Today we remember the victims of communism, "history’s bloodiest ideology".

In this November 2009 post, I explained in some detail why the longstanding relative neglect of communist crimes is deplorable — not just from the standpoint of understanding the past, but also that of doing justice in the here and now and ensuring a better future.

In recent decades, the question of acknowledging communist crimes has become something of a left-right issue in many quarters. That situation is deeply unfortunate, but far from inevitable.

I have nothing to add to last year's post. It has several links to other material.