George Orwell

  • Menticide 101 and the Brainwashing of a World: Part III—New Courage for Old Lies

    By Dr Bruce Scott Taking stock In Part 1 and Part 2 of Menticide 101 and the Brainwashing of a World, I discussed the double-pronged attack of menticide and the normalisation of a biosecurity-driven, technocratic scientific dictatorship. I now put forward the argument that we find ourselves in a position where cries from a position…

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  • Orwell’s Dystopian Novel ‘1984’ Compared to Today

    By T J Martin “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” Winston Smith [main protagonist] is an anachronism, first entering the public consciousness in 1949 with the publication by George Orwell of his seminal work 1984.1 Poor, sad Winston embodied Orwell’s fictional glimpse into a dark dystopia, then…

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  • Menticide – the Pandemic Within

    A short essay by Cherry Hughes  According to the Oxford Dictionary, menticide is defined as “The undermining or destruction of a person’s mind or will, especially by systematic means (regarded as a characteristic activity of totalitarian regimes”. This, I would argue, demonstrates exactly the total governmental control being exerted over the populus of many countries,…

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  • George Orwell’s Animal Farm Animation

    https://youtu.be/XXkicQRl6vg An animated film by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. You can download a PDF version of the book for free here: https://www.glossopdale.derbyshire.sch.uk/Learning_Experiences/Revision/Animal_Farm_Whole_Text.pdf Summary One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he…

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