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== About George Orwell == | == About George Orwell == | ||
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A prototypic Red-basher who pretended to be on the Left was George Orwell. In the middle of World War II, as the Soviet Union was fighting for its life against the Nazi invaders at Stalingrad, Orwell announced that a "willingness to criticize Russia and Stalin is ''the'' test of intellectual honesty. It is the only thing that from a literary intellectual's point of view is really dangerous" (''Monthly Review'', 5/83). Safely ensconced within a virulently anticommunist society, Orwell (with Orwellian doublethink) characterized the condemnation of communism as a lonely courageous act of defiance. Today, his ideological progeny are still at it, offering themselves as intrepid left critics of the Left, waging a valiant struggle against imaginary Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist hordes. | <blockquote>"A prototypic [[Anti-communism|Red-basher]] who pretended to be on [[Left–right political spectrum#Left-wing|the Left]] was George Orwell. In the middle of [[Second World War|World War II]], as the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] was [[Battle of Stalingrad|fighting for its life against the Nazi invaders at Stalingrad]], Orwell announced that a "willingness to criticize Russia and Stalin is ''the'' test of intellectual honesty. It is the only thing that from a literary intellectual's point of view is really dangerous" (''Monthly Review'', 5/83). Safely ensconced within a virulently anticommunist society, Orwell (with Orwellian [[doublethink]]) characterized the condemnation of communism as a lonely courageous act of defiance. Today, his ideological progeny are still at it, offering themselves as intrepid left critics of the Left, waging a valiant struggle against imaginary [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist]] hordes." —[[Michael Parenti]] (1997).: [[Library:Blackshirts and Reds|''Blackshirts and Reds'']] (1997). [[San Francisco]]. [[City Lights Books]]. Chapter 4: [[Library:Blackshirts and Reds#Communism in Wonderland|''Communism & Wonderland'']]. p. 44.</blockquote> | ||
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About George Orwell
"A prototypic Red-basher who pretended to be on the Left was George Orwell. In the middle of World War II, as the Soviet Union was fighting for its life against the Nazi invaders at Stalingrad, Orwell announced that a "willingness to criticize Russia and Stalin is the test of intellectual honesty. It is the only thing that from a literary intellectual's point of view is really dangerous" (Monthly Review, 5/83). Safely ensconced within a virulently anticommunist society, Orwell (with Orwellian doublethink) characterized the condemnation of communism as a lonely courageous act of defiance. Today, his ideological progeny are still at it, offering themselves as intrepid left critics of the Left, waging a valiant struggle against imaginary Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist hordes." —Michael Parenti (1997).: Blackshirts and Reds (1997). San Francisco. City Lights Books. Chapter 4: Communism & Wonderland. p. 44.