GEORGE ORWELL Originally uploaded by O. Douglas Jennings
I was inspired to make this tribute art to George Orwell after reading a book on the story behind his writing The Animal Farm. It was written before the end of WW2 but no one would publish it because it was obviously a satirical allegory on Stalin's Russia. The U.K. govt/media didn't want to undermine their propaganda about their wartime ally "Uncle Joe".
Orwell was a staunch socialist who deplored how Stalin subverted the goals of socialism by becoming a brutal dictator. To Orwell, Soviet Russia under Stalin gave socialism a bad name and had no connection to the ideals of helping the common man.
On another note, did you know David Bowie hoped to publish songs based on Orwell's dystopian classic?
David Bowie Dreamed of Turning George Orwell’s 1984 Into a Musical
— Open Culture (@openculture) June 4, 2021
Hear the Songs That Survived the Abandoned Project https://t.co/Y7ghO82hAn pic.twitter.com/pVt4gKTNkI
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