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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. […]

21/07/2013 Cinema | edward snowden | entertainment | House of Cards | Orange is the New Black Feitosa-Santana

Netflix: When Entertainment Dulls Us

Netflix and Espionage – The Brave New World of the Database  By Kate Epstein, on Counterpunch “[Richard] Snowden’s leaks and the ensuing debate about our [US] government, database, and privacy led to more allusions to [George] Orwell than I had ever heard in mine (admittedly post-1984 ) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant […]

18/07/2013 Brazilian government | edward snowden | Freedom of expression | human-rights | minister gilberto | Snowden Brazil | Snowden Democracy | Snowden Freedom | Snowden Political Asylum Feitosa-Santana

Edward Snowden’s Courageous Action: Where is Brazil?

Manifestation of Pablo Ortellado to minister Gilberto Carvalho at the Government-Civil Society dialogue session at the Palácio do Planalto: “First of all, I would like to welcome the initiative for a national policy on social participation and I hope that the winds of June will allow this measure to become truly effective. I would also […]

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 […]