Category Archives: Propaganda

#TrumpRussia … 2016 election was Trump’s perfect stormfront

Posted on April 1, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Justice will be done and hopefully democracy will survive one of the most insidious attacks since its founding. The whole #TrumpRussia story is complex but not complicated in terms of seeking justice. The nation needs a special prosecutor and an … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 104 Supplemental: Just Because You’ve Forgotten Doesn’t Mean You’re Forgiven

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON “Darkness isn’t the opposite of light, it is simply its absence.” – Terry Pratchett As we’ve previously discussed in the Propaganda Series, propaganda is not always language or images. Sometimes it is the lack of words. It … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 104 Supplemental: The Sound of Silence

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON “Silence is argument carried out by other means.” – Che Guevara “Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 104: Magica Verba Est Scientia Et Ars Es

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON “Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are … Continue reading →

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No labels? No “Republicans” …call them members of The Republic Party

Posted on March 30, 2017 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers Are counter-epithets necessary When someone says “Democrat” as in “Democrat party”, one knows the speaker/writer is a member of the GOP, or the Republic party. The latter epithet is one way to be “as reactionary” in … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia ‘s executive privilege … anticipating a “national security” defense by POTUS45*

Posted on March 28, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers “…what happens if the Federal Bureau of Investigation finds evidence of criminal conduct by the president? Or, perhaps more likely in Trump’s case, what happens if the president tries to shut down FBI investigations into his … Continue reading →

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Our long National Shake-down continues … Whatabout The Don?

Posted on March 23, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Whataboutism,” with its sly equivalences, false parallels, and misleading analogies, can exhaust and frustrate those who confront it. Putin is an especially skillful practitioner. Now something new is happening. The American president is taking Putin’s “what about … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 200: In Summation, Gist The Whitewashing Power Of Editing

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 103: The Word Changes, The Word Remains The Same

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON “I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out” – Katherine Dunn “Until it is kindled … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 102: Holly Would and the Power of Images

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON Graphic art such as posters, paintings and film can be and often are considered works of art. Can propaganda using these mediums be considered art? Propaganda posters are considered art by many and in the design industry … Continue reading →

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