Protesters gather at Globe and Mail office (12/07/03)

THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMINE-GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE

Protesters gather at Globe and Mail office

TORONTO - The Ukrainian community in Toronto picketed the office of The Globe and Mail, which distributes The New York Times, at noon on Tuesday, November 18, in solidarity with other Ukrainian communities across North America to demand that The New York Times return Walter Duranty's Pulitzer Prize.

Duranty who won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize, refused to report the truth about the Famine raging in Ukraine, even as he privately told diplomats and others that millions had died.

The event was organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch (UCC-Toronto), at the request of the Ukrainian World Congress and the UCC-National. About 110 community activists participated in the action, led by Olya Odynsky-Grod, chair of the Justice Committee of the UCC-Toronto.

The crowd was greeted by the rresident of the UCC-Toronto, Markian Shwec, who told those gathered that "with your participation here today, you have done the right thing for your nation and for the memory of the 7 million, men, women and children who perished in the Holodomor. Now it's up to the New York Times to do the right thing."

The event brought together a wide cross-section of the community, including younger and older members, newly arrived Ukrainian Canadians, and those born in Canada. Those who gathered actively participated by chanting slogans, including "New York Times: Do the Right Thing!"

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