History lesson

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I was just reading up on the Moscow Trials since Trotskyism was being discussed on a radio channel. I just think the similarity to the events of the past few weeks just bring up Orwell in so many ways. Here's a little Wiki introduction:

The purpose of the trials was to eliminate any potential political challengers to Stalin's authority, especially Old Bolsheviks with solid revolutionary credentials. The principal tactic was to charge the defendants, under Article 58 of the RSFSR Penal Code with conspiring with the western powers to assassinate Stalin and other Soviet leaders, dismember the Soviet Union and restore capitalism.

Replace Bolshevik with '79 revolutionaries. Just amazing.