Dr Piers Robinson: Understanding the ‘War on Terror’ as a Propaganda event: the formative years 2001-2003.
Inaugural Webinar Event:- Sunday 10 October, 1pm-5.30pm (British Summer Time)
Presented by the Working Group on Propaganda and the 9/11 Global ‘War on Terror’
21st Century Wire's Patrick Henningsen introduces Dr. Piers Robinson.
Dr Piers Robinson is co-Director of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies and before that was Chair in Politics, Society and Political Journalism at the University of Sheffield. He has published extensively on propaganda, media and international politics.
Suggested further reading and viewing
1) On propaganda, see a short introductory film on propaganda with Professor David Miller and Dr Piers Robinson here.
2) On Iraq, WMD deception and global war on terror, see ‘Learning from the Chilcot Report : propaganda, deception and the global war on terror’ (research article) and ‘Report X Marks the Spot: the British government's deceptive dossier on Iraq and WMD’ (research article).
3) On the Syrian War and OPCW/chemical weapons controversy see Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media and Berlin Group 21.
4) On 9/11 itself see Unanswered Questions and 9/11 Unmasked plus article in Euro Physics News and documentary ‘Decade of Deception’. See also ‘Seven’ and the Alaska Fairbanks Hulsey Study.
5) On COVID19 event see Interview on propaganda and COVID19 with Piers Robinson here. And on the political economy of Covid19 see the work of Cory Morningstar on 4IR and digital ID (see @elleprovocateur and her website) and the Doctors for Covid Ethics Symposium 'The Going Direct Reset'.