Insolite : ce politicien d’extrême droite cite Orwell pour critiquer l’antifascisme
Insolite : ce politicien d’extrême droite cite Orwell pour critiquer l’antifascisme
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What am I doing, watching a documentary with a lot of Orwell footage and not sharing with you? I'm like frozen watching it.
George Orwell: A Life in Pictures Full Documentary (High Quality)

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)
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A nationalist is one who thinks solely, or mainly, in terms of competitive prestige. He may be a positive or a negative nationalist -- that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating -- but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats,…
Sie zum Themenblock #Leistungssport, #Nationalismus und #Bellizismus auch das Essay "The Sporting Spirit" (1945) von #GeorgeOrwell:

'I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.'
Ich lese gerade das erste Mal seit meiner Schulzeit wieder Animal Farm. Was für ein Hammerbuch. Ich finde es noch stärker als damals.
Gardening and the Creative Spirit: 200 Years of Great Writers and Artists on the Rewards of Soil and Seed
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/29/writers-artists-gardens/
"La fattoria" di George Orwell in portoghese si chiama semplicemente "O triunfo dos porcos".