“Lie, lie, and something will remain. The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.” That phrase—attributed to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels—has become something of an operating manual for authoritarian regimes. Few have perfected it more methodically than… Read More
On July 7, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation joined the Chinese Human Rights Defenders and 30 other human rights organizations in standing with the victims of the brutal Chinese Communist Party. Read the full statement below. Ten years after… Read More
Every year, VOC commemorates what happened on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party crushed a massive pro-democracy movement by sending tanks into Tiananmen Square. Beijing has since erased all mention of June 4 from its history. We still… Read More
President Trump recently invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), designating its members as “alien enemies” subject to immediate apprehension, detention, and deportation. This bold move, met with swift opposition, is… Read More
It happened again: the Cuban regime broke yet another promise. Why is anyone surprised? At the end of former President Joe Biden’s term in the White House, his administration—following in the footsteps of former President Barack Obama—struck a deal with… Read More
VOC Senior Fellow David Smolansky was quoted by the Washington Post Editorial Board on Maduro’s crimes in Venezuela. As the Editorial Board writes, “Nearly a year ago, the Biden administration saw an opening for democracy in Venezuela, easing some sanctions… Read More
VOC and the Foundation for Economic Education hosted a cohort of students from across the United States for a tour of the Victims of Communism Museum and a fireside chat on the ongoing Venezuelan struggle for freedom. After visiting VOC’s new temporary gallery… Read More
Venezuela has reached the limits of civility, politics, and diplomacy. An election that the United Nations and the Carter Center said lacked both transparency and integrity was held on July 28. Opposition candidate Edmundo González beat the socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in a landslide. Almost… Read More
One month after Venezuela’s fraudulent elections, many are asking, what happens now? Former U.S. diplomat Thomas Shannon recently stated that Venezuela is facing two possible futures: the Ortega Model and the Romanian Model. The first model would result in… Read More
August 23 marks two of the most decisive moments in my nation’s history. August 23, 1939 is remembered as the day that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. In my home of Estonia, this day… Read More
