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War is Propelled by Propaganda Narratives: The Anti-war Movement Must Break the Media Consensus Which Upholds War as a “Peacemaking Endeavor”
By Michael Welch, Robert Parry, and Mnar Muhawesh
Global Research, February 18, 2018

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War is propelled by propaganda narratives ranging from the disclosure of weapons of mass destruction, to the mobilization for a humanitarian intervention, to the need to disrupt terrorists who hate us for our freedoms, to the evidence of foreign meddling in domestic elections. Thus, an indispensable part of the anti-war movement is breaking the media consensus around these narratives.

Mainstream and corporate media cannot be expected to depart from that consensus, which is why it is up to the independent media to push back against the lies that frame each military conflict.

As a result, the alternative press must raise revenues from its consumers, not from commercial advertising. This is why radio station CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba airs a week of programming every February dedicated to encouraging listeners to donate to the station.

CKUW just completed its fund-raising drive. About $50,000 were raised after one week. Michael Welch, host of the Global Research News Hour radio program pitched during a live program on February 16, 2018.

Please feel free to listen or download the show at the links below, and if so inclined, donate online at fundrive.ckuw.ca.

Please also consider pledging to the Global Research website by clicking on this link.

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Alternative programming:

Broadcasters wishing to air a more traditional program are free to download and air the following show from December 2017 featuring Abby Martin and the late Robert Parry.

Fourth Estate in Peril and the Need for Alternative Voices: Conversations with Robert Parry and Abby Martin (originally aired December 8, 2017)

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The Global Research News Hour airs every Friday at 1pm CT on CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg. The programme is also podcast at globalresearch.ca . The show can be heard on the Progressive Radio Network at prn.fm. Listen in everyThursday at 6pm ET.

Community Radio Stations carrying the Global Research News Hour:

CHLY 101.7fm in Nanaimo, B.C – Thursdays at 1pm PT

Boston College Radio WZBC 90.3FM NEWTONS  during the Truth and Justice Radio Programming slot -Sundays at 7am ET.

Port Perry Radio in Port Perry, Ontario –1  Thursdays at 1pm ET

Burnaby Radio Station CJSF out of Simon Fraser University. 90.1FM to most of Greater Vancouver, from Langley to Point Grey and from the North Shore to the US Border.

It is also available on 93.9 FM cable in the communities of SFU, Burnaby, New Westminister, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey and Delta, in British Columbia, Canada. – Tune in  at its new time – Wednesdays at 4pm PT.

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Cowichan Valley Community Radio CICV 98.7 FM serving the Cowichan Lake area of Vancouver Island, BC airs the program Thursdays at 6am pacific time.

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