After 100 years and 100 million needless graves, Dinesh D’Souza on the C21 “revival” of “Socialism”

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July 27, 2020

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Thirty years ago, “Socialism” collapsed in utter disgrace. What lies behind the seeming resurgence in C21? (Apart from Alinsky style “community organisers” beavering away, Frankfurt School “Critical theory” and linked “Deconstructionism,” all tied to the smear that those who seriously challenge Marxist notions and linked policy agendas are crypto-fascists at best?)

Here is a Prager U video discussion with Ms Candace Owen:

(Here’s hoping it does not get mysteriously deplatformed.)

I again point to a framework for understanding political dynamics:

. . . thus, a re-thinking on political spectra:

With a warning on Red Guards:

Let me add (July 31), given the comment by BR on a victim of a Stalinist show trial, a telegram from Albert Einstein on the behalf of the judicially murdered Czech politician, lawyer and patriot, Milada Horáková (née Králová, 25 December 1901 – 27 June 1950), pleading fruitlessly for her life after a Stalinist show trial:

Video:

Let me further add, from how Wikipedia is forced to admit the truth:

Milada Horakova of Czechoslovakia, face of a falsely accused,heartlessly and cruelly judicially murdered martyr

Milada Horáková (née Králová, 25 December 1901 – 27 June 1950) was a Czech politician and a member of underground resistance movement during World War II. She was a victim of judicial murder committed by the communist party on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason.[2] Many prominent figures in the West, including Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill, petitioned for her life.
She was executed at Prague’s Pankrác Prison using a primitive variant of execution by hanging. She died after being strangled for more than 13 minutes.[3][4] Her remains were never found.[4]
The verdict of her trial was annulled in 1968, and she was fully rehabilitated in the 1990s and posthumously received the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1st Class) and Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class).[5][6]

For shame!

U/D, Aug 2: Here is a reaction to a Twitter discussion of a Bible burning incident in front of the Court House in Portland, Oregon [as is discussed below]:

In reply, let us note first that already, the Church in Lafayette Park, across from the White House was targetted for arson and statues of Christian saints have also been targetted, this is not isolated. This comment in the same discussion, sadly, has a point about evading responsibility:

To correct the slander that Christians are in effect Nazis, let us next throw a spotlight on the Anti-Christ blasphemy of Nazism, seen in this Nazi poster that echoes and blasphemously twists Jesus’ baptism and the descent of the Spirit in the form of a dove of peace, not a demonic bomber-bird as the political messiah leads an army of the deluded . . . while carrying a banner based on what, visually, is also a twisted, broken cross (never overlook the suggestions- by- symbol of the wicked):

(The truth is, it is easily shown that Nazism and Fascism were of the same Left that has been identifiable for over 200 years. Similarly, that Hitler was anti-Christ, not Christian. Note here, the theses of the 1934 Barmen Declaration. Yes, in the long history of Christianity-influenced civilisation there have been too many shameful moments, but Nazism is not one of them and it is utterly wicked, slanderous hate speech to project Nazism as the defining essence of “Conservative” Christianity. That this is so commonly done almost as a matter of course shows the horrible rot at work in our civilisation.)

We need to seriously reconsider where we are taking our civilisation:

