Re: [Marxism] Re: Saddam urges Iraqi unity and resistance

[srobin21@xxxxxxxxxxx (Steven L. Robinson)]

     Let us hope you are right.
    Sadly,  in the USA we are in the midst of a series of national show trials 
which are part of the Post 911 "war on terror" - best exemplified by the Lynne 
Stewart case.  These show no signs of abating yet. Altho we can certainly cheer 
the embarassment the prosecution suffered this week in the Mousaoui trial, it 
may get reversed on appeal or writ..
     Recalling that the Stalin era show trials relied heavily on torture to 
extract confessions and to control the defendants while they were on trial, it 
is not unrealistic to anticipate similar trials coming out of Gitmo.  No doubt 
Jose Padilla has been tortured and a confession extracted. We will see what his 
'trial' looks like.   SR

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From: "Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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> With the stubborn resistance of Milosevic and Hussein to being cast as
> sacrificial scapegoats, I think it is possible that the cycle of
> international show trials that began with the great success for US
> imperialism at Nuremberg may be coming to an end. Good riddance!
> Fred Feldman
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