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78Manufacturing Consent for an Attack upon Iran
The phrase “the manufacture of consent” was originally used by Walter Lipmann in his book Public Opinion. In fact the term “public opinion” is a euphemism for propaganda, since the book is about the control and manipulation of public opinion, not about attempting to follow it.
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71Baghdad Girl
"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars." E.M. Forster Howard's End.
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69Was Osama Bin Laden the Devil?
Nothing is what it seems. On the one hand we are assured that Bin Laden’s death has made the world a safer place, on the other, that we should expect more violence as a consequence.
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82Public Relations or Propaganda? The Media Campaign Against Iran
The same techniques which are used to sell us hair gel or lifestyle options can also used to sell us war. It is to do with the management of perceptions. Human beings are not rational creatures. We do not make judgements based on fact.
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75Syria: Civil War or People's Uprising?
None of the states in the Arab League promoting a democratic future for Syria are democracies.
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73Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism: What You Can Do About The Atrocities In Gaza
The Israeli air-strikes on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war...
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79Gaza: This Is Not A War, It's A Massacre
They stole my land, burnt my olive trees, destroyed my house, took my water, imprisoned my father, killed my mother, starved us all, humiliated us all. But I am to blame: I shot a rocket back. So they stole more of my land, burnt my olive trees, destroyed my house, took my water, bombed my country…
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67Gaza: Witness to a Massacre
The story of the Samouni family massacre in Gaza, compiled from interviews conducted by The Guardian, the Telegraph, the Independent and Al Jazeera.
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