Obey and Keep Calm

Part One: New World Notes #287 (September 3):

Broadcast quality MP3 (38 MB)
Decent quality MP3 (13 MB)

Part Two: New World Notes #288 (September 10):

Broadcast quality MP3 (40 MB)
Decent quality MP3 (14 MB)

 Temujin Doran (Click to enlarge)

In Brief

The propaganda barrage preceding the US attack on Syria has begun. So all the more timely is Temujin Doran's new film, Obey: How the Rise of Mass Propaganda Killed Populism. It's about the military, political, and economic crimes of the Corporate State. It features readings from from Chris Hedges' 2010 book, Death of the Liberal Class.

In Part One, we'll hear the first half of Obey and then--to cheer things up a bit--a sweet short film by Doran explaining the slogan, "Keep calm and carry on."

In Part Two, we'll have some words about our Syria war-fever, and we'll read Chidanand Rajghatta's new essay, "Why America Cannot Live Without Wars."  Then on to the second half of Obey.

Temujin Doran's Web site is http://studiocanoe.com/ .

Chris Hedges