On Thursday, September 18, VOC’s Underworld Threats in the Caribbean panel, moderated by Rodrigo Diamanti, founder and president of Un Mundo Sin Mordaza, brought together Rosa María Payá, Pedro Urruchurtu, and Ronna Rísquez to discuss the regional impact of authoritarian… Read More
The major election year 2026 kicks off with a new mayor taking over Gotham on Jan. 1. From Sacramento to Minneapolis to New York, some candidates are peddling Karl Marx. The most glaring example is Zohran Mamdani, who pledges innumerable freebies and has called for “seizing the means of… Read More
Following the introduction, part two of this series is a culmination of first-hand memories of what it was like to grow up in communist Romania. Starting with a child’s early years, luxuries such as purchased toys were unheard of, food… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) will honor the legacy of the Declaration of Independence with an essay contest that will teach students about freedom movements that directly cited or paraphrased the Declaration of Independence. This will demonstrate to… Read More
The following excerpt originally appeared in the National Review. President Donald Trump has authorized air strikes targeting Venezuelan drug traffickers, resulting in the elimination of eleven traffickers. This action, far from the reckless aggression critics decry, represents a principled application of American… Read More
The issue of historical memory and remembrance of communist regimes has proven to be a challenge for the nations of the former communist east. But, certain countries have made significant progress in recent times. In post-communist nations such as Poland,… Read More
Amid rolling hills, green pastures, the grand Carpathians and their forested winding roads littered with countless bears, sheep, and shepherds, lies the beautiful country of Romania. The medieval charm of the Moldovia region in the East, the Art-Nouveau and German… Read More
On Friday, August 22, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation partnered with the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC), the Embassies of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and the Polish American Congress to commemorate 36 years since the Baltic Way. The… Read More
On August 23, 36 years ago, an extraordinary act of peaceful resistance unfolded across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The Baltic Way was both a bold act of remembrance and a demand for freedom. This demonstration achieved what once seemed unimaginable:… Read More
The Baltic Way, inspired and strategized by the Baltic independence movements, took place on August 23, 1989, the 50th anniversary of the 1939 Hitler–Stalin Pact. Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain connecting the capitals of… Read More
