Reply #22: 1984's Fiction; "Homage to Catalonia" is factual

[rwenos]

1984's a great read, no doubt. But "Homage to Catalonia" was written after Orwell, an English socialist, spent 6 months fighting on the front for the Republicans (not our kind of "Republicans" -- these were the people who had established a democracy, and the targets of Franco's fascist army).

Orwell's also not too kind to the Soviets - he says they sold the Spanish Republicans out (by actively opposing their side in the Spanish civil war), thereby leading to Franco's fascist victory.