A Memory chiseled in Stone

Fire of Liberty

For anyone in the know about Cold War history are well aware that journalists Malcolm Muggeridge, Gareth Jones and historian Robert Conquest, disproved Walter Duranty's reports filed during the "Harvest of Sorrow" in Ukraine that exploded in 1932-33, were the former New York Times reporter promoted the Soviet Union's lie that this was a natural disaster or created by the wealthy inhabitants but in reality it was just another shameful example of a of a command economy's harsh nature and how the Soviets used mass starvation as a way to crush the "kulaks" who were Ukrainian farmers who refused to join in the collectivization policies of one of Stalin's many Five Year Plans. During this horrific event in human history, some 7.5 to 10 million Ukrainians met their untimely death, while reporters like Duranty kept on reporting that all was well and the Soviets were trying to help these "poor people." Though the New York Times never revoked Duranty's Pulitzer or Stalin and his Soviet stooges were never held responsible for their actions against the people of Ukraine, it seems that the new pro-democracy ruling party of Ukraine under the lead of President Victor Yushchenko has decided to heal the wounds by noting this during a ceremony remembering this horrific moment in history. Just read what the leader of the "Orange Revolution" had to say about this horrific event:

"The famine was a crime against humanity which had perpetrators, but from the legal standpoint, no guilty parties have been found," Yushchenko said before kneeling by a monument to the victims erected in the 1990s.

"A murderer may be found responsible for killing one person, but for the destruction of millions, no one is held responsible. Perhaps this is why we in Ukraine have such difficulty today restoring the rule of law, good and social justice."

Yushchenko said the failure of the Communist system to repent for the famine "stood behind further misfortunes. Perhaps this is why we encounter such difficulty in changing our consciousness, haunted by fear and ideological slavery."

From reading this, I can assure you that Yushchenko is one who will never forget the crimes against humanity that the Soviets committed during their 80 year of terror. I just wished more people in this world cared so much about this rather than protesting Wal-Mart and Free-Trade.