A necessary memorial
Canadians should be exposed to the full panoply of communist atrocities
Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
In 1968, naive anti-establishment American and Canadian students considered themselves courageous for locking supine university presidents in their offices, throwing computers out of windows and even burning out-of-favour academics’ research work. They knew that in the free, indulgent West, their childish parody of a revolution would result in nothing more than a suspension from their studies.
In the same year truly courageous Moscow academic Yuri Glazov signed the famous “letter of the twelve,” protesting illegal arrests and trials of dissidents, knowing full well that this real act of revolution would result in a suspension of his human rights.
Read more at Frontpage Magazine:http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/18/a-memorial-to-the-victims-of-communism/
