We are plunging into a world eerily similar to George Orwell’s novel “1984. ... Columnist Carrie N. Baker: ‘War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.’ — 1984 in 2025 .

Reflecting his aversion to multilateral alliances, Trump’s first major foreign policy initiative was a unilateral attempt to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. On February 12th, he ...

Raoul Peck's essay film about the creation of "1984" uses George Orwell's words and writings as a jumping-off point to chart the rise of modern fascism. ... "War is peace.

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Books like ‘1984’ “1984” is set in the totalitarian state of Oceania, where war is peace, freedom is slavery ...

In “1984,” Oceania is battling Eurasia but then announces it has always been at war with Eastasia instead. The Soviet Union had been our nemesis for decades, but Trump suddenly switched to ...

The phony war against antisemitism is just one front of the Trump administration’s war on American higher education (and even education abroad). The leaders of this war make no secret of it.

In 1984, three totalitarian states rule the world in a détente achieved by constant war.The all-seeing Party dominates a grimly uniform society in the bloc called Oceania. As a low-level Party ...

Trump’s desire for ultimate continental hegemony lends a certain geopolitical logic to his otherwise seemingly off-the-wall, quixotic overtures to claim Greenland as part of the United States ...

Perpetual war. Authoritarian leaders. Mass surveillance. Alternative facts. Back in 1949, when George Orwell published “1984,” this was the dystopian future he imagined. Now, it seems like ...

A review of 'Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5," Raoul Peck's documentary about the writing of 1984 and how Orwell's ideas apply to Trump and modern fascism. ... “War is peace. Freedom is slavery.