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The Powell Memo: A Call-to-Arms for Neoliberalism (publishing and censorship)

From this document, we quote this section (Books, Paperbacks and Pamphlets) where it is evident how as from the very beginning of the Seventies there has been a Will to keep low (extremely low) the brain activity of human intelligence in the publishing sector, by manipulating the quality of the publications. The first essential is to establish the staffs of eminent scholars, writers and speakers, who will do the thinking, the analysis, the writing and the speaking. It will also be essential to have staff personnel who are thoroughly familiar with the media, and how most effectively to communicate with the public [...] The news stands — at airports, drugstores, and elsewhere — are filled with paperbacks and pamphlets advocating everything from revolution to erotic free love. One finds almost no attractive, well-written paperbacks or pamphlets on “our side.” It will be difficult to compete with an Eldridge Cleaver or even a Charles Reich for reader attention, but unless the effort...