Radical, honest, incorruptible

George Orwell is often reduced to 1984 and Animal Farm. But his journalism may be even more startling today.
In the 1940s, Orwell’s As I Please columns dissected propaganda, political conformity, social inequality, media alarmism, and the temptations of ideology with a clarity that still feels unsettlingly contemporary. Radical, honest, incorruptible, he remained accountable only to his own conscience.
Christoph Nick reviews two new editions that bring these remarkable texts back into focus—and asks what Orwell still has to teach us about intellectual independence in an age of polarization.
(Available in Arabic, English, French, German & Spanish)
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