George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on Revolution and The State(published by RevoltSource) |
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English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, Critic, Supporter of Democratic Socialism, Opponent of Authoritarianism, and Proven Undercover Agent Reporting on the Left to the Police
: An English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #10 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Revolution and The State
“...people do not begin building barricades unless they have received something that they regard as a provocation.”
Source: "Homage to Catalonia," by George Orwell, Will Johnson and Dog Tail Books, undated, originally published 1938. Chapter 11, Page 118.
"Homage to Catalonia," by George Orwell, Will Johnson and Dog Tail Books, undated, originally published 1938.
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