One of the most intriguing developments in our current unpredictable political climate has been the Left’s co-opting of George Orwell’s ... It is a warning against socialism, whose inner ...

Orwell conjured up the ultimate dictatorship to illustrate how anti-democratic leaders use brazen deceit to prove and magnify their power, writes his biographer Dorian Lynskey. Never has his warnings ...

19. Was George Orwell disappointed in socialism, as so many of his contemporaries were? His nuanced position distinguished between socialism and communism. Fascism — which many others saw as a ...

Orwell, aka Eric Blair, a socialist freedom fighter and a repentant ... that proved the vast scale of NSA spying programs. "George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information ...

This week on Think Tank. From the far ends of the British Empire to the heart of European conflict, from Imperialism and Fascism to Socialism and Communism, George Orwell’s writing pierced ...

George Orwell’s political thinking was dramatically ... “the Party” and their dogma of Ingsoc (English Socialism), and the sinister Thought Police. 2. 1984 is a defence of human rights ...

Of course there is no real George Orwell – it was the pen name of Eric ... ex-Etonian ex-policeman and socialist, who was ardently anti-authoritarian. He was as anti-fascist as he was anti ...

In The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell worried aloud that his coveted socialist agenda would never be realized if its implementation were to remain in the hands of the “prigs.” ...

George Orwell was a visionary author most known for ... freedom and democratic socialism. Alongside novels, Orwell also wrote poems and essays exploring themes of warring states and anti-imperialism.