According to Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's Propaganda Model of the mainstream media, the ‘free press’ does not serve truth; it is actually about ‘protecting privilege from the threat of public understanding and participation’. Chomsky and Herman describe the Western propaganda system as ‘brainwashing under freedom’.
During 2024, Peace News editor Milan Rai will be holding monthly sessions online (via Zoom) examining the Chomsky-Herman Propaganda Model, a course in what Chomsky calls 'intellectual self-defence'.
Milan Rai is the author of Chomsky's Politics (Verso, 1995). He has contributed chapters to the Cambridge Companion to Chomsky (Cambridge University Press, 2005/2017) and The Propaganda Model Today: Filtering Perception and Awareness (University of Westminster Press, 2018), among other works.
Register here: http://tinyurl.com/chomskypm2024
Dates for the 'Brainwashing under Freedom' sessions:
7.30pm (UK), Sun 7 January 2024
7.30pm (UK), Wed 7 February 2024
7.30pm (UK), Thurs 7 March 2024
7.30pm (UK), Sun 7 April 2024
7.30pm (UK), Tues 7 May 2024
7.30pm (UK), Fri 7 June 2024
7.30pm (UK), Sun 7 July 2024
7.30pm (UK), Wed 7 August 2024
7.30pm (UK), Sat 7 September 2024
7.30pm (UK), Mon 7 October 2024
7.30pm (UK), Thurs 7 November 2024
7.30pm (UK), Sat 7 December 2024