Winston Smith’s Oceania has nothing on 2011 America

(PaulWatsonAlexJones) – Americans are now living in a society that in some cases is more draconian, more invasive and more Orwellian than the dystopian tyranny fictionalized in Orwell’s chilling classic Nineteen Eighty-Four. On almost every front, American citizens are under an equal or greater threat of abuse, control and more pervasive and high-tech surveillance than anything Winston Smith ever faced. Read the rest of this entry »

Alex also talks about the WikiLeaks case with white hat hacker and security consultant from Federal Jack who goes by the nom de plume Winston Smith. Alex also covers the news and takes your calls. Read the rest of this entry »

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating the regime’s propaganda by falsifying records and political literature. Smith grows disillusioned with his meager existence and so begins a rebellion against the system that leads to his arrest and torture. Read the rest of this entry »