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National Lawyer Guild Condemns Lynne Stewart Verdict | 18 comments (18 topical)
Re: National Lawyer Guild Condemns Lynne Stewart V (none / 0) (#16)
by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Feb 11, 2005 at 05:22:27 PM EST
[Sorry for omitted name--I posted those links in response to the request for a "synopsis" etc.] Wonderful tributes to the great Arthur Miller (1915-2005), who died last night of heart failure, are focusing today in part on his fight against Senator McCarthy and McCarthyism, as allegorized in his play The Crucible, and his life-long service to human and civil rights. In his honor, let us not ignore prescient comparisons being made between McCarthyism in the 50s and current government forces fueling such "witch hunts" against Lynne Stewart and other defense lawyers whose "calling" is to defend "unpopular" clients. E.g., check out "Civil Liberties and the New McCarthyism" here.

National Lawyer Guild Condemns Lynne Stewart Verdict | 18 comments (18 topical)

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