b'B ookR eviewBY JERRY BROWNThe Bodies of OthersThe New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the HumanBy Naomi Wolf (ISBN-13: 978-1737478560; All Seasons Press; 2022, hardcover, 350 pages, $22.99)insightful examination somewhat com- Criminals, Wolf states, So in 2020-2022, forting in helping me understand furthera blueprint was put into action to crush the deeper meanings and purpose behindWestern people, crush Western econo-the pandemic public policies. Naomi Wolfmies, and steal the assets of the working has her fingers on the pulse of Westernand middle classes. Added to this was the culture and is very adept at examiningstrategy of utilizing mass vaccination of how our culture and our humanity havean incompletely tested substance, as a pre-been affected by the tyrannical responsestext for imposing a digital identity system to COVID-19. that could create a CCP-style surveillance Throughoutthebook,Wolfsharessociety and generate untold riches in data her personal, real-life experiences, andharvesting for a very few.explainswithdepthandclaritytheInthechapterLockdownIsNot real meanings and purpose behind theQuarantine: What Restrictions Really COVID-19 pandemic policies. She states,Achieve, Wolf goes deeper and examines The war against the virus has reallythe real purpose and effects of face masks, I n her 2022 book, The Bodies of Oth- been a war waged via technologies andlockdowns, social distancing, congrega-their masters to dissolve human culturetional restrictions, essential businesses ers, Naomi Wolf, a brilliant author,and disempower human beings. It is a waronly, and the censoring of free speech. columnist,professor,andactivist,on free thought and free speecha warShe explains how they all oppose and gifts us with her thought-provoking trea- against our most fundamental beliefs. contradict the development of culture and tise and unique perspective on the emo- this is a war aimed at undoing humanityhumanity, which are both built on face-tional and cultural effects of lockdownsitself. to-face and person-to-person connections and vaccine mandates on society and in- The author also explains how the Chi- with other human beings.dividuals during the COVID-19 pandemicnese Communist Party (CCP) has infil- Wolf explains that the true reason for of 2020-2022. Among eight best-sellingtrated and influenced U.S. and Westernthe restrictions had nothing to do with works of non-fiction, Wolf is also the au- European institutions and has had wide- medicine or public health and states, The thor of the best-selling The End of Amer- spread influence on Western legacy mediareal goal is to dissolve and destroy Western ica and Give Me Liberty.and social media. Through research, ob- and human culture, and to replace it withI found The Bodies of Others to beservation, and insight in examining thea techno-fascistic culturea culture in bothdisturbingandcomforting.Dis- effects on culture, people and even capital- which we have forgotten what free human turbing, in that Naomi Wolf reveals theism, the author reveals the similarities ofbeings can do.The true reason is that, depth of the collusion among the globalour COVID-19 responses to CCP policiesin the elites war against Western human-elite, non-profit organizations, govern-such as lockdowns, face masks, social ism, restrictions had become the weapon ments, and public officials. She includesdistancing, tracking, censoring, and lim- of choice. Why? Because historically re-Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Media initations on freedom of assembly and otherstrictions disempower the restricted and usurping our freedom, our culture, andliberties. leave them open to the theft of their land our humanity. Yet, I found the authorsInthechapterUnderstandingtheand their assetsRestrictions endow H ealtHF reedomN ews /F all2022 29NHF_40-3_Linda_11-25-2022.indd 29 11/25/22 8:02 AM'