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        <h1 class="reader-title">Is the American Psychological
          Association Addicted to Militarism and War?</h1>
        <span class="post_author_intro">by</span> <span
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            href="https://www.counterpunch.org/author/jecaspud8989/"
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              <p>When hijacked planes hit their targets on the morning
                of September 11, 2001, the American Psychological
                Association (APA) sprang into action. Within hours,
                through its disaster response network the APA mobilized
                expert practitioners and worked with the American Red
                Cross to provide psychological support to families of
                the victims and to rescue workers. The APA’s public
                affairs office moved quickly as well to assist the
                public—and especially families, children, and schools—by
                developing and disseminating <a
                  href="http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov01/aparesponds.aspx">materials</a> that
                provided psychological guidance about coping with fear
                and trauma.</p>
              <p>But with comparable urgency, the APA also ensured that
                the Bush Administration would view the association as a
                valued partner in the military and intelligence
                operations central to the new “war on terror.” Within
                days, the APA’s science directorate called upon research
                psychologists to identify how psychological science
                might contribute to counter-terrorism initiatives.
                Shortly thereafter, a newly established APA subcommittee
                on psychology’s response to terrorism <a
                  href="http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov01/militarypsych.aspx">directed</a> its
                attention to “offering psychologists’ expertise to
                decision-makers in the military, Central Intelligence
                Agency, Department of State and related agencies” and to
                “inventorying members’ expertise and asking government
                psychologists how agencies could put that expertise to
                use.”</p>
              <p>These two responses are clearly very different from
                each other. The first—providing expert,
                research-informed psychological assistance to a grieving
                and traumatized nation—captures the stated <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/about/index">mission</a> of
                the APA quite well: “advancing psychology to benefit
                society and improve people’s lives.” The second—offering
                zealous support to the military-intelligence
                establishment after the White House had <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/attacked/transcripts/cheney091601.html">promised</a> a
                “crusade” in which adversaries would face the “full
                wrath” of the United States and in which our operatives
                would “spend time in the shadows” working “the dark
                side” and using “any means at our disposal”—certainly
                does <em>not. </em></p>
              <p><em> </em>Yet in various forms, this troubling
                dichotomy has appeared again and again in the years
                since the 9/11 attacks. On the one hand, at times the
                APA has taken public stands on key perils and injustices
                associated with issues such as <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/about/policy/climate-change">climate
                  change</a><a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/advocacy/socioeconomic-status/index">,
                  poverty</a>, <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/advocacy/civil-rights/diversity/index">racism</a>, <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/about/policy/firearms">gun
                  violence</a>, <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/monitor/jun04/protecting">consumerism</a>,
                and <a
href="https://www.apa.org/advocacy/immigration/separating-families-letter.pdf">immigration</a>.
                But when the focus shifts to conquering the <a
href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/beyond-vietnam">third</a> of
                Martin Luther King’s “giant triplets of racism, extreme
                materialism, and militarism,” the APA turns silent, or
                worse. With large segments of the American public so
                readily and regularly enticed by the bipartisan
                glorification of war and all things military, the
                world’s largest association of psychologists could play
                an important moderating and cautionary role.
                Unfortunately, the APA instead often acts like the
                “impaired professional” who is<strong> </strong>unable
                (or unwilling) to intervene because they too suffer from
                the same addiction. Here are several examples.</p>
              <p><strong>Torture</strong></p>
              <p>The arena that has received the most attention is the
                disturbing <a
href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Unjustifiable_Means.html?id=C3BADwAAQBAJ">involvement</a> of
                psychologists—including <a
                  href="https://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/viewFile/479/pdf">members</a> of
                the APA—in the government-authorized torture and abuse
                of “war on terror” detainees. As revelations of this
                wrongdoing and abandonment of professional ethics
                emerged and then spread well over a decade ago, for
                years the APA’s primary responses were a combination of
                stonewalling, denials, and attacks against critics. The
                APA’s ethics office director <a
                  href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/washington/07detain.html">insisted</a> that psychologists
                knew not to participate in activities that harmed
                detainees, and an APA president <a
                  href="http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb06/pc.aspx">wrote</a> that
                those who raised concerns were merely “opportunistic
                commentators masquerading as scholars.”</p>
              <p>In 2005, facing growing outrage, the APA created a
                controversial task force to examine psychological ethics
                in national security settings (<a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/pens.pdf">PENS</a>).
