His readings convinced him of the desirability of an anarcho-syndicalist society, and he became fascinated by the anarcho-syndicalist communes set up during the Spanish Civil War, which were documented in Orwell's Homage to Catalonia (1938).
Lukeminen sai hänet vakuuttumaan anarkosyndikalistisen yhteiskunnan toivomisesta ja häntä kiehtoivat anarkosyndikalistiset kommuunit Espanjan sisällissodan aikana, joita Orwell dokumentoi kirjassa Homage to Catalonia (1938).