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Nikos Victoria De'Shawn Cameron toc
 * Group Members:**

Thesis: The governments of the Soviet Union, and the United States have drawn an erie similarity to one another with the tactics used to ensure a safe and unified nation, resulting in a new small pocket of communism to have formed within the government of the United States.

Nazism:
Nazism is considered a form of fascism, but unlike other forms of fascism Nazism was favored toward the white race. The theory of Nazism is based off the theory of social Darwinism, Anti-antisemitism, and [|lebensraum], or need to conquer a living space. The leader of the Nazi party, Adolf Hitler saw democracy as a destabilizing force because, in his opinion, democracy placed power in the hands of ethnic minorities. Nazism calls for a strong centralized government under the führur. Nazism sought to bring an end to Communism and Judaism. The policies of Adolf Hitler came from his observations of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Nazism spread because of the poor state of Germany at the time of the election and Hitlers idealistic views for how to restore Germany to its glory days.Hitler believed that there was a hierarchy on the races. At the top he placed the Aryans and at the bottom he placed the Jews, Gypsys, Communists, and homosexuals. In Orwell's 1984, he places the inner party at the top, while placing the outer party in the middle and proles at the bottom.



Communism:
The form of government that was established after the revolution resembles Communism. In their society, the Party controls all industry and production of goods for the public. The idea that every person gets an equal share is a fundamental idea in Communism. The idea of equal distribution of goods leads to the creation and maintenance of a black market that sell goods that are under produced, such as razor blades, real coffee, and cooking pots. After Lenin's revolution, proving a small and dedicated party (Bolsheviks) can gain control over the majority, Lenin, and later Stalin, purged fellow Party members that could become a threat in the future. This is shown in 1984, when Big Brother makes intelligent people suddenly disappear, such as Sympe. In Soviet Russia, Stalin and Lenin denied their comrades the right to a free election, and used the secret police to establish a nation built upon repressiveness, fear, and complete government domination. During World War 2, Stalin engaged in the massive Officer Purge in which he eliminated or sent to labor camps hundreds if not thousands of officers serving in his military during a major war. The fact that Stalin got rid of the tools through which he could win a decisive war in order to insure that he will remain in power, uncontested, and unopposed showed how he cared more about insuring and keeping power and wealth instead of the defense of his homeland Stalin repeatedly eliminated all his possible enemies, for example by sending them to forced labor camps in Siberia. Also, when Trotsky turned against Stalin's beliefs, he was exiled to Mexico, and Stalin began to delete him from published photographs in order to erase his existence and influence in the Soviet Union. When Trotsky began writing against Stalin's beliefs in journals and books, Stalin immediately sent an assassin to kill him. This is extremely similar to when Big Brother decided to execute Goldstein to eliminate his opposition, and to Winston's job in the Ministry of Truth to edit and revise the past. It is also similar to how even though people confess to their crimes after being caught, the Party ultimately has them killed, no matter their recovery rate, new beliefs, and civil service.



U.S Government:
The Government of the United States of America is a bicameral democracy. The government functions using an executive, legislative, and judicial branch, each with powers over the other to guarantee one doesn't become overly powerful. There are two major parties in government, the Republicans and Democrats. The views of each party are different and currently, there is a republican president in office. While currently engaged in a war on terrorism, the federal government has increased control over its population after the passing of the Patriot Act. Using the notion that one is unpatriotic if opposed to the government's new ability to invade the privacy of the citizens that elected current officials to their offices, certain parts of the government have begun intervening and monitoring American lives in search of a 'terrorist threat'. Just as the government in Oceania installed telescreens around the city to read the personal thoughts of citizens, the current Republican headed government has started taking the preliminary steps toward the not so fictitious form of government depicted in Orwell's 1984. Under the Patriot Act, the F.B.I and other government bureaus can gain full access to your private and personal information without any probable cause under the idea of National Security. The Patriot Act gives ultimate and complete authority to the government to engage in any surveillance on any of its 300 million citizens to attempt to locate, disrupt, and catch and terrorist threat. Out of the overall American population, the number of people who could possibly possess terrorist beliefs and goals are tiny and far less than 1%. Considering this probability of finding possible terrorist suspects, it can be argued that this new power entrusted in the current federal government could be or is used for other purposes, hiding behind the notion of homeland security. [|Today:the beginning]

PSA Script
PSA opens of image of Stalin (Narrator), [|Stalin].....[|Bush]...Never before have you heard the two mentioned in the same sentence, but now with terrorism a national fear, Bush is taking away your civil liberties in the name of defense.( As Image of bush is faded over the image of Stalin) Image of people in a crowd walking and image of camera blinks with the phrases of "He is....Watching you" (Narrator) Just as Stalin had done, Bush is spying on America using the [|Patriot Act], hoping to eliminate terrorism by creating a nation built on fear.( As the Image of the FBI logo pops up and then an image of the Bill of RIghts appears, and then vanishes into an image of bush with fire behind him to show his world.) (Narrator): If our democratic government continues, over long periods of history, to find different reasons to invade the privacy and rights the nation was built to supply to its citizens, just as the American former enemy, the Soviet Union had done, does it matter what type of government is in power? In the long run, if the politically separated governments eventually enforce the same rules and restrictions on its citizens why do they have the power and ability to engage in [|global nuclear war]?, why does it matter which government is in power?, the only difference would be the method the respective government uses to reach its goal.(As images of nuclear sub launching weapon is shown with the phrase "Next Stop Nuclear War", then switches to an image of a protestor against wire tapping, The phrase "End Wiretapping", then an image of Bush crossed out and a phrase of "Stop Bush, Protect your freedom, Image than switches to one of a nuclear explosion in the back ground, with the phrase of "New World order, coming to a city near you." (Narrator): Bush is watching you!! Image fades in of Bush's head and eyes with poster saying bush is watching you. (Final frame is that of a blank screen with the simple phrase "Do you want this?"