Trying to recover from having fallen over a cliff is very hard to do. END

Comments

Why not discuss more pertinent examples of the atrocious treatment of oppressed minorities such as the murder of Medgar Evers or the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, for example?
one example is a 100 years old, the other almost 60 years old. Isn’t this a diversion or distraction? Is current day United States the least racist society in the history of the world? I believe you could make a good case for that. I’m not saying that Black Americans don’t have a tough time. A high percentage do. But is the reason they do the result of policies by white liberals. Maybe if one is serious, they should get the opinions of people like Thomas Sowell, Jason Riley, Shelby Steele, Walter Williams and Orlando Patterson.jerry_{August 1, 2020
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BobRyan @ 59
Milada Horakova was an outspoken critic of Hitler before the National Socialists ever stepped foot in Czechoslovakia. She and her husband were arrested and both sent to camps. When the communists took over, her positions remained unchanged and was arrested and tortured for weeks until she signed a confession and was executed in 1950.
I had not heard of Milada Horakova until this reference. Yes, her treatment was a tragedy and an atrocity, one of all too many that have been and still are perpetrated by totalitarian regimes. But what has that to do with Black Lives Matter? Why not discuss more pertinent examples of the atrocious treatment of oppressed minorities such as the murder of Medgar Evers or the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, for example? Could it be because, ironically, we are observing an almost textbook exercise of the much-decried "Alinskyite" tactics of distraction, distortion and demonization? The promotion of a paranoid narrative that BLM is the just puppet of some vast Marxist conspiracy distracts us from addressing the genuine grievance of minority groups as being the victims of endemic, persistent racism since this country was founded, even since the first colonies were established on the continent. By distorting those grievances as either exaggerated or even non-existent you open the way for conspiracy theories, no matter how absurd, to provide the alternative explanations for what is happening to those who would rather not confront the real reasons. By dismissing the grievances and associating the protestors with the nightmare of a Marxist insurgency, you can then demonize and stereotype them as Red Guards or nihilists or whatever other boogeyman who might scare the rubes into supporting your case. Fixating on the undeniable atrocities committed by the totalitarian regimes of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union or Communist China does not mean that the most appalling racism practiced in the United States did not happen and is not still happening. There are white people who simply do not believe racism still exists at any significant level in the United States but mainly, I suspect, because they have never experienced or even observed it themselves. There were two examples which impressed on me that I, as a white person, do not understand what the daily barrage of racist slights must be like. The first was hearing President Obama talk about how, as a young man, he had the experience of walking into stores to do some shopping and being followed around by store security who obviously regarded him as a possible offender. The second was the astronomer Neil de Grasse Tyson who recounted having an informal get-together with some fellow black academics. He mentioned during the conversation that he had been pulled over by the police on some minor pretext and, out of curiosity, asked if that had happened to any of the others. They all said it had, in some cases several times. Do you think that would have happened to a group of white university professors? What do you think it is then going to be like for members of minority groups who do not enjoy the relative respect and social status of academics? That there has been vandalism and rioting associated with these protests is not denied but it is far from being on the scale implied here. There are plenty of eyewitness accounts attesting to the fact that the majority of the protests have been peaceful. But that may not last forever. If these protests are the surfacing of anger over long-standing and unaddressed grievances concerning persistent prejudice and discrimination by the dominant white culture then, by trying to dismiss the protests as some sort of Marxist insurgency rather than addressing their legitimate concerns, you risk bringing about the very catastrophe you fear. If the protestors conclude that no one is taking their complaints seriously then they might well turn to some charismatic but far less well-intentioned leader who does seem to listen and whose fault will that be?Seversky_{August 1, 2020
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MMT, this is not a 1930's style situation, there is no nietzschean superman above law -- lawless -- figure posing as messiah and there will not be any until things are far more chaotic. History more rhymes than blindly repeats. The US is already in 4G civil war, with the kinetic element rising. Key, cultural high ground institutions have been taken through a long march since the 1930's, and the proper, sound roots of law have been undermined. Look at the OP and notice the 3-d cubical scale. The cultural buttresses that stabilise a modern democratic state are being undermined and threats of anarchic chaos are on the table. Polarisation is sharply rising, most of it tracing to the Frankfurt School's success over 90 years, and especially in the comeback from the shattering of socialist credibility 30 - 40 years ago. The snap back that threatens is most likely to oligarchy, the rise of a new nomenklatura. look to who the obviously culture form marxists paint as the good guys, they on the whole will be trouble, given the topsy turvy world with agit prop agendas being shamelessly pushed. Similar to Rome after Octavian's triumph, many accustomed forms and brands remain but substance has been eaten out. For the moment, backers will remain shadowy, as they are now. If I had to predict the rise of a strong man, if the backers of the Red Guards succeed, such would come when the critical theory, deconstructionism and linked policies create economic and social chaos and dislocation far beyond what already obtains. But I do not expect that, over the next 6 - 18 months they will continue to surge but will fail. Unfortunately, as with my native land post 1972 - 80, much further damage will have been done, with further damaging impact globally. KFkairosfocus_{August 1, 2020
