In a new article exploring the evolution of forced Labor in Xinjiang, The Economist speaks with VOC Senior Fellow and Director in China Studies Dr. Adrian Zenz on China’s pervasive forced labor practices that victimize many Uyghurs through fear and control.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was honored to host Ambassador Miloslav Stašek, of the Czech Republic. Amb. Stašek met with VOC leadership to discuss VOC’s mission and the importance of remembering the victims of communism.
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, joined the Rock Rachon We Rollin show to speak with TV Republika’s Michał Rachon.
VOC was honored to host Ji Seong-ho, a survivor of North Korea, a human rights activist, and a south Korean politician at the Victims of Communism Museum. Ji Seong-ho met with Dr. Patterson, VOC’s CEO and President, toured the museum where he is prominently featured, and watched his Witness Project documentary which explores his harrowing escape from communism.
Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Founding Director of the Victims of Communism Museum released two videos with Prager U on the history of Harry Truman’s atomic bomb decision and his quest to contain communism.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will participate in PEMC’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Conference, Crimes of Totalitarianism – Justice and Remembrance in the XXI Century, on May 15 through 17 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
This project aims to raise awareness of Cuban political prisoners by combining art, technology, and human rights.
On May 3, 2024, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) sent a letter to Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, urging him and the State Department to take action on the issue of organ trading in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
VOC’s Ken Pope, Vice President for Academic Operations and Strategic Partnerships, participated in the National Association of Scholars and Civics Alliance’s launch of its Model K-12 History of Communism Standards, which provides guidelines for high school teachers to integrate the history of communism, world-wide and in America, into social studies courses.