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 * The PSA**

Producer's Note:
The main goal of our PSA is to show the connections between Communist Russia and the democratic United States. We take the side that George Bush is using communist like tactics to gain control of the country by using controversial methods such as wiretapping. We are comparing how the Soviet Union with their secret police and conformity, and George Bush's wiretapping are similar. We believe that the Party in Orwell's //1984// uses Telescreens and the constant fear of the Inner Party, as well as the "[|Big Brother is watching you]" posters to assume total control over the country. Stalin during the reign of the Soviet Union used secret police and the sudden disappearances of people to maintain his control over the entire empire. Today with the fear of terrorism as high as ever, Bush is taking away America's right to privacy and is wiretapping phones. Whether there is a "real" terrorist threat at the moment is up for debate but Bush uses his power as President in order to install fear into the American people. This controversial topic echoes in Stalin when he spied on everyone in his country, and the Party and their Telescreens. Both Stalin and the Upper inner Party were able to create a nation which feared to speak out against the government and Bush is attempting to do the same just in a different way. This is echoed in Orwell's //1984// when the Party eliminated Syme and sent others to labor camps for years because they were too intelligent and were able to comprehend the actions and goals of Party.

In our PSA, we chose to include not only images of Stalin and Bush, but also images which have a base from //1984//. We chose to start out the PSA with the fading of Stalin to Bush to show that they are similar. We have also wanted to show the constant watch that America is under with the quick flash of the camera after the image of a crowd pops up. We also chose the image of the Bill Of Rights disintegrating because in our opinion if George Bush is allowed to continue with his plan, then the basic principles of the American way will disintegrate. We also chose the image of the Bill of Rights being destroyed to change into the picture of Bush, and fire in the background because it seems as if Bush is doing all this to gain supreme power. This would also portraying Bush as a dictator such as Stalin or Hitler. The PSA then fades into an image of a poster saying [|BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU] of President Bush, to show the parallel between the Party's propaganda posters of Big Brother is watching you. Bush's wiretaps makes it seem as if he is watching our every move.

The websites that we visited were for the most part very helpful to understanding what Communism as well as Stalin's beliefs were. The websites about [|Nazism] were useful in comparing Nazism to [|Communism]. To then take this information and compare it to the [|United States government] allowed us to prove our points about the United Sates government having Communist tendencies as well as show how George Bush as well as other government officials have communist tendencies. There was also an article about how [|George W.Bush] is "Big Brother" like and how his government system has tendencies such as wire tapping that will allow him to have a lot of control. The article comparing [|Hitler and Stalin] was not that useful because it was not easy to read. The [|video] was interesting to watch because it was similar to how the United States government is taking away our civil liberties. The learning to love Big Brother [|article] was good for seeing how Bush and Big Brother are similar.

=Works Cited=

//Beliefs of the Nazis//. 2006. Shaoh Education. 30 May 2007 .

//Bush Leads Us Towards War//. Green Peace. 1 June 2007 .]

//Big Brother is Watching//. Good Storm. 23 May 2007 .

//Big Brother is Watching//. The Fifth Hope. 23 May 2007 <[|http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/art/bb-poster-preview.jpg>.]

//Bush Holding an Axe//. Earth Hope Network. 1 June 2007 <[|http://earthhopenetwork.net/bush%20art/bush_axe.jpg>.]

//Global Nuclear War Image//. IAC Music. 4 June 2007 <[|http://iacmusic.com/Uploads/14913_7_22_2006_12_04_17_AM_-_AAA_nukes.jpg>.]

Kurtzman, Daniel. "Learning to Love Big Brother." San Francisco Chronicle. 28 Jul. 2002. 23 May 2007 < http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/07/28/IN244190.DTL >

MSN Encarta: United States Government. 2007. Microsoft Corporation. 30 May 2007 <[|http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500781/United_States_Government.html#p2>.]

//Patriot Act Image//. BendIB. 4 June 2007 <[|http://www.bendib.com/newones/2003/november/large/Patriot-Act-1.jpg>.]

//The History Guide//. 28 Feb. 2006. 23 May 2007 

//World Book Encyclopedia and Learning Resources//. 2007. World Book, Inc. 31 May 2007 <[|http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Article?id=ar126880>.]

//Youtube//. 29 Apr. 2007. Youtube, Inc. 23 May 2007 