Revolutionary propaganda is resistance to censorship or hegemonic ideas created from which perspective?

• A. The subaltern class
• B. The dominant class
• C. External observers
• D. Corporate marketers

Answer: (A)

Revolutionary propaganda comes from the voices that are marginalized within a society—the subaltern. This perspective treats propaganda as a counter-narrative to censorship and to the hegemonic ideas that uphold the dominant class’s power. By speaking from lived experience of oppression and injustice, the subaltern exposes how censorship silences dissent and offers alternative interpretations of events and social conditions. In this view, propaganda isn’t about selling a product or simply analyzing events; it’s about disrupting the established narrative and pushing for emancipation and change. The dominant class tends to produce messaging that reinforces the existing order, external observers don’t occupy the disruptive position, and corporate marketers pursue commercial aims, not political resistance.