George Monbiot of The Guardian, by Tim Hayward
“Before 2011, Monbiot had not written about Syria, but he had demonstrated awareness of United States involvement in regime change interventions elsewhere …” Full article here: How We Were Misled About Syria_ George Monbiot of The Guardian _ […]
How We Were Misled About Syria: Amnesty International, by Tim Hayward
Most of us living outside Syria know very little of the country or its recent history. What we think we know comes via the media. Information that comes with the endorsement of an organisation like Amnesty International we […]
Syria: the human rights industry in ‘humanitarian war’ (RP 1/18)
by Tim Anderson. ‘A proliferation of self-appointed watchdogs and ‘human rights’ agencies have helped market the idea of ‘humanitarian intervention’, in recent years. This can be seen most starkly in the long proxy war on Syria. These advocacy […]
Western Media and the Syrian MacGuffin
Western Media and the Syrian MacGuffin by Tianna Sukkarieh CCHS essay, August 2017 “The eruption of the Syrian conflict in 2011 saw the development of not only the most documented and photographed war in human history, but also […]
Tim Anderson (2017) Countering War Propaganda: of the dirty war on Syria
‘Countering War Propaganda: of the dirty war on Syria’ is a selection of counter-propaganda images used on social media during the NATO-led proxy war against Syria, from 2011 to 2017. This is an entirely graphical companion piece to […]