North Korean Propaganda Has Gotten Really Bizarre, Even For North Korea
North Korea's state media has long been known for producing head scratching propaganda pieces, and its peculiar aesthetic choices have seemed all the more strange when promoted via social media to the...
View ArticleThe Soviet Union Used These Posters To Stop Spies In The 1950s
The Soviet Union was known for its intense propaganda art.Messages varied from inspiring photos of space travel to heavy-handed warnings to potential spies.Retronaut collected and translated a series...
View ArticleUS Spends $24 Million On Totally Ineffective Cuban ‘Propaganda Plane'
It's difficult to find a more wasteful government program.For the last six years, the U.S. government has spent more than $24 million to fly a plane around Cuba and beam American-sponsored TV...
View ArticleThis Tweet About Robin Williams Shows How Visible Jihadists Have Become Online
The jihadist calling himself Abdullah caused a brief stir on the Internet this week - but not, to his disappointment, because of his backing for Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.Instead, his...
View ArticleTurkmenistan's dictator just built a huge golden statue of himself riding a...
If you happen to be in downtown Ashgabat — the capital of Turkmenistan — you might notice something new.There is now a 69-foot statue of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding a golden horse atop...
View Article13 striking vintage wartime posters that play on our emotions using mercy,...
Wartime posters are often striking, evocative images."The function of the poster today is to appeal to our subconscious feelings and our barely conscious needs and channel them so that we do what the...
View ArticleNorth Korean Propaganda Has Gotten Really Bizarre, Even For North Korea
North Korea's state media has long been known for producing head scratching propaganda pieces, and its peculiar aesthetic choices have seemed all the more strange when promoted via social media to the...
View ArticleThe Soviet Union Used These Posters To Stop Spies In The 1950s
The Soviet Union was known for its intense propaganda art.Messages varied from inspiring photos of space travel to heavy-handed warnings to potential spies.Retronaut collected and translated a series...
View ArticleThis Tweet About Robin Williams Shows How Visible Jihadists Have Become Online
The jihadist calling himself Abdullah caused a brief stir on the Internet this week - but not, to his disappointment, because of his backing for Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.Instead, his...
View ArticleTurkmenistan's dictator just built a huge golden statue of himself riding a...
If you happen to be in downtown Ashgabat — the capital of Turkmenistan — you might notice something new.There is now a 69-foot statue of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding a golden horse atop...
View Article13 striking vintage wartime posters that play on our emotions using mercy,...
Wartime posters are often striking, evocative images."The function of the poster today is to appeal to our subconscious feelings and our barely conscious needs and channel them so that we do what the...
View ArticleMike Pompeo is poised to hire a Fox News correspondent to lead the State...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is eyeing a Fox News correspondent to head the State Department's struggling anti-propaganda office.Lea Gabrielle, former US Navy pilot, is the leading contender to...
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