The New York Times has an interesting piece in last Sunday’s edition on the growing use of propaganda posters by far-right parties in Europe. The prime example being the image in the “Ja” poster (appearing below in my last post). These posters are simple, direct and play to the worst fears of a target audience, [...]
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Democracy in action? There seem to be two standard pro-ban responses to the mainstream media’s near across the board condemnation of the Swiss vote (as I pointed out in my last post responses from the governing parties in France and Germany were slightly more nuanced). These responses go something along the lines of : 1. [...] The New York Times reports that many of the speeches put into the official congressional record during the legislative debate on health care reform in the US House of Representatives were drafted (either in part or wholly) by lobbyists working for Swiss Drug company Roche. Here’s an excerpt from the article: Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss [...] |
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