As I mentioned in my last blog post, on 12 Feb 1974, the Russian Alexander Solzhenitsyn both penned his famous short essay against communism’s oppression, Live Not By Lies and was arrested (and then exiled to West Germany) for his lack of subservience to the communist government of the USSR.   His courage and his intellectual work in writing Live Not By Lies was the crack in the dyke that eventually broke down the communist structure of the USSR and brought so  many Russians to desire—and later fight for—freedom. The above link from a Russian Orthodox website lists the resolutions Alexander Solzhenitsyn took in order never to capitulate to the lies of the state: Will not henceforth write, sign, or print in any way a single phrase which in his opinion distorts the truth. Will utter such a phrase neither in private conversation [...]

Archbishop Fulton Sheen was thought crazy for constantly warning Americans that communism posed a real threat to the United States.  People wondered why a bishop should be so involved in politics.  But Archbishop Fulton Sheen knew that communism threatened the Christian fabric of America precisely because the official religion of Marxism was violent atheism.  The reason is simple:  No authority (including God) can compete with the tyranny that Marxism demands. On 13 July 1917, Our Lady of Fatima said "I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart," and if this were not done, "Russia will spread her errors throughout the world."  What are the errors of Russia?  It's not bad vodka or rotten potatoes.  The errors of Russia is Marxism, and this includes everything from anti-Christian teaching in public schools to women forced into [...]