It has been years since Cubans began denouncing the shipment of young men from the island to the front lines in Ukraine as cannon fodder for the Russian army. Yet what I learned in the recent security briefing given by… Read More
José Daniel Ferrer, a long-time dissident against the communist regime in Cuba, and a VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom awardee, is now in the United States following action by the U.S. government “after suffering years of abuse, torture, and threats… Read More
Watch as VOC’s Matthew Robertson exposes China’s murder-for-organ industry. In this new interview with American Thought Leaders, Robertson, a China Studies Research Fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, breaks down how the CCP “created a market in the… Read More
Please join the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute, CasaCuba, and FIU in Washington D.C. Center on Tuesday, October 21 at the Victims of Communism Museum for a film screening of Cuba’s Eternal Night. What… Read More
“Two worlds collide, rival nations. It’s a primitive clash venting years of frustrations…Is it East versus West or man against man?” Thus begins Burning Heart, one of the iconic songs of Rocky IV. This autumn marks the fortieth anniversary of Sylvester Stallone’s… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation joined a group of leading civil society organizations to raise the alarm about the systemic human rights abuses of political prisoners in Hong Kong. Read the full letter, addressed to the High Commissioner Volker… Read More
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
