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Doyle, Martin, 1956- :[Orwell in the sand]. 24 June 2013
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- 2013
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- Scoop (Firm)
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- DCDL-0025259
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Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani is featured saying "providing arms may be the only means of achieving peace" which is a quote from a BBC report about a meeting in Dohar of the 'Friends of Syria' countries. Also appearing in the cartoon are three figures making comment on his quote. Commentary from the artist reads 'The spin and rhetoric of modern politics involve the kind of "doublethink" and "Newspeak" that George Orwell correctly forecast in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four [published in 1949].'
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- Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
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Scoop (Firm). Doyle, Martin, 1956- :[Orwell in the sand]. 24 June 2013. Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons. Ref: DCDL-0025259. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32199574More information can be found in our terms of use.