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“BUT SOME . . . ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS”
Using George Orwell’s 1945 novel Animal Farm about the Russian Revolution as a metaphor, Herblock compared the current Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) to the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin (1878–1953). In 1968, Brezhnev introduced a new doctrine of “Limited Sovereignty” in order to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia. In 1969, as the Eastern Bloc countries of Romania and Yugoslavia began to rebel against Moscow’s control of their governments, the Soviet Union asserted its dominance.
“But Some . . . Are More Equal Than Others,” 1969. Published in the Washington Post, February 16, 1969. |