                Stacked with representatives from the
                military-intelligence establishment, the task force met
                for three days and, unsurprisingly, asserted that
                psychologists helped to keep detention and interrogation
                operations <a
                  href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200196/">“safe,
                  legal, ethical, and effective”</a>—despite multiple <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/politics/red-cross-finds-detainee-abuse-in-guantanamo.html">accounts</a> that health
                professionals, including psychologists, were among the
                perpetrators of detainee mistreatment. The APA board of
                directors then quickly approved the PENS report in an
                “emergency” vote, bypassing the association’s full
                governing body.</p>
              <p>Finally, in 2015, following a months-long investigation
                based on analysis of over 50,000 documents and 150
                interviews, an <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/independent-review/revised-report.pdf">independent
                  report</a> authorized by the APA presented extensive
                evidence of secret collaboration–conducted over a period
                of years—between APA leaders and Department of Defense
                officials. These secret efforts were apparently aimed at
                ensuring that the APA’s ethics policies would not
                constrain interrogation-related activities, and that
                psychologists would remain in operational roles
                at Guantánamo Bay and other U.S. overseas detention
                centers. The report led to a few much-needed <a
href="https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/08/psychologist-interrogations">reforms</a>,
                but it also produced a backlash from some military
                psychologists who, along with their supporters,
                responded with defamation lawsuits, a formal ethics <a
href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/psychology-torture-guantanamo-interrogation">complaint</a> and
                more threats of the same, and calls for public
                suppression of the report itself. Responding to an <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/psychologists-are-facing-consequences-for-helping-with-torture-its-not-enough/2017/10/13/2756b734-ad14-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html">article</a> by
                this author, the APA’s CEO again reached for old
                falsehoods, portraying the profession’s dark-side
                participation as limited to the actions of “two rogue
                psychologists” involved in the CIA’s torture program.</p>
              <p><strong>Terrorism</strong></p>
              <p>As the U.S. propaganda-driven and illegal invasion of
                Iraq was unfolding in 2003, a former APA president
                offered a polarizing <a
                  href="https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11109">warning</a>:
                “The civilized world is at war with Jihad Islamic
                terrorism. It takes a bomb in the office of some
                academics to make them realize that their most basic
                values are now threatened.” During that same period, the
                APA’s leadership authorized an expert <a
                  href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-american-psychologica_b_242020">task
                  force</a> to produce a report examining the
                psychological effects on the American public of
                government efforts to prevent terrorism. According to
                the task force chair, members <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/independent-review/revised-report.pdf">recommended</a> that
                “psychologists become involved in the development,
                implementation and evaluations of new programs about
                terrorism and efforts to prevent it,” and that they do
                so by using “knowledge about enemy images, stereotyping
                of other groups, and the processes of groupthink to
                develop guidelines and recommendations to help national,
                state, and local leaders tailor their public
                communications about terrorism so that their messages
                minimize known deleterious effects upon the populace.”</p>
              <p>The task force also expressed concern about the
                weaponization of fear by the Bush Administration in its
                rhetoric about the “war on terror,” which emphasized
                ideas about “us versus them,” the importance of loyalty
                to a central authority, and the belief that our cultural
                norms are universal truths.   One task force member
                noted that the government’s response could prove more
                dangerous than the terrorists themselves. These
                conclusions were met with alarm by the APA’s senior
                staff, who privately <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/independent-review/revised-report.pdf">worried</a> that
                publicizing the report could significantly damage the
                APA’s public image, and likely cause friction with the
                White House. The final report was quashed. A few years
                later, it was elaborated and published as a <a
                  href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Fwie5FvWXekC">book</a>.
