Category Archives: social background HU

‘Shocked’ Holocaust Scholar Returns Hungary Award

Posted on January 26, 2014 by ellenpolus

Prof. Randolph L. Braham is handing back a Hungarian state award in protest at the government’s ‘falsification of history.’ An American professor and prominent Holocaust scholar said Sunday he was handing back a Hungarian state award in protest at the … Continue reading →

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Hungary’s UN envoy makes country’s first-ever Holocaust apology

Posted on January 26, 2014 by ellenpolus

‘We owe an apology to the victims because the Hungarian state was guilty for the Holocaust,’ ambassador Csaba Korosi tells press conference. Hungary has made its first official apology for the role it played during the Holocaust, Hungarian news agency … Continue reading →

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“Being homeless is not a crime” Call for action: International solidarity with homeless people in Hungary

Posted on January 24, 2014 by ellenpolus

We invite our friends all over the world to join our struggle against the criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary. The 2010 election brought a comprehensive authoritarian and punitive turn in Hungary: constitutional democracy was essentially abolished; labour rights were curtailed; … Continue reading →

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Sajtótájékoztató/Press conference – Oktatói Hálózat

Posted on January 20, 2014 by ellenpolus

Meghívó sajtótájékoztatóra Tekintettel az Ifjúsági Kereszténydemokrata Szövetség január 20. 12.30 órára a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem északi kapuja elé meghirdetett sajtótájékoztatójára, amelynek tárgya az egyetem aulájában lévő Marx-szobor eltávolítása, egyetemi polgárok egy közössége szintén sajtótájékoztatót hirdet január 20-án 13 órára ugyanazon … Continue reading →

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The ‘laboratory’ called Hungary: a challenge for understanding protest movements

Posted on January 20, 2014 by ellenpolus

There is a central Hungarian political paradox: it is the conservative governing party (FIDESZ) which has made successful use of the rhetoric of anti-establishment social movements in other countries, and which disposes of the means to do so. Peace March … Continue reading →

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Sándor Szakály, the new head of the Veritas Historical Institute, is embarking on rewriting Hungarian history

Posted on January 18, 2014 by ellenpolus

(…) The most outrageous comment Szakály made concerned the fate of those Jews who couldn’t properly demonstrate to the authorities their Hungarian citizenship. Several thousand of them were actually Hungarians; others came from Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Austria. Shortly after the … Continue reading →

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Hungarian Students Resist

Posted on January 13, 2014 by ellenpolus

The Student Network in Hungary has been one of the most vocal and visible opponents of the current government. In Hungarian, the network has a memorable name: HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Formed a year after Viktor Orban and Fidesz came to … Continue reading →

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