Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.
Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.

