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Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

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Timothy Snyder recommends it
The reason why I am so fond of Homage to Catalonia, and see it as an even more relevant precursor to dissent, is that in it you can see a man of the Left learning to make the distinction that breaks down the Left with a big L into lots of little lefts.

on fivebooks.com · 25 Jan 2012

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