Oppression, Then and Now

Hey there, hi there, ho there, kids! Want to get all worked up kicking someone in the head to please teacher? Well it’s been going on for a WAY long time!

What was the deed that made him a hero? In 1932 Pavlik Morozov exposed his father as an “enemy of the People.” He informed the OGPU (as the KGB, or Soviet secret police, was then called) that his father was helping the kulaks, successful peasants who refused to relinquish their land and livestock to the State as was required by the Collectivization Plan, and was therefore branded as an enemy of Socialism. Pavlik's father was arrested, tried, and sent to a concentration camp, never to be seen again.

That was then, but this is now! Can you feel the lack of electricity and the unconditioned humid air? Now don’t get too excited! You might use more oxygen than you’re rationed! So just Hoooooold that breath!