The writing of others is the best procrastination for the writing one has to do theirself

[drakewind]

The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid

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[bushidobrown]

Have you read Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London?" From the last chapter

[godisawoman]

I don't believe in apolitical art. Go ahead and tell me it exists, point to the Mona Lisa as an example, and I will tell you only great political statements cause as much controversy as whether or not the subject is smiling or whether or not anarchism is a viable model for living life.

Truth.