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Orwell’s opposition to totalitarianism was rooted in his support for freeing workers from poverty and exploitation

Orwell’s opposition to totalitarianism was rooted in his support for freeing workers from poverty and exploitation

George Orwell, the author of two classic anti-totalitarian, pro-freedom novels from the 1940s, was a democratic socialist who opposed authoritarian...

25.08.2025 5

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Mark Satta

Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution – the story of the 22nd Amendment

No president is supposed to serve more than two full terms. That rule became part of the US Constitution in 1951, after President Franklin D....

01.04.2025 4

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What the US Supreme Court will consider when it rules on gender-affirming care for trans children

A case recently argued in the U.S. Supreme Court will likely determine for the foreseeable future how difficult it will be for trans people to win...

12.12.2024 5

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Nationalism is not patriotism: 3 insights from Orwell about Trump and the 2024 election

Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”...

30.10.2024 3

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