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the current events are missing one necessary element. A charismatic individual to take advantage of these eve6nts
No what is missing are people willing to die for something in the future. Or in the current situation people willing to incur just bodily harm. Antifa would disappear in a nanosecond second if there was an armed opposition willing to engage them physically. There are people prepared to do this but in the current time they are willing to let the police handle it. If the police won’t handle it then they might do so. I used to joke that one side in this debate on the country’s future had 300 million guns while the other side didn’t know where to go to the bathroom. All these protest are an attempt to incite a response so they could brand those responding in a negative way. So far they have tried to do so with the police but have not gotten very far because their basic premise is a false narrative. As more get arrested these violent protests will probably just go away. What won’t go away is the ideological polarization that is here. Antifa and BLM are side shows useful to the Democrats for getting sympathy and then votes. I know few if any Democrats willing to die for anything. Because what they want is power in this world. People with families who vote for Democrats and there are obviously tens of millions of them care about The future of their children but have not yet made the connection between what the Democratic leadership is willing to do for power and the consequences for their children.jerry_{August 1, 2020
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I said something about Trump. I can do that. It is allowed. And all I said was he isn't charismatic. That would would try to twist that into something else just proves that you are a troll. Nice own goal Nationalism, law and order and a strong economy are the promises of every would-be leader. There isn't any need to demonize the media. They do it all by themselves. Manipulating politics is the work of the democrats. They also don't care about the constitution. I doubt most of them can read for comprehension.ET_{August 1, 2020
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I don’t see Donald Trump as being charismatic.
Who said anything about Trump? Nationalism, law and order and a strong economy are the promises of every would-be despot. Demonizing the media, manipulating politics and violating the existing constitution are the means by which they do it. It’s strange that you assumed that it referred to Trump.Mac McTavish_{August 1, 2020
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I don't see Donald Trump as being charismatic. Every President should put America first. I doubt that Biden will. We had a booming economy just last year. The only way we won't get it back is by voting a Democratic ticket in November. And if the mayors and Governors cannot bring law and order to their constituents, someone else needs to. Liberals flaunt law and order in order to disrupt lives and sway the election. Heck liberals attacked a place sporting a Norwegian flag because they thought it was the rebel flag. I will gladly stay with the devil we know over the other choice.ET_{August 1, 2020
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Mac, And that's the job of the press. To create puff pieces, airbrush their chosen "savior's" past, and Photoshop heroic images complete with sunbeams emanating from their proud faces and publish nothing else for a few months. Easy. :-) -QQuerius_{August 1, 2020
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KF, this is not a side track. You have posited that the recent events could be a precursor to a Hitler/Stalin/Mao type revolution. I have simply pointed out that the current events are missing one necessary element. A charismatic individual to take advantage of these events and seize power with promises of AMERICA FIRST, a BOOMING ECONOMY and LAW AND ORDER. Maybe someone could arise to fill these shoes and manipulate politics, demonize the media and flaunt the constitution on grounds of the necessity to fulfill these goals. But I don’t see any evidence of this being even a remote possibility.Mac McTavish_{August 1, 2020
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MMT, enough has been said on the side track. There are awful realities on the table to be faced, starting with a very particular face on the 100 million graves. KFkairosfocus_{August 1, 2020
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So, in any crisis, real or fabricated, a leader will suddenly emerge who will charm the masses with an agreeable message. Christians refer to the most talented of these as the future “Antichrist,” a political counterfeit of Jesus Christ.
I agree, but I haven’t seen anyone close to surfacing as the person who can charm the masses with an agreeable message.Mac McTavish_{August 1, 2020
