[DoctorMichael]

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[Leo Carpathian]

"The destruction of four million Ukrainians and two million others by means of an artificial and systematically perpetuated famine in 1932-33," etc., etc., etc. I shall say nothing about the millions who were enslaved or impoverished by the Soviet Union; nor shall I discuss the degradation of the environment that occurred in areas that came under its sway.

More like around 12 million of Ukrainians died in artificial famine, while Durante got Pulitzer Prize for "reporting" how nice was the father Stalin.

The same puppeteers are now creeping into American system, clamping on freedoms, destroying the Constitution and brainwashing the "working people" with lies and propaganda, while dividing us into PC groups.

Viva Arnold! Viva Free Republic! Vote the ba$tards out!

Freep & Roll!

[Kudsman]

how can we account for the strange silence vis-a-vis the crimes of Communism and the lack of knowledge on the part of the general public when it "metastasized" (the word used by Solzhenitsyn), affecting "one third of humanity on four continents during a period spanning eighty years" Several explanations have been advanced: the "tyrants" were good at concealing the facts, "the absolute denial of access to archives . . . , the total control of the print and other media as well as of border crossings, the propaganda trumpeting the regimes's 'successes,' and the entire apparatus for keeping information under lock and key were designed primarily to ensure that the awful truth would never see the light of day," They viciously attacked all who attempted to reveal the truth, they attempted to justify their crimes as a "necessary aspect of revolution," (You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.), and they perverted the language.

But,but,but communism was defeated. How come all these tactics sound like modern Lib actions then? Perverted the language. Like the ACLU and AUFSCAS along with an activist Judiciary have been trying to do? Good read.

[NotQuiteCricket]

First that Communism began as a benign movement of liberation that somehow got derailed. Malia believes that The Black Book lays this myth (that of "good Lenin, bad Stalin") to rest once and for all.

The killings were started under Lenin. When a man attempted to assassinate Lenin, that is when the KGB (not its name at the time) was born. Since there could be no crime in the "perfect" communist nation - dissenters were labeled enemies of the state and/or insane, given a “trial” and shot. You can talk about the bravery of the Soviet soldier in WWII all you want - but when the choice was being shot in the head by the Military section of the KGB or being shot in battle, the choice wasn't difficult (better to die fighting than labeled a coward). The informer network was started under Lenin too. Stalin (the man of Steal) just continued where Lenin left off - with his own paranoid twist.

The U.S.S.R. history makes me sick, as does the history of China. Thank you democrats for these atrocity filled countries and the blight on human history they have caused.

Since I seem to be in a talkative mood. What do you all think of the influence that the communist infiltration into the US in the 20’s & 30’s had on the labor movement? If I remember my history correctly – there was a radical communist running for president at the time in the guise of the labor (socialist) movement who caused rioting and received a significant % of the vote (I can’t remember his name, and I could be wrong). There was unrest among the lower classes in the US around this time due to the unfair / unsafe work environments of companies and compounding the issue - massive unemployment. I think it was ripe for USSR operative infiltration and exploitation. The great depression was a huge opportunity for the communist to exploit. I was talking about this with someone a while back, and I think that part of the reason for the “New Deal” was to appease this faction and to bring them back under control. The concessions that were made in the “New Deal,” were enough to appease the people who were only borderline communist and to part them from the hard-core communist who wanted to overthrow the government.

[american spirit]

Good article except for a glaring omission and that is almost every major genocide of this century was preceded by oppressive gov't. gun control/confiscation. Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (www.jpfo.org) studided each of these holocausts and found this to be the case in every instance. Like the old saying goes......politicians prefer unarmed peasants.

[CatoRenasci]

Major The Black Book of Communism bump!

I read it when it first came out in English translation in 1999 and have been recommending it ever since.

The Black Book should be required reading for every undergraduate as a "general education" requirement. Every high school history teacher in America should be required to read the book to keep his or her job, and should be required to teach it.

[liberty or death]

What would the "Forefathers" have done about the "Traitors" and "Infiltraitors".
History tells a story of "Men" willing to lay down their lives and the lives of their sons so that future generations would have freedom and liberty.

[VOA]

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[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

Bump!