Federal agents are shooting civilians while the government spreads propaganda to justify it, demanding silence and obedience. ICE is operating without oversight, and Democratic leaders are failing to respond with the urgency the moment demands. We’ve seen this before, in Nazi Germany, where language and deception were used to normalize atrocities. We must keep documenting, refuse to look away, and hold onto hope for better days in America. The grip is starting to slip, and the majority of Americans do not support what is happening.
What George Orwell did predict in “1984” was the rise of technology, to track, to monitor and watch everything. “Big Brother” is synonymous with AI and the ability to alter the truth through video manipulation and deep fake imagery…footage of ICE executions for example
So, there is a reason the first shooting death happened in Minneapolis. There is a reason George Floyd happened in Minneapolis. I have all kinds of fellow feeling for our outgoing governor Tim Walz, but what he said is not true. It’s not a great place to raise a family because the police are terrifying.
On March 27, Trump signed an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The SHORT list covers a portion of the revisionist history. It's easy to see for example with books banned from libraries and schools. It more pernicious in the everyday simple acts such as the National Park Service taking all the signs about ways to be more conscious of the environment down at all the National Parks. It the total of all these little cuts that are as important to restore as the more obvious revisions.
It's useful to know some of what is being rewritten in order to defend the facts and broadcast the true history.
"Under this historical revision, our Nation’s unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed. Rather than fostering unity and a deeper understanding of our shared past, the widespread effort to rewrite history deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame, disregarding the progress America has made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions around the globe...When fascism comes for the future, it starts by rewriting the past." Jemar Tisby
Rewriting history involves altering the historical narrative for political reasons, through examples like denying the Holocaust, downplaying slavery's role in the U.S. Civil War (Confederate revisionism), falsifying Japanese war crimes, changing textbooks to promote nationalist agendas (e.g., in Russia, India), or omitting figures like Harriet Tubman from educational materials, as seen in recent U.S. curriculum debates, alongside scholarly revision (e.g., reinterpreting the "Dark Ages").
Political & Nationalist Agendas
Holocaust Denial: Denying the systematic extermination of Jews by Nazis, exemplified by David Irving.
Confederate Revisionism: Minimizing slavery's centrality to the U.S. Civil War, emphasizing "states' rights" instead.
Turkish/Armenian Genocide: Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide, a major historical controversy.
Russian History: Presenting Ukraine as inherently Russian, erasing Ukrainian history, and denying the Holodomor.
Indian Textbooks: Shifting narratives to favor Hindu nationalism, portraying Muslims as invaders.
Curriculum & Education
George Washington Myth: Promoting the untrue story of Washington and the cherry tree as foundational.
U.S. Education Dept. Edits: Changing descriptions of the Little Rock Nine from seeking "equality" to just "education".
Soviet Omissions: Erasing figures or downplaying events like the Gulag deaths under Stalin.
Military & War Narratives
Dresden Bombing: Justifying near-end-of-WWII bombings of German cities as purely military targets, rather than civilian devastation.
Japanese War Crimes: Downplaying or denying atrocities committed by Japan in WWII.
"Operation Himmler": Germany staging a "Polish" attack on a radio station to justify invading Poland.
Scholarly & Cultural Reinterpretation (Legitimate Revisionism)
"Dark Ages": Re-evaluating the concept of a post-Roman "Dark Age," showing greater cultural and political complexity.
American Business "Robber Barons": Re-examining industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie, moving beyond simple villainization.
Western Expansion: Reinterpreting narratives of westward expansion to include more perspectives on Native Americans and capitalism.
The question is what can we do tell the real story, to provide an accurate fact-based narrative to counter the revisionist propaganda, disinformation, and misinformation.
Here are some ideas to bring the real history back into the light:
ICE OUT For Good protests are springing up for this weekend. it is very hard to put these events together, especially last-minute, but it is time for every one of us to be out there. google for an event near you. dont lose hope. Tesla, Target, Disney, Avelo...we can add the tRump regime to this list, but it will take ALL OF US.
The history of the rise of Nazism and its effective control of the social and political narrative is well known. The history of the similar propaganda units within the British Empire of the same era, of which Rupert Murdoch is a Nepo baby, less so. Orwell was writing with direct experiential reference to both. The parallels to present day America and the rôle of British Empire nepo baby generated Fox News are equally applicable. To fight this present violently oppressive ruling class, seeing how it is a consequence of a cabal of postwar US/UK neoliberal politicians and financiers decision to wage war on the US/UK postwar rule of law based social contract. With Trump’s second term they have now achieved this and are rebuilding a petrodollar Empire. These ruling class oligarchs see the criminal murdering cosplay Nazis or Noem’s I.C.E) as useful idiots. Men to be destroyed once they have served their immediate political purpose. Probably simply replaced by a new, seemingly more acceptable, force. They will treat the judiciary, military and law enforcement in the same way. This global class are utterly degenerate tyrants. It is helpful to see the the Maga faithful who still believe that Trump and his global hangers on and wannabes, are creating some kind of US based global ideological Nazi style Return to Order, or Christo fascist fantasy utopia, as entirely separate from the Capone mobsters actually in charge of DC and Wall St. Capitalists in charge of politics are everyone’s mortal enemy.