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Mussolini was simply a political opportunist catering to the emotions of the Italian majority by posing as their savior. He provided a list of changes that many people would agree with. If you don't believe me, go through the list and see how many you would disagree with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Manifesto My point is that if a Mussolini in disguise were present in any political party, U.S. or elsewhere, you and I and most other people would not recognize him! Let me challenge you to look at the points in the above link and tell me which ones would tip you off that this is a Fascist program. So, in any crisis, real or fabricated, a leader will suddenly emerge who will charm the masses with an agreeable message. Christians refer to the most talented of these as the future "Antichrist," a political counterfeit of Jesus Christ. -QQuerius_{August 1, 2020
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MMT, When the French Revo happened, Napoleon was nowhere in serious sight.
But Marquis de Lafayette and Robespierre we’re well known leaders of the movement. BR
Benito Mussolini was not a nationally known figure in Italy for many years. He was a reporter for Avanti and member of the Italian Socialist Party in 1912.
And was kicked out of the party before he rose to prominence as the founder of the fascist movement.Mac McTavish_{August 1, 2020
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BR, thanks for pointing out the concrete case, one that gives substance to what utter perversion of justice looks like. When traitors rule, real patriots are improperly convicted of treason and are judicially murdered. KFkairosfocus_{August 1, 2020
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MMT Rather than shifting away from the point of lacking justice under socialism and communism, why not explain how those who were convicted by the Nazis and later convicted by communists without altering a single position. Milada Horakova was one of many who was convicted by both and brutalized by both. Wherever socialism and communism rise, justice is lost. Venzuela has not had justice since the socialists took power. Venezuelans are suffering and starving as a result of the Venezuelan government. What happened to the media outlets that claimed Venezuela was going to prove to the world that a socialist government can work? Those that cheered Venezuela from abroad, never think of the people who suffer today. When people have been starving, madness sets in along with cannibalism. Just because it is being ignored by much of the world, does not mean it is not happening. The Ukranians, just like those before and after, held out as long as they could before succumbing to eating people.BobRyan_{August 1, 2020
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MMT Benito Mussolini was not a nationally known figure in Italy for many years. He was a reporter for Avanti and member of the Italian Socialist Party in 1912. Just because you do not see the person on the rise, does not mean they are not rising. Bernie Sanders, despite his age, has a loyal following. He has been grooming people to replace him when he dies. The violence and destruction is already happening under several flags, but it is just a matter of time until they line up behind someone. Shop owners who are black are being killed for defending their shops. Statues are being damaged and many have been removed by the cities who put them up. History books have been altered to show only the negative in America's past, to justify any action taken against the US today.BobRyan_{August 1, 2020
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MMT, When the French Revo happened, Napoleon was nowhere in serious sight. Coups have been led by Flt Lts or sergeants. When force is the road to power, legitimacy is lost and ruthless faction power plays decide succession or emergence. So, your deflection is inappropriate, I am discussing breakdown, if it succeeds, not a current situation where some legitimacy is still there, though it is being aggressively and foolishly eroded. What I am far more concerned about is the logistics trail behind what we are seeing. Money and likely 5 - 10 years of direct preparation. The long march through academic, media and other institutions from Frankfurt School is much easier to trace, from the 1930's. Who are the big funders from time past? On history, we may be surprised at industrialists etc who put in seed money way back. Ford money went to Hitler and a fair amount went to the Russians. Early work on air and tank war was a collaboration between Russians and Germans, in the Wiemar days. Krupps was doing things in Sweden. The point is, there is a teeth to tail ratio and at the right time operationally, people will be wafted up to be perceived as "credible." The suitably demonised are a dime a dozen. But right now, a wrench may be tossed into the works, given emerging scandal as high as our Royal Family. poor Queen Elizabeth, she didn't deserve this. And we have in hand a very specific face pon where show trials can go. What they did to a decent woman repulses me as a telling mark of the utterly demonic. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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KF,
MMT, as noted, the suitably demonised are a dime a dozen and in many cases emerge as strong men after fratricidal fights among revolutionary factions.
We are not talking about feuding warlords in a lawless country. We are talking about organized authoritarian revolutions. Hitler, Mao, Lenin, Stalin, etc. They all arose fairly early, if not predating the unrest. We are not seeing this. Who is the presumptive leader?Mac McTavish_{July 31, 2020
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MMT, as noted, the suitably demonised are a dime a dozen and in many cases emerge as strong men after fratricidal fights among revolutionary factions. Second, graffiti is normally vandalism but in this case is historic documentation regarding the notorious Berlin Wall c 1989. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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MMT, really, now. Political messiahs, those blasphemous demonic idolatrous antichrist counterfeits of the one true Saviour are a dime a dozen.
