In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, “Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death”.
by Louise Whiteley*
Unlike the contestants on Big Brother, the citizens in Orwell’s novel tend to hold their tongues, but ultimately surveillance of their actions is guaranteed to uncover any deviant thoughts they might entertain. Recently, neuroscientists have started to decipher the [...]
By Vincent Bevins
Cajoled for years to take on Western-style economic liberalism there’s more than a wry smile on the faces of some of South America’s left wing leaders as George Bush and others step in to save collapsing financial institutions, writes Vincent Bevins
The irony has not been lost on the political leaders of Latin [...]
By Ted LangÂ
We’ve all heard such expressions as “nothing new under the sun” and “the more things change, the more they remain the same.”  The advantage that the Internet now brings to us all is the ready and quick availability of fact and truth.  But just as in any inquiry-based effort, even the Internet and its free [...]
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