Word Power
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/word-power/
A review of Timothy Garton Ash's book on free speech, presenting a contemporary discussion of the politics of language.
Or Orwell: Writing and Democratic Socialism
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674282483
A description of a recent book on the politics of Orwell's style.
Why I Write
http://orwell.ru/library/essays/wiw/english/e_wiw
A link to Orwell's essay "Why I Write," discussing aspects of his biography and his motive for writing. The essay further develops his ideas about the politics of language.
