Articles observing and analyzing the basic mode of domination relying on control through charisma: lies, conspiracy theories, false consciousness, false binaries, historical revisionism, hero worship, scapegoating, dehumanization, and media manipulation.
“Monumental propaganda” is made to short circuit all of Russian/Soviet history, especially the country’s triumphs, to the current regime and its ruler for life.
War, Revolution, and “Patriotic” Revisionism in 2017 Petersburg Read More »
We have to be braced, both in the sense that history gives us a framework for seeing what’s possible, but also in realizing that some of what’s possible is terrifying.
Tyranny: Consent and Resistance Read More »
People getting paid thousands of euros each month to slip “Truth” into the shrinking gaps between ads think people practicing journalism out of conviction are untrustworthy, lol.
“No, that’s not a tree.” Read More »
The demoralization following the collapse in the nineties of the Communist party still shapes all aspects of Italian political life.
It’s because liberalism and leftism have systematically neglected a whole range of human experience that we are in this mess right now.
Liberalism, Fascism, and Emotional Neglect Read More »
“Memories are not simply images we experience as individuals but mass-produced fantasies we share with one another.”
War Stories: Art, Propaganda, and the Memory Industrial Complex Read More »
Psychometrics and the (counter)revolution in marketing that is helping bring fascism to power around the world
Trump Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself Read More »
Just as Trump’s election has validated all kinds of hate rhetoric in the United States, the removal of the PT government has validated all kinds of hate rhetoric in Brazil as well.
Trump, Brexit, Temer Read More »
Ein Aufruf zur öffentlichen Debatte mit den deutschsprachigen, linken Medien zum Thema “Syrien und die westliche Linke”.
Many journalists apparently regard the reports of police spokespeople as a priori accurate and true descriptions of factual reality not to be questioned. Hmph.
Cops → Copy Paste → Content Read More »
