Witness Project™ – Grace Jo’s Escape from North Korea
VOC highlights the tragic and powerful stories of victims of communism through our award-winning Witness Project video and podcast series. Today, we are proud to present the newest episode of the Witness Project featuring Grace Jo. Born in North Korea,…
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The Sparks of Freedom in Cuba
In July 2021, the Cuban people went to the streets to protest one of the longest dictatorships in the world. Using social media platforms and other means of communication, Cubans took the streets of the beloved island peacefully to claim…
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Putin’s Disinformation Gambit: Rewriting the Past To Secure a More Authoritarian Future
As authoritarian regimes manipulate the truth and spread disinformation, their malign influence is projected beyond their borders. While focused on the present, these attacks are often rooted in the past. This is perhaps most visible, and most important, in Vladimir…
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SOS Cuba
On July 11, 2021, tens of thousands of Cubans peacefully took to the streets across the island to protest the repression and corruption they have suffered for more than six decades. Cubans demanded freedom and chanted “down with the communism,”…
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16th Annual Roll Call of Nations Ceremony
On Friday, June 9, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation convened with embassies, representatives of captive nations, and human rights organizations for the 16th Annual Roll Call of Nations Wreath Laying Ceremony. This event honored the memory of the more than…
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The VOC Internship Experience
Watch as VOC Spring 2023 intern, Csendike Somogyvári, recounts her experience at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. To learn more about VOC’s internship program visit our website: https://victimsofcommunism.org/about/contact/internships/ My name is chinaibari and I come from Budapest Hungary I'm…
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What is Communism – Why it is Bad
What Is Communism Communism is a political and economic philosophy of collective ownership, social and economic equality, and the elimination of class structures. It has been used as an…
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Witness Project: Nuriman Abdureshid
Nuriman Abdureshid escaped the CCP’s brutal mass internment campaign against the Uyghurs. Her family did not. Witness her story. Learn more about VOC’s Witness Project: https://victimsofcommunism.org/programs/witness-project/Just imagine one minute Your mom is taken away your dad is taken Away You…
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