During this time Orwell was also exposed to the left-wing politics of the Westropes, longstanding members of the Independent Labour Party, a radical and revolutionary sect which remained within the larger mainstream Labour Party.

在此期间，奥威尔还接触到了西罗普斯人的左翼政治，他们是独立工党的长期成员，这是一个激进的革命派别， 仍然属于更大的主流工党。

Using his connections to the Independent Labour Party, he joined a militia unit organised by the United Workers Marxist Party, a revolutionary organisation but one opposed to the Soviet Union and its leader Joseph Stalin.

利用与独立工党的关系，他加入了联合工人马克思主义党组织的民兵部队，这是一个革命组织， 但反对苏联及其领导人约瑟夫·斯大林。