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Today's America is not entirely dissimilar from the dystopian worlds Orwell portrayed. The inexorable consolidation of industry and capital has given rise to media conglomerates that have the power and will to sculpt our values, shape our thoughts and decide our nation's social and political agenda.

The growth of global terrorism has led to an ever-expanding state security apparatus with no less an Orwellian moniker than the Department of Homeland Security. The USA PATRIOT Act has enhanced the Federal government's ability to protect and defend against real and perceived threats; but with that new security has come a slow and silent erosion of individual freedoms.

In this time of war and national insecurity and instability, as the language of our political and social discourse narrows, we are reminded of the warnings made by George Orwell against the control of thought, speech and action that serves only to limit freedom, choice and individuality.

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