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The
Orwell Brigade
ISBN 978-616-7503-16-5
Paperback 5" - 7 3/4"
2012, 180 pages
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Twelve
authors have banded together under the Orwell banner:
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth
is a revolutionary act.”
We
are part of the George Orwell intellectual legacy, a
dozen novelists seeking to carry Orwell’s banner
forward.
The
geographical reach of our essays stretches around the
globe. The journey through the essays starts in Orwell’s
home, England, and takes you through the Americas, Southeast
Asia, the Middle East, and the edges of Europe.
We
give our accounts of contemporary social justice issues
ranging from social inequality increasingly widened
as political institutions become dysfunctional, to persistent
racism and discrimination against minorities, to memories
of
state tyranny and war crimes and political thugs at
their games of corruption, to intimidation and killings
in sectarian strife.
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Two
essays deal directly with George Orwell the writer—his
refusal to play the game of colonial empire—and his seminal
role as friend to Canadian writer George Woodcock.
Flip
that Orwell banner around and on the other side it reads:
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right
to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
Official
website: www.orwellbrigade.com
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Praise
“[T]he
essays are linked by echoes of George Orwell's seminal political
novels "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-four".
As the writers demonstrate, precious little has changed since
those literary warnings appeared half a century ago. In fact
we need to me more vigilant than ever in the endlessly cross-linked
21st century.”
—The
Nation
“In
a digital age when attenuated attention spans have pretty much
killed off the long-form essay outside of academia, and when
corporate interests and Big Brother-like governments have stymied
investigative journalism, George Orwell’s belief in truthful
writing as a revolutionary act is in danger of being written
off. Do not start typing the obituary just yet, for The Orwell
Brigade is an anthology of thought-evoking essays by contemporary
crime authors reclaiming his turf.”
—Jim Algie, PATA COMPASS January/February 2013
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