Category Archives: EN

NGO clampdown in Hungary

Posted on September 12, 2014 by ellenpolus

Open Letter from Greens/EFA Co-Presidents On Monday, 8 September 2014, the Hungarian state launched a full frontal attack against two of the four NGOs responsible for the distribution of Norway’s NGO Grants in Hungary. The National Investigation Bureau (NBI), accompanied … Continue reading →

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The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination

Posted on September 11, 2014 by ellenpolus

Infamous for fermenting mass disobedience on bicycles during the Copenhagen climate Summit, touring the UK recruiting a rebel clown army, running courses in postcapitalist culture and falling in love with utopias, The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Lab of ii) exists … Continue reading →

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Hungary’s Crackdown on the Press

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ellenpolus

BUDAPEST — The European Union faces a challenging conundrum. While Hungary has embarked on building Europe’s most controlled media system, the European Commission just agreed in August to provide the country with nearly 22 billion euros of economic assistance. Hungary … Continue reading →

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To Make a World, Part I: Ultranationalism and the Art of the Stateless State

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ellenpolus

by: Jonas Staal Ultranationalism and the “Deep State” There doesn’t seem to be a worse moment than the present to defend the project of stateless internationalism. The recent European elections of May 2014 showed the growing influence of ultranationalist parties … Continue reading →

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Vigorous Flagging in the Heart of Europe: The Hungarian Homeland under the Right-Wing Regime

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ellenpolus

by Edit András (E-Flux #57.) Nationalism is not just in Hungary’s backyard, it is in every corner of the house from the basement to the roof. It gets inside with the air and has completely soaked through the orifices of the … Continue reading →

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Norway Denounces Hungarian Police Raids on NGOs

Posted on September 9, 2014 by ellenpolus

Norway said Tuesday that Hungarian police raids on the offices of civic groups critical of the government were unacceptable and showed Hungary is distancing itself from European democratic norms. Police have been investigating several civic groups that distribute or receive … Continue reading →

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Norway asks EU to sanction Hungary

Posted on August 31, 2014 by ellenpolus

Tensions between Norway and Hungary escalated after the Nordic country on Thursday asked the EU to consider sanctions against the eastern European country. A fight between the two countries broke out earlier this summer over funds donated by Norway to … Continue reading →

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