Then identify him. Who is this Saviour in the US? As I said, I haven’t seen one.
According to The Orange County Register, Chapman University officials revealed this week that someone vandalized the memorial with brown paint, which covered the historical graffiti on the bottom portion of the wall.
The irony is amusing. How do you vandalize graffiti, something that is usually classified as vandalism?Mac McTavish_{July 31, 2020
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Q, yes. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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MMT, really, now. Political messiahs, those blasphemous demonic idolatrous antichrist counterfeits of the one true Saviour are a dime a dozen. If a ne'er do well failed artist and former lance corporal could do, there will be no shortage of the suitably demonised if that awful time comes. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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F/N: Let's make a direct connexion to current events:
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/27/chapman-universitys-piece-of-berlin-wall-is-vandalized/ Piece Of Berlin Wall Vandalized In Southern California By Eric Quintanar • Jul 30, 2020 DailyWire.com • ORANGE, CA - NOVEMBER 13: A section of the Berlin Wall in Liberty Plaza at Chapman University on Thursday. The wall was acquired in 1999, thanks to a two-year effort by Chapman University President Jim Doti. Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images A large chunk of the Berlin Wall placed at Chapman University in southern California to serve as a symbol of freedom has been defaced, university officials announced earlier this week. According to The Orange County Register, Chapman University officials revealed this week that someone vandalized the memorial with brown paint, which covered the historical graffiti on the bottom portion of the wall. “I am outraged by this senseless attempt to destroy a priceless piece of history and heartbroken that this can happen on our own campus,” Daniel Struppa, president of the university, said in a statement, reports the news agency . . .
I doubt this was an act of mindless vandalism. Obviously, a mob could not be mobilised and the message of the people written on it as graffiti was objectionable to those who vandalised it by painting out the historic message of real protest against real tyranny. Eighty people were murdered by Communist guards trying to cross that wall, making it a sacred monument to just some of the 100 millions mentioned above. So, this is an act of willful sacrilege and blasphemously obscene disrespect to those 100 million victims of the most murderous ideology in history. Inconvenient truth must be erased is the message, and it will if we are ever so foolish as to cede power to such. Enemies of freedom. And BTW, guess what those who built and guarded that imprisoning wall called it? Oh, surprise -- not -- here is W/pedia admitting the unpalatable truth: "GDR authorities officially referred to the Berlin Wall as the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (German: Antifaschistischer Schutzwall)" Let us ponder what that tells us about the reality of, say, "Antifa" today. (And no, I am no more prepared to believe counter-narratives about oh it must have been a false flag operation than I was prepared to believe a single un-cross-checked word of the Government-owned radio station inmy homeland in that fateful year, 1980.) KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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What most socialist/communist/authoritarian “revolutions” have in common is a charismatic individual to focus public opinion. I simply don’t see this in the US.Mac McTavish_{July 31, 2020
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Kairosfocus, Yes, I completely agree with you. Sadly, a portion of our society seems to desire fire and bloodshed for catharsis and absolution of their guilt followed by the the penance of perpetual poverty. In contrast, the gospel provides forgiveness and redemption through the blood of the perfect and complete sacrifice: Jesus' crucifixion and his subsequent resurrection. Authentic Christianity provides racial reconciliation and social justice from the bottom up rather than anything from the top down.
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Paul's letter to the Galatians 3:26-28 NIV
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F/N: I have added the face of Milada, so we can look into it and realise the hell fire we are again foolishly playing with as a civilisation. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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AYP, you are always welcome. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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I'm a bit late in entering this thread, but in the context of "Critical Race Theory" which is much the rage these days, and at the root of the insurrection seen across the nation, I offer an allegory about the progress this nation has made since its founding. https://ayearningforpublius.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/from-little-acorns-mighty-oak-trees-grow/ayearningforpublius_{July 31, 2020
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I have added Einstein's telegram and a YT vid clip. Let us hope some have a semblance of conscience to listen.kairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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BR, the story of Milada Horakova is new to me, one that puts flesh on the voice of one of 100 million ghosts. Here, W/pedia is forced to speak truth, truth in warning:
