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George Orwell: The Prevention of Literature

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging … Continue reading →

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The battle for Britain: the 1984-85 coal miners’ strike

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

In a way it is even humiliating to watch coal-miners working. It raises in you a momentary doubt about your own status as an ’intellectual’ and a superior person generally. For it isbrought home to you, at least while you … Continue reading →

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