                The task force chair was reportedly advised by the APA’s
                legal counsel that there should be no suggestion that
                the association endorsed the book in any manner.</p>
              <p><strong>Comprehensive Soldier Fitness</strong></p>
              <p>In 2011, the APA devoted an entire <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/special/4016601">special
                  issue</a> of its flagship journal, the <em>American
                  Psychologist</em>, to a series of uncritical articles
                waxing enthusiastic about the U.S. Army’s new
                Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program. Based on a
                “positive psychology” framework, CSF was developed under
                the guidance of psychologists, and all of the journal’s
                13 articles were written by individuals involved in
                designing and implementing the resilience program. The
                avowed <a
                  href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-00087-005">goals</a> of
                CSF were to “enhance soldiers’ ability to handle
                adversity, prevent depression and anxiety, prevent PTSD,
                and enhance overall well-being and performance.” These
                may be worthy aspirations, but CSF quickly became <em>mandatory</em> for
                one million soldiers <em>without</em> pilot testing or
                compelling evidence that it could achieve these
                objectives. Not surprisingly, subsequent <a
href="http://ethicalpsychology.org/materials/Eidelson-&-Soldz-CSF_Research_Fails_the_Test.pdf">analyses</a>,
                including those conducted by authoritative scientific <a
href="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=18597">institutions</a>,
                have shown that CSF falls well short of its stated
                goals.</p>
              <p>This APA special journal issue offered little
                discussion of conceptual challenges or ethical
                considerations, nor did it provide any forum for
                independent critical or cautionary voices. In sum, the
                APA’s stance toward CSF was little more than
                cheerleading for an untested military research
                project—one with enormous ramifications—about which many
                crucial questions should have been asked. For example,
                might the program be harmful for some soldiers, perhaps
                by undermining previously learned successful coping
                strategies? Or, by fortifying perseverance in the face
                of adversity, might CSF lead soldiers to engage in
                actions—including harm to civilians—that later cause
                deep regret and <a
                  href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19683376">moral
                  injury</a>, thereby increasing the potential for PTSD
                and other post-combat psychological difficulties? Or,
                might this resilience program lead some to deny, for a
                time at least, the adverse effects of their traumatic
                experiences, heightening the likelihood of premature
                redeployment to battle zones with further risk of
                serious disability?</p>
              <p>The APA’s promotion of the flawed CSF program is yet
                further evidence of the organization’s failure to
                adequately confront the often-staggering consequences
                that flow from uncritical support of our country’s
                military ambitions, all too frequently yoked to the <a
href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Hidden_Structure_of_Violence.html?id=oTMVCgAAQBAJ">interests</a> of
                mega-corporations and their largest shareholders. “Blind
                patriotism”—a topic psychologists have <a
                  href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/0162-895X.00140">studied</a>—serves
                to advance policies, framed as “national security”
                endeavors, that inevitably endanger the well-being of
                our own soldiers, combatants on the other side, and many
                innocent civilians—all while squandering precious
                resources.</p>
              <p><strong>Drone Warfare</strong></p>
              <p>With names like the Predator and the Reaper, weaponized
                drones used by the U.S. military and the CIA should <a
href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dangerous-ideas/201408/predators-reapers-and-psychology-s-do-no-harm-ethics">raise</a> significant
                concerns for the profession of psychology. A detailed
                multi-university <a
href="https://www-cdn.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Stanford-NYU-Living-Under-Drones.pdf">report</a>examining
                U.S. drone policy found that “Their presence terrorizes
                men, women, and children, giving rise to anxiety and
                psychological trauma among civilian communities. Those
                living under drones have to face the constant worry that
                a deadly strike may be fired at any moment, and the
                knowledge that they are powerless to protect
                themselves.” Similarly, the director of the human rights
                organization Reprieve has <a
href="https://reprieve.org.uk/press/2013_03_05_drones_in_yemen_psychological_emergency/">described</a>the
                use of these drones as “a form of psychological torture
                and collective punishment.”</p>
              <p>These realities raise compelling questions about the
                ethics of psychologists’ involvement in such operations.
