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* It is "ironic" that the particular example of self-censorship Orwell referred to in the essay was the refusal of the left-wing and liberal press of the time to publish criticism of the Soviet Union [http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/Orwell.html] | * It is "ironic" that the particular example of self-censorship Orwell referred to in the essay was the refusal of the left-wing and liberal press of the time to publish criticism of the Soviet Union [http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/Orwell.html] | ||
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| + | * throughout his life, Orwell remained a confirmed socialist and worked almost exclusively for socialist journals [ibid] | ||
Revision as of 22:45, April 24, 2007
Orwell wrote an essay as the introduction to Animal Farm, a painfully obvious and blatant attack on Stalinism.
- It is "ironic" that the particular example of self-censorship Orwell referred to in the essay was the refusal of the left-wing and liberal press of the time to publish criticism of the Soviet Union [1]
On the other hand:
- throughout his life, Orwell remained a confirmed socialist and worked almost exclusively for socialist journals [ibid]