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Explaining Marxism’s Ills to the Ignorant Left
Nate Hochman of National Review Online takes MSNBC host Joy Reid up on her offer to explain Marxism “like I’m five.” Well, let’s see. Marxist theory prescribes a violent revolution…
Gulag
government agency in charge of the Soviet forced labor camp system
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Museum Focuses on Communism’s Evil
Philip Reynolds writes for the Daily Signal about an important tool in political history education. In the heart of Washington, D.C., behind the doors of a building not unlike the…
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Chinese communism resembles all other types: Some are more equal than others
Therese Shaheen writes at National Review Online about fundamental contradictions baked into the brand of communism employed in the People’s Republic of China. The forced encampment by the Chinese Communist…
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Not all news from the former Soviet Union is bad
At least some people remember the evil that is communism, as documented by the Moscow Times. A monument to the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin recently erected in the Siberian town…
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The People’s Paradise
This tale makes “A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” look like party-time.
Law & Public Safety
We should never forget the Gulag
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has produced a new online Gulag Exhibit. The introductory video here is well worth viewing. In addition to exclusive essays written by Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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More on Solzhenitsyn?s importance
If you enjoyed the recent N.C. History Project paper and public presentation on the relationship between Sen. Jesse Helms and Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, you might appreciate the following excerpt…
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Lowry remembers Solzhinitsyn
Rich Lowry remembers Solzhinitsyn here. For the JLF interns and anyone too young to remember his one man struggle against Soviet Communism, this article is must reading. In “The Gulag,”…
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, R.I.P.
A voice for liberty from among the Soviet wasteland has ascended to the heavens. The Associated Press reports that Solzhenitsyn’s work “helped erase lingering sympathy for the Soviet Union among…
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Is it “liberal” to silence dissent?
When it suits them, political liberals (as opposed to true liberals, who believe in liberty) love to praise the virtues of free speech and debate — “speaking truth to power”…
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Re: I’ve been tagged (the One Book Meme Game)
Well, now that I’ve got some time, George, I’ll play along, too: 1. One book that changed my life: The Ultimate Resource 2, by Julian Simon. It made tangible the…
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Re: Headlines ? you don’t say!
Amnesty Chief: ‘Gulag’ Not the Best Analogy This could be the best W.D. moment of the current month, although it’s still early. Nevertheless, I can’t help thinking that Schulz probably…