Radovan Karadzic was brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on August 1, marking the beginning of yet another show trial in the aftermath of the U.S.-led breakup of the former socialist federation. Radovan Karadzic will face a show trial before the imperialist-controlled International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The ICTY hearing followed Karadzic arrest in mid-July and his extradition to The Hague. Karadzic, a leader of the Serbian Democratic Party, became president of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina May 13, 1992. After vanishing for over a decade, he is now to face charges of war crimes stemming from the civil war that took place in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1992 to 1996. The trial, much like that of former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic, is a pretense of due process meant for public consumption. Appearing before Judge Alphons Orie, Karadzic was prevented from reading a four-page account of his grievances and handing the document over to the court. A conviction by the imperialist-controlled court is guaranteed. The court has good reason to fear an open hearing of the events of the civil war and the U.S./NATO role. The court remembers the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. Proceedings were to be broadcast globally, but when Milosevic was able to use the forum to expose the machinations and crimes of imperialism, the transmissions quickly end ...