He is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?

George Orwell ... and a humanist, Orwell was among those calling for a charter on human rights after World War Two. This came into being in December 1948 (six months before 1984 was published ...

Credit: Aaron Tam / AFP via Getty Images Saying George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite book is like saying Star Wars is my favorite movie franchise. It would be more accurate to call them obsessions.