Orwell Day 2018
Language, truth and politics
In its 2018 Orwell Day programme, the CCCB upholds freedom of expression with a lecture by the journalist and activist Masha Gessen.
Masha Gessen
Imagination and Democracy
In the framework of the Orwell Day, the journalist Masha Gessen defends imagination as a necessary tool for reviving the ideal of democracy and countering the assaults of totalitarianism.