Newspeak

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N

ewspeak is based

on

architectural

forms from

Stalinist

Russia

and the Cyrillic alphabet,

letterforms which show a

decadent v i s u a l

l a n g u a g e

w i t h

a

sinister political NE WSP EAK

undertone. 2


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The

name

Newspeak

Newspeak is

a

comes

language

from

the

invented

so

novel that

'1984'

by

George

people

cannot

Orwell. express

themselves or think in a way outside the political doctrine enforced by

the

dictatorship

in

power.

The

poster

for

its

release

originally

featured a picture of Tony Blair - there is an obvious connection between newspeak tries

to

and

way

manipulate

pretending of

the

what

that they

and

their do

that

the

British

control

policies

Tony

are

fundamentally

Labour Blair's

socialist goes

Party

image

when

against

consistently in

we

the

media,

know

much

socialist

principles.

10P T L OW ERC A SE

THE

NAME

NEWSPEAK

NEWSPEAK IS

A

COMES

LANGUAGE

FROM

THE

INVENTED

SO

NOVEL THAT

'1984'

BY

PEOPLE

GEORGE CANNOT

ORWELL. EXPRESS

THEMSELVES OR THINK IN A WAY OUTSIDE THE POLITICAL DOCTRINE ENFORCED BY

THE

DICTATORSHIP

IN

POWER.

THE

POSTER

FOR

ITS

RELEASE

ORIGINALLY

FEATURED A PICTURE OF TONY BLAIR - THERE IS AN OBVIOUS CONNECTION BETWEEN NEWSPEAK AND THE WAY THAT THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY CONSISTENTLY TRIES TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL TONY BLAIR'S IMAGE IN THE MEDIA, PRETENDING THAT THEIR POLICIES ARE SOCIALIST WHEN WE KNOW MUCH OF WHAT

THEY

DO

FUNDAMENTALLY

GOES

AGAINST

SOCIALIST

PRINCIPLES.

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The name Newspeak comes from the novel '1984' by George Orwell. Newspeak is a language invented so that people cannot express themselves or think in a way outside the political doctrine enforced by the dictatorship in power. The poster for its release originally featured a picture of Tony Blair - there is an obvious connection between newspeak and the way that the British Labour Party consistently tries to manipulate and control Tony Blair's image in the media, pretending that their policies are socialist when we know much of what they do

fundamentally

goes

against

socialist

principles.

10P T L OW ERC A SE

THE NAME NEWSPEAK COMES FROM THE NOVEL '1984' BY GEORGE ORWELL. NEWSPEAK IS A LANGUAGE INVENTED SO THAT PEOPLE CANNOT EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR THINK IN A WAY OUTSIDE THE POLITICAL DOCTRINE ENFORCED BY THE DICTATORSHIP IN POWER. THE POSTER FOR ITS RELEASE ORIGINALLY FEATURED A PICTURE OF TONY BLAIR - THERE IS AN OBVIOUS CONNECTION BETWEEN NEWSPEAK AND THE WAY THAT THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY CONSISTENTLY TRIES TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL TONY BLAIR'S IMAGE IN THE MEDIA, PRETENDING THAT THEIR POLICIES ARE SOCIALIST WHEN WE KNOW MUCH OF WHAT THEY DO

FUNDAMENTALLY

GOES

AGAINST

SOCIALIST

PRINCIPLES.

10P T U P P E RC A SE

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