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The ideological distortions of the conservative media, from Fox News to the Daily Mail, are widely acknowledged and often denounced among contemporary critics and commentators. But what if The Guardian newspaper and BBC news, in fact, constitute the most insidious forms of capitalist propaganda? In a wide-ranging and erudite polemic, Beyond the Left analyses capitalist news and current affairs media from a radical perspective. The book rejects the liberal and pluralist paradigms that often underpin critiques of the media, showing how media texts reflect and reinforce the material interests of the ruling class and arguing that the principal ideological menace today is posed not by the right wing, but by the left-liberal media, as it co-opts and obscures radical political positions and reinforces a range of mystifications, from anti-fascism and 'humanitarian war' to 'green politics'. Drawing on the work of radical media critics as well as the writings of revolutionary communist groups and considering the recent reporting of war, industrial action, immigration and the environment, Beyond the Left updates and recharges the Marxist critique of the media.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political ideologies

• Full title: Beyond the Left
• Author: Stephen Harper
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 121
• EAN: 9781846949760
• ISBN: 1846949769
• ID: 04429649
• Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
• Weight: 130 g
• Dimensions: 219 × 140 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. January 2012

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