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https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/turning-the-tide-the-9-11-truth-movement-and-the-mainstreaming-of-its-message

Turning the Tide: The 9/11 Truth Movement and the Mainstreaming of Its Message

September 06, 2025

Richard Ellefritz (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) Historically, social movements have been catalysts for lasting social change, and such efforts have never been easy. Had the elites of Colonial America not been able to successfully mobilize their resources and the masses, they likely would have been tried and treated as terrorists by their ruling Establishment, and their Enlightenment ideals inscribed in the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights would have met the same ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/uber-die-dummheit-an-executed-nazi-resistance-hero-offers-a-few-words-to-the-unwise

Über die Dummheit: An Executed Nazi Resistance Hero Offers a Few Words to the Unwise

September 04, 2025

Jennifer Matsui (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) The German theologian and Nazi resistance figure Dietrich Bonhoeffer defined stupidity, not as an individual intellectual deficit, but a power-borne disease spreading through the body politic, infecting a large swathe of the general population. “(E)very great explosion of power in the public sphere, whether political or religious, infects a large part of humanity with stupidity”. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/media-literacy-2025

Media Literacy 2025

August 28, 2025

Judith Brown (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com)Government psyops Throughout history, rulers across the globe have tried to control their populations, to gain consent, and to enable them to implement their policies without obstruction. This was done either by persuasion or by coercion. However, since the start of the early twentieth century, a new system of applied behavioural psychology has been developed, which includes using covert techniques to persuade populations to think in a...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/part-2-whither-europe-the-eu-is-poised-for-a-transformation-towards-centralised-control-and-tyranny

Part 2: Whither Europe? The EU is Poised for a Transformation towards Centralised Control and Tyranny

August 21, 2025

Stephan Sander-Faes (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) Not too long ago, European integration promised peace, prosperity, and the sustained betterment of the human condition. As of spring 2025, the Brussels-led bloc appears poised to change beyond recognition. Led by politicians of questionable reputation — and even worse characters — like Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen (once in the running to succeed former chancellor Merkel, but she was too incompetent and corrupt, hence ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/you-are-not-a-horse-misinformation-medicalization-and-the-suppression-of-dissent-in-the-covid-era

You are Not a Horse: Misinformation, Medicalization, and the Suppression of Dissent in the Covid Era

August 21, 2025

Claudia Chaufan (Originally published in propagandainfocus.com)A Tweet Read Around the World On August 21, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a now infamous (and retracted) tweet: “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” The tweet was a public admonishment to those considering the use of ivermectin — a well-known anti-parasitic drug with a long safety record — for the prevention or treatment of Covid-19. Though ostensibly humorous, the message ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/teaching-critical-thinking-or-manufacturing-consent

Teaching Critical Thinking or Manufacturing Consent

July 30, 2025

Claudia Chaufan (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com)Introduction When the World Health Organization announced a viral pandemic in early 2020, universities around the world swiftly adopted a wide range of emergency measures. These included remote learning, social distancing protocols, and eventually, vaccine mandates. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. On the face of it, the policies followed the ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/russiagate-as-big-lie-construction

Russiagate as Big Lie Construction

July 23, 2025

Oliver Boyd-Barrett (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com)Introduction The events commonly described as Russiagate invite invocation of the concept of the “Big Lie,” a lie so staggering in its magnitude and in its consequences that it is less unsettling to believe that it is true than that it is false. In this chapter, I explore the events commonly described as Russiagate to examine some principal features of big lie construction (BLC). The claims that a US presidential candidate, ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/wither-europe-the-eu-is-poised-for-a-transformation-towards-centralised-control-and-tyranny

Part 1: Whither Europe? The EU is Poised for a Transformation towards Centralised Control and Tyranny

July 22, 2025

Stephan Sander-Faes (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) Not too long ago, European integration promised peace, prosperity, and the sustained betterment of the human condition. As of spring 2025, the Brussels-led bloc appears poised to change beyond recognition. Led by politicians of questionable reputation — and even worse characters — like Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen (once in the running to succeed former chancellor Merkel, but she was too incompetent and corrupt, hence ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/when-you-realize-that-you-are-the-deep-state-reflections-on-the-trump-epstein-cover-up

When You Realize That You Are The Deep State: Reflections on the Trump-Epstein Cover-Up

July 19, 2025

T.J. Coles (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) This article is about the realization that you are the thing you hate. US President Donald Trump’s supporters and many of his political underlings campaigned on promises to rid America of the “deep state”: an opaque network of overlapping and competing intelligence interests working beneath the surface of the US political system. The administration’s cover up of the Jeffrey Epstein files has, however, created a crisis of confidence in ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/the-conspiracy-label-as-a-tool-of-propaganda-part-iv-closing-my-case-on-the-conspiracy-theorist-slur

The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part IV: Closing My Case on the “Conspiracy Theorist” Slur

July 14, 2025

Richard Ellefritz (Originally published at propagandinfocus.com) In my closing installment for this series, I’d like to start with a joke I recently came across. Jokes and humor help speak truths and gain attention, some would say, but ask yourself, what’s funny about this joke? Link to @Average_NY_Guy Tweet This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. It’s worth noting two of the top comments for the post above. ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/the-iaea-and-opcw-watchdogs-for-peace-or-propagandists-for-war

The IAEA and OPCW: Watchdogs for Peace or Propagandists for War?