Snarky. Hit a home truth ? Either you are a paid state bot or have lived a very, very protected and privileged middle class life to date. If the former, you are nothing, if the latter, best buckle up. Your middle class privilege will no longer protect you or yours in these coming decades.
What George Orwell did predict in “1984” was the rise of technology, to track, to monitor and watch everything. “Big Brother” is synonymous with AI and the ability to alter the truth through video manipulation and deep fake imagery…footage of ICE executions for example
So, there is a reason the first shooting death happened in Minneapolis. There is a reason George Floyd happened in Minneapolis. I have all kinds of fellow feeling for our outgoing governor Tim Walz, but what he said is not true. It’s not a great place to raise a family because the police are terrifying.
On March 27, Trump signed an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The SHORT list covers a portion of the revisionist history. It's easy to see for example with books banned from libraries and schools. It more pernicious in the everyday simple acts such as the National Park Service taking all the signs about ways to be more conscious of the environment down at all the National Parks. It the total of all these little cuts that are as important to restore as the more obvious revisions.
It's useful to know some of what is being rewritten in order to defend the facts and broadcast the true history.
"Under this historical revision, our Nation’s unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed. Rather than fostering unity and a deeper understanding of our shared past, the widespread effort to rewrite history deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame, disregarding the progress America has made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions around the globe...When fascism comes for the future, it starts by rewriting the past." Jemar Tisby
Rewriting history involves altering the historical narrative for political reasons, through examples like denying the Holocaust, downplaying slavery's role in the U.S. Civil War (Confederate revisionism), falsifying Japanese war crimes, changing textbooks to promote nationalist agendas (e.g., in Russia, India), or omitting figures like Harriet Tubman from educational materials, as seen in recent U.S. curriculum debates, alongside scholarly revision (e.g., reinterpreting the "Dark Ages").
Political & Nationalist Agendas
Holocaust Denial: Denying the systematic extermination of Jews by Nazis, exemplified by David Irving.
Confederate Revisionism: Minimizing slavery's centrality to the U.S. Civil War, emphasizing "states' rights" instead.
Turkish/Armenian Genocide: Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide, a major historical controversy.
Russian History: Presenting Ukraine as inherently Russian, erasing Ukrainian history, and denying the Holodomor.
Indian Textbooks: Shifting narratives to favor Hindu nationalism, portraying Muslims as invaders.
Curriculum & Education
George Washington Myth: Promoting the untrue story of Washington and the cherry tree as foundational.
U.S. Education Dept. Edits: Changing descriptions of the Little Rock Nine from seeking "equality" to just "education".
Soviet Omissions: Erasing figures or downplaying events like the Gulag deaths under Stalin.
Military & War Narratives
Dresden Bombing: Justifying near-end-of-WWII bombings of German cities as purely military targets, rather than civilian devastation.
Japanese War Crimes: Downplaying or denying atrocities committed by Japan in WWII.
"Operation Himmler": Germany staging a "Polish" attack on a radio station to justify invading Poland.
Scholarly & Cultural Reinterpretation (Legitimate Revisionism)
"Dark Ages": Re-evaluating the concept of a post-Roman "Dark Age," showing greater cultural and political complexity.
American Business "Robber Barons": Re-examining industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie, moving beyond simple villainization.
Western Expansion: Reinterpreting narratives of westward expansion to include more perspectives on Native Americans and capitalism.
The question is what can we do tell the real story, to provide an accurate fact-based narrative to counter the revisionist propaganda, disinformation, and misinformation.
Here are some ideas to bring the real history back into the light:
https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/restoring-truth-or-rewriting-history
ICE OUT For Good protests are springing up for this weekend. it is very hard to put these events together, especially last-minute, but it is time for every one of us to be out there. google for an event near you. dont lose hope. Tesla, Target, Disney, Avelo...we can add the tRump regime to this list, but it will take ALL OF US.
The history of the rise of Nazism and its effective control of the social and political narrative is well known. The history of the similar propaganda units within the British Empire of the same era, of which Rupert Murdoch is a Nepo baby, less so. Orwell was writing with direct experiential reference to both. The parallels to present day America and the rôle of British Empire nepo baby generated Fox News are equally applicable. To fight this present violently oppressive ruling class, seeing how it is a consequence of a cabal of postwar US/UK neoliberal politicians and financiers decision to wage war on the US/UK postwar rule of law based social contract. With Trump’s second term they have now achieved this and are rebuilding a petrodollar Empire. These ruling class oligarchs see the criminal murdering cosplay Nazis or Noem’s I.C.E) as useful idiots. Men to be destroyed once they have served their immediate political purpose. Probably simply replaced by a new, seemingly more acceptable, force. They will treat the judiciary, military and law enforcement in the same way. This global class are utterly degenerate tyrants. It is helpful to see the the Maga faithful who still believe that Trump and his global hangers on and wannabes, are creating some kind of US based global ideological Nazi style Return to Order, or Christo fascist fantasy utopia, as entirely separate from the Capone mobsters actually in charge of DC and Wall St. Capitalists in charge of politics are everyone’s mortal enemy.
Conspiracy theories such as this just muddy the water and are not helpful. Note that there is no evidence cited.
Snarky. Hit a home truth ? Either you are a paid state bot or have lived a very, very protected and privileged middle class life to date. If the former, you are nothing, if the latter, best buckle up. Your middle class privilege will no longer protect you or yours in these coming decades.