Category: Freedom Illusion

21/07/2013 1984 George Orwell | Aldous Huxley Admirable New World | Cinema | edward snowden | entertainment | House of Cards | human-rights | internet | Orange is the New Black | politics | society | technology Feitosa-Santana

Netflix: The Big Brother and the Entertainment Manipulation

by Kate Epstein The Snowden leaks and ensuing debates about our government, big data, and privacy have led to more Orwell allusions than I’ve heard in all of my (admittedly post-1984) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant surveillance of twenty-first-century America to the ubiquitous presence of Big Brother in the prescient 1949 novel. […]

18/07/2013 #FreeBradManning | #IamBradleyManning | Bradley Manning Day | Bradley Manning Defense | Bradley Manning July 27 2013 | Bradley Manning Trial | Democracy | fort meade | July 27 2013 | military judge | war diary Feitosa-Santana

Take Action for Bradley Manning: July 27, 2013

“Please join us in what will likely be the last internationally coordinated show of support for Bradley before military judge Col. Denise Lind reads her final verdict–which we expect some time in August. On July 26 there will be a rally for Bradley Manning in Washington, DC in front of Maj. General Buchanan’s office. Buchanan is the new convening […]

02/07/2013 edward snowden | Edward Snowden Brazil | Edward Snowden Democracy | Edward Snowden Exile | Edward Snowden Freedom | Edward Snowden Hero | Edward Snowden NSA | Edward Snowden Wikileaks | moscow airport | political exile | politics | Snowden Evo Morales | Snowden Manning Assange | symbols of democracy Feitosa-Santana

About Snowden: I speak as an American Resident and as a Brazilian Citizen.

Today, I feel an orphan. Today, I am ashamed to be an American resident as well as a Brazilian citizen. Today, Brazil does not represent me. Today, my nation has decided to ignore the fact that Edward Snowden is asking for political exile. Today, my nation is ignoring that Snowden is one of the most […]

09/11/2012 art institute of chicago | current-events | deceased family member | Hunger Steve McQueen | ira volunteers | Michael Fassbender | politics | Queen and Country | Shame Steve McQueen | Static Steve McQueen Feitosa-Santana

My Birthday with Steve McQueen

It is not everybody that is keen of contemporary art but – for sure – everyone is capable of appreciating it. All we need is sensitivity and education.  The Black British artist Steve McQueen is only a little more than 40 years old but already acclaimed all over the world. So, today was my birthday […]