when did you first come across orwell, then?ause he was a scientist and he used to get a big kick out of it. hmm. so he had quite a collection. but i first read animal farm cos it was in the house, my dad had it. hmm. and i thought it was going to be, "oh, good, animals! "just like wind in the willows." talking animals? talking animals. what fun! er...but this is not what it was, and, of course, i didn't understand that it was an allegory of the soviet union at that time, based on the show trials and so forth. um... because you were, what — nine, ten...? yeah. i had no knowledge of those things. so itjust ruined me, because here were these nice animals and they...and they came to tragic ends, and it was very, very upsetting. when it came to 1984, then, what was it about that book that gripped you so much? having been born in 1939, two months after the onset of world war ii, i've always been pretty interested in dictatorships, and also world war ii. mm. er... so by the time i got round to being plunged into history, which would b

that's a concept that readers of george orwell will be familiar with.o the high court with the help of the high court with the help of the free speech union, and in december 2021, the court of appeal ruled quote, the appeal ruled that, quote, the recording of non—crime hate incidents plainly an incidents is plainly an interference with freedom of expression. but by that point the home secretary of the time, priti patel, had already instructed the police to stop recording , instructed the police to stop recording, adding non—crime hate incidents over hurt feelings . incidents over hurt feelings. that was in april 2021 and then in march of this year, home secretary suella braverman published new guidelines reminding police that this is the case. but the college of policing have merely fudged the language of their guidance and just carried on as before . so just carried on as before. so what does that tell us? well, it would seem that the college of policing has been ideologically captured. now an activist captured. it is now an activist body, and would ex

non-cash, gradually we are drawn into this shining future the digital world, by the way, maybe george orwellvel 1900 , the eighty-fourth year in this dystopia. in the first half of the 20th century, before the second world war, and even before the first world war, the pound sterling was the main international currency calculations. when international trade was conducted in sterling pounds, they were backed by gold, albeit weakly, and backed by the authority of the british empire itself. empire , then the first world war happened, then the great depression, the second world war, at the end of the second world war the usa was the country with the most developed economy in the world, by a huge margin from everyone else, their currency was the only one that was trusted, and it was the only solvent government, and the dollar became the new currency, the base currency for the world transfers, it was relatively backed by gold, there was a complex system of backing that... between 1945 and 1971, the dollar standard replaced the gold standard, but nevertheless, other governments could exchange americ

we are gradually being drawn into this future, shining digital world, by the way, perhaps george orwelll, 1984 , in this dystopia. in the first half of the 20th century, before the second world war, and even before the first world war, the pound sterling was the main international currency of settlements, when international trade was carried out in pounds sterling, they were backed by gold, although weakly backed by the authority of the british empire itself. then world war i happened, then the great depression, world war ii. at the end of world war ii , the united states was the country with the most developed economy. in the world by a huge margin, their currency was the only one that was trusted, and it was the only solvent government, and the dollar became the new currency, the base currency for world transfers, it was comparatively backed by gold, there was a complex backing system that existed between 1945 and 1971, the dollar standard replaced the gold standard, but still, other governments could exchange american dollars for american government gold if they wanted, but in august

and yet it's really a trick of george orwell that this is presented in believe by any and the liberal community in united states that this has some great democracy. it's afraid fight for democracy. is that to answer your question? uh, yeah, i mean, buying is committed. i think to the hilt and they'll find the way and i mean, look, look what happened in the eighty's with the criteria war when congress cut off a what they do, they found cobra ways to continuously arm the cartridge. and i think there are a lot of carol in other countries where the terrorist organization intent on sabotaged in the garage to understand the needs of those. and i think you crane and basically a mafia regimes with terrorist adjunct like the ease of battalions. and i think that they'll find ways to fund them covertly. if congress cuts cuts off a, you know, the so called each state. now the pentagon and the, the real power brokers and they can also use other countries. 3rd countries they've done historically when red regime become really and popular and per i as they find other country. often israel has done th

