Misinformation or Public Debate?
Introduction
In recent years, there has been an upsurge of concern about online misinformation and disinformation, with efforts to thwart it. In many cases, claims...
The Covid-19 Concoction: A Recipe for Successful Psychological Operations
Abstract: When viewed as a war story, the COVID-19 narrative framed in corporate media urges citizens to be on a constant “war footing” and...
Cockup or Conspiracy: Understanding COVID-19 as a ‘Structural Deep Event’
(Updated July 2023 based upon article originally published by PANDA in March 2022)
It has been three years since COVID-19 emerged as a dominant and,...
Military Operations in Civilian Disguise, Part 3: Bio-Nano Governance and Terms of Use for...
Abstract: Since government must be involved in the accumulation of capital to legitimate its activities, and since humans are, in the eyes of government,...
Teaching Critical Thinking or Manufacturing Consent
Introduction
When the World Health Organization announced a viral pandemic in early 2020, universities around the world swiftly adopted a wide range of emergency measures....
Philanthrocapitalism and Corporatocracy: The Great Global Coup d’état
Introduction
Last September 14th, a corporate news outlet, Politico.com, published an article regarding the extent of the control that two private foundations — the Wellcome Trust and...
NATO Member States Implement Classified “Resilience Objectives”
Governments of NATO member states implement classified 'NATO Resilience Objectives'. Dutch Minister of Public Health Fleur Agema accidently spilled the beans. She tried to...
Threats to Freedom of Expression: Covid-19, the ‘fact checking counter-disinformation industry’, and online harm...
(Also published by PANDA and at PANDA substack)
We are living through an era in which freedom of expression is evaporating. Numerous scientists have been...
Ivermectin and Televised Mainstream News: A Case Study of Propaganda
Abstract
Televised mainstream news (TMN) may be relaying intentionally misleading descriptions and narratives that are effectively synonymous with propaganda. This study proposes that TMN knowingly...
Engineering Compliance: From Climate to Covid and Back Again
Introduction
From early in the pandemic, commentators were quick to make connections between Covid-19 and climate change. In March 2020, for example, Scientific American explained...