Category Archives: EN

The City is for all forcibly removed from City Council Budapest

Posted on November 18, 2013 by ellenpolus

The homeless activists of The City is for All and their allies were holding hands, telling poems and singing around the chairs of the Budapest City Council members in the council’s assembly room at 8.15am on Thursday, November 14th. The … Continue reading →

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Hungarian capital bans homeless from public areas

Posted on November 17, 2013 by ellenpolus

The Associated Press Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 | 11:20 a.m. Budapest’s city council has banned the homeless from living in many public areas of the city, including playgrounds, train stations, cemeteries, and the Hungarian capital’s largest park. The decision was … Continue reading →

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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot’s prison letters to Slavoj Žižek

Posted on November 17, 2013 by ellenpolus

Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is currently in a prison hospital in Siberia; here she and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek meet in an extraordinary exchange of letters. ‘We are the children of Dionysus, sailing in a barrel and not ­recognising any authority’ … … Continue reading →

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Amid protests, Hungarian far-right party unveils bust of Nazi-allied wartime leader

Posted on November 8, 2013 by ellenpolus

U.S., Jewish leaders condemn commemoration of Miklos Horthy, who allied Hungary with Nazi Germany and oversaw introduction of anti-Jewish laws. Hungarian opposition activists protest against the erection of a statue of wartime leader Miklos Horthy in central Budapest November 3,2013. … Continue reading →

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Spanish government drops plans to cut European student funding scheme

Posted on November 6, 2013 by ellenpolus

Rebellion in ruling party forces U-turn on plan that could have left thousands of students on Erasmus programme without funding Spanish students demonstrating against education cuts last month in Madrid. Photograph: Mario Pereda/Demotix/Corbis The Spanish government has abandoned plans for … Continue reading →

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Hungarian far-right sparks protests as it commemorates wartime leader

Posted on November 4, 2013 by ellenpolus

(Reuters) – Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party unveiled a statue of wartime leader Miklos Horthy, who presided over the country’s alliance with Nazi Germany, in Budapest on Sunday, sparking protests and highlighting concerns about anti-Semitism in the country. About a thousand … Continue reading →

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Hungarians protest against unveiling of Hitler-ally statue

Posted on November 3, 2013 by ellenpolus

Far-right and anti-fascist demonstrators staged rival rallies Sunday outside a Budapest church where a bust of a Hungarian wartime leader was unveiled, the latest tribute to a man who was a close ally of Adolf Hitler. Around 500 protesters wearing … Continue reading →

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