is it time we cancelled orwell for cancelled george orwell for writing for writing a handbook for authoritariansblished book, you know, was published in at time in the same at the same time in the same year the establishment of year as the establishment of nonh year as the establishment of north christopher north korea. uh, christopher hitchens used out hitchens often used to point out that maybe were using it that maybe they were using it as a but anyway, there's a handbook. but anyway, there's this diane. the police this one from diane. the police will someone for non—hate will arrest someone for non—hate crime, won't deal with crime, but won't deal with shoplifters, etc. shoplifters, burglaries, etc. they seem to have become lazy and want deal real and don't want to deal with real crime love the show andrew. thank you diane i think that's absolutely right. and in fact, i was in new york quite recently and i was told in one particular shop that, uh, they'd locked everything shop that, uh, they'd locked everytlike shampoo, uh, because items like shampoo, uh, because apparently the police will n

george orwell once said , i am george orwell once said, i am fat, but i'm thin inside.an . but the question is, is fat man. but the question is, is there a thin person inside all 10 million obese people in the united kingdom? well, new analysis from the tony blair institute has suggested that britain's obesity problem could cost the taxpayer £100 billion a year with the government's former food adviser, henry dimbleby, claiming obesity is having disastrous effects on national productivity, as well as calling on authorities to introduce smoking style restrictions on unhealthy food. and while obesity is a serious problem, is it really the state's role to start wagging the finger at people who are well within their rights to be overweight, down overweight, chaining them down to of nanny statism to a dystopia of nanny statism in our tax we are taxed in which our tax we are taxed for our indulgences? well, i'm joined by steve miller. the joined now by steve miller. the weight loss expert and host of fat families . as steve, thank fat families. as steve, thank you very much f

. >> so george orwell in 1984 wrote about about miners.aily in 1934. food and the daily mail in 1934. i think it was criticised. what coal miners were eating because they said that coal miners were having too much fuel on their fire, and they were putting too much sugar in the tea. >> 70 years ago. yes yes. >> and do you know what? it's still well, i'll tell you what. well, let me let me speak and i'll answer that. >> nobody's forcing you to eat the sugar. >> so what? george orwell says is, if you were a miner and you've been down the pit all day, when you come home at night, shouldn't you have something and sweet? yeah night, shouldn't you have som it's. lg and sweet? yeah night, shouldn't you have som it's. and and sweet? yeah night, shouldn't you have som it's. and you and sweet? yeah night, shouldn't you have som it's. and you knowveet? yeah night, shouldn't you have som it's. and you know what?’eah night, shouldn't you have som it's. and you know what? if|h and it's. and you know what? if you're and that's why you're sat in and that's

nonviolent coordinating committee george orwell. of course, how mr. kant, a loner from the frontlines of the spanish civil. we don't come here today solely as those who are struggling to only understand the world. all of us in this room, in some way or another actually struggling to change the situation in which we find ourselves. we come here in the spirit of andy. step the late andy, step the pub is up against the brass who was involved during the gi movement to build. at that time, the american service members union, which became an inspiration to the man sitting to my left here today who published in my view, the most comprehensive study of that movement that's sitting right here, the soldiers in revolt this book arrived, to me, i tell this story. any i have to tell it. i was on board the uss theodore as an enlisted sailor off the coast of iraq. in 2006, engaged in anti-racist struggle in my shop, an intense anti-racist struggle. roughly two months before the end of my where i had a hangman's noose dangling before my face engage

