Full Text of SR0289 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The year 2021 marks 104 years since the Bolshevik | 3 | | Revolution in Russia, which ushered in an era of communism | 4 | | that would result in violence and oppression experienced | 5 | | throughout a union of multiple national Soviet republics; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, A National Day for the Victims of Communism was | 7 | | declared on November 7, 2017, with the belief that communism, | 8 | | historically, is incompatible with the western ideological | 9 | | beliefs of liberty, prosperity, and the dignity of human life; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Historical records show that protestors and | 12 | | citizens who decried the communist political ideology were | 13 | | often persecuted as political prisoners, and others were | 14 | | killed in widespread state-sponsored purges; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Rampant impoverishment, widespread famines, | 16 | | epidemics, forced population removals, Gulag internments, | 17 | | labor colonies, and labor camps across over 40 nations all | 18 | | contributed to a death toll of nearly 100 million people who | 19 | | were living under communist states; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in | 21 | | Washington, D.C. is a nonprofit organization, authorized by a |
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| 1 | | unanimous Act of the United States Congress, that seeks to | 2 | | educate the general public about the ideology, history, and | 3 | | legacy of communism and honors the people who suffered, were | 4 | | killed, and were lost within communist systems; therefore, be | 5 | | it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare November 7, | 8 | | 2021 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day in the State of | 9 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the Victims of the Communism Memorial Foundation | 12 | | as a symbol of respect and esteem.
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