Practising Philosophy Opening Act
Gareth Jones: saving the memories of millions forgotten and clashing with the deniers It is important to preserve the existence of people who suffered greatly in the past, as well as those who are preserving the existence of others. by Ken Maciej Starczewski
Every year on the fourth of November Ukrainians commemorate the anniversary of a tragedy that harmed them greatly, Holodomor. This year is going to be the 90th anniversary of Holodomor. It is important to remember that it happened and many people suffered, with a number estimated by the researchers to be between 3 to 5 million people that died during that period. However, many can easily forget about the person who contributed to exposing this atrocity to the World – Gareth Jones.
der wrote in Bloodlands: “Land, equipment, and people would all belong to the same collective farm, large entities that would (it was assumed) produce more efficiently”. Stalin’s idea was to forcefully take over the farms to increase the grain production, but also to support industrialization of the USSR. Many farmers and peasants lost their jobs and had to work in factories and due to one of the new policies of the Plan was that they had to work seven days a week. As such, the results of the Five-Year Plan were disastrous and caused widespread famIntroduction to the tragedy ines across the USSR during late 1920s and 1930s. This was especially noticeable in It is important to explain what Holodomor is early Soviet Ukraine, where the production of grain to understand this topic. “Holodomor” (ukr. was the highest. The Five-Year Plan not only To kill by starvation) is a man-made famine by Stalin and his Soviet State that caused mil“Jones described USSR’s State lions of people to die of starvation and malnuas “the most brutal in the world” trition. This happened as a result of Joseph where people faced many Stalin’s new Five-Year Plan to industrialise the problems such as scarcity of USSR as fast as possible by any means necfood, poverty, oppression and essary during the period 1928-1932. To en“misery among workers and sure that the plan would be successful, Stalin proposed “collectivization”. As Timothy Sny90% discontented ”
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