How big can a mind be? If we’re lucky, we have threescore and ten years — in a very big wide world, full of history — to experience as much as we can take in. Threescore-ten is not nearly enough, but some extraordinary people manage to encompass and give…

(Originally published at Al Mayadeen.) The Hebrew term hasbara literally means ‘explanation’ and is a euphemism within “Israel” for a formal policy of pro-“Israel” evangelism, apologism, and propaganda. Hasbarists seek to influence public opinion across the…

(Also published at timhayward.wordpress) Official stories, according to the official story about them, are (nearly) always true. The ‘nearly’ gets mentioned just because, on rare occasions, an official story is acknowledged to have been wrong, as, for instance…

Introduction On February 14, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act in response to protests across Canada. Based on testimony at a public inquiry in Ottawa into the Act’s invocation, its use could signal an expansion of state authority…

Introduction On February 14, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act in response to protests across Canada. Based on testimony at a public inquiry in Ottawa into the Act’s invocation, its use could signal an expansion of state authority…

Editors’ Note: There is no shortage of scholars who have come out publicly to say that the story of COVID-19 is a story about the power of mass psychological warfare to transform our understanding of who we are as citizens and as human beings with sovereign…

(Also published at substack.com) In the ongoing daily struggle to make sense of the conflict, here are my current overall conclusions as to what is happening in Ukraine, and its significance. They are based on my own research which, in turn, is immensely…

It’s been two years since COVID-19 became a dominant and all-consuming issue [1]. Now there are signs we are witnessing the unravelling of some of the key policy responses – blanket lockdowns and population-wide injections – that have been so aggressively…

(A follow-up to Part I: The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part I: Origins and Organizations Behind the Conspiracy Label) When my stepdaughter was nine years old, about a week or so before Christmas, she asked me after her completely unrelated…

Lance deHaven-Smith (nee Smith) was born in Atlanta Georgia on April 11, 1951. He graduated with honors from high school, earning a letter as a member of the wrestling team. After serving in the army as a sharpshooter, he earned a political science degree…

Lance deHaven-Smith (nee Smith) was born in Atlanta Georgia on April 11, 1951. He graduated with honors from high school, earning a letter as a member of the wrestling team. After serving in the army as a sharpshooter, he earned a political science degree…

Lance deHaven-Smith (nee Smith) was born in Atlanta Georgia on April 11, 1951. He graduated with honors from high school, earning a letter as a member of the wrestling team. After serving in the army as a sharpshooter, he earned a political science degree…

Abstract Why are we bombarded by fact-checks and “anti-disinformation” efforts in our timeline scrolls? When one reads news, further, they often find that “experts” are common sources behind whatever claim media professionals make, no matter how outlandish…

Abstract Why are we bombarded by fact-checks and “anti-disinformation” efforts in our timeline scrolls? When one reads news, further, they often find that “experts” are common sources behind whatever claim media professionals make, no matter how outlandish…

A year after the end of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela’s Government of National Unity launched the South African Truth and Reconciliation Process (TRC) under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 of 1995. The intention of the TRC was to embark…

A year after the end of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela’s Government of National Unity launched the South African Truth and Reconciliation Process (TRC) under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 of 1995. The intention of the TRC was to embark…

A year after the end of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela’s Government of National Unity launched the South African Truth and Reconciliation Process (TRC) under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 of 1995. The intention of the TRC was to embark…

Spectacle Spectacle is the system’s representation of itself. It is a vast self-reproducing accumulation of images[1] which stands in for a society which no longer exists. This accumulation, which reaches its final, most developed form in the internet and…

Spectacle Spectacle is the system’s representation of itself. It is a vast self-reproducing accumulation of images[1] which stands in for a society which no longer exists. This accumulation, which reaches its final, most developed form in the internet and…

Far-Right Aesthetics and WW2 Revisionism Making for Strange Bedfellows in Austrian Legacy Media, Politics, and the Judiciary By Stephan Sander-Faes, 4 Feb. 2023 Leading voices of Europe’s political-media complex (PMC) are elated: for the first time since…