*Orwell became a self-described [[socialist]] as a result of lessons learned early in life. His service as a colonial policeman in Burma turned him into a fierce anti-imperialist with a commitment to exposing oppression and championing the rights of the working class. But Orwell was also a controversial and contradictory writer who took diverse–sometimes courageous–positions over the course of his life that have left his work open to interpretation. He moved from firm anti-[[imperialist]] and working class politics to become a supporter of the British Labor Party and a critic of the left by the end of his life, including an almost obsessive focus on [[Stalinism]]. [http://www.isreview.org/issues/32/orwell.shtml] | *Orwell became a self-described [[socialist]] as a result of lessons learned early in life. His service as a colonial policeman in Burma turned him into a fierce anti-imperialist with a commitment to exposing oppression and championing the rights of the working class. But Orwell was also a controversial and contradictory writer who took diverse–sometimes courageous–positions over the course of his life that have left his work open to interpretation. He moved from firm anti-[[imperialist]] and working class politics to become a supporter of the British Labor Party and a critic of the left by the end of his life, including an almost obsessive focus on [[Stalinism]]. [http://www.isreview.org/issues/32/orwell.shtml] |