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Documenta Artists “Outraged” Over Censorship of Pro-Palestine Films

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu September 12, 2022September 26, 2022

An open letter co-signed by 100 individuals and organizations says the festival’s advisory council has miscast any criticism of Israel as antisemitic.

Posted inNews

Visual Propaganda of Hate Groups Is on the Rise in America

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

While their numbers decline, hate and anti-government groups have found their way into American mainstream politics, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Posted inFilm

Contrasting Histories of Genocide in Former Yugoslavia

Avatar photo by Sumeja Tulic April 5, 2021April 6, 2021

Dara of Jasenovac and Quo Vadis, Aida? take different tacts on filmic representation of war crimes.

Posted inArt

The International Spy Museum Seen Through the Eyes of a Human Rights Expert

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 4, 2019September 6, 2019

“This feels like a loss,” said Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch while touring the museum, flagging several errors in how curators have presented the history of torture and interrogation.

Posted inArt

Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the Space Race

Avatar photo by Amelia Soth December 24, 2018December 21, 2021

Vintage Soviet postcards reveal a sophisticated political project, one that uses the allure of nostalgia to create a vision of a utopian, space-age future.

Posted inArt

Dictator Selfies and a Superhero Trailer: Glimpses of the New Propaganda from Trump’s Recent Summits

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 19, 2018

Propaganda continues to evolve and the latest version, used by the Trump administration during the Singapore meeting, looks to corporate communications for pointers.

Posted inArt

After Charlottesville, an Anti-Fascist US Military Film from 1947 Goes Viral

by Jillian Steinhauer August 14, 2017August 15, 2017

The 17-minute film, “Don’t Be a Sucker,” offers some timely advice in light of recent events — though it hasn’t aged perfectly by any means.

Posted inBooks

The Graphic Persuasiveness of 20th-Century Communist Posters

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 19, 2017May 19, 2017

The first major survey of communist poster art considers the visual legacy of propaganda graphic design in nations around the world.

Posted inArt

The Octopus, a Motif of Evil in Historical Propaganda Maps

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 8, 2017May 11, 2017

Since the 19th century, the motif of an octopus on propaganda maps has represented the inhuman spread of evil, its tentacles grasping for land and power.

Posted inArt

Maps Made to Influence and Deceive

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 4, 2016September 9, 2022

Some maps are not designed to chart geography, but to express a particular belief.

Posted inArt

The Visual Propaganda of the Brexit Leave Campaign

by Ray Drainville July 12, 2016July 13, 2016

MANCHESTER, UK — In the week following the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (the “Brexit”) on June 23, there was a 500% rise in hate crimes across the country.

Posted inOpinion

UK Party References Nazi Propaganda in Pro-Brexit Billboard

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney June 23, 2016

In a remarkable demonstration of how to inflame public sentiment and paint one’s own organization as a vulgar and racist political group, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has unveiled a billboard in support of the campaign to have Britain exit the European Union that visually references Nazi propaganda.

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