Why Socialists Want to Destroy Our Memory of the Past

By Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include “The Real Story of January 6” (2022), “The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America” (2022), and “Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus” (2020).
July 4, 2019Updated: September 5, 2019

A new history is being shown to youth in the United States that is critical of its founding stories and the values it was built on, and some are advocating to tear down statues, destroy art, and condemn the founding fathers. This phenomenon isn’t limited to the United States, however, and has a long history in socialist movements. In This episode of the explaining politics series of Crossroads, we explain the history of similar movements, and why socialists aim to destroy the memory of the past.