                In 2013, members of the APA’s peace psychology division
                (including the author) wrote to the APA’s ethics office
                requesting guidance as to whether, according to the
                ethics code, it is permissible for a psychologist to be
                involved in the operation of a weaponized drone; to work
                as an intelligence consultant in the targeting of drone
                strikes; to participate in programs designed to select
                drone operators or train them to overcome the natural
                psychological aversion to killing other people; or to
                assist in promoting public support for the use of these
                drones by misrepresenting evidence of the harm caused by
                such attacks. Sadly, but perhaps predictably, this
                request was never answered by the APA’s ethics office.</p>
              <p>It is difficult to obtain detailed information about
                the ways in which psychologists may be participating in
                drone-related operations, especially when that work is
                classified. But we do know that psychologists are
                conducting research with drone pilots. One area involves
                figuring out which skills and attributes make for a
                top-notch pilot. Some of this research <a
href="http://www.airforcemag.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Reports/2012/January%202012/Day03/RPA_pilot_psychological_attributes.pdf">examines</a> how
                a pilot’s belief system and “moral motivation” may <em>negatively</em> affect
                their performance when it comes to the deployment of
                weapons. Another research area apparently
                involves looking at how to reduce the high levels of
                stress, PTSD, depression, and substance abuse among
                drone operators. According to one <a
                  href="https://www.gq.com/story/drone-uav-pilot-assassination">account</a>,
                the development of a Siri-like user interface aims to
                anthropomorphize the drone—so that the pilot feels less
                responsible for the death and destruction
                wrought. Seemingly <em>not</em> under investigation is
                whether wars will become more likely and more frequent
                as we become enthralled with the prospect of
                discomfort-free and risk-free killing from afar.</p>
              <p><strong>The Defense Budget</strong></p>
              <p>In an address shortly after becoming U.S. president in
                1953, General Dwight D. Eisenhower <a
href="https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/all_about_ike/speeches/chance_for_peace.pdf">said</a>,
                “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every
                rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from
                those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and
                are not clothed.” Nevertheless, there is near unanimous
                bipartisan support in Congress for our ever-growing
                defense budget—a budget now <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/22/us/is-americas-military-big-enough.html">exceeding</a> that
                of the next seven largest countries combined. The most
                direct <a
href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Hidden_Structure_of_Violence.html?id=oTMVCgAAQBAJ">beneficiaries</a> of
                this outsized spending are, regrettably, often giant
                defense contractors and weapons builders. The United
                States is also the <a
                  href="https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R44716.pdf">largest</a>international
                arms seller—with ongoing efforts to promote even bigger
                markets that include countries ruled by ruthless
                autocrats. But none of this seems to garner meaningful
                comment from the APA, even though psychology offers
                valuable insights into the potentially destructive
                consequences of individual and collective choices driven
                by fear, greed, conformity, or blind patriotism.</p>
              <p>When the federal budget is under discussion in
                Washington, DC, at times the APA does indeed <a
href="https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/reject-presidents-budget">warn</a> against
                cuts to key domestic programs, including those that
                involve practice opportunities for psychologists. But
                the association rarely if ever speaks out against the
                enormous financial drain that is today’s
                military-intelligence establishment. In fact, when
                the APA gives testimony before defense appropriations
                committees, it routinely calls for <em>more</em> funding
                for psychological research with military applications.
                Moreover, the APA members selected to argue this case
                are usually high-level staffers at the Human Resources
                Research Organization (HumRRO), a defense contractor
                first <a
href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryant-welch/torture-psychology-and-da_b_215612.html">established</a> decades
                ago to develop “psychological warfare” techniques.
