In 1776, a group of American colonists declared that all men are created equal with inalienable rights and that governments are just only when they are by the consent of the governed. This declaration would be heard again in an… Read More
Listen as Dr. Eric Patterson, President and CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, joins the Breakpoint podcast to discuss Iran and Just War. Sitting down with host John Stonestreet, Dr. Patterson, explores the historic Christian just war tradition… Read More
Quoted in countless stirring speeches and stuffed into the pockets of soldiers across centuries and countries, the Declaration of Independence has been a touchstone for liberty. The persuasive (and even poetic) lines have inspired freedom movements seeking equality, “certain unalienable rights,” and “the… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was proud to host former EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Dr. Jan Figel, and Dr. John Eibner, International President of Christian Solidarity International, along with other friends, today at the… Read More
Read an advanced review of VOC Fellow Ethan Gutman’s new book, the Xinjiang Procedure, by Phil Hall of the Epoch Times. Any reader who comes to Ethan Gutmann’s “The Xinjiang Procedure” needs to be warned that this book offers a… Read More
In 1977, while Americans celebrated their Declaration’s bicentennial, Czechoslovakdissidents performed an ironic inversion of revolutionary legitimacy that exposed a fatalcontradiction in Marxist-Leninist governance. Charter 77, signed by 242 citizens includingauthor Václav Havel and philosopher Jan Patočka, revealed how Jefferson’s natural… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was honored to host a fireside chat with Professor Amos N. Guiora on Communist Crimes of Complicity: Collaborators, Bystanders, and Enablers in Communist Countries. Moderated by Eric Patterson, VOC’s President and CEO, the discussion explored how communist regimes… 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 U.S. State Department’s naming of Riley Barnes as special coordinator for Tibetan Issues signals a vital resumption of high-level engagement with the region — and it arrives not a moment too soon. The appointment followed a bipartisan push led by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and John… Read More
In 1989, under the dim lights of Prague’s Wenceslas Square, students and playwrights marchedwithout weapons, yet armed with something more dangerous to a totalitarian regime: ideas.Among their chants for freedom and human dignity were echoes of a distant declaration pennedtwo… Read More
