John Newsinger is Professor of Modern History at Bath Spa University. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Hope Lies in the Proles (Pluto, 2018), the graphic novel 1917: Russia's Red Year (Bookmarks, 2016), British Counterinsurgency (Palgrave, 2015), and The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire (Bookmarks, 2006).

'George Orwell remains one of the most influential thinkers in the world today. Here, John Newsinger, in his insightful, lucid, engaging and original examination of the evolution of Orwell's politics, shows precisely why'

• AbbreviationsIntroduction: Discovering Orwell1. ‘Until They Become Conscious They Will Never Rebel’: Orwell and the Working Class2. ‘Why I Join the ILP’: Orwell and the Left in the Thirties3. ‘Giants are Vermin’: Orwell, Fascism and the Holocaust4. ‘A Long Series of Thermidors’: Orwell, Pacifism and the Myth of the People's War5. ‘It is Astonishing How Little Change has Happened’: Orwell, the Labour Party and the Attlee Government6. 'Ceaseless Espionage’: Orwell and the Secret States7.‘2+2=5’: Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four and the New LeftConclusion: ‘Capitalism Has Manifestly No Future’ - Orwell TodayNotesIndex

John Newsinger is Professor of Modern History at Bath Spa University. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Hope Lies in the Proles (Pluto, 2018), the graphic novel 1917: Russia's Red Year (Bookmarks, 2016), British Counterinsurgency (Palgrave, 2015), and The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire (Bookmarks, 2006).

'George Orwell remains one of the most influential thinkers in the world today. Here, John Newsinger, in his insightful, lucid, engaging and original examination of the evolution of Orwell's politics, shows precisely why'

• AbbreviationsIntroduction: Discovering Orwell1. ‘Until They Become Conscious They Will Never Rebel’: Orwell and the Working Class2. ‘Why I Join the ILP’: Orwell and the Left in the Thirties3. ‘Giants are Vermin’: Orwell, Fascism and the Holocaust4. ‘A Long Series of Thermidors’: Orwell, Pacifism and the Myth of the People's War5. ‘It is Astonishing How Little Change has Happened’: Orwell, the Labour Party and the Attlee Government6. 'Ceaseless Espionage’: Orwell and the Secret States7.‘2+2=5’: Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four and the New LeftConclusion: ‘Capitalism Has Manifestly No Future’ - Orwell TodayNotesIndex

John Newsinger is Professor of Modern History at Bath Spa University. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Hope Lies in the Proles (Pluto, 2018), the graphic novel 1917: Russia's Red Year (Bookmarks, 2016), British Counterinsurgency (Palgrave, 2015), and The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire (Bookmarks, 2006).

'George Orwell remains one of the most influential thinkers in the world today. Here, John Newsinger, in his insightful, lucid, engaging and original examination of the evolution of Orwell's politics, shows precisely why'

• AbbreviationsIntroduction: Discovering Orwell1. ‘Until They Become Conscious They Will Never Rebel’: Orwell and the Working Class2. ‘Why I Join the ILP’: Orwell and the Left in the Thirties3. ‘Giants are Vermin’: Orwell, Fascism and the Holocaust4. ‘A Long Series of Thermidors’: Orwell, Pacifism and the Myth of the People's War5. ‘It is Astonishing How Little Change has Happened’: Orwell, the Labour Party and the Attlee Government6. 'Ceaseless Espionage’: Orwell and the Secret States7.‘2+2=5’: Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four and the New LeftConclusion: ‘Capitalism Has Manifestly No Future’ - Orwell TodayNotesIndex