Spilling The Spanish BeansGEORGE ORWELL
"Yet in England, in spite of the intense 
interest the Spanish war has aroused, there are very few people who have 
even heard of the enormous struggle that is going on behind the 
Government lines. Of course, this is no accident. There has been a quite 
deliberate conspiracy (I could give detailed instances) to prevent the 
Spanish situation from being understood. People who ought to know better
have lent themselves to the deception on the ground that if you tell the
truth about Spain it will be used as Fascist propaganda."