July 07, 2025

Piers Robinson (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) On the 12th of June, the world's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), issued a damning statement that accused Iran of being in breach of its commitments to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Its resolution, adopted during the 1769th session of its board of governors, declared: Iran has failed to provide the co-operation required under its Safeguards Agreement, impeding Agency verification ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/public-money-private-crusades-the-scienceupfirst-campaign-and-the-new-politics-of-misinformation

Public Money, Private Crusades: The ‘ScienceUpFirst‘ Campaign and the New Politics of Misinformation

July 02, 2025

Claudia Chaufan (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com)The Face of “Science Communication” in Canada In recent years, a new genre of science communication has taken center stage in Canada. It doesn’t look like science as most people understand it—slow, cautious, and methodical. It looks like memes, hashtags, and viral posts. And it comes with the financial backing of the federal government. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/the-not-so-invisible-nation-sends-mixed-messages-in-its-military-propaganda

The not-so-"invisible nation" sends mixed messages in its military propaganda

June 28, 2025

Michael Riches (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) Independence advocates keep referring back to Civil War arguments that paradoxically demonstrate Taiwan's place within China's borders I recently came across a trailer for a film called Invisible Nation (1), a film which, judging by the preview, demonstrates a cultural trait the Taiwanese share with the Chinese — a natural flair for stirring propaganda. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/europe-and-usa-strategies-in-censorship

Europe and USA - strategies in censorship

June 20, 2025

Judith Brown (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com)Introduction On 14th February 2025, JD Vance the Vice President of the United States of America made a speech at the Munich Security Conference, in which he called out European governments for censoring speech and not listening to their electorates [1]. This exceptional and well-delivered speech defending citizens’ rights was made just after the inauguration of President Trump, and it was seen by some as a turning point in American and...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/verdict-in-trial-of-tamara-lich-and-chris-barber

Verdict in Trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber

May 20, 2025

Ray McGinnis (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com)Does the right to peacefully protest and freedom of speech still exist in Canada? The Freedom Convoy was sparked by the Liberal government’s insistence that truck drivers entering Canada who were unvaccinated be required to quarantine for 14 days. Others entering Canada who were unvaccinated were required to quarantine for five days. The requirement was an outlier among nations where other countries continued to view truck drivers – ...

https://rumble.com/v6grvk1-epidemic-of-fraud-2025-refresh.html

Epidemic of Fraud

April 20, 2025

The award-winning documentary Epidemic of Fraud explores the bizarre media, medical, and partisan political attacks levied against a class of ancient medications, told from the perspective of a former CNN journalist and Hollywood industry veteran. Why were the people who allowed the opiate disaster to go unchecked so eager to discredit a drug that is safer than tonic water? Director John Davidson takes you into an audio/visual time machine back to 2020 to reveal the forbidden knowledge that our medical, aca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmB-B5GEbMk

So… The “Conspiracy Theorists” Were Right About JFK

March 20, 2025

The JFK Files have been released. Let's go down the JFK rabbit hole.

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/kerrys-mh17-misinformation

Kerry’s MH17 Misinformation

March 14, 2025

Eric van de Beek (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) The downing of flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine, on July 17, 2014, led to a tectonic shift in relations between the EU and Russia. The American Secretary of State, John Kerry, paved the way by spreading misinformation and agitprop. On July 17, 2014, a Malaysian passenger plane that had departed from Amsterdam and was en route to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Donbass, eastern Ukraine, where at that time a battle was raging between ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/schrodingers-novichok-12-points-from-the-dawn-sturgess-inquiry-part-3

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 3

March 03, 2025

Tim Norman (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part three of a three-part report on the Dawn Sturgess case examines elements simultaneously exceptional yet inadequate, visible yet hidden, cautious yet careless. A note on sources: Links presented in bold go to specific timestamps in videos from the YouTube feed of the Dawn Sturgess inquiry. Links that are not in bold are to supporting ...

https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/schrodingers-novichok-12-points-from-the-dawn-sturgess-inquiry-part-2

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 2

February 26, 2025

Tim Norman (Originally published at propagandainfocus.com) What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part two of a three-part report on the Dawn Sturgess case examines elements simultaneously coherent yet confused, recorded yet rejected, detected yet undetectable. A note on sources: Links presented in bold go to precise points in the YouTube feed from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry. Links that are not in bold are to supporting sources: articles ...