And therefore that male is God.” George Orwell called it “Doublethink” in 1984’s totalitarian society where, “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” In the novel ...

In a new documentary presented at the Cannes Film Festival, director Raoul Peck uses the British writer’s thoughts to analyze ...

Russia, Ukraine, France, China, United States ORWELL 1984–2025, Newspeak: User Manual ...

When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign. It usually characterizes an action, an individual or a society ...

Whenever I think of how great words such as freedom can be abused I think of George Orwell’s famous book “1984,” in which ... FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” ...

“1984” is set in the totalitarian state of Oceania, where war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. Citizens are kept closely in line by the ruling Party, which is controlled ...

Most of us can remember at least a few troubling scenes from George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984: the mandatory ... “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery.” But for me, the most disturbing ...

A third term? King Trump? Is he joking? Are we in the Backwards-land of “1984” where “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”? – Doublethink. This, according to Orwell ...

The dystopian world of “1984” was scary — it was sick and it was twisted. Seeing phrases like “Thought police,” “Freedom is slavery” and “Hate Time” introduced the totalitarian ...

“war is peace,” “freedom is slavery,” “ignorance is strength.” Antisemitism is anti-antisemitism. Let us not be fooled. The government’s war on the universities uses “Jews as a ...

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” —George Orwell, 1984. By March 2025, the phrase “peace in Ukraine” had become as common as “war in Ukraine” was in February 202 ...