Eyewitness Evidence of Explosions in the Twin Towers
Editors’ Note
Professor Graeme MacQueen was a leading figure for many scholars and journalists seeking to investigate properly the events of 9/11. Graeme represented scholarship...
The Real Problem of Disinformation
According to the UK Government, which has set up a dedicated Counter-Disinformation Unit, there is a ‘danger that hostile actors use online disinformation to undermine our...
Agitation and Integration Propaganda in the Covid Era
Introduction
Typically, when we think of language as a system of communication peculiar to people in a particular social milieu, we might immediately imagine the...
War is Peace: How journalists vilify peace to rationalize war
Not too long ago, a meme was going viral on social media. It showed the horrified face of George Orwell, looking in disbelief and...
Spy World
“In fact, it’s too good. It is so good in fact that after I pay the check, I’ll go straight into the kitchen and...
Propaganda for Beginners, Part 1: The Primacy-Effect
(Editorial note: This article appeared first in German on NachDenkSeiten)
Introduction
Propaganda is a well-known and effective tool for manipulating public opinion. We are familiar with...
Constructive Fraud and Racketeering: A Framework for Exposing the Demolition of Informed Consent
Authors’ Note:
Building upon our previous analysis in “The Killing of Informed Consent: A Case for Procedural Fraud,” which detailed the historical and social mechanisms...
Understanding Aaron Bushnell’s Suicide Outside the Israeli Embassy
Introduction
On Sunday 25 February, US Air Force serviceman Aaron Bushnell, 25, set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. He did...
Do We Need a Popular Front Against Contemporary Fascism?
‘Fascism’ today is an invective and a tool of propaganda rather than a concept helping us to understand matters. Yet the lockdowns in the name of...
Questioning The Official Story About Official Stories: A Role for Citizen Investigations
(Also published at timhayward.wordpress)
Official stories, according to the official story about them, are (nearly) always true. The ‘nearly’ gets mentioned just because, on rare...