Our November book pick was particularly timely, coming at a time of post-presidential election reflection in the US and continuing political protests in numerous countries.
From sock puppets to bots, cyborgs to fifty cent armies, cyber-militias to laughtivism, discord channels to restorative nostalgia and beyond, we had much to discuss about This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev.
Links that came up for further viewing, reading, and exploring included:
A Thousand Cuts, a new documentary about journalist Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa's 60 Minutes interview from June 2020
"How They Made Us Doubt Everything," a BBC Radio episode by Pomerantsev
The website of The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), one of the featured organizations
1984 by George Orwell (one of our prior books)
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (one of our prior books)
Happiness: A History by Darrin McMahon
For our next discussion, we turn to Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano.
Save the date for Sunday, December 13!
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