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ryez-loveyz · 1 month ago

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okay i wroote the fic. ayyyyy

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this fic is more platonic but this is a romantic relationship! just not right now

Balthazar gazed at the man in front of him while his apprentice fled.

He’d trapped Viktor in the Grimhold years ago, and a klutzy apprentice had set him free. Some apprentices were clumsier than others, he knew that all too well, but he never thought it would get this bad. Ah, it could be worse…

Viktor’s glare was scornful, his eyes dark and his stance prepared for a fight. With his Catalyst missing somewhere in the Arcana Cabana’s vast collection of sorcerer paraphernalia, who knows how he’d fight. He’d damn well try, anyway. Another fact Balthazar knew.

“Listen, Viktor. I’m not going to fight you.” He raised his hands in an act of pacifism.

“Face-to-face with a Morganian and you don’t even want to put up a fight. You’ve changed, haven’t you?”

“Oh, between the two of us, you know plenty about what you don’t want to do.”

“What is that supposed to insinuate?!” Viktor’s frown dropped into a scowl, and he stepped towards Balthazar. “What do you think you know about me?!”

“We both know you never wanted to join the Morganians. You only betrayed Merlin because Horvath kept you around. If he’d never had you wrapped around his finger, things would be a lot better for you right now.”

A flash of uncertainty crossed Viktor’s eyes. Maybe Balthazar was right. In a righter mind, he’d never have become an ally of Morgana, would he? Maybe not.

But he’d never admit that. Not now.

In his haze of doubt, he’d been distracted, and Balthazar was able to cast some spell to throw Viktor to the ceiling and keep him there.

“Hey-! What do you think you’re doing?!” he barked.

“This,” Balthazar spoke in a matter-of-factly tone before letting him down from the ceiling and trapping him back in the Grimhold before he had the chance to do anything. Everything was over as quick as it began. Cradling the doll with careful hands, he set it back to where it was supposed to go with a sigh.

Every so often, it would pass his mind, but he decided never to linger on the thought for too long. He had higher priorities than this. He needed to find the Prime Merlinian, not mull over whether his long-gone friends were still resenting him, whether the love of his life was conscious for those thousand-or-so years and whether she was happy in there.

Whether the captured could see, hear, or feel anything in the Grimhold, Balthazar didn’t care to find out.

The thought lingered in the back of his mind. Damn it.

Spiraling into other thoughts, he’d remembered when Viktor was broken free from the Grimhold. He looked so hateful, nothing like the calm and distinguished apprentice he knew. A thousand years as a Morganian, as Horvath’s lapdog , changed him.

But he reminisced on that look, that look of realization. Maybe it wasn’t even realization. Viktor knew exactly what he was getting himself into, and he did it anyway.

Part of him wanted to give him that chance, a chance to learn. To grow. But he’d never willingly set a sorcerer free from the Grimhold.

Would he?

With a frustrated groan, Balthazar stood up, making his way over to the Grimhold. He picked it up, gazing at the portrait of Viktor plastered on the doll like he did those years ago, though this time it was willingly.

Venturing deep into the Cabana until he found a spot where he knew that there was nothing around that Viktor could hurt him with, he broke the doll open.

A swarm of moths flew from the doll, thousands coming together until they formed a person. Viktor. He came to life, adjusting to the sights and sounds around him, until his eyes landed on Balthazar.

“ You . Why am I- Why did you-” He sputtered.

“Viktor, calm down. I just want to talk.”

“Talk?! About what? About how I’m such an overly loyal dog for letting Maxim guide me to Morgana like that?”

Balthazar gave a cock of his head with an “Ehh.” He wasn’t that far off. Viktor scoffed, rolling his eyes.

“Just- Listen for a second, Viktor. Please?”

Viktor gave him a dirty glare before succumbing, his eyes dropping. “Fine.”

“Thank you.” Balthazar gave him a nod of gratitude. “Yeah, you were misled into joining Morgana. But I don’t blame you, Vik.”

Viktor’s lips pursed at the nickname as a look of… something glittered in his eyes, but he kept his cold front. “Ugh, by the way you’ve been keeping me held in a doll for thirty-some years, I would have assumed you did.”

“Well, let me tell you right now. I don’t.” Balthazar emphasised the don’t . “Horvath was… special to you. I know you trusted him. That’s on him for using that trust against you.”

“So what, you broke me out to tell me I was manipulated? Because I wasn’t . I would have joined Morgana even if I barely knew Maxim.”

Balthazar groaned. “No, you wouldn’t have. Viktor, do you know how disgusted you would be if I went back in time and told you a thousand years ago you had betrayed Merlin?”

“I was weak. I was naive. I only stayed for so long because I.. I had no other choice.”

“Because Maxim was on our side?”

A quick scoff escaped Viktor’s lips, though it was mixed with a laugh. His expression faded fast, and a dawning realization was crossing his mind.

“Let me ask you something, Vik. Do you still want to be a Morganian? Yes or no?” Balthazar’s tone was soft, and the question was so… genuine.

Viktor thought, the gears turning in his mind.

