>>For those who haven't seen the page, the idea is that Blair chose the date 1984 as the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Fabian Society (British centre-left policy organisation dedicated to state socialism, that once included HG Wells, Edith Nesbit, and George Bernard Shaw). I think that anyone who can get worked up about the Fabian Society is on the verge of reds-under-the-beds paranoia. As Evil Conspiracies go it is just a little bit public and a little bit wet.<<
I Dunno mate,George noticed quite a bit others missed and actually reported some starry eyed,shit for brains socialists. I doubt the co-incidence,if that's what it was,would have bothered him in the slightest.Jamesd and I will get very worked up about STATE socialism.Its dry rot and wet with blood of millions. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0156421178/reader/3/102-3538163-3192154#reader-link Excerpts from "Homage to Catalonia." at Amazon.The most decent article Orwell ever wrote.
