What was Orwell for?
The LRB Podcast
George Orwell's Controversial List of Suspected Communists
Exploring George Orwell's controversial act of compiling a list of suspected communists, this chapter delves into the possible motivations behind his actions, including his fear of totalitarianism. Despite his earlier emphasis on decency, the hosts find it puzzling and contradictory and discuss the extenuating circumstance of Orwell's personal targeting by Russian spies.
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