George Orwell

An archive of texts and documents by and about George Orwell on libcom.org.

The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell - George Woodcock

A study/biography of George Orwell by George Woodcock, anarchist friend of Orwell.

George Orwell. Photograph from Vernon Richards' 'George Orwell at Home'.

The Orwell quotes right-wingers never mention

If you’ve ever expressed a political view to the left of Tony Blair, chances are you’ve been met with a response along the lines of: ‘Haven’t you…

Orwell's list

George Orwell towards the end of his life kept a list of 'crypto-communists and fellow travellers' including Alex Comfort, author of the Joy of Sex and sometimes contributor to anarchist…

Bowie, Orwell, and John Cornford

Bowie’s Bow: 6 Ways David Bowie Is Connected to the Spanish Civil War

Exploring hidden connections between David Bowie and the Spanish Civil War, via George Orwell, John…

Industrial Worker (Winter 2017)

The Winter 2017 (#1778, Vol. 114, No. 1) issue of the Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the Industrial Workers of the…

Politics (September 1946)

Retort Vol. 3, No. 4 (Spring 1947)

The Vol. 3, No. 4 (Spring 1947) issue of Retort, an anarchist publication produced out of Bearsville, New York from 1942-1951.

George Orwell an Accident in Society

NICOLAS WALTER wrote an account of The 'New Wave' in Britain in ANARCHY 1, and discussed Raymond Williams' The Long Revolution in ANARCHY 3.

Observations on Anarchy 8

1984: George Orwell

Romano de George Orwell pri mondo regas unu partion. Dikaturo de la partio nepre dominas ĉia de penson kaj agon.

George Orwell and Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens - George Orwell

George Orwell's 1940 essay on Charles Dickens.

Parables of big brother - Robert Kurz

Robert Kurz discusses the “implicit” “subtexts” of the great dystopian literature of the 20th century and reveals the “internalized constraints”…