The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to promote the interests of the Soviet Union - and thereby of Joseph Stalin, the butcher of millions. It made political sense for the International Brigade to recruit non-communists - useful fools was what Lenin had called such people in an earlier manipulation of gullible decency - but of course most were then vetted by the NKVD, the Soviet Union's secret police.
-Kevin Myers
Select a background
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/21.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/4.jpg)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/13.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/14.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/23.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/4.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/17.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/15.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/2.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/5.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1-375.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/10.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/25.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/9.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1-275.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/24.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/6.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1-400.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/20.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/16.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/11.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/18.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/12.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/19.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/22.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/3.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/7.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/8.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1.png)
More quotes by Kevin Myers
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.