Reddit mentions of Why Orwell Matters

Hitchens was notorious for many things, but "waffling" was not one of them. His support of the Iraq war was regrettable. His views on Islam were harsh (although they were consistent with his opinions on religion in general) and he'd probably argue there's some merit to the "anti-PC" shtick on the right (and among some on the left). He may even sympathize with Steve Bannon's identification as a Leninist, because he'd said as much of himself in the past. But as another commenter pointed out below, Hitchens was absolutely an anti-fascist. If he had anything like a God, it was Orwell. To just reflexively assume he'd fall in with a group like the alt-right, as most here seem to be doing, is to completely misunderstand his entire career. My feeling is that he'd be disgusted by them.

Also relevent is Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters.

I've never read this book, and maybe I will one day to understand the hype

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Orwell-Matters-Christopher-Hitchens/dp/0465030505

I think the answer is that Orwell no longer matters, and there are better thinkers to read now.

Just because someone led you to socialism doesn't mean it's good. The 2008 recession is what really led me to socialism (along w/ a job I hated). Should everyone have to go through a recession and bad job? No.

I love me some George Orwell.

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Why Orwell Matters, by Christopher Hitchens

"In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. In true emulative and contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true measure of his subject as hero and problem. He examines Orwell and his perspectives on fascism, empire, feminism, and Englishness, as well as his outlook on America, a country and culture towards which he exhibited much ambivalence. Whether thinking about empires or dictators, race or class, nationalism or popular culture, Orwell's moral outlook remains indispensable in a world that has undergone vast changes in the fifty years since his death."

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Orwell-Matters-Christopher-Hitchens/dp/0465030505

Great book on Orwell by the late and great Christopher Hitchens.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Orwell-Matters-Christopher-Hitchens/dp/0465030505/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485949600&sr=8-1&keywords=why+orwell+matters

Required reading - Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens.

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Orwell-Matters-Christopher-Hitchens/dp/0465030505