Read it. Again.

www.netcharles.com/orwell/books/animalfarm-01.htm

It parallels to more than the Russian Revolution, which someone made a good comparison to, here...

http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~sbennet3/mead/lessonplans/animalfarm.htm

You may soon change the names in the right column to more contemporary 'characters'.

Like "1984", some take these books as instruction manuals instead of warnings.