Bill Text: IL SR0289 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares November 7, 2021 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-16 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SR0289 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0289-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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