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Petition to Condemn and Restrict the Promotion of Communism in the United States
Petition to the United States Congress
Why this matters
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, communism has been responsible for more than 85 million deaths worldwide. These deaths resulted from executions, forced labor camps, state-induced famines, political repression, religious persecution, and systematic violations of fundamental human rights.

This is not a matter of political opinion or economic debate. It is a historical fact documented by scholars, survivors, and international institutions. Wherever communism has been implemented as a system of governance, it has required the suppression of individual liberty, the elimination of political pluralism, censorship, and the use of state terror to maintain power.

Nations such as the former Soviet Union, Maoist China, North Korea, Cambodia, Cuba, Venezuela, and others stand as tragic examples of the human cost of this ideology.

 
A growing concern in the United States
In recent years, the normalization and institutional promotion of communist ideology—often under rebranded or euphemistic labels—has increased within academic, cultural, and political spaces in the United States.

While freedom of speech and academic inquiry are core American values, history shows that totalitarian ideologies do not remain theoretical. When legitimized and normalized, they erode democratic institutions from within.

Many democratic nations have taken firm legal and educational measures against Nazism and other totalitarian ideologies due to their proven incompatibility with democracy and human dignity. The historical record demonstrates that communism belongs in the same category.

 
What we are asking
We respectfully call on the United States Congress to:

Formally recognize communism as an ideology responsible for crimes against humanity, with more than 85 million victims worldwide.
Debate and evaluate legislative measures to restrict or sanction the institutional promotion of communism when it undermines constitutional order, democratic governance, and individual liberty.
Strengthen public and educational awareness about the crimes committed under communist regimes, just as is done with other totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century.
Protect the United States from internal ideological erosion that threatens freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.
 
What this petition is NOT
This petition does not seek to suppress free thought, academic discussion, or peaceful political debate. It seeks to prevent the normalization and institutional legitimization of a totalitarian ideology whose real-world implementation has repeatedly resulted in mass death, oppression, and the destruction of free societies.

Freedom must be defended—not only from external threats, but also from ideologies that historically destroy it from within.

 
Conclusion
The United States was founded on the principles of liberty, individual rights, and constitutional government. Ignoring the historical consequences of communism risks repeating the tragedies suffered by millions around the world.

Never again should mass-murdering ideologies be treated as harmless or fashionable.

We urge Congress to act.