> #MartinBaró.. [and] the "massive campaign of #PoliticalTerrorism" in #ElSalvador.. with U.S. backing and initiative.. "since 1984, with the coming of.. democratic government in.. under #Duarte.. things did not change.. the terrorized population..[had] two options.. go to the mountains and join.. the rebels, or to comply.." The killings then reduced in scale.. "there was less need.. people were so terrorized, so paralyzed."
- https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/zbooks/htdocs/chomsky/dd/dd-c12-s14.html
#NoamChomsky #DeterringDemocracy

#NoamChomsky's #DeterringDemocracy showed me #TomNairn with The #EnchantedGlass for the #British #Monarchy. Context:
> .. while the substance of democracy was successfully reduced during the #Reagan era.. the public remained substantially out of control, raising serious problems for the exercise of power.
The #ReaganAdministration faced these problems with a dual strategy... the most elaborate #Agitprop apparatus in #AmericanHistory, its #OfficeOfPublicDiplomacy..
https://zcomm.org/deterring-democracy

I'll have to remember #LeighBinford's name now. Ever since reading #NoamChomksy's book #DeterringDemocracy in the early 90s I've been trying to remember #ElMozote in #ElSalvador. A quick search got me to a worthwhile book-review of _El Mozote Massacre: Human Rights and Global Implications_ I know some really sweet people from #Morazan, #Morazán.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-latin-american-studies/article/abs/leigh-binford-the-el-mozote-massacre-human-rights-and-global-implications-tucson-az-the-university-of-arizona-press-2016-pp-xxii-377-3495-pb/923EE03B0A8EFE2F167DD0E92C04385B

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EXCLUSIVE—Trump’s election campaign wanted to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016.

The ‘Deterrence’ project can be revealed after Channel 4 News obtained the database used by Trump's digital campaign team #DeterringDemocracy

📺WATCH NOW https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-trump-campaign-strategy-to-deter-millions-of-black-americans-from-voting-in-2016

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🚨🚨Tonight at 7pm:🚨🚨

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 News investigation reveals a huge Trump campaign data leak, exposing how 3.5 million Black Americans were listed as ‘Deterrence’ - to try to stop them voting in 2016.

#DeterringDemocracy

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1310584937356103686