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This original work considers the way in which power works within contemporary society. Included are exclusive interviews with Noam Chomsky, who speaks candidly on understanding power and the cost of dissent, and with Brian Martin, who speaks openly about the death of Dr. David Kelly, British weapons expert. Also includes an examination of patriotic correctness and the repression of dissent in America; post-9/11 media coverage and the war on terror; and the myth of the objective professional. Contributors include: Paul Boin, James Winter, Jean Chen, Teresa Chen, Valerie Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Robert Jensen, Peter Eglin, and Jeffery Klaehn. Jeffery Klaehn teaches sociology at the University of Guelph. He is the editor of Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model (Black Rose Books, 2005).

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Jeffery Klaehn, PhD, teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, Ontario. He is the editor of Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model, of Bound By Power: Intended Consequences and of Inside the World of Comic Books (all Black Rose books titles).

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