The Miskolc dilemma: Arguments on the other side
I would like to dwell a little longer on what has happened in Miskolc. Yesterday I summarized the events of 2009 when Albert Pásztor, then police chief of the city, made some remarks that reflected...
View ArticleLászló Bogdán, the Roma miracle worker of Cserdi
The support of the three opposition parties for Albert Pásztor, former police chief of Miskolc, as the city’s mayoral hopeful caused a huge political storm which still hasn’t subsided. Representatives...
View ArticleA week in Hungary: worrisome developments
There is no silly season or “uborka szezon” in Hungary this year. In fact, I could easily write three or four times a day about not at all silly stories. Today I decided to catch up and offer a...
View ArticleRoma petition to the European Commission and the European Parliament
By way of background to the petition on behalf of the Roma of Miskolc published here, I would like to add a few words about the setting in which it was born. Hungarian Spectrum had at least two earlier...
View ArticleTeachers’ revolt is brewing in Hungary
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current...
View ArticleSocial media and political change: The case of the Hungarian “teachers’ revolt”
I am following with fascination the Orbán government’s reaction to the “teachers’ revolt” that originated with a single complaining letter from a high school in Miskolc, a town that’s not exactly the...
View ArticleThe strategy of hate: Viktor Orbán in Miskolc
Let’s start in the middle. Viktor Orbán, in a somewhat surreptitious manner, is furiously campaigning on behalf of various Fidesz candidates. There are days when he visits two electoral districts. All...
View ArticleFidesz: Trouble at home, trouble abroad
Before embarking on Fidesz’s reaction to Manfred Weber’s ultimatum, I would like to report on a domestic development: the willingness of opposition parties to collaborate to the fullest in preparation...
View ArticleNationalist Hungary is becoming “international”
This September two new private schools opened their doors to children of wealthy Hungarian and foreign families living in and around Debrecen and Miskolc. The language of instruction in both schools is...
View ArticleSocialization and nationhood: War on Hungarian culture from beyond the borders
A strange story aired a few days ago about Ervin Demeter, who in the first Orbán administration (1998-2002) served as minister without portfolio in charge of secret services, including the enormous...
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