Comintern propagandist Willi Münzenberg guessed that a suitable cause would lure 'innocents' -- earlier dubbed 'useful idiots' by Lenin -- to contribute their prestige and funds. It was this strategy, honed during the Spanish Civil war, that Amnesty's inspiration, the ardent communist Alec Digges, adopted as his own, as a young Claudio Véliz witnessed firsthand
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