The Real George Orwell (1/6)
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Uploaded by egregiousdave on Jul 10, 2010
Biographer DJ Taylor profiles Eric Blair for The South Bank Show in 2003.
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Orwell was taught to American school kids in a way that emphasised his anti-Stalinism ,yet did not mention that he was a democratic socialist to the end..this is like teaching people about the life of Martin Luther King without teaching that he was in favour of racial equality.Orwell was a lifelong supporter of the Labour Party,whose response to the unfolding Cold War was to suggest that Britain be part of a socialist state of Europe..
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@profd65 who knows, the only thing you have is an inference
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holy shit did anyone see te guys teeth @ 3:00 ?
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the irony its the thought police
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@profd65 You don't have to agree with everything that Orwell wrote. He was against the fascist regimes in Germany, Italy and Spain. He was anti-imperialist also in the case of Burma, India and other colonies but he also pointed out to the intelligentsia (mostly on the left) that the war against fascism cannot be characterized as being imperialist.
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@profd65 You were referring to someone's suggestion that he would not have supported the Iraq war. That's why I quoted what he wrote in his essay "Why I Write" in which he said , " ... I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism... ". In case of regimes such as Iraq, and North Korea, it would be incorrect to point out that he would have supported a non-interventionist policy.
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I haven't read that essay, but I can tell you're taking that line out of context: Orwell would never have said anything like "Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist" unless he were talking about a specific case where fascism was a grave threat that needed to be met. You make it seem like according to Orwell we need to be constantly waging war against absolutely everybody; that to be peaceful is itself pro-fascist.
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@profd65 From Orwell's essay "Pacifism and the War": Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist.
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It's funny with the imagery and interviews they make Orwell out to be a far right wing commie basher. Orwell was way LEFT WING. "He had no party line"--bullshit. Wondering if he'd have supported the Iraq War--for Christ's sake, no, you fucking dipshit.
profd65 3 months ago 10
You're a champion for posting this, thanks
Oscar301 1 year ago 5