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Truth Without Ideology: Accounting Communism’s Crimes

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

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Featuring Congressional remarks and panel discussions dedicated to an examination of the interrelatedness of Truth, Memory, and Justice in rendering an account of and coming to terms with the crimes of communist regimes. Specifically, panels will discuss: the scope of Soviet subversive activities abroad, the scale of communism’s crimes at home, and the ideological hurdles that must be overcome in writing a true account of both; the importance of memory to reconciliation and justice and the danger of current attempts to whitewash the history of the Soviet era; and whether the legacy of the Soviet Union can be overcome and the Russian people finally be free.

Featuring:

Dr. Murray Bessette, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (moderator)

Dr. Frank Dikötter, Hoover Fellow and University of Hong Kong

Dr. Andrei Illarionov, Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity

H.E. Dr. Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian statesman and scholar

Dr. Harvey Klehr, leading expert on American communism

8 Comments

@ChannelMath 4 months ago

"People who fancy themselves free of ideology, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist" - Keynes (paraph.)

@coryaga 4 years ago (edited)

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16:05 Andrei Illarionov

@bluebluedogbooks 5 years ago

Interesting.

@VytenisKončius 1 year ago (edited)

Communism is just one more of numerous forms Evil can take. Evil has always existed in many many forms. Human nature, Original sin, the Fall, Ahankara, Moha, Avidya and Samsara - take your pick. I liked Czeszlaw Milosz's words "One may not believe in God, that's understandable, but doubting the reality of Satan is madness".

@mrs.hancock4124 5 years ago

This has never been a political movement of the peoples but the hostile foreign overthrow of Host Countries/populations.

@alfonzo907 6 years ago (edited)

What has happened to common sense . Common , meaning most people of all walks of life . There have always been things or situations or subjects in this world in all time periods of history that , mankind in common , saw or felt the same way about . Lets take the subject of fearful things or situations . Even earliest man ( cave dwellers ) Were afraid of violent weather . Different periods of time might have involved different things , but there were things in each time period that all people commonly were afraid of . Going to war , encountering the unknown , falling from extreme heights , etc. The list could go on and on . Anyone learning these statistics about Socialism/Communism would have to be scared to live in a Communist country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ayn Rand exposed a lot of it in her writings and the movie produced from one of her books , ATLAS SHRUGGED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Islamic Sharia law is another thing that should scare anyone from wanting it , especially women !!!!!!!!!!!!!----------------------------------------------------------------Ernest E. Johnson