The Guardian • propaganda
Issue #2187
US covertly propagandising Australia
This March, the Trump administration sent a cable ordering its embassies and consulates to launch local campaigns to proactively combat propaganda targeting the US. This...
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Issue #2068
Silencing The Lambs (How propaganda works)
In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the...
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Issue #2105
The sham of the Ukraine ‘Peace’ Summit
The much-vaunted Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland came and went. The world media reminded us almost daily of the unanimity of support, of the depth...
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Issue #2117
Climate casual: YouTube, the free market, and false hope
Online propaganda on platforms such as YouTube takes numerous forms. There’s the obvious: Japanese influencers promoting whale meat; USA-based gaming, fitness, and even car channels...
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Issue #2044
US Congress passes the “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism” Bill
On 7th February, 2023, the US House of Representatives passed the “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism” Bill, with 219 Republicans and 109 Democrats voting for...
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Issue #2142
LETTERS
Propaganda polling Dear comrade editor, I was contacted by a polling agency last week, and curious to find out what it was about I decided...
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Issue #2043
PEACE NOTES
In the latest escalation in Australia’s increasingly forceful campaign to manufacture consent for war with China, the Murdoch-owned Sky News Australia has aired a jaw-droppingly...
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Issue #2045
Beating the war drums
Marx noted that in military state capitalism, building and operating the armed forces and the arms manufacturers is the primary activity of government. Last week...
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Issue #2188
The CPA’s Hammer and Sickle
The Hammer-and-Sickle originally appeared in revolutionary art and posters in Russia. Yevgeny Kamzolkin, credited as one of the design artists, used the motif in May...
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Issue #2210
Propaganda and ‘propaganda’
The word ‘propaganda’ is used a lot in political arguments. It has a dirty, sinister connotation, yet most people can’t quite spell out why that...
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Issue #2067
Stop AUKUS!
Labor’s war hawks succeeded in cementing AUKUS and the nuclear submarines and missiles that go with it in the party’s platform at its national conference...
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