The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which ...

The George Orwell documentary 'Orwell: 2 + 2 + 5,' directed by Raoul Peck, shows how the '1984' novelist forecast today's increasing authoritarianism.

He was an inveterate democratic socialist, but his writing established him as a champion of fearlessly independent political thought and an enemy of political expression dominated by “euphemism ...

Not long ago, it was the political right that was regularly trotting out the tall, gangly socialist. “We are living in Orwell’s 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America.” ...

Remarkably, many of Trump’s supporters claim Orwell for themselves, despite his being a proud democratic socialist and anti-fascist. As soon as it was published, Nineteen Eighty-Four was misread ...

His deep belief in the potential of socialism, particularly in its democratic form, blinded him to the inherent authoritarian tendencies within socialist movements. Orwell’s Legacy George Orwell’s ...

Opinion It isn’t just about ‘1984’: Orwell’s essays powerfully resonate today The author’s underappreciated essays about authoritarianism and political tribalism remain relevant.