WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION: THE MEDIA AND IRAQ
What role does the corporate media play in times of war? How can
independent media offer an alternative?
A public forum and discussion with award winning US media analyst DAVID
BARSAMIAN
TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER @ 6.30PM
NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP, TRADES HALL
David Barsamian is the founder and producer of Alternative Radio, the
award winning independent public affairs program syndicated to over 125
radio stations and millions of listeners across the United States.
He is the author of ten books including Propaganda and the Public Mind
with Noam Chomsky, Confronting Empire with Eqbal Ahmad, Culture and
Resistance with Edward Said, The Future of History with Howard Zinn and
The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting.
David is the winner of the ACLU's 2003 Upton Sinclair Award for
independent journalism and the Institute for Alternative Journalism
named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He lectures widely on the
role and function of the mainstream media, propaganda, corporate power
and US foreign policy.
FREE ENTRY
RSVP to Gillian on 9925 2910 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sponsored by the RMIT Community Advocacy Unit, the New International
Bookshop and 3CR Community Radio.
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