Reviews

Fact Fiction Propaganda: A Multimedia Program Combating Hate on the Internet is a wonderfully produced and illustrated pedagogical project from the Kleinmann Family foundation. As a teaching text it is a well-organized and easily accessible discussion of issues related to prejudice and discrimination set both in historical and contemporary societal perspectives. The focus on the Internet and its destructive potential for fomenting and proliferating hatred is especially pertinent to anyone who is concerned with human welfare in this digital age. I recommend this pedagogical program to those interested in fair-mindedness and in understanding the nature and magnitude of its counter-instances.

In a time when “the medium is the message” Fact Fiction Propaganda is a vital means of educating the pubic about the danger of the perpetration of hate on the Internet.

The European Union of Jewish Students enthusiastically welcomes Fact Fiction Propaganda as an educational tool in our fight against contemporary racism and xenophobia.

The theme of Fact Fiction Propaganda is concerned with the universal threat to which we are exposed in the world today and the common enemy we must fight against: ignorance, indifference, discrimination, racism, hatred, and moral cowardice. My students responded enthusiastically and most notably the response of an exchange student from china summarizes in a most vivid manner how effective and how stimulation the class was to young learners and would-be teachers.

Matthieu Sossoyan’s presentation on “The Swastika: Origins, Evolution, and Expropriation of a Symbol” is truly an eye-opener. Highly original and thought-provoking, it offers an anthropologist’s cross-cultural perspective to help us grapple with our historical and contemporary concerns about the Nazis’ and neo-Nazi’s appropriation and use of the ancient symbol for purposes of mobilizing the forces of hatred.