Dr Piers Robinson

Dr. Piers Robinson

Dr Piers Robinson is Research Director at the International Center for 9/11 Justice, Co-Director of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies, convenor of the Working Group on Syria, Media and Propaganda and member of BerlinGroup21. He researches and writes on propaganda, conflict and media and was Chair/Professor in Politics, Society ad Political Journalism, University of Sheffield, 2016-2019, Senior Lecturer in International Politics (University of Manchester 2010-2016) and Lecturer in Political Communication (University of Liverpool, 1999-2005).

The Wheels Come off the Chemical Weapons Narrative — Douma 2018 and the OPCW Whistleblowers: Part Five
Dr Piers Robinson
After years of fraudulent claims and inadequate investigations by the OPCW, the wheels finally came off the chemical weapons (CW) narrative. This happened when an investigation team was sent to examine the alleged 2018 CW attack in Douma, Syria, only ...
Green Bottles, Yellow Cylinders, and the Increasingly Fantastical Claims Made in Support of the Syria Chemical Weapons Narrative: Part Four
Dr Piers Robinson
As the war against Syria progressed, increasingly fantastical claims came to be advanced about the Syrian government and alleged chemical weapons attacks on civilians. With little regard for its own scientific credibility, the Organisation for the ...
From Sarin Nerve Agent Attacks to Chlorine Gas: the Syria Chemical Weapons Story Telling Continues: Part Three
Dr Piers Robinson
Part three of our series demonstrating that the Syrian Government chemical weapons use narrative was actually a strategic deception or, in other words, a lie.
The Evolution of the Syria Chemical Weapons Narrative and the Road to Ghouta: Part Two
Dr Piers Robinson
Part two of our series charting how the Syrian chemical weapons narrative was developed with the intention to deceive.
Homs 2012 and the Genesis of Syria Chemical Weapons Narrative: Part 1
Dr Piers Robinson
Right from the start of the Syrian chemical weapons narrative we can observe documented attempts to deceive.
The Censored Scientific Issue at the Heart of the OPCW-Douma Cover Up
Dr Piers Robinson
Since the fall of the Syrian government in early December 2024 there has been a resurgence in media claims of the use of chemical weapons by President Assad. Like the Skripal story, however, their narrative is full of holes.
Attacks on Academic Freedom, The Times of London, and MI6
Dr Piers Robinson
Once again, The Times newspaper is attacking academics who speak truth to power, with a new hit-piece. Who is behind these attacks?
Understanding Power Dynamics and Moving Beyond Divisions: Covid–19 through to Ukraine and Israel/Palestine
Dr Piers Robinson and Vanessa Beeley
In order to face that great power and to dismantle the projects with which it intends to destroy the world as we know it, we must form a cohesive and united Resistance front ...
Five Years On: The OPCW-Douma Deception Continues
Dr Piers Robinson
Covering up the circumstances in which forty Syrian civilians were killed has clearly been a central objective of the US, British and French governments. What are they hiding?
Deafening Silences: propaganda through censorship, smearing and coercion
Dr Piers Robinson
There is a case to be made that the most important part of any propaganda campaign is the drive to ensure that certain voices, claims and arguments either never see the light of day or otherwise remain contained within “fringe” or “alternative” ...
Democracy Lost: Propaganda, Character Assassination and the Campaign Against Professor David Miller
Dr Piers Robinson