anarcho_zymurgist 's review for:

The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

4.25

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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A book in two distinct parts, both eerily current for being written in the 1930s. The first describes the conditions of the poor in England. A simple enough concept, but done with such beauty and fury that it should radicalize any decent, thinking person. The second is a combined autobiography and strategy for socialist success. Putting aside Orwell's dated, petty jabs at vegetarians, feminists, and others, his analysis of the political environment is incredibly valuable. Discussing the declining middle class, encroaching fascism, leftist infighting, and how to properly frame arguments to recruit more to our cause, it is as if he is speaking directly to the Left today.