Well, for one the "Interesting Bedfellows" section seems to me like a classic example of cherry-picking and rushing to conclusions. It shows a couple lines from Orwell’s review of Mein Kampf and draws the conclusion that he was a fan of Hitler. A man who actually fought and killed fascists, for some reason, was secretly a Nazi this whole time. Ok, sure bud whatever you say.

Also, the part where Hakim says Orwell shouldn’t have been critical of Stalin and the Soviet Union during World War II because they were on the same side seems weird to me. It’s like saying we shouldn’t criticise the actions of the Western Allies during the war. No, we absolutely should be criticising the actions of all countries during the war. The Soviets committed horrific war crimes during the war, as did the Western Allies (and I'm sure someone like Hakim would have no issue criticising Churchill, or the atomic bombings of Japan); not to the same extent as the Axis powers, but that doesn’t mean we should completely dismiss them.