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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988), by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, proposes that the mass communication media of the U.S. "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion", by means of the propaganda model of communication. The title derives from the phrase "the manufacture of consent," employed in the book Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippmann (1889–1974). Chomsky credits the origin of the book to the impetus of Alex Carey, the Australian social psychologist, to whom he and co-author E. S. Herman dedicated the book. Four years after publication, Manufacturing Consent: The political Economy of the Mass Media was adapted to the cinema as Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), a documentary presentation of the propaganda-model of co...

[Ed note – We are aware that there are playback issues with the audio when this is watched on a mobile device. We encourage you to watch this on your desktop computer, laptop or with headphones.] “Three things in Jamaica: Rasta, ganja and reggae music.” Late last year we accompanied Vivien Goldman on a trip to Jamaica to track down the remaining vestiges of the island’s failing record industry. As the documentary reveals, iconic record shops like Randy’s and Rockers International are now ghosts of their former selves, whilst Jamaica’s last pressing plant has been covered in dust for years (though a new deal should finally see the factory kick start operations again.) Through conversations with local legends like Earl “Chinna” Smith, Vivien pieces together a personal story of how a culture so rooted in records has found itself in helpless decline. “Jamaica had so many studios, outstanding studios, pressing plants, small producers and big producers, who were a...

: Cuando hillbillies y rednecks se aliaron con los Panteras Negras : Parecían hillbillies y rednecks revolucionarios, soñaron con una comunidad utópica llamada Hank Williams Village y lograron lo que parecía imposible: hacer ondear la bandera sureña junto al puño negro. «Hubo un tiempo en que creí que solo los negros estaban colonizados», afirmó Huey P. Newton en 1969, ya investido como líder de los Panteras Negras. Se refería a la idea que había planeado desde la creación del Partido unos años antes, y que afirmaba que los negros debían luchar exclusivamente junto a su gente. Quizás pesó mucho la política de exterminio parapolicial del gobierno, que había puesto precio a sus cabezas, dinamitaba sus sedes y tiroteaba a esta su misma gente. Parecía una guerra abierta, y quizás lo fuese. Iban armados, pero sabían que un combate cara a cara supondría una guerra incierta y perdida. En 1969, en medio de un clima de levantamiento armado, se dio un paso adelante en la unión con otra...

This short film provides an exclusive look at the making of the most eagerly anticipated release in world music. This collaboration of the finest musicians from Cuba and Mali features Eliades Ochoa, Bassekou Kouyate, Djelimady Tounkara, and Toumani Diabate, and sees the realisation of the project that inadvertently became the Buena Vista Social Club. Members: Eliades Ochoa - acoustic guitar & vocals Djelimady Tounkara - electric guitar Bassekou Kouyaté - ngoni Toumani Diabaté - kora Kasse Mady Diabaté - vocals Lassana Diabaté - balafon Baba/Yacouba Sissoko - tama Jose A. Martinez - double bass Osnel Odit - acoustic guitar Jorge Maturell - congas and bongos Eglis Ochoa - maracas Lennis Lara - trumpet Alain A. Dragonit - trumpet Home Town: Mali / Cuba ELIADES OCHOA guitar and vocals (born Songo la Maya, Cuba 1946) With his trademark cowboy hat and penchant for wearing black, Eliades Ochoa has been dubbed 'Cuba's Johnny Cash'. There's more than a ...

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