I had to find your first part for that argument, but Il Douchebag is correct: Orwell was a commie. He made it very clear that Animal Farm and 1984 weren't anti-communist books, but anti-totalitarian books. He thought communism was dandy, but hated Stalin with a passion, and saw very little difference between Stalin and Hitler. Perhaps in the way that I strongly believe in Socialist values, yet believe that Russia got them horribly, tragically wrong.
I read Animal Farm when I took a course in Russian history. It's not "an allegory," it's a shockingly detailed history book that features animals. And as important and profound as 1984 is, the horrifying parts are not the socialistic parts, it's the totalitarian parts.
It was pleasant to read your bio, FTR. My Master's is also in Ed Leadership, I'm working on a Ph.D in Ed Psych, and we're going to live in China for at least the summer (so my wife can study International and Asian Law). So your bio seemed a little familiar 
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