Tue. 04/26 - When the CIA Funded an Animal Farm Cartoon
How the CIA funded that 1954 animated adaptation of Animal Farm as part of their anti-communist propaganda campaign. Plus, the woman who found out she’d been missing a chunk of her brain for most of her life without realizing. And why more and more rivers are being granted legal personhood.
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Links:
The cartoon that came in from the cold (The Guardian, 2003)
How the CIA Played Dirty Tricks With Culture (NY Times, 2000)
All Propaganda is Dangerous, but Some are More Dangerous…
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