Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO Part V: From Politics to Propaganda
Previous articles in this series addressed the expansion of NATO, the US government’s refusal to negotiate on further expansion with Russia and its unwillingness...
Models of War Propaganda and Media
The Study of Propaganda
The formal study of propaganda is impregnated with academic discourses from literature (including rhetoric and narrative), linguistics (semiotics), sociolinguistics (discourse), psychology...
Stoned Age in the Counterrevolution
I read this morning that the USA and the UK are hitting dozens of Houthi positions in Yemen. I don't know whether this is...
Triumphalism, pro-NATO and pro-Russian
Those of us who began chronicling the current NATO proxy war with Russia over Ukraine from the launch of the Russian SMO in February...
The Israel Lobby and its influence over British political decision-making
Writing an article on Israel can be perceived as having additional risks to a similar publication made on the critical discussion of any other...
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...
Far-Right Extremists and Neo-Nazis are Everywhere (but some are more ‘worthy’ than others)
February 2022 was a crucial turning point in human affairs. For two years, all matters Covid-19 dominated the public sphere, yet within a few...
The Warped Logic of Douglas Murray
Sooner rather than later, every student of propaganda has to face the fact that a lot of what the propagandist says is not designed...
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...
Deception through omission: ‘The War on the OPCW’
An academic paper from the University of New South Wales in Australia describes four incidents where a virtual firehose of Russian propaganda was directed...