![]() Never before in a labor trial in this country have defendants so deliberately, so systematically, defended their revolutionary doctrines, using the courtroom as a forum from which to proclaim their ideas but simultaneously demonstrating that the defense of their doctrines was the most effective way to defend themselves against the charges, not only outside the courtroom but also in the courtroom. In this assault upon the Socialist Workers Party the government stood out more plainly than ever before as a government of the capitalist class, persecuting proletarian politics.Īs the capitalist prosecution marked a new stage in the class struggle, so too did the conduct of the proletarian defense. In Minneapolis, however, the government directly characterized as criminal the doctrines of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky, in the indictment and the prosecution arguments. The political trials of the last World War were the most significant prior to Minneapolis but they were limited formally in their scope they were brought under the wartime Espionage Act and ostensibly were merely aimed at persons allegedly obstructing the war. Never before has the federal government ordered a trial which was so nakedly a political trial, a persecution of the workers’ political movement. The Minneapolis “sedition” trial was an unprecedented development in the class struggle in the United States. Permission is granted to copy and/or distribute this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Proofreader: Einde O’Callaghan (August 2015).Ĭopyleft: Felix Morrow Internet Archive (2004. Transcription/XHTML Markup: Ted Crawford and David Walters. ![]() Felix Morrow: The Minneapolis "Sedition" Trial (January 1942)įelix Morrow The Minneapolis ‘Sedition’ Trial (January 1942)
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