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Reading Orwell in Oakland

Reading Orwell in Oakland

“Ignorance is strength”~George Orwell, 1984 This week we heard the phrase Alternative Facts issue from Kellyanne Conway’s lips. Alternative Facts, as defined by Kellyanne, include Donald’s erroneous claims that a million and a half people attended his inauguration, that his was the most watched ceremony ever, that three to five million illegal immigrants robbed him of the popular vote, that those who walked in the Women’s March hadn’t voted. I listened to Kellyanne and laughed. Aloud. Like many others, I…

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