[lbo-talk] Coming back to the list with... historical ephemera, or something

Michael Dawson -PSU mdawson at pdx.edu
Thu Mar 18 09:36:57 PST 2004


My view = Hitchens is right about Orwell, despite Orwell's flaws in personal and political life. He had a nose for freedom, a deep honesty about both the need for and difficulty of socialism, and he was a great essayist. The Road to Wigan Pier is a tour-de-force, as is Homage to Catalonia. If left social scientists had followed Orwells' lead and adhered to his six rules of thumb for good writing, the left would be immensely stronger today.



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