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Orwell’s opposition to totalitarianism was rooted in his support for freeing workers from poverty and exploitation

  • Written by: Mark Satta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University
imageIn writing he did before his most famous novels, Orwell focused primarily on other themes including work, poverty, anti-imperialism and democratic socialism.zoom-zoom, iStock/Getty Images Plus

George Orwell’s dystopian novels “Animal Farm” and “1984” have remained popular in the U.S. ever since their initial...

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