How the Future of War and Propaganda Started in Russia

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Does it feel like there’s just too much information out there and you can’t get a handle on it? Do you have trouble parsing the lies from the truth? Do you know all the places America is at war? Can we even technically call them wars? Are your Twitter followers even real or are they just bots? Are Antifa and the Proud Boys rumbling in the streets a natural extension of electoral politics or just street theater organized online? What if it’s both? Are you tired ALL THE TIME, like me?

The answers, or kind of answers, to these questions and more at the heart of the new book This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality. Its author is Peter Pomerantsev, a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, and a former Russian TV producer.

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0:19.0	War is about taking territory. It's about planting flags.
0:21.0	In East Ukraine, you have a situation where neither side actually wants this territory.
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0:51.0	Here are your hosts. Hello, welcome to War College. I am your host Matthew Gault. Does it feel like
1:10.2	there's just too much information out there and you can't get a handle on it.
1:14.4	Do you have trouble parsing the lies from the truth? Do you know all the places America's at war?
1:20.4	Can we even technically call them wars?
1:23.0	Are your Twitter followers even real or are they just bots?
1:26.0	Are on Tifa and the proud boys rumbling in the streets,
1:29.0	natural extension of electoral politics, or just straight theatre organized online. What if it's both? Are you
1:35.3	tired all the time like me? The answers or kind of answers to some of these questions
1:41.6	are at the heart of a new book. This is not propaganda.
1:45.2	It ventures in the war against reality. It's author Peter Palmer-Sev, a senior fellow at the
1:50.4	Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics and a foreman Russian TV producer is here with us today.
1:56.5	Peter, thank you so much for joining us.
1:58.5	Thank you for having me.
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