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Hungary: Orban vs. protesting workers, part 2

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Education
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In the second part of the talk with Judit Zeller from the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the On the Barricades podcast focuses on the parallels between the state response to teachers' protests in Hungary and...

Hungary: Orban vs. protesting workers

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Education
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In the newest episode of On the Barricades, we discuss advocating for labor rights with Judit Zeller, a member of Hungarian Civil LIberties Union. The topic is the teachers strike in Hungary and disobedience declared...

Hungarian reception of changing political scenes in Bulgaria and Moldova

Eva S. Balogh
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This morning I watched a fascinating interview with Árpád Székely, the former Hungarian ambassador to Moscow, who was asked what he thought of the Orbán government’s foreign policy. “What foreign policy? There is no such thing. There...

Orban’s latest outburst against the LGBT community. w/ Emese Szilágyi

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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Viktor Orbán, Hungary's prime minister, who has earned the reputation of being the EU's black sheep as a right-wing authoritarian, is now taking yet another step to reaffirm his government's ultra-conservative stance. This time, he...

What Is the Hungarian “Pedophilia Act” and What Is behind It?

Rita Béres-Deák
Analysis
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On June 10, 2021, the Hungarian parliament made public the contents of a proposed “Pedophilia Act,” to be voted on less than a week later, on June 15. The bill has caused general outrage among national and...

“You don’t own a business; you own a bike or a Suzuki”

Soma Ábrahám Kiss
Analysis
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When we talk about the situation of the workforce in the first half of the 21st century, we cannot ignore the phenomenon of Internet-based job placement, the gig economy. This system exploits the potential of...

‘The Future Arrives On Its Own – Progress Does Not’

The Barricade
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The banker’s son, born on 13 April 1885, studied law and national economy, as befitted his social status; but he felt much more strongly drawn to literature. He dedicate himself to modern theatre and published...

The geopolitical vaccine war is caused by profit-making

Vladimir Mitev
China
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The spat between the EU and the UK over the shortfall of deliveries of AstraZeneca vaccines revealed a European Commission with an ugly face. The threat to activate Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol,...

Hungarian Sexual Wars – Say No to Gay Marriage, Say Yes to Gay Orgy

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
European Union
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They say there are two types of conservatives: the ones that have been caught in very compromising sexual situations, and the ones that are going to get caught. The Hungarian MEP Jozsef Szajer belongs to...

The Authoritarian Regime Tests the Introduction of Dictatorship. Orbán’s Repeated Attempt

The Barricade
Coronavirus
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This article is authored by the Hungarian historian Tamás Krausz. It was originally published on the site of Transform!Europe network on 8 April 2020. Tamás Kraus' published works focus on the national question and Bolshevism,...