Nothing is efficient in Oceania except the Thought Police….A Party member lives from birth to death under the eye of the Thought Police. Even when he is alone he can never be sure that he is alone. Wherever he may be, asleep or awake, working or resting, in his bath or in bed, he can […]
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The savage satire of `1984′ still speaks to us today (1999!)
WE ARE not very good at celebrations in this country. Back in 1967, no one thought of organising public celebrations for the Reform Bill of 1867, despite the fact that this (not the more famous Bill 1832, which simply rationalised a property franchise and was praised by Hegel) was the beginning of a movement towards […]
USA: You should expect Big Brother to track your phone
In a frightening new decision, a federal appeals court says that you have no expectation of privacy when the police want to track your location using your cell phone. U.S. v. Skinner, Case No. 09-6497. The court said that the police don’t need to bother getting a warrant if they want to stalk you by […]
George Orwell, the prophet of political correctness
One only has to look at how words such as “elitist” or “discrimination” have been altered since Orwell’s death to see how changing the meaning of a word can make the terrain of debate very difficult for one side. All these practices were alive in Orwell’s day, in Soviet Russia, where a more brutal form […]
UK city council’s use of controversial surveillance powers increased
THE use of controversial surveillance powers designed to fight terrorism increased dramatically in Wirral over the past three years. The town hall’s use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act – RIPA –rose from just two occasions in 2008/09 to 23 last year. The surveillance operations exploit anti-terror laws but many local authorities have been […]
Orwell is so much more than simply ‘Left-wing’
England remains a country of in-betweeners. Were he here today, Orwell would be writing for them, about them and the popular culture that appeals to them (he was one of the first to write seriously and respectfully on this subject). His voice would be raised against the creeping totalitarianism of a liberal orthodoxy about which […]
Orwell’s 1984 Solution to Criminalize War
In George Orwell’s 1984 the Outer Party comprised a mere thirteen percent of the population and was subject to the ideological filters in play at the Ministry of Truth and the broader bureaucratic structure. A specific language and way of thinking were closely adhered to. Given their political import, Outer Party members were the most […]
1984 | Thought Crime to Destroy New World Order
Christopher Greene explains how thought crime will destroy the New World Order paradigm. See it here. 1984 | Thought Crime to Destroy New World Order – YouTube.
The necessity for doublethink or face the psychiatric wards
And authoritarian American psychologists are eager to label anyone “taking a cynical stance toward politics, mistrusting authority, endorsing democratic practices, … and displaying an inquisitive, imaginative outlook” as worthy of a trip to the insane asylum. *** The [British] Government has established a shadowy new national anti-terrorist unit to protect VIPs, with the power to detain suspects […]
Austerity to the poor, and now we want your home!
Now someone has noticed this anomaly, which means that working-class people are still living in posh areas of our cities. It’s a scandal, as a headline in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph pointed out: “No one has a right to live in Kensington at taxpayers’ expense.” A right-wing think-tank has tackled this injustice head-on with a report […]
Orwellian
- Are you really choosing to read this article? - The Daily Star
- It’s not Orwellian for publishers to edit Roald Dahl, just commercially savvy - The Guardian
- First UK street preacher reported as terrorist for 'misgendering' wins appeal: 'Orwellian and really alarming' - Fox News
- Sports Direct slammed over use of facial recognition tech in stores - Retail Gazette
- Isabel Vaughan-Spruce: Backlash over arrest of abortion protester - The Times
- Suella Braverman: 'Orwellian' non-crime hate incidents distract police - The Times
- When your 'friends' spy on you: The firm pitching Orwellian social ... - Rappler
- Council slammed for 'wasting taxpayers' money after sending as many as 10 security guards to put up a fence around a 120-year-old tree that residents are trying to stop being cut down - Yahoo News UK
- India & Nationalism: BJP Govt's BBC Move Is a Reflection of an Orwellian State - The Quint
- Ron DeSantis is just getting started with his rightwing agenda. That should worry us all - The Guardian
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