CSPAN3 Reel America Soviet Internal Propaganda - 1985 December 26, 2017
Sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing persist. Housing remains inadequate. Intellectual and artistic expression are stifled. And growing corruption reaches into all levels of society. The soviet people respond with public displays of cynicism. But they almost never openly challenge the authority of the leadership. The soviet regime does not hesitate to enforce its rule through the violence suppression of individual liberty. It prefers to use less onerous methods of control, such as various propaganda techniques. The use of propaganda from cradle to grave by the kremlin h...