Today is an important day.
I’m speaking, of course, of Victims of Communism Day.
People may say that anti-communism is a cause that’s passe, but keep in mind that:
Plus, the crimes of an ideology that killed 100 million people should never be forgotten. Especially one that still has friends in high places.
Today is May 1st, meaning that once again it’s time to observe Victims of Communism Day. As I’ve written before, Communism killed somewhere between 85 million and 140 million people.
And the world in general, and the international left in specific, still hasn’t come to gripes with the scale of the scale of mass murder committed in the name of communism.
Today I join forces with The Volokh Conspiracy and others in proclaiming May 1st as Victims of Communism Day. The fact that communism killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 million people is not acknowledged nearly as often as it should be.
And given that communists are still in charge of North Korea, Vietnam, China, and Cuba (which launched a crackdown against dissidents today), Communist repression is still ongoing, with more victims every day.
(Hat tip for Cuba: instapundit.)
Every year on May 1st, there’s a single day set aside for the little guy, the poor, unfortunate common man ground beneath the boot-heels of faceless oppressors.
I am speaking, of course, of Victims of Communism Day.
Just like last year, we should take a day in memory of communism’s victims, especially given that there were somewhere between 85 million and 140 million people killed by communism.
There are a few memorials to those victims sprinkled around the world. Here’s the statue of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Washington, D.C.:
Here’s the online museum to the victims of communism, created by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Here’s a memorial to the victims of communism in Prague:
There’s also a Memorial to the Victims of Communism and the Resistance in Romania. One of the statue groups found there is called “Cortege of the Sacrificial Victims.”
This wall of photos is from the same museum:
Here’s a memorial in Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow, Poland:
And here’s a statue called “Crucified Again” in Ottawa, made by Czech artist Josef Randa.
And Cambodia features fairly dramatic reminders of the toll of communism at Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek:
To the best of my knowledge, there are no memorials to the victims of communism in China, Vietnam, North Korea, or Cuba. But one day there will be.