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A Propaganda System: How Canada’s Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation


October 21, 2016


Toronto Launch of Yves Engler’s latest
In A Propaganda System: How Canada’s Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation, Engler reveals why most Canadians believe their country is a force for good in the world, despite a long history of supporting empire, racism and exploitation.

The book details the vast sums Global Affairs Canada, Veterans Affairs and the Department of National Defence spend articulating a one-sided version of Canada’s foreign policy. With the largest PR machine in the country, the Canadian Forces promotes its worldview through a history department, university, journals, war commemorations, think tanks, academic programs and hundreds of public relations officers.

A Propaganda System traces the long history of government information control during war, including formal censorship, as well as extreme media bias on topics ranging from Haiti to Palestine, investment agreements to the mining industry. The book also details the corporate elite’s funding for university programs and think tanks.

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Beit Zatoun Cultural center
Location: 612 Markham St. Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.beitzatoun.org/event/propaganda-system-how-canadas/
Phone: (647) 726-9500
Categories: Arts & Culture

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