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With History of Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Orwellian revolutions, he knows. Co-opted revolutions, staged and broadcast, as in 1984 when Big Brother announced Oceania’s victories over Euroasia (or was it Eastasia?). The U.S. Empire’s State media proclaims victory over the Taliban, over Al Qaeda, over terrorism, while families bury victims of air raids and drone attacks. Broken, bloody bits of lives invisible…

September 29, 2011 1 min read Free to read

Orwellian revolutions, he knows. Co-opted revolutions, staged and broadcast, as in 1984 when Big Brother announced Oceania’s victories over Euroasia (or was it Eastasia?). The U.S. Empire’s State media proclaims victory over the Taliban, over Al Qaeda, over terrorism, while families bury victims of air raids and drone attacks. Broken, bloody bits of lives invisible to the suited-negotiators and the military might of the international brigade led by NATO, the U.S. and other Western nations. Bin Laden the ally becomes Bin Laden the enemy. Qaddafi the man becomes Qaddafi, subhuman.

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