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George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was published on this day in 1945. Orwell was a democratic socialist and a lifelong critic of Stalinism across the Soviet Union - an attitude shaped by his experiences during the May Days conflicts between the POUM and Stalinist forces in the Spanish Civil War. 'All animals are equal' was the Seventh Commandment of Animalism, later replaced by the double-speak maxim 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' #animalfarm #georgeorwell #orwell #allanimalsareequal #snowball #napoleon #nineteeneightyfour #novel #novelist #novels #books #write #writer #stalin #stalinism #leftwing