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"Chi controlla il passato controlla il futuro. Chi controlla il presente controlla il passato". 75 anni fa morì #GeorgeOrwell che temeva che potere politico + mezzi di comunicazione potessero essere letali per la democrazia. E questo è il film tratto da uno dei suoi libri (con tanto di colonna sonora degli #Eurythmics). L'anno è già passato, per cui pericolo scampato! 1984 (1984) FILM COMPLETO ITA - Dailymotion https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9c2sc2 #cinema #music #literature
Via HN:
> "..there is now a widespread tendency to argue that one can only defend #democracy by #totalitarian methods. If one loves democracy, the argument runs, one must crush its enemies by no matter what means. And who are its #enemies? It always appears that they are not only those who attack it openly and consciously, but those who ‘objectively’ endanger it by spreading mistaken #doctrines. In other words, defending democracy involves destroying all #independence of thought"
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."
- #GeorgeOrwell, 1984
#OrwellQuotes #NineteenEightyFour #BigBrother #MemoryHole #Erased #MemoryHoled #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule
Straight Outta Compton (Mackenzie)
Edward Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972) was born #OTD, 17 Jan. Mainly remembered today for his 1947 comedy WHISKY GALORE, he wrote more than 100 books & influenced writers such as F Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, & Cyril Connolly
A 🎂 🧵
1/4: Compton Mackenzie’s forgotten genius
https://unherd.com/2022/11/the-forgotten-genius-of-compton-mackenzie/
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #FScottFitzgerald #GeorgeOrwell #CyrilConnolly
File under "Learnng from History &/or Orwell ...- and Well done you, U.K.
From The Smithsonian:
>> George Orwell Gets His Own £2 Coin Featuring an All-Seeing Eye
"Inscribed with quotes from “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” the Royal Mint’s latest release honors the author on the 75th anniversary of his death"
#Orwell #GeorgeOrwell #numismatics #UK #literature #AllSeeingEye #history
Not an actual #GeorgeOrwell quote, but it's from the movie version of 1984. In the movie, Winston Smith reads the quote as an excerpt from Emmanuel Goldstein's banned book: "The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous."
#EndlessWars #IraqWar #IranWar #Oiligarchy #BigOil #BigOilAndGas #Doublethink #Orwellian #1984Movie
Wow. This was definitely a powerful read. I think everyone should read this book at least once, and reflect on the modern day and how closely it mirrors reality. And most importantly, always remain self aware and be mindful to keep your fear in check. Don’t ever allow fear to become your master.
Read my full review here.
https://library.thecozy.cat/blog/1984-by-george-orwell-book-review/
@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #georgeorwell #1984 #dystopiabooks #bookstagram #booktok #politics #politicalbooks #bookblog
#1984 #GeorgeOrwell #2024 #Partiotism
So much of his work has come to pass and is scarily familiar.
This morning i finished reading #DesperateRemedies [#ThomasHardy]. Next i shall re-read #1984 [#GeorgeOrwell]. The thing about my leisure reading, as the above possibly indicates, is that i like to randomly flit about in my #eLibrary, not necessarily remain tonally &/or temporally consistent.
#ePub #eBooks #reading #literature #ProjectGutenberg #GutenbergProject
Finished today #Julia" by Sandra Newman, a 2023 feminist retelling of #1984 by #GeorgeOrwell from her perspective, just as "James" had been a retelling of "Huckleberry Finn". Recommended recently by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic which is why I got it via Overdrive/Libby. Do read it! (The ending hat me shivering, thinking of postwar #Germany and the #Persilschein, but read it yourself!) @bookstodon @buchstodon #bookstodon #bookreviews
#Trump #Project47 and the #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 is a dystopian #ChristoFascist theocratic future much closer to (indistinguishable from?) #GeorgeOrwell 's #1984 than to democracy! #VoteBlue up and down the ballot! #SaveAmerica ! #Politics
A 🧶 Knitting Pattern depicting the Iconic 📙 #PenguinBooks Cover of #GeorgeOrwell’s #1984.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/penguin-classics-1984-triband-sweater
The pattern includes extra alphabet charts so that you can customise the title and author to your favourite book.
📘 Pulped Fiction.
A project by David Shrigley “who has produced a limited run of 1,250 copies of #GeorgeOrwell's dystopian novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' made entirely from the pulped remains of unwanted copies of 'The Da Vinci Code'.”
