The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Campaign for Uyghurs, and the Uyghur Human Rights Project, were on Capitol Hill urging Congress to support the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications” Act.
On March 28th, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express appreciation for efforts to support Cubans fighting for democracy, and to request help in freeing political prisoners wrongfully detained. Rep Wasserman Schultz is the co-chair of the newly reestablished VOC Caucus.
On March 15, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation hosted an opening ceremony for the VOC Museum’s latest temporary gallery, “From the Soviet Red Flag to the Lithuanian Tricolor: 50 Years of Struggle for Freedom.”
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, is quoted in a bipartisan resolution introduced by VOC Caucus member Rep. Michelle Steel (CA-45), that urges the Biden administration to protect North Korean defectors.
On March 10, C-SPAN covered VOC’s 50th anniversary panel discussion of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago. The event explored the book’s impact and anti-totalitarianism legacy with featured speakers Dr. Lee Edwards, Dr. Daniel J. Mahoney, Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Dr. Flagg… Read More
Research from VOC’s Dr. Adrian Zenz was highlighted in a recent Politico article on the Uyghur forced labor practices still being carried out in Xinjiang even after its global exposure.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation today announces Dr. Eric Patterson as VOC’s new President and CEO.
On March 7th the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will commemorate the speeches of two giants of western leadership: Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom and President Ronald Reagan of the United States. Winston Churchill’s famed “Iron Curtain” speech on March 5th, 1946, in Fulton, Missouri, officially titled “The Sinews of Peace,” ushered in the Cold War and made the term a household phrase.
VOC’s Director of Government Relations, Karina Lipsman, writes for The Telegraph, on Vladimir Putin’s autocratic rule, Alexei Navalny’s death, and the United States’ duty of leadership.