it was orwell said those who control the past control the present.d those who control the past control the future. they want to rewrite history so they control the future. >> jesse: i thinknk they should erect a statue of the democratic staff. thank you so much. >> thank you, jesse. >> jesse: i never claimed to be an art expert, you know, i don't get the buzz over hunter's paintings. i can't believe they are half a million a pop. maybe i'm just not that aesthetically engaged but i do know times have changed and this is a marvel statue from the 1700s. carved into solid rock but sculptured to look like it was a figure draped in a shroud, and i think we can all agree that whatever this is, isn't what leonardo da vinci had in mind. [heavy breathing] [screams] >> jesse: this is akusca, it's turkish, describes himself perhaps as a monster who wonders between the walls of binary genders and even breaks those walls or attempts to break them. definitely looks like he was about to break it. this performance piece is apparently called something that means welco

pete: it's the orwell yarntion communist, left-wing way of we will erase it and then rewrite it to fits, bad guys, very neat and tidy in history when we all know history's very complicated with complicated figures. and there are some things that are purely good and purelyville, and we know that, but the civil war our country went through, as horrible as it was, is something we've had to reconcile with. and part of that reconciliation, as you properly emphasized it, will, is memorializing what happened. and then putting it inside if our nation's most significant military cemetery so that other generations can realize, you know what? you can fight a civil war against your own people over some really nasty topics, and then you can forgive, and you can move on and you can heal. but those are not the values that are valued right now. will: not the goals. rachel: no, it's not the goals. will: -- marxism, but this is, this is actually revealing of the purpose of the hole indiana-racist movement. -- whole anti-racist movement. it says it on its face, right? d can ei, it's not about equality. i

recall it was orwell who said those who control to pass control the present, control the pass, and those who control the past, contro c l the future.t o c >> they want to rewrite history so that they control the future . >> well, i think they should a statue of the democrat staffer that would make a good replacement there. i think sean, thank you so muche >> thank you, jesse. >> i never claimed to be an arto expert. you know, i don't get the hubbub over hunter's paintings g and, you know, i can't believese they're half a million a pop. >> maybe i'm just no halt that esthetically engaged, but i do know that times have changed. >> and this is a marble ca and this is a marble to the solid rock, but sculptedo to loockk. it was a figure draped in arape shroudd . >> and i think we can all agree that whatever this is isn't what leonardeeo da vinci or michelangelo had in mind. this is a cuccia accused is peis is a cuccia accused is as a character, perhaps a monster who wanders between the wallrher who wons of binarys and even breaks those walls, or y attempts to break them. it definitely looks l

and we now know that in orwell's magnificent image, the pigs are now wearing trousers . you know, now wearing trousers. you know, you know , the end of animal you know, the end of animal farm. they look through and they see the pig. yes. and it's all come round and you realise these are worse in terms of their fierce, uh, greed . eddie. um, fierce, uh, greed. eddie. um, but can you have you ever understood why people want to be so rich? we all want to be able to have a better bottle of wine, or we all want to have a nice car, or maybe a slightly bigger house. but i think the point of being very rich is to be able to tell people that you are very rich . essentially, i think it is rich. essentially, i think it is a display very it's very fashionable these days to look into genetics and ancestry and to picture ancestry tours in a cave or in a field or, you know, hunting and gathering. and we know that some, some, some part of being human is acquisition is territorial acquisition. and whether it's land building a castle like this as a display as well as a defence and money i

diversity and inclusion are in george orwell's 1984 implementation as we see and excluding conservative thought. the solution for close minded intolerance on campuses is obvious. to liberate academia from free speech, respecting the first amendment. there should be diversity inclusion of more conservative academics overcoming today's blatant discrimination. with that in mind i've received questions from really wonderful students at the university of pennsylvania who are in a state of shock of the state of the university. you say the university has introduced a plan to combat anti-semitism yet we hear more incitement and intimidation to students. do you understand that having policies mean nothing if you don't implement them. how many students have been removed under your policies, what is the average time of action on student conduct or other policies you can get this back to me later. what are you enforcing that a pro-hamas protest -- were seen enthusiastically clapping in support of the speaker as he shouted go back to moscow, brooklyn, berlin where you came from. has any action been

