In which John Green continues discussing George Orwell's 1984. Today we're talking about what the novel 1984 has to say about what some have called today's surveillance society. We'll also look at the idea that language can be used as a...

In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big...

Pupil outcome: I can consider why stories and their central themes might be important for society. Key learning points: - Stories have existed throughout human history. - Potentially, we might tell stories as a way of creating social...

Nearly 200 movie theatres in the US screen 1984 adapted from the dystopian novel by George Orwell on 4 April chosen as it corresponds to the day when the hero of the novel began rebelling against the totalitarian government by writing...

Literary organisation Pen International says if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins the spring referendum on expanding his powers it will put him on the road to a real totalitarian dictatorship

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"We believe that what we are seeing in Cuba today is effectively a slow motion transfer of power....

Jun.04 -- Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Niall Ferguson says that Wall Street doesn't understand that the U.S. and China are headed for a Cold War. He thinks that investing in China might have its opportunities, but warns that the...

CLEAN : Moscow exhibition paints rosy picture of Soviet leader Brezhnev

AP Television

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CLEAN : Tiananmen protest leader haunted by ghosts 25 years on

CLEAN : Ukraine sheds Soviet past on 25th year of independence

CLEAN : Charlie Hebdo journalist blasts industrial agriculture in book

Former Yukos Oil CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky says Russia has moved from an authoritarian regime to a totalitarian one. Speaking to Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern in an exclusive interview, the exiled Russian businessman also said the level of...