Veteran explains how 1984 is now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgfHbJkA2Y

 

Gerrymandered to Hell (Andrew Seidel; One Nation, Indivisible podcast Episode #25)

Andrew turns to George Orwell to sum up the insanity of this week and really the administration altogether. Then Andrew dives into the gerrymandering debate, why Dems should have done it a while ago, and the anti-voter crusade that goes back 15 years.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-aqyyh-26f9367a

Iowa law banning books including 1984 and Ulysses blocked by US federal judge | Books | The Guardian

Judge rules that law banning school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts had been applied unconstitutionally…

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/26/iowa-law-banning-books-including-1984-and-ulysses-blocked-by-us-federal-judge 

 

Orwell's '1984' has become a conservative rallying cry - The Washington Post

...After months of openly poisoning the body politic with lies that sent a mob crashing into the Capitol, right-wing politicians are deeply alarmed about . . . their ability to continue openly poisoning the body politic with lies...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/orwell-1984-conservatives/2021/01/11/e80ce30e-5446-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html

Trump has another moment right out of ‘1984’ - The Washington Post: Opinion

Beyond gaslighting, into the realm of "1984."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/21/trump-has-another-moment-right-out/

Fox host tells viewers that what we JUST watched Trump do didn't happen

BREAKING: Fox News host Laura Ingraham just told us not to believe what we JUST watched Trump do...
https://youtu.be/JwRSxQlrLKE

Redefining religious freedom as religious privilege - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service

The First Amendment Defense Act. It’s a name that Big Brother would be proud of, seemingly plucked from the bowels of the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s “1984.”....

https://religionnews.com/2018/04/23/redefining-religious-freedom-as-religious-privilege/

The CDC’s language policy isn’t just politics as usual. It’s Orwellian. -- Vox

In January, I didn't think our language was going the way of 1984. Now I'm not so sure. ....
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/20/16795890/cdc-language-policy-orwellian

‘1984’ Sales Spike After Kellyanne Conway’s Orwellian Interview (The Huffington Post)

People are suddenly very interested in the enduring story of a dystopian society....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/1984-sales-spike-alternative-facts_us_5887c8cce4b0441a8f71871d?

Get the book as a free download: https://archive.org/details/Orwell1984preywo

Outright Lies, Constant Tweets & "Alternative Facts": Inside Trump's Orwellian War with the Media

http://democracynow.org - We turn now to look at President Trump, the media and what the new administration calls "alternative facts." On Saturday, in his first full day in office, Trump visited CIA headquarters. Speaking in front of the CIA Memorial Wall, he told the agency he had a running war with the media. Hours later, Trump then ordered his new press secretary, Sean Spicer, to hold an emergency press briefing to claim, "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe."

Then, on Sunday, Trump’s adviser, Kellyanne Conway, defended Spicer’s demonstrably false statement by saying he "gave alternative facts."

We speak to filmmaker Brian Knappenberger, director of "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press," and Mark Hertsgaard, investigative editor at The Nation magazine and author of seven books, including "On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency."
Interview:
https://youtu.be/0SMTvKf_c_A

Salon: Dystopian Donald: Will Trump make “1984” look like a nursery tale?

Can you doubt that we're in a dystopian age, even if we're still four weeks from Donald Trump entering the Oval Office? Never in our lifetimes have we experienced such vivid previews of what unfettered capitalism is likely to mean in an ever more unequal country, now that its version of 1 percent politics has elevated to the pinnacle of power a bizarre billionaire and his "basket of deplorables." I'm referring, of course, not to his followers but to his picks for the highest posts in the land. ...
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/23/dystopian-donald-will-trump-make-1984-look-like-a-nursery-tale_partner/