Propaganda Theater - Anarchy USA

## Details

This event will be hosted and moderated by Ceit Hustedde (Longtime Member of Buddytree)

There's nothing like some good, old-fashioned, fear-mongering propaganda! And the best examples don't really lose relevance.

Content warning for graphic photos of mutilation at minutes 16, 23 and 53:30 https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/anarchy-u-s-a-1966

A little more context https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Xn9YOKPcQ

Questions:

1. What is the film's intended message? How well does it convey it? What message to you take away?

2. Compare the Watts Riots and recent disturbances in the US (or other places, if you see connection). Has there been much social change in the past 60 years or so with regards to public demonstrations of dissatisfaction and reaction from authority?

3. What opinion do you have of the two people who had been affiliated with civil rights groups, and even the Communist Party in the US? The "infiltrator" admits the problems the movement tries to address are real, but rejects all solutions with any hint of "communism". Are there any solutions that don't have those hints?

4. Why are the only photos of violence from Algeria?

5. Which of the three cases presented is closest to the US in the 1960s? What about the US today? Are any of them actually close enough to matter?

6. Can you think of any social movements that were not promoted by a minority group, at least at first?

7. Does the attitude of the John Birch Society remind you of any modern groups? Is this evidence that our post-truth and personal-facts society started developing much earlier than the 21st century?