Overall, he'd probably disapprove of them because Antifa seems to engage in unjustified attacks as often as they do justified ones. This is a tough one to explain, because ideologically speaking, Orwell would agree with the “face” of Antifa— it being a leftist organized resistance to fascism. read more
Far-right commentator Paul Joseph Watson has been schooled by a historian for claiming George Orwell would have been opposed to Antifa. Mr Watson, who is editor of far-right conspiracy site Info Wars, claimed he had read all of Orwell’s books and insisted the left-wing novelist would have been against the modern day anti-fascist movement. read more
Orwell Is As Antifa As It Gets George Orwell volunteered to fight fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Essentially, General Francisco Franco, allied with Hitler and having Nazi support, led a military coup in 1936. read more