Comments on: Remembering a Dissident

By: Capsiplex

Capsiplex — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:44:01 +0000

I’m not so sure that such an abject apology is needed for the businessmen. I think people forget the context, which itself was lawless. Unless you violated the law, the chances of getting your enterprise registered and functioning were slim

By: jamie glazov

jamie glazov — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:18:19 +0000

Thank you Jim, I really appreciate it.

By: jamie glazov

jamie glazov — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:16:09 +0000

Thank you Uncle Victor. Much love.

By: Victor Yampolsky

Victor Yampolsky — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:03:09 +0000

from Uncle Victor

Dear Jamie
thank you very much for your wonderful narration and reminder to all of us about your DAD.
We were very dear friends and our lives were unseparable. In some ways your DAD never left my life, or my mind or my memory.
It is hard to understand that the fund in his memory could be shut down. I will definitely contribute to it's revival.
Take care and be well!
Yours – Uncle Victor

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About This Site — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:22:27 +0000

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By: Jim C.

Jim C. — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:40:29 +0000

Thanks, Jamie, for this poignant reminder of your Dad. My wife and I cherish our visits with him and your Mom. Yuri was a quiet, soft-spoken giant of a warrior for truth. We greatly respect him and the message he laboured to communicate. In these darkening days, here in the West, we encourage you, and others, to speak out truth to a sleeping populance. In all, though, to God be the glory – we can trust only in Him, not in any political ideal.

By: jamie glazov

jamie glazov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:26:51 +0000

Thank you gsk. The fight goes on. . . .

By: jamie glazov

jamie glazov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:26:12 +0000

Well long story, but for a brief moment the KGB felt it might be better to kick the trouble makers out rather than have them inside.

By: jamie glazov

jamie glazov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:25:26 +0000

Thank you Corinc, this means a lot. Really appreciated.

By: A Memorial to the Victims of Communism | FrontPage Magazine

A Memorial to the Victims of Communism | FrontPage Magazine — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:10:35 +0000

[...] the same year truly courageous Moscow academic Yuri Glazov signed the famous “letter of the twelve,” protesting illegal arrests and trials of dissidents, [...]

By: Corinc

Corinc — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:41:30 +0000

Dear Jamie,
I had the pleasure and honour of being one of you Dad’s students while I was at Dal from 1989-93. I must have taken three or four Russian literature classes, and it is not too much to say that he had a profound influence on my life. We used to talk very much outside of class and his peacefulness and convictions were a source of inspiration to me. Thank you for this piece, as there were many gaps in your father’s life history that you filled in. Truly a remarkable man, and I have made a donation to his scholarship fund. Let’s hope Dal has the means to keep it going.

By: The Fight for Liberty | FrontPage Magazine

The Fight for Liberty | FrontPage Magazine — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:32:02 +0000

[...] KGB to contend with, but the campus PC police can often be just as menacing. We draw attention to Glazov’s life in hopes that our friends on campus will draw boldness from his story and will have the courage to [...]

By: Dr. S. W.

Dr. S. W. — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:45:15 +0000

To Trickyblain: Which aspect of the US today could be compared to the USSR? Answer: The American postmodern university. No, they don't put you into labor camps. It's a "different kind" of gulag. If you disagree with race-based hiring, the sham of "diversity" and oppose "speech codes" — to only name a few of the PC tenets in today's academy — you are at minimum marganalized, harassed through "ethics complaints", have your reputation destroyed by being called a "racist" or are dismissed on trumped-up charges. Don't believe me? it happened to me. By the grace of God — and a law firm that took my wrongful dismissal case pro bono — I was reinstated and am still employed. it takes courage to speak up in today's academy. The consequences are dire, the stress immeasurable.

By: CurtB

CurtB — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:36 +0000

Jamie,
I grew up in the 70's during the cold war and remember what the Soviets used to be like(and appear to be returning to). I don't know if the present generations knows what it was like and forgets history. Your father had to be a truly courageous man to voice dissent against such a regime. We wil definitely need more like him in the future because leftists appear to have amnesia concerning their past track record.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:30:41 +0000

Jamie,
Thank you for this moving account. Could you please clarify why your father was granted an exit visa. A comment by Alex a day ago indicates the potential danger merely in making such an application. What interest did the Party have in allowing your father to leave, instead of the alternatives?

By: Dr_Moon

Dr_Moon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:38:13 +0000

Jamie, I certainly hope your father's work won't be forgotten, but I'm afraid Communism is on the rise, especially here in America. Once the Marxist have buried the last bastion of freedom the world will shrivel and die. Can you see the whole earth going the way of Zimbabwe. If American's don't educate themselves, and rise to throw out this Democrat Administration we'll be the one's in the Gulags. Obama is already indoctrinating and training his youth Army in our public schools.

By: Nilsson

Nilsson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:21:57 +0000

I'm rather glad that Stalin and his incomparably gallant and determined Red Army was able to do 90% of the heavy lifting during WW2, and so were Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.

Vladimir Putin rules Russia today with the enthusiastic support of a sizeable majority of Russians, after the neoliberals, globalist and foreigners connived with 'Russian' oligarchs to loot it in the 1990s. Russia has never been a liberal democracy, and now that the model furnished by the USA is creaking so badly– compare and contrast with centralised, authoritarian China!– very likely it never will be. Most Russians prefer a strongman.

(Neither was Solzhenitsyn a liberal democrat, btw.)

By: gsk

gsk — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:36 +0000

I just finished your book, Jamie, which was brilliant. The testament to your father therein (and this one) are commendable. Human nature in general, being what it is, often looks for the path of least resistance and it's taking its usual course. That makes it essential for men such as your father — and you and David — to recall us to our higher selves. Thanks for your great work.

By: Linda Rivera

Linda Rivera — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:52:02 +0000

What wonderful and extremely courageous role models for parents!

By: cochavi1

cochavi1 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:55:20 +0000

Thanks, Jamie Glazov. Given current developments, your father was saved a considerable amount of pain.

William Smart, what does lamentable Finklestein have to do with this? The massive weight of bigotry on the campuses is against the basic Jewish right to have a state, while the faculties gladly accept huge monies from Saudis and others devoted to spreading jihad.