Peasant of the Dawn

New World Notes #684, 28:58  (April 13)
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Excellent  audio collage by Virtual Renderings, slightly condensed by me. It's a meditation on class warfare, the ruling elite's dislike of democracy, American exceptionalism, economic inequality, mind control, and the prescience of George Orwell.

Voices heard belong to Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, historian Morris Berman, and Ken Nordine (himself a master of audio collage), among others. Includes dramatic readings from Orwell's 1984 and some good music.

A musical highlight: a mashup duet of Harry Shearer and then-President Barack Obama titled "Yes We Can ... But."

Previously broadcast by New World Notes in 2011 and (with a new introduction) 2017.

114 audio collages by Virtual Renderings can be downloaded without charge at radio4all,net.

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