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News ReleasesShifting the frame – and getting our message out2011-09-06 Beit Zatoun Beit Zatoun offers two workshops to help progressive communities and organizations better develop and communicate their message using the general media. Sat. Sept 24 & Sat. Oct. 29, 2011. Sources Select ResourcesAirbrushing BarbarityThe Warped Language of Public Policy Richman, Sheldon Article 2013 Counter punch Couching moral/political matters in technocratic language helps us forget the unpleasantness of the underlying incivility and brutality of political measures. Political discourse is fundamentally dish... Conservative Frank Luntz Has Set a Trap for Progressives -- Here's How to Outsmart Him and Boost the Occupy MovementProgressives' basic morality needs to be talked about over and over again, in every corner of the country. Lakoff, George Article 2011 AlterNet Luntz doesn't want progressives pointing out that corporations govern our lives far more than any government does - and for their profit, not ours. He doesn't want any discussion of corporate waste, o... The Emerging Progressive MajorityIntroduction to 'Framing the Future' Horn, Bernie Article A large group of Americans favor both progressive policy and conservative philosophy. As a result, they may side with either progressives or conservatives, depending on how a political question is fra... Grassroots media relationsA short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups Diemer, Ulli Article 2010 Connexions Information Sharing Services A media relations guide for organizers and activists. Hardworking familiesSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article The phrase "hardworking families" or "working families" is an example of a glittering generality in contemporary political discourse. It is used in the politics of the United Kingdom and of the United... How Canada's corporate media framed the Occupy movementGutstein, Donald Article 2011 The Occupy movement occupied two parallel, rarely intersecting universes in the corporate media. In one, described frequently in the Toronto Star, occasionally in the Vancouver Sun and Globe and Mail ... How Propaganda (Actually) WorksHoggan, James Article 2016 Desmog Political propaganda employs the ideals of liberal democracy to undermine those very ideals, the dangers of which, not even its architects fully understand. How the Media Gets It WrongOn Asking the Wrong Questions and Mapping Media Dead Zones Price, David H Article 2014 CounterPunch In India Any Social Activist Can Be Arrested, Charged And Tried - Sans Evidence - For Terrorism: Kobad Ghandy's CaseSahni, P. S.; Aggarwal, Shobha Article 2017 Countercurrents In 2009, the Government of India announced a new nation-wide initiative viz. "Integrated Action Plan" (IAP) for broad coordinated operations to deal with the 'Naxalite' problem. This plan included inc... Frank Luntz - Profile in SourcewatchArticle SourceWatch Right-wing political consultant. On Translating Securityspeak into EnglishIn the Land of False Cognates Carson, Kevin Article 2012 CounterPunch The Security State has its own language: Securityspeak. Like Newspeak, the ideologically refashioned successor to English in Orwell’s “1984,” Securityspeak is designed to obscure meaning and conceal t... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 30, 2014Refugees Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Connexions Topic of the week is Refugees. Featured articles look at migration, counter-surveillance resources, farmers in Ghana fighting to retain the freedom to save their own seeds, and rebuilding communities ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 24, 2015Voter Suppression Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions Featuring information and articles related to the October 19, 2015 Canadian election. The topic of the week is Voter Suppression, with articles about voter suppression in Canada and the United States. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 9, 2017Meeting the Challenge of the Right Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Connexions Challenging the Right requires not only anti-fascist actions in the street, but organizing to reach those who may be attracted the the appeal of the Right and offering an alternative social vision. Th... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 17, 2018Hearts and Minds: How do People Change? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 Connexions How can we reach the millions we need to reach and engage if fundamental change is to happen? How can we accomplish the essential task of persuading a majority of the population that a fundamental soc... Rick Berman Exposed in New Audio; Hear His Tactics Against Environmentalists and Workers' RightsGraves, Lisa Article 2014 PR Watch Rick Berman, the king of corporate front groups and propaganda, has been caught on tape detailing his attacks on public interest groups in the labor and environmental movements. Berman specializes in ... The Semantics of TerrorismAl-Jurf, Soha Article 2010 CounterPunch A mental construct has been created in which the State of Israel is an entity that is under constant attack. By terrorists. Who, irrefutably, must be eradicated. Their actions are somewhat irrelevant.... The Strategy of the Venezuelan OppositionEllner, Steve Article 2014 The Bullet The strategy and tactics of the Venezuelan opposition is a replay of events that took place leading up to the coup against Hugo Chávez on April 11, 2002 and is similar (although in some ways quite dif... Why Voters Aren't Motivated by a Laundry List of Positions on IssuesBrewer, Joe; Lakoff, George Article An introduction to cognitive policy – the values, frames, and arguments that make sense of the political process. Sources BookshelfDon't Think of an ElephantKnow Your Values and Frame the Debate Lakoff, George Book 2004 Lakoff explains how conservatives think, and how to counter their arguments. He outlines in detail the traditional American values that progressives hold, but are often unable to articulate. Lakoff al... Framing the FutureHow Progressive Values Can Win Elections and Influence People Horn, Bernie Book Polls show that most Americans favor progressive policy, but they also embrace conservative philosophy. George Lakoff and other analysts have shown that, in order to reclaim America for all Americans,... Grassroots media relationsA short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups Diemer, Ulli Article 2010 A media relations guide for organizers and activists. Toxic Sludge Is Good for YouLies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry Stauber, John; Rampton, Sheldon Book 2004 Explains how modern public relations (PR) transforms the favoured policies of the rich and the powerful into uncontroversial 'common sense'. |
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