Gus Hall — General Secretary of the Communist Party USA — said in 1980: “The propaganda blitzkrieg, organized and directed personally by President Carter from the White House, has reached an unprecedented level. This campaign is so irrational and unbalanced that it borders on madness — a complete loss of common sense. Its goal is to drive the American people into a state of national anti-Soviet hysteria, to infect them with aggressive, militaristic moods. This propaganda blitzkrieg is built on 100 per cent lies. No one is planning to attack the United States — least of all the Soviet Union. No one is trying to block shipping routes or oil supplies. No one is seeking to seize oil-producing regions — except Exxon. And no one is ‘pushing the United States around.’ No government since the time of Hitler and Goebbels has resorted to such sinister lies and slander.”
The more things change...
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VladimirLimeMint - 5mon
Doomerism is worst American product
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Space Dengism - 5mon
And Carter had nothing on the Reagan-ites that followed. And yes, all of Clinton, Obama and Biden are Reagan-ites that were only able to reach the White House by helping shift their party to the right.
No wonder the average American is so ignorant.
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Makan - 5mon
Gus Hall was great.
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rainpizza - 5mon
A very interesting and important choice in a very timely moment. There is just too many psyops appearing and equipping comrades with the ability to fight them off is important.
If possible, I wish comrade @CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml made more posts about dissecting and debunking psyops. It is extremely necessary.
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Cowbee [he/they] - 5mon
If anyone can find a .epub for this, please let me know! I prefer that format, and couldn't find it through my usual means.
That epub doesn't look good... It needs someone to go through it and fix the problems.
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Cowbee [he/they] - 5mon
Yep, agreed! Didn't want to volunteer you for yet another project, lol
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VladimirLimeMint - 5mon
You're welcome to do it, don't just complain participate in action.
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Edie [it/its] - 5mon
I'm not complaining, I'm just pointing it out. And I have too many other EPUBs in progress.
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Muad'Dibber - 5mon
Sweet, thx!
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Muad'Dibber - 5mon
Same, I'd really like an epub for this.
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Cowbee [he/they] - 5mon
I might take up making one myself down the line, but that wouldn't be in time for this reading group.
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小莱卡 - 5mon
Interesting, i haven't went throught this one yet. We'll see how relevant it is, we desperately need an updated version in regards to social media warfare. I think it's fair to say that reactionary forces, especially the "far-right", are dominating the new media environment and we haven't been able to use it as effectively.
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 5mon
It's a really good read because it traces all the propaganda patterns back to the nazis, and shows how they evolved over time. For example, the whole notion of western media being unbiased and neutral was intentionally curated. A lot of the patterns described are still in active use today.
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Saymaz - 5mon
IRD and CIA read Goebbels' diary to make anti-communist propaganda.
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 5mon
And also recruited nazi propagandists after the war.
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☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭ - 5mon
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The more things change...
Doomerism is worst American product
And Carter had nothing on the Reagan-ites that followed. And yes, all of Clinton, Obama and Biden are Reagan-ites that were only able to reach the White House by helping shift their party to the right.
No wonder the average American is so ignorant.
Gus Hall was great.
A very interesting and important choice in a very timely moment. There is just too many psyops appearing and equipping comrades with the ability to fight them off is important.
If possible, I wish comrade @CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml made more posts about dissecting and debunking psyops. It is extremely necessary.
If anyone can find a .epub for this, please let me know! I prefer that format, and couldn't find it through my usual means.
https://archive.org/details/psychological-warfare-in-the-strategy-of-imperialism
The epub is included.
https://archive.org/download/psychological-warfare-in-the-strategy-of-imperialism/Psychological Warfare in the Strategy of Imperialism.epub
Thanks! A bit better than the main link, but it would still be nice to find a .epub.
I have converted it also comrade, there's also AZW3, mobi, fb2 and docx format.
https://archive.org/download/psychological-warfare-in-the-strategy-of-imperialism/Psychological Warfare in the Strategy of Imperialism.epub
Thx!
Oh, fantastic! Thank you so much, comrade!
@muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml here's that .epub you wanted!
That epub doesn't look good... It needs someone to go through it and fix the problems.
Yep, agreed! Didn't want to volunteer you for yet another project, lol
You're welcome to do it, don't just complain participate in action.
I'm not complaining, I'm just pointing it out. And I have too many other EPUBs in progress.
Sweet, thx!
Same, I'd really like an epub for this.
I might take up making one myself down the line, but that wouldn't be in time for this reading group.
Interesting, i haven't went throught this one yet. We'll see how relevant it is, we desperately need an updated version in regards to social media warfare. I think it's fair to say that reactionary forces, especially the "far-right", are dominating the new media environment and we haven't been able to use it as effectively.
It's a really good read because it traces all the propaganda patterns back to the nazis, and shows how they evolved over time. For example, the whole notion of western media being unbiased and neutral was intentionally curated. A lot of the patterns described are still in active use today.
IRD and CIA read Goebbels' diary to make anti-communist propaganda.
And also recruited nazi propagandists after the war.
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i'm late and all of these old texts look sooooo good i'm sick
ETA: you can just revive old threads if you read them late? thank you...