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The Utopian Nightmare


One Hundred Million Victims


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One hundred million people: that’s how many died under the oppression of Communism.


Those victims have too often been ignored by much of the Western press—especially by members of the media who were sympathetic with the Communist ideology. But on Tuesday, the victims were remembered—and a Washington park was dedicated to their memory.


It’s called the Victims of Communism Memorial Park. Rising above the park grounds is the statue of a woman, her arms lifting a torch aloft. It’s a replica of the Goddess of Democracy statue carried by anti-Communist demonstrators in Tiananmen Square 18 years ago.


The statue and park are monuments to more than just a failed and fading ideology.


Conservative scholar Lee Edwards, who, along with former Ambassador Lev Dobriansky, came up with the idea for the memorial, says its purpose is not only to create the world’s first memorial to all of Communism’s victims