Understanding the Iranian Narrative
On 26 June 2022 Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Holy...
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...
Remembering Graeme MacQueen: by Kevin Ryan
A short article of remembrance by Kevin Ryan. Orignally published at Dig Within.
In the summer of 2006, at the newly formed Journal of 9/11 Studies, we...
Patterns of Deception and Deviance in the Post-Truth Period
“Let no man deceive you by any means …”
— 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3
1. Introduction
Patterns of deception are everywhere and their deeper meanings patently plain....
Katharine Gun on Julian Assange
In a few days, Home Secretary Priti Patel will announce whether or not Wikileaks Founder, journalist and publisher Julian Assange should be extradited to...
Greg Philo (1947-2024) – Researcher, Mentor, above all an empirical sociologist
I first met Greg in the summer of 1985 just after I had finished my first degree. I walked into his office, knocked on...
The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part IV: Closing My Case on...
In my closing installment for this series, I’d like to start with a joke I recently came across. Jokes and humor help speak truths...