Reconciliation Is Not a Gift. It’s a New Beginning
This piece originally appeared on the Toronto Star. “What does reconciliation mean to you?” I asked that question of Miles Richardson, a Haida leader, former chief commissioner of the B.C.…
James Hoggan
How Propaganda Works to Divide Us
Political propaganda employs the ideals of liberal democracy to undermine those very ideals, the dangers of which, not even its architects fully understand. In the early years of DeSmog’s research…
If Facts Don’t Matter, What Does?
This is an excerpt from DeSmog founder Jim Hoggan’s latest book, I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse, published by New Society Publishers. I first…
If Facts Don’t Matter, What Does?
This is an excerpt from DeSmog founder Jim Hoggan’s latest book, I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse, published by New Society Publishers. I first…
Why I Wrote a Book About How to Clean Up Toxic Debates
I wrote my last book, Climate Cover-Up, because I wanted to take a deeper look at the science propaganda and media echo chambers that muddied the waters around climate change,…
How Propaganda (Actually) Works
Political Propaganda employs the ideals of liberal democracy to undermine those very ideals, the dangers of which, not even its architects fully understand. In the early years of DeSmog’s research…