“Astro-turfing” is a relatively new addition to the English vocabulary. This superb little movie, (Astro) Turf Wars, How corporate America is faking a grassroots revolution, explains it very well. http://astroturfwars.com/ The Americans are astro-turfed in order to keep the money flowing to corporate interests in fossil fuels.
Essential watching for anyone who wants to see propaganda in action. There is a need for us all to see it, in order to be able to identify it when it is directed at us (think “Tar Sands”). It is happening today. But man! it helps you understand how the Nazis brought people on-side.
OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE to people in Saskatchewan: you can know absolutely that we are the target of astro-turfing. The Americans are astro-turfed in order to keep the money flowing to corporate interests in fossil fuels. They want Canadian Tar Sands flowing south, be damned the impact on climate change and be damned the utter destruction of the environment. They need “small nuclear reactors” in order to cook the tar enough to make it flow. They have their quislings in place, not least of whom are Brad Wall (premier of Sask – “co-spearhead of the largest on the planet Canada-U.S. Western Corridor”, Peter McKinnon, President of the University of Sask, and Nancy Hopkins from Cameco Board and on the Board of Governors of the University, Rob Norris, etc. They have set up the “Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation” (which is anything but “innovation” as I’ll explain in another posting). These are key players in funding the nuclear industry through the University – the “small reactors”.
OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT IS STRUGGLING TO REDUCE GHG’S (climate change): Please understand the role of Saskatchewan. It is the main playing field at the moment. The people in Edmonton and Fort McMurray (Alberta) have been awesomely successful in bringing the tar sands to the attention of the world. The industries (tar sands and nuke) have re-located their efforts to Saskatchewan, believing that the determination to stop their insanity will be less here. Let the world know: the battle is now in Saskatchewan. Watch (Astro) Turf Wars – – Canadians need to see it to understand what we are up against. And then it’s easy – because there are millions of us and only a relatively small number of “them”.
There has been a big-time launch of propaganda on Sunday – – but more on that later.
The file on Propaganda on this blog is small but critical: Go to “Categories” in the right-hand sidebar, then to “Knowledge Base” and to “Propaganda”. Click on it; you’ll get a short listing – the headlines and enough to give an idea of what each is about.