Alex Gibney

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“A key device that authoritarians use is to force you to pledge allegiance to ‘alternative facts’” Producer of the new documentary “Orwell: 2+2=5” @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social says Americans must be “deeply skeptical” of information coming from the Trump administration.

Office Hours: What's the REAL reason Trump addressed U.S. military leaders? The underlying purpose of Trump’s unorthodox conclave with the top brass?

I do think that this and the murder of fishermen is a prelude to something darker. "What was the REAL reason Trump met with more than 800 of America’s top military leaders this week?" open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

I will be talking about "Orwell: 2+2=5," a new film I produced, directed by Raoul Peck.

Vance's most monumental achievement to date has been being told off by two popes in one year.

How Did a Documentary on George Orwell Become the Scariest Movie of 2025? Orwell: 2+2=5 look at writer who gave us a modern dystopian classic—and examines how authoritarianism works that feels way too familiar.

I can't recommend ORWELL: 2+2=5 enough — a perfect use of a 20th century figure as a lens to examine 21st century authoritarianism, a great example of how to use mural-like filmmaking as a weapon, another reason why Raoul Peck is an invaluable documentarian. 📽️

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Excellent discussion this morning of the new documentary ORWELL: 2+2=5 with @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social on @democracynow.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGME...

‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: How George Came to See the World as Orwellian

Great review of Raoul Peck’s “Orwell:2+2=5.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/m... @manohladargis.bsky.social

This Poem Explains Why Jim Comey Got Indicted and Why None of Us Are Safe <p><dropcap>S</dropcap>ince Donald Trump’s rise to political power in this country, the famous poem cautioning that the horrors of autocracy would extend to the entire nation o...

Go @dahlialithwick.bsky.social ! www.rsn.org/001/this-poe...

So proud to have produced Raoul Peck’s new film, “Orwell: 2+2=5.” Opening on 10/3.

dunno. check and let me know.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Encourage everyone who is not near a bookstore to buy their books from bookshop.org. It takes business away from amazon and supports independent bookstores.

Opinion | What the Government Autism Announcement Got So Wrong

powerful www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

So what happened to the "law and order" administration? If you want to get something done with this administration are bags of cash now OK?

He could have shut off the flow of weapons to Netanyahu.

I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom <p style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ALSO SEE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.thenextmove.org/" tar...

Good piece by Gary Kasparov on how Putin used control of the media to cement authoritarian control. www.rsn.org/001/i-saw-ho... Some of this story is told in my film, "Citizen K." The similarities to this moment are eerie.

It was very telling that for three days, none of the major TV anchors would have me on air one-on-one to talk about my firing from the Washington Post over Charlie Kirk.

The first offers were from
Black media, independent media, Substackers, and podcasters.

“The Bibi Files” to be released in theaters - initially on 50 screens - in Japan.

Kamsamnida!

thank you

So what is ABC News going to do? Is Bob Iger going to come out for freedom of the press? Are anchors going to run their copy by the White House? Are those questions being asked? Are people ready to resign? Trump has said he will use fcc to prevent criticism of him.

This is so messed up.

For JD Vance, humor basically consists of having a laugh over the murder of fishermen in the Caribbean and over the firing of a comedian who dared to cross him and Trump. This is known as moral depravity, not humor.

See @thelever.bsky.social for more on this. Using the threat of business sanctions to suppress speech. It is about speech, of course, but it is really about money. But then, as the Supreme Court insists: "money is speech."

A totalitarian movement must never achieve its goals, as that would eliminate the need for the movement itself. Even in victory, new enemies must be created in order to justify further cruelty and domination.

Citizen K Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wealthy man in Russia, rocketed to prosperity in the 1990s and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

If you want to understand what is going on in the US right now, I suggest watching "Citizen K." www.amazon.com/Citizen-K-Mi... It's about how Putin consolidated his power by controlling the oligarchs.

In this administration, it's always the grift.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Just so I'm clear:

TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal

TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.

TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.

Free speech, everyone.