the book i'm choosing right now is 184 by george orwell. reason is because if you look at the future and you'll find there's foot just big brother involved. there are a lot of other things that can happen. i want to say it's shaping how we think if we were to put ourselves in this position. >> i'm from long island, new york and the book is lost horizons by james hitten. shank a la or paradise where people live together. if we could all live in peace together, i think that would be great and i highly recommend the book. >> lee chose the 48 law of the power because it teaches you really good lessons and helps you change your mindset to something that will help you grow in life. >> see ya. host: e books that shaped america website from, you can see it if you want to submit your own video of a book that shamed america. melissa homestead of the university of nebraska, what has been the impact in your view of "my antonia" and willa cather? guest: she's given a great deal of pleasure to a lot of readers and wrote about so many places, not just neb

i think so much of george orwell's dystopian novel 1984 and remember the language which was eliminating words that conveyed controversial ideas with the specific goal of suppressing the idea. and the united states supreme court said in a famous case involving a four letter word that i still am not allowed to say on broadcast tv but i probably cannot c-span -- i can't. but i won't. ok. so talk about different media having different levels of free speech. the supreme court said, make no mistake about it, you cannot eliminate a particular word without also altering or eliminating the particular idea. so your second point, julie is --is hate speech fear speech? you are getting to one of the reasons i say if what you are trying to eliminate, and i believe it is, is not the speech itself but the underlying attitude, you are astutely trying to figure out what is the attitude? what is causing that person to voice -- to harbor and then to voice hate: ideas --hateful ideas? a lot of evidence does indicate that what is most likely to lead people to other other groups of people, to discriminate aga

and now the supposedly free world is making its citizens do the same as george orwell wrote in 1984, party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command . and now keir essential command. and now keir starmers labour have plans to introduce two year jail sentences for anyone guilty of the hate crime of misgendering. so anyone who says that melissa is a man in the wig will be hauled off to the gulag. 1984 was written as a warning of the dangers of totalitarian government, but our ruling class seemed to be using it as an instruction manual. it's an inqu instruction manual. it's an insult to genuine trans women who put more effort in than just chucking a pink wig on sideways, and who probably just want to get on with their lives without having a spotlight shone on them. the negative them. and the negative associations of people like poulton. and what what are the motives of this green party candidate? poulton is a supporter of the 5050 parliament campaign . that's a campaign to campaign. that's a campaign to include increase female repr

and now the supposedly free world is making its citizens do the same as george orwell wrote in 1984, party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command . and now keir essential command. and now keir starmers labour have plans to introduce two year jail sentences for anyone guilty of the hate crime of misgendering. so anyone who says that melissa is a man in the wig will be hauled off to the gulag. 1984 was written as a warning of the dangers of totalitarian government, but our ruling class seemed to be using it as an instruction manual. it's an inqu instruction manual. it's an insult to genuine trans women who put more effort in than just chucking a pink wig on sideways, and who probably just want to get on with their lives without having a spotlight shone on them. the negative them. and the negative associations of people like poulton. and what what are the motives of this green party candidate? poulton is a supporter of the 5050 parliament campaign . that's a campaign to campaign. that's a campaign to include increase female repr

>> well, george orwell said that england is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed ofand i think, to be honest, our universities are proving the point. i mean, they are let's be blunt, they're sort of hotbeds these days of sort of liberal, progressive culture that kind of rails against any small c conservative express version of, you know, patriot ism affinity for country, affection for country and stuff like that. so i think that this is a symbol of that mindset, of that worldview , that mindset, of that worldview, too. and, you know, it's appalling really, because i'm not a jingoist , by the way. i not a jingoist, by the way. i don't i don't like the idea of kids going in like they do in america and saluting the flag and singing the national anthem every morning. and stuff like and singing the national anthem everybutrning. and stuff like and singing the national anthem everybut i|ing. and stuff like and singing the national anthem everybut i thinkrnd stuff like and singing the national anthem everybut i think on stuff like and singing the national anthem everybut i