Tag Archives: 1984

Sadly, “1984” Remains Relevant

By Robin Bates | Published: December 28, 2021

Sadly, “1984” remains relevant as authoritarianism around the world is on the rise.

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Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas

By Robin Bates | Published: September 6, 2021

Texas’s new abortion law, which incentives citizens to snitch on their neighbors, brings to mind “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Northanger Abbey.”

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GOP’s New Math: 2 + 2 = 5

By Robin Bates | Published: May 17, 2021

Now even Republicans are citing 1984 in response to Trump’s claims of voter fraud.

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1984, the Novel That Never Gets Old

By Robin Bates | Published: May 11, 2021

1984, always relevant. Now more than ever.

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The Real Face of Patriotism

By Robin Bates | Published: January 22, 2020

When William McRaven asked, out of sympathy with John Brennan, that his own security clearance be withdrawn, he behaved like Brecht’s poet in “Burning of the Books.”

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GOP Epitaph: “He Loved Big Brother”

By Robin Bates | Published: December 19, 2019

Why has the GOP become Trump’s party? Because they have learned to love Big Brother.

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How Trump’s GOP Enforces Loyalty

By Robin Bates | Published: December 10, 2019

Trump’s GOP has ways of disciplining members who depart from their leader’s talking points. Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon” explains how such pressure works.

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Trump’s Transcript & the Ministry of Truth

By Robin Bates | Published: November 5, 2019

Trump tells us to “read the transcript,” as if it exonerates him rather than condemns him. It’s a Big Brother move.

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Brecht on Speaking Truth to Power

By Robin Bates | Published: August 20, 2018

Monday A Bertolt Brecht poem came to mind when Retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven came to the defense of former CIA Director John Brennan, stripped of his security clearance by a Donald Trump angry at his criticisms. Vox has the story of what happened: The man who led the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in […]

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