From: me@privacy.org   
      
   "Jason Voorhees"  wrote in   
   news:JJOod.11560$Qh3.10562@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:   
      
   > "none"  wrote...   
   >> moyehoist@aol.com (Moyehoist) wrote in   
   >> news:20041110194100.07572.00000533 @mb-m01.aol.com:   
   >>   
   >>>>post-orwellian nightmares . . .   
   >>>   
   >>> or neo marxist day dreams   
   >>>   
   >>> When do you do a piece on the 80 million killed by LEFTISTS in the   
   >>> last century??   
   >>>   
   >>> bmp   
   >>   
   >> Orwell lived [and died] believing in the Left's cause. He'd roll over   
   >> in his grave if he knew how the right had hijacked his name.   
   >   
   > I disagree.  What what I've heard, although Orwell was a true believer   
   > in socialism when he was young, after observing the totalitarian   
   > regimes that sprung up in every country that went socialist/communist   
   > he turned against it.  "Animal Farm" was clearly a criticism of the   
   > Russian revolution, with Napoleon representing Lenin, Snowball   
   > representing Trotsky, the vicious dogs representing the secret police,   
   > etc.  And while "1984" is much more a fantasy world, I'm almost   
   > positive that the Soviet Union provided the inspiration for Oceania.   
   > Big Brother is clearly a representation of Stalin, the ubiquitous   
   > portraits of Stalin mirror the ubiquitous portraits of Big Brother in   
   > "1984."  To suggest that Orwell defended the Left is ridiculous,   
   > especially since his books were banned in all communist countries, and   
   > even publication of "Animal Farm" in the U.S. during WWII was met with   
   > controversy on the grounds that it might offend our Soviet ally.   
      
   You can disagree, but Orwell himself would take objection to your views   
   since he stated it very clearly in many of his letters and non-fiction   
   writings written right up to his death. He's very clear in his essays   
   that he viewed real socialism as substantially different than the   
   communism of the USSR and held that view until his death. The human   
   owners the animals rebeled against were the representatives of the right   
   [note the transformation of pigs into acting almost human in their   
   oppression of the other animals]. Pick up a copy of "Homage to   
   Catalonia" to see how his views of "real" socialism vs communism came   
   about [ie the treatment of the Trotskite POUM and anarchists- which he   
   joined- given to them by their USSR supported communist "allies"].   
      
   Also read his essays, letters and articles, especially those written near   
   the end of his life. Orwell was so brutally critical and honest that he   
   slayed sacred cows across the political spectrum to the end and hated   
   totalitarianism of any kind. Read some biographies as well and you'll get   
   a more complex picture of the man. If you've never read his essay   
   collections you're in for a real treat.   
      
   A copy of his last sets of non-fiction writing:   
      
      
      
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