Milada Horáková (née Králová, 25 December 1901 – 27 June 1950) was a Czech politician and a member of underground resistance movement during World War II. She was a victim of judicial murder committed by the communist party on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason.[2] Many prominent figures in the West, including Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill, petitioned for her life. She was executed at Prague's Pankrác Prison using a primitive variant of execution by hanging. She died after being strangled for more than 13 minutes.[3][4] Her remains were never found.[4] The verdict of her trial was annulled in 1968, and she was fully rehabilitated in the 1990s and posthumously received the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1st Class) and Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class).[5][6]
Judicially murdered and deliberately tortured to death as a woman and mother, because demonised men serving a demonic system of oppression riding on the backs of the oppressed under false colours of liberation could not face the truth. Exile could not be permitted, they literally felt they had to choke the voice of truth out of her. And hide the evidence her body would have provided. For shame! Let's clip further, to give the horrific details that hang like a dead albatross around the necks of those who would return us to such a condition:
Before facing trial, Horáková and her co-defendants were subjected to intensive interrogation by the StB, the Czechoslovak state security organ, using both physical and psychological torture. She was accused of leading a conspiracy to commit treason and espionage at the behest of the United States, Great Britain, France and Yugoslavia. Evidence of the alleged conspiracy included Horáková's presence at a meeting of political figures from the National Socialist, Social Democrat and People's parties, in September 1948, held to discuss their response to the new political situation in Czechoslovakia. She was also accused of maintaining contacts with Czechoslovak political figures in exile in the West.[3] The trial of Horáková and twelve of her colleagues began on 31 May 1950. It was intended to be a show trial, like those in the Soviet Great Purges of the 1930s. It was supervised by Soviet advisors and accompanied by a public campaign, organised by the Communist authorities, demanding the death penalty for the accused. The State's prosecutors were led by Dr. Josef Urválek and included Ludmila Brožová-Polednová.[10][11] The trial proceedings were carefully orchestrated with confessions of guilt secured from the accused, though a recording of the event, discovered in 2005, revealed Horáková's courageous defence of her political ideals. Invoking the values of Czechoslovakia's democratic presidents, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš, she declared that "no-one in this country has to be made to die or be imprisoned for their beliefs."[12] Milada Horáková was sentenced to death, along with three co-defendants (Jan Buchal, Old?ich Pecl, and Záviš Kalandra), on 8 June 1950. Many prominent figures in the West, notably Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Eleanor Roosevelt, petitioned for her life, but the sentences were confirmed. She was executed by hanging in Prague's Pankrác Prison on 27 June 1950; at the age of 48.[3] Her reported last words were (in translation): "I have lost this fight but I leave with honour. I love this country, I love this nation, strive for their wellbeing. I depart without rancour towards you. I wish you, I wish you..."[13] Following the execution, Horáková's body was cremated at Strašnice Crematorium, but her ashes were not returned to her family. Their whereabouts are unknown.[14] Other defendants Telegram from Albert Einstein appealing for clemency for the accused Jan Buchal (1913–1950), State Security officer (executed) Vojt?ch Dundr (1879–1957), former Secretary of the Czechoslovak Social Democracy (15 years) Dr. Ji?í Hejda (1895–1985), former factory owner (life imprisonment) Dr. Bed?ich Hosti?ka (1914–1996), Secretary of the Czechoslovak People's Party (28 years) Záviš Kalandra (1902–1950), marxist journalist (executed) Antonie Kleinerová (1901–1996), former member of Parliament for the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (life imprisonment) Dr. Ji?í K?ížek (1895–1970), lawyer (22 years) Dr. Josef Nestával (1900–1976), administrator (life imprisonment) Dr. Old?ich Pecl (1903–1950), former mine owner (executed) Professor Dr. Zden?k Peška (1900–1970), university professor (25 years) František P?eu?il (1907–1996), publisher (life imprisonment) Františka Zemínová (1882–1962), editor and former member of Parliament for the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (20 years)
J'accuse . . . ! J'accuse . . . ! Let us contemplate that horrific case -- one of the comparatively few we can document -- as we notice how say courts are being corrupted, how street slanders backed by riotous Red Guards are given media trumpeting and how legislature hearings and rules are being cynically warped to slander decent people brought to answer questions, but so soon as they begin they are cut off, cut off without effective recourse. A terrible sign. Where, I have to note, that the legislature was given immunity from normal defamation law, not so wicked sons of Nimrod MacCush could act lawlessly but so they could be free of external attack (historically from tyrannical kings) but open to judgement of their peers acting as their own court under natural law and parliament. For, the right to innocent reputation, that to fairness and that to justice are unalienable grants of the Creator who gave us responsible rational freedom. They are concomitants of that freedom. So, when we see instead courts, legislative assemblies and executives acting nihilistically and lawlessly, we should take due warning from this martyr's fate as to where that road ends. Fools, we are, fools, if we do not wake up now. KFkairosfocus_{July 31, 2020
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