Tameside's Ukrainian community gathered this week to mark one of the darkest hours in its people’s history. Scores of people with family ties to the former Soviet country filled Ashton’s Ukrainian Club to remember the famine of 1932-3. To raise awareness of the mass starvation, in which 10m Ukrainians died, a torch is travelling round the world’s Ukrainian communities — with Tameside among those selected to receive it. At Tuesday’s ceremony, local and international members of the Ukrainian community welcomed the torch, spoke of the need to recognise the famine, known as the Holodomor, and held a minute’s silence to remember the dead. Martyn Chymera, of the UK’s Holodomor Commemoration Committee, said: "For a long time the Holodomor was hidden behind the Iron Curtain. But this is a chance to tell the world — it’s such a significant part of history. People should be aware of it as they are aware of other tragedies." Ukrainians all over the world want the famine officially recognised as genocide.They say that the United Kingdom and other countries need to accept that Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin deliberately starved millions of Ukrainians in order to suppress dissent across the Soviet Union. Mr Chymera added: "The British government probably are scared of the Kremlin’s reaction and want to keep good relations with Russia." The Mayor of Tameside, Jack Davis, was presented with a book about the famine, saying he had never realised the scale of the atrocities. He said: "Tameside is very honoured and very proud to have been chosen for the torch here today." The Ukrainian community in Tameside dates back to about 1946, when Ukrainians started entering the UK after World War Two. Many of them headed for Yorkshire and Lancashire, where they set up communities in mill towns. Peter Revko, Secretary of the Tameside Ukrainian Association, says today’s Ukrainian community is now pushing hard to get the Holodomor on the GCSE history syllabus. Tameside Advertiser“The Mayor of Tameside, Jack Davis, was presented with a book about the famine, saying he had never realised the scale of the atrocities”. Mr Davis cannot be blamed for his ignorance on this man made tragedy, very few people are aware of the horrors committed under the banner of Communism. The 100 million victims of Communist genocide in the 20th very rarely get discussed – especially in history lessons in schools! Everybody bar none knows of the acts perpetrated by the Nazis between 1939-45 because the media and vested interests never let the subject drop, but the crimes of the Nazis pale into insignificance when compared to the mass slaughter carried out by the Communists.
I am sure most people reading this are already aware that many senior figures both past and present within the New Labour regime were card carrying Communist Party members, ‘illustrious’ figures such as Straw, Reid and Blunkett. It is already established that the ideology of Communism was responsible for the deaths of tens millions innocent people – yet it is totally acceptable for one to admit they are a Communist or harbour Communist sympathies. Could you imagine the outcry and uproar if a political figure expressed their support or admiration for Fascist or National Socialist ideology?
For more reading on the barbarism committed by Communists click the links below. Tameside Citizen
http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/archives/communistbodycount.php
http://www.ukrainiangenocide.com/favicon.ico
http://www.gulag.hu/favicon.ico
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/19/europe/ukraine.php
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM
