Tag Archives: George Orwell

DeSantis’s Orwellian Power Play

By Robin Bates | Published: April 2, 2023

A judge recently compared Florida governor Ron DeSantis to Orwell’s Big Brother.

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In Russia, It’s Always 1984

By Robin Bates | Published: February 24, 2023

Putin blames Ukraine, NATO and the U.S. in the same way that Big Brother blames Eurasia.

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Nikki Haley, Straight Out of 1984

By Robin Bates | Published: February 15, 2023

Nikki Haley, who has just announced her presidential ambitions, resembles Tom Parsons in “1984”–which is to say, a soulless apparatchik.

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On Stalin, Putin, & Orwell’s Napoleon

By Robin Bates | Published: February 22, 2022

Putin has certain resemblances to Orwell’s Napoleon (in “Animal Farm”), who was modeled on Stalin–whom Putin seeks to emulate.

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Humpty Dumpty Cited in Trump Case

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2022

Lewis Carroll and George Orwell made an appearance in the real estate case against the Trumps.

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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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