Propaganda and Manipulation: How mass media engineers and distorts our perceptions

This is a video on the psychology of propaganda. Prof. Kroth reviews five major techniques for how American mass media manipulates and twists the view Americans have of their world. The seriousness of the distortion, and our progressive loss of contact with reality is dramatic. We are increasingly living inside a media-induced trance without knowing it. Children believe Ronald MacDonald is more real than Abraham Lincoln. From Coke to Carl's Jr., Hip-hop to the Iraq war, the role of subliminal propaganda in our lives is unveiled and exposed. This talk is based on Dr. Kroth's recent book, Duped! Delusion, Denial, and the end of the American dream (Genotype, 2013). More information at collectivepsych.com

Chris Hedges - Author of "Wages of Rebellion" & Remarks on the Attack on Paris

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The Lone Star College-Kingwood Center for Civic Engagement and Speaker's Bureau Present:

Wages of Rebellion by Chris Hedges with Remarks on the Attack on Paris

On "Wages of Rebellion" - This is an investigation of the social and psychological factors that cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. In this overview of rebellion both past and present, Hedges’ message is clear: popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization.

Author and columnist Chris Hedges was scheduled to speak about his new book, Wages of Rebellion. In light of the attacks on Paris, Mr. Hedges decided to refocus his talking points.

Chris Hedges is a columnist for Truthdig: http://www.truthdig.com/staff/chris_h...

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Shlomo Sand, Dominique Vidal - Pourquoi la radicalisation d’Israël ?

Les Midis de l'iReMMO : Pourquoi la radicalisation d’Israël ?
Vendredi 9 octobre 2015

Rencontre avec :

- Shlomo Sand, professeur d’histoire contemporaine à l’université de Tel-Aviv. Après avoir étudié en Israël et à l’EHESS, Shlomo Sand a notamment publié en France Les Mots et la Terre. Les intellectuels en Israël (Fayard, 2006, Champs, 2010), Comment le peuple juif fut inventé (Fayard, 2009, Champs, 2010, prix Aujourd’hui) et Comment la terre d’Israël fut inventée (Flammarion 2012).

Son nouveau livre, Crépuscule de l’histoire vient de paraître aux éditions Flammarion.

Modération : Dominique Vidal, journaliste et historien.


Plus d'informations sur http://www.iremmo.org/spip/spip.php?a...

Shlomo Sand : La construction politique du passé

Séance du 29 avril 2014

Chris Hedges on What it Takes to be a Rebel in Modern Times

Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges sits down with Ben Makuch at the Toronto VICE office to discuss what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Hedges discusses his new book Wages of Rebellion, an investigation of the social and psychological factors that cause revolution, rebellion and resistance. From Wall Street corruption to why the elites in corporate media have eviscerated traditional investigative journalism, Hedges tries to make sense of the world we live in.

The Empire Files - The U.S. School That Trains Dictators & Death Squads

On November 22, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, GA at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Americas to memorialize the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives at the hands of the U.S. Empire’s brutally repressive juntas it used to rule Latin America by force.

The dictators and death squad leaders, who committed acts of genocide, were trained within the gates of Fort Benning, at the School of the Americas – otherwise known as the “School Of Assassins.”

Abby Martin investigates this notorious school that is largely hidden from the American public; it’s crimes around the world, it’s star graduates, why it exists and the movement to shut it down.

Featuring interviews with School Of the Americas Watch founder Father Roy Bourgeois and other SOAW leaders. [Follow @SOAWatch and visit SOAW.org for more info on the movement]

Ken O’Keefe’ "My voyage from US marine Gulf War veteran to human rights activist"

Open Mind Conference 2015. Ken O’Keefe’s original marine conservation work has been somewhat overshadowed by his non-violent, but fully confrontational work for human rights. He is an ex-US marine and Gulf War Veteran, who formally renounced his US citizenship in 2001.

O’ Keefe’s activities to date include founding Human Shield Action to Iraq (2003), serving as a captain on the first Free Gaza Mission (2008), surviving an Israeli attack on the ship Mavi Marmara (2010) and becoming Social Enterprise Managing Director of Aloha Palestine CIC and the Samouni Project.

O’ Keefe is a published author and lecturer who now holds Irish, Hawaiian and Palestinian citizenship, but his ultimate allegiance is to his ‘entire human family’ and ‘Planet Earth’. His style of activism is characterised by his involvement in disarming two Israeli commandos as nine of his fellow Mavi Marmara passengers were executed.

The Israeli military later claimed O’Keefe was a "terrorist operative of Hamas". O’Keefe has repeatedly stated that Israeli Mossad and its assets, along with traitorous elements within the US, are directly responsible for the ‘false flag’ 9/11 attacks. http://www.worldcitizen.uk.net/