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Progressive Commentary Hour 12.04.19
Abby Martin and Chris Hedges discuss the bipartisan road from neoliberalism to fascism. Also, Catherine Austin Fitts on the missing trillions and what we can do to reclaim it.
The Jimmy Dore Show 12.03.19
Project Censored 12.03.19
Mickey Huff and guests examine how Facebook, Twitter and Google are working to hide,
“deplatform” or otherwise undermine news and opinions critical of US government policies, and thus reestablish the dominance of establishment-friendly corporate media
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You Want a Picture of the Future? Imagine a Boot Stamping on Your Face
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Film, media, police state, society, State Crime
Tagged 1984, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Aldous Huxley, Blade Runner, Brazil, Children of Men, Dystopia, Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Minority Report, Philip K. Dick, Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes, police state, Ray Bradbury, Science fiction, Soylent Green, Stanley Kubrick, surveillance state, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Matrix, They Live, THX 1138, Totalitarianism, V For Vendetta
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Saturday Matinee: Children of Men
Today marks the birthday of Alfonso Cuarón, director of such notable films as Y Tu Mamá También, Gravity, and The Shock Doctrine short documentary. In my view, his greatest achievement is the dystopian classic Children of Men (2005), an adaptation … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men, Cult film, Dystopia, P.D. James, Science fiction
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