| A Propaganda System: How Canada's Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War Contributor(s): Engler, Yves (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552669467 ISBN-13: 9781552669464 Publisher: Fernwood Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Canadian - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.014 |
| LCCN: 2016364310 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 6.9" (0.55 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The latest book from renowned author Yves 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. In A Propaganda System, Engler details the vast sums Global Affairs Canada, Veterans Affairs and the Department of National Defence spend on promoting a one-sided version of Canada's foreign policy, which ignores the unsavoury history. Engler traces the history of the Canadian government's information control during wartime and peacetime, which includes outright censorship and extreme media bias on topics such as Haiti, Palestine and the mining industry. In addition, Engler details how the corporate elite advance their agenda by funding university programs and think tanks. -- -- -- -- -- |
Contributor Bio(s): Engler, Yves: - " Former Vice President of the Concordia Student Union, Yves Engler has been dubbed "one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left today" (Briarpatch), "in the mould of I.F. Stone" (Globe and Mail), "ever-insightful" (rabble.ca) and a "Leftist gadfly" (Ottawa Citizen). His six books have been praised by Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, William Blum, Rick Salutin and many others. "Yves became a foreign-policy expert by working as a night doorman in Montreal...He's in the mould of I. F. Stone, who wasted no time with politicians, who all have an agenda, but went instead straight to the public record." - Rick Salutin, Globe and Mail " |