The Spanish Civil War was certainly not a 'socialist revolution', even though all the communist factions fought on the same side. It was more akin to the French

The Spanish Civil War was certainly not a 'socialist revolution', even though all the communist factions fought on the same side. It was more akin to the French Revolution where the goal was to set up a republican form of government. This is kind of like saying the Democratic Party of the US is a socialist party because socialists caucus with and support them. Socialist government in Spain was never on the table, so calling it a socialist / Marxist revolution is just silly. More to the point, Blair thought he needed socialist credentials to get invited into the war, but couldn't actually get them because the socialists didn't trust him, looks like for very good reason. He got in instead using his Labour contacts, which was far more conventionally liberal. He really didn't care at all about socialism, he just hated fascism. 1984 wasn't anti-socialism, he actually had very little to say about it, all his criticisms were aimed at fascist totalitarianism, IngSoc was only socialist in name. Nothing owned and controlled by the people, everything controlled by the government.