by Charlie Grace
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MICHAL BONCZA recommends a compact volume that charts the art of propagating ideas across the 20th century
CHLOE MANSOLA reports on the Brixton premiere of London Recruits
A manifesto for change, feminism in the digital age and a wordless play by Palestinians
MEIC BIRTWHISTLE speaks to David Constantine about the fascination he shares with Brecht for the material exactness of Greek poetry
John Cale's rediscovered classic album 1919, and new releases from Father John Misty and Lucinda Williams
ANGUS REID applauds the inventive stagecraft with which the Lyceum serve up Stevenson’s classic, but misses the deeper themes
PAUL FOLEY applauds a faultless musical that tells the tragic real-life story of working-class winners of the football pools
Propagandopolis
Bradley Davis, Fuel, £24.95
WERE you to start a conversation about propaganda you’ll probably never hear the end of it with all parties “propagating” ad nauseam their take on it.
Its etymology is in the Catholic Church’s doctrine Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (Congregation for Propagating the Faith) made public in 1622 which was essentially a blueprint for dealing with the Reformation — to put it simply: to delay, at all costs, the political advance of the ideas of nascent capitalism.
During and after the advent of the French revolution in 1789 the term was extended to secular activities. In the English language it acquired a derogatory meaning in the 19th century, while in other languages it retains neutral or positive connotations.
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