The New Propaganda Is Liberal. The New Slavery Is Digital. by John Pilger

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by John Pilger
http://johnpilger.com
14 March 2013

Unequal Media

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What is modern propaganda? For many, it is the lies of a totalitarian state. In the 1970s, I met Leni Riefenstahl and asked her about her epic films that glorified the Nazis. Using revolutionary camera and lighting techniques, she produced a documentary form that mesmerized Germans; her ‘Triumph of the Will’  cast Hitler’s spell.

She told me that the “messages” of her films were dependent not on “orders from above,” but on the “submissive void” of the German public. Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? “Everyone,” she said.

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Barack Obama’s Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Order 12777 + Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future

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Propaganda Alert!

The White House

TIME TO PULL THE PLUG ON KING OBAMA

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Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 15, 2013

FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future

The United States is on the path to a cleaner and more secure energy future. Since President Obama took office, responsible oil and gas production has increased each year, while oil imports have fallen to a 20 year low; renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources has doubled; Continue reading

Chris Hedges and Jared Malsin: Reporting Apartheid–An Accelerating Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing

Bethlehem Checkpoint

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with Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
March 16, 2013

Brooklyn For Peace (sponsor)
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March 15, 2013

Launched in 2005 after over 170 Palestinian civil organizations issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, an annual international series of events has been held in cities and campuses around the world. Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) seeks to penetrate the consciousness of those uninformed about the apartheid nature of Israel, as defined by international law, that functions as a system characterized by institutionalized and systematic racial and religious segregation.

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