
10.97- The Trial of the SRs
Revolutions
Death to the Traitors of the Revolution
Marchers carried ominous banners that read death to the traitors of the revolution and death to the social democrats. After the march, the crowd gathered outside the house of the trade unions where a bunch of government officials addressed them. This included most of the officials involved in the trial. The court room session was cut short so that officers of the court, members of the prosecution, the judges themselves and even some of the russian members of the legal defence team could give rousing speeches promising to deliver revolutionary justice. Following this demonstration, the judge allowed two delegations representing the proletariat of moscow and petrograd to appear. These delegations were allowed to simply spend two and a half hours