Lying For Unity (19 FEB 2021)

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Lying for Unity: How Spain Uses Fake News and Disinformation to Block Catalonia's Independence.

Michael Strubell

Cockwood Press, February 2021.

In this well documented 273-page book with over 400 references, the author argues that the Catalan independence movement has been attacked by the Spanish authorities using, among other strategies, disinformation, manipulation and accusations of indoctrination. It exposes the insistent attempts by the Spanish authorities to engage in large-scale disinformation as one of its strategies, along with endless threats and lawfare, to try to discredit, decapitate and counter what is, in fact, an entirely peaceful, democratic movement.After a Preface by Professor Henry Ettinghausen, the book consists of a short Introduction followed by seven chapters and a short list of conclusions. The chapters are “Fake news is not new. It goes well back in history”, “Fake News and Russian influence, a concern in Europe and beyond”, “The Catalan independence process and Spain’s foreign policy”, “The Catalan independence process: a “breeding-ground” for falsehoods, manipulation, fake news... and unrelenting lawfare”, “Claims of Russian involvement in the Catalan independence process”, “The Covid-19 pandemic, democratic values, and disinformation”, and “The Covid-19 pandemic: a new excuse to hammer the Catalan independence process”.

On sale here:

1. Paperback (€11.50) ISBN 10: 161150063X  ISBN 13: 9781611500639

• Amazon (.es portal): http://amzn.to/2ZCIGpS

          (.com portal): https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Unity-Disinformation-Catalonias-Independence/dp/161150063X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=strubell&qid=1613989305&sr=8-1

          (.co.uk portal): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lying-Unity-Disinformation-Catalonias-Independence-ebook/dp/B08W4JH5CG/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1EDH5Y5I2K7VS&dchild=1&keywords=strubell&qid=1613989384&sprefix=Strubel%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-2

 2. eBook (€5.50)

• Amazon / Kindle (ebook, ISBN 978-1-61150-065-3): https://www.amazon.es/dp/B08W4JH5CG

• Barnes & Noble (ePub, Nook, $6.50v, ISBN 978-1-61150-064-6): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lying-for-unity-michael-strubell/1138868594?ean=2940162392439

• Kobo (ePub, ISBN 978-1-61150-064-6): https://www.kobo.com/es/en/ebook/lying-for-unity
  

3. A la venda a Barcelona, Vilaweb, botiga. 

C/ Ferlandina, 43
08001 Barcelona
tel. 934 426 439

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* I spoke about the book here, with Dr. Virgil Simons (from 8'24"): 

• video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FoizWKE5-uf-UTeXcTRfzq49xnV3ymFJ/view
• audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vsu_DNYAnGdftvVz-TgaT1dfWiK0EuPw/view

* ANC England invited me to present the book on April 22 2021. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh3KuabCs60   

* See interview in Catalan here with Martí Estruch (published by VilaWeb, 27 MAY): https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/miquel-strubell/

 

* See conversation with Dr. Mark McNaught, Independence live, 27 MAY. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYVrOb6oPQ (1 hr 4 min)

 

Presentacions: St Feliu, 12 de juny (Casa Irla)

 

 Sta Cristina d'Aro, 26 de juny

 

 

 Presentació, 9 de juliol, Bellcaire d'Empordà (Castell, 19 hores):

 

 

Propera presentació, 25 d'agost, Palamós (Jardins de la Biblioteca) 19 hores.