                HumRRO’s <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dutch_Franz/publication/313473797_Subversion_of_the_American_Psychological_Association_by_a_Defense_Contractor_and_Government_Manipulation_of_Vulnerable_On-Line_Communities/links/589b7c3592851c942ddae288/Subver">connections</a> with
                the APA are long, deep, and arguably problematic. The
                company has received tens of millions of defense
                dollars, and its research projects have included <a
href="http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/237/237029310/237029310_201109_990.pdf">work</a> on
                developing “overwhelmingly lethal” combat systems.</p>
              <p><strong>Professional Ethics</strong></p>
              <p>Leaders of the APA’s military psychology <a
                  href="https://www.militarypsych.org/">division</a> have
                been among the most outspoken proponents of modifying
                our understanding of the profession’s ethics. Some of
                them have <a
href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/05/attacks-on-hoffman-report-from-military-psychologists-obfuscate-detainee-abuse/">participated</a> in
                the harsh detention and interrogation operations at
                Guantánamo. Others have <a
                  href="https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4312016">argued</a> that
                the U.S. government is the psychologist’s primary client
                in military contexts, and that society’s interests—as
                determined by the government—should override other
                professional ethical considerations for psychologists.
                And another military psychologist has <a
                  href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fSciAgAAQBAJ">recommended</a> that
                psychotherapy techniques be used to train soldiers in
                “adaptive killing”—to help them overcome the natural
                aversion to taking another life, and the tendency to
                feel guilty after doing so. These same interests were
                also behind recent <a
href="https://medium.com/@jeff_kaye/un-states-us-interrogations-use-torture-guantanamo-is-a-torture-facility-so-why-do-military-14e9dfebfd04">efforts</a> to
                change an APA policy that currently restricts
                psychologists from working at Guantánamo and other U.S.
                detention facilities that violate international law.
                Although that resolution was soundly defeated by the
                association’s governing body, the APA’s president
                nevertheless <a
href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/paradigm-shift/201810/apa-cozies-the-dod-again">sent</a> a
                follow-up letter assuring the Department of Defense that
                the prohibition was merely “aspirational” and not
                enforceable.</p>
              <p>Many of these issues reflect a worrisome and growing
                trend toward what this author and colleagues have <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270940853_Psychology_under_fire_Adversarial_operational_psychology_and_psychological_ethics">called</a> “adversarial
                operational psychology.” This area of practice diverges
                from the profession’s traditional do-no-harm ethical
                principles in three ways: psychologists engage in
                military-intelligence activities where individuals or
                groups are targeted for harm; these targets have not
                provided their voluntary informed consent; and these
                psychologists are shielded from professional ethical
                oversight by a maze of classified projects and security
                clearances. To be clear, most psychologists whose work
                supports the U.S. military and other defense-related
                agencies do not serve in these roles. But ongoing
                efforts to build and promote this specialization reflect
                the further weaponization of psychology and can
                jeopardize the public’s trust in the profession. At the
                same time, they also pose a threat to a psychological
                science that depends upon transparency, data sharing,
                and peer review.</p>
              <p><strong>Breaking Free from the Addiction</strong></p>
              <p>There are undoubtedly multiple reasons why the APA
                seems to lose its scientific rudder, moral compass, and
                independent voice in the military-intelligence arena,
                where violence, domination, and oppression are too often
                the preferred tools of U.S. foreign policy. Perhaps it
                is in part because the Department of Defense is a valued
                employer of psychologists, a significant funder of
                psychological research, and a key source of internships
                for graduate students in clinical psychology. As well,
                in influential circles strong connections with the
                Pentagon can bring an organization considerable stature
                and a proverbial “seat at the table” for policy
                deliberations with national and international
                ramifications. And we should not overlook the reality
                that, when couched as “patriotism,” calls to action—and
                obedience—are never easy to resist for individuals or
                groups. After all, that is why they have been standard
                fare for demagogues across time and place.</p>
              <p>But what does the mission of “advancing psychology to
                benefit society and improve people’s lives” truly mean
                if the APA refuses to counter fearmongering propaganda,
                the manipulative nurturing of enemy images, and the
                misuse of military might? The consequences of our
                failure to rein in these forces are stark: nearly 800
                overseas military bases; massive weapons expenditures
                that hinder urgent domestic spending needs; assertions
                of exceptionalism that encourage a disturbing disregard
                for the lives and suffering of non-Americans; and
                unencumbered power for narrow interests that may find
                the threat and spoils of war far more profitable than
                diplomatic success or lasting peace.</p>
              <p>What would “breaking free” look like for the APA? Here
                are several examples. The APA can advocate for an end to
                the indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees and for
                closure of that infamous facility, where imprisonment
                violates <a
href="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/int_cat_coc_usa_18893_e.pdf">international
                  law</a> and has caused severe <a
href="http://www.cvt.org/sites/default/files/attachments/u10/downloads/CVT-Testimony-Senate-ClosingGuantanamo-2013July.pdf">psychological
                  harm</a>. The APA can help the public better
                understand that the psychology fostering exaggerated
                fears of terrorism can also lead to unscientific <a
href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/almost-addicted/201607/the-dangers-countering-violent-extremism-cve-programs">programs</a> that
                jeopardize civil liberties—especially for those who are
                already most vulnerable to prejudice and
                stereotyping. The APA can raise alarm about
                psychological strategies behind today’s military <a
href="https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/27/most-american-youth-first-meet-a-recruiter-at-17-but-the-army-wants-to-start-younger/">recruitment</a> efforts,
                which increasingly target younger teens and those
                whose financial and educational circumstances make them
                especially susceptible to false assurances or
                misrepresentations. The APA can call for reductions in
                our massive and burgeoning military budget that chokes
                off funding for domestic <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/trump-budget-2020/">programs</a>—Medicare,
                Medicaid, affordable housing, public transportation,
                student aid—that are essential contributors to our
                nation’s psychological health. And the APA can implement
                stronger internal policies to ensure that its own
                deliberations are not <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308607679_Recommendations_to_The_American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science_Committee_on_Scientific_Freedom_and_Responsibility_for_Constraints_on_Defense_Contractors_in_the_Health_Behavioral_and_So">unduly
                  influenced</a> by those who benefit from financial
                ties to the military-intelligence establishment.</p>
              <p>Urging these and related changes at the APA does not
                diminish appreciation for the valuable work of
                psychologists—and other health professionals—who care
                for our soldiers and veterans. The stresses of military
                service are daunting, ranging from lengthy family
                dislocations to combat experiences that involve exposure
                to unspeakable brutality and the risk of injury and
                death. Even after returning home from the battlefield,
                heightened dangers of PTSD, substance use, and
                suicide remain. Certainly, those who serve deserve our
                abiding respect and compassionate support. But we do
                everyone a disservice when we fail to question and
                challenge a system and a culture that so readily place
                them—and others—in harm’s way. It is time for the APA
                and its members to decide whether the world’s largest
                psychological association is ready to overcome its
                “addiction” and help lead us forward.</p>
              <p><em>NOTE: Roy Eidelson, PhD, is a past president of
                  Psychologists for Social Responsibility, a member of
                  the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology, and the
                  author of <a
                    href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999823701">POLITICAL
                    MIND GAMES: How the 1% Manipulate Our Understanding
                    of What’s Happening, What’s Right, and What’s
                    Possible.</a> Roy’s website is <a
                    href="http://www.royeidelson.com/">www.royeidelson.com</a> and
                  he is on Twitter at <a
                    href="https://twitter.com/royeidelson">@royeidelson</a>.</em></p>
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