Damn it, he never wanted to be one in the first place. But it was all he knew now, and he wasn’t exactly eager to drop everything he’d learnt while working under Morgana.

Finally, he sighed, his response quiet.

“I don’t.”

“Called it.” Balthazar chuckled. “But… You don’t have to be like that. You never did, Vik. And you know what? I can teach you. You can unlearn all that stuff and be who I know you are. Okay?”

Viktor looked at him again before his gaze fell back to the floor. “You shouldn’t be so quick to trust me. You don’t know who I am. Not anymore.”

Balthazar’s face fell. Of course, of course he’d changed. He knew that. But if there was anything static about the man, it was that he always knew to do what was right for him. And Horvath had screwed with that sense enough.

“I know who you were, and I want to know who you are. And I want to trust you.”

“...I suppose you know enough about me that you’ve formed your own judgments,” Viktor muttered. “And I suppose I must not have really changed all that much.”

“I mean, I guess you learned how to hate people.” Balthazar laughed again. “But I do trust you. And I want to help you. I really do.”

Viktor didn’t meet his gaze at first, still looking off to the side. Out of shame or contempt, it was hard to tell. “And if I turned against you?”

Balthazar scoffed. “You’re not exactly the best liar, Viktor. And, worst case scenario, I just trap you in the Grimhold again.”

The room was quiet, neither of them saying a word. Viktor was clearly considering the offer. Then, finally looking into Balthazar’s eyes, he had a glint of hope in his as he spoke.

“...Then I’ll… I’ll let you help me.”

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 2 months ago

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

February 16, 2025

Heather Cox Richardson

Feb 17, 2025

The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year. Begun in 1963, it was designed to be an independent venue for experts and policymakers to discuss the most pressing security issues around the globe.

At the conference on Friday, February 14, Vice President J.D. Vance launched what The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour called “a brutal ideological assault” against Europe, attacking the values the United States used to share with Europe but which Vance and the other members of the Trump administration are now working to destroy.

Vance and MAGA Christian nationalists reject the principles of secular democracy and instead align with leaders like Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. They claim that the equal rights central to democracy undermine nations by treating women and racial, religious, and gender minorities as equal to white Christian men. They want to see an end to the immigration that they believe weakens a nation's people, and for government to reinforce traditional religious and patriarchal values.

Vance attacked current European values and warned that the crisis for the region was not external actors like Russia or China, but rather “the threat from within.” He accused Europe of censoring free speech, but it was clear—especially coming from the representative of a regime that has erased great swaths of public knowledge because it objects to words like “gender”—that what he really objected to was restrictions on the speech of far-right ideologues.

After the rise and fall of German dictator Adolf Hitler, Germany banned Nazi propaganda and set limits on hate speech, banning attacks on people based on racial, national, religious, or ethnic background, as these forms of speech are central to fascism and similar ideologies. That hampers the ability of Germany’s far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to recruit before upcoming elections on February 23.

After calling for Europe to “change course and take our shared civilization in a new direction,” Vance threw his weight behind AfD. He broke protocol to refuse a meeting with current German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and instead broke a taboo in German politics by meeting with the leader of AfD Trump called Vance’s speech “very brilliant.”

Bill Kristol of The Bulwark posted: “It's heartening that today the leaders of the two major parties in Germany are unequivocally anti-Nazi and anti-fascist. It's horrifying that today the president and vice-president of the United States of America are not.” German defense minister Boris Pistorius called Vance’s speech “unacceptable,” and on Saturday, Scholz said: “Never again fascism, never again, racism, never again aggressive war…. [T]oday’s democracies in Germany and Europe are founded on the historic awareness and realization that democracies can be destroyed by radical anti-democrats.”

Vance and the Trump administration have the support of billionaire Elon Musk in their attempt to shift the globe toward the rejection of democracy in favor of far-right authoritarianism. David Ingram and Bruna Horvath of NBC News reported today that Musk has “encouraged right-wing political movements, policies and administrations in at least 18 countries in a global push to slash immigration and curtail regulation of business.”

Musk, who cast apparent Nazi salutes before crowds on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, wrote an op-ed in favor of AfD and recently spoke by video at an AfD rally, calling it “the best hope for Germany.” In addition to his support for Germany’s AfD, Ingram and Horvath identified Musk’s support for far-right movements in Brazil, Ireland, Argentina, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, and other countries. Last month, before Trump took office, French president Emmanuel Macron accused Musk of backing a global reactionary movement and of intervening directly in elections, including Germany’s.

Musk’s involvement in international politics appears to have coincided with his purchase of Twitter in 2022. And indeed, social media has been key to the project of undermining democracy. Russian operatives are now pushing the rise of the far-right in Europe through social media as they did in the United States. Russian president Vladimir Putin has long sought to weaken the democratic alliances of the United States and Europe to enable Russia to take at least parts of Ukraine and possibly other neighboring countries without the formidable resistance that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would present.

Russian state television praised Vance’s speech. One headline read: “Humiliated Europe out for the count. Its American master flogged its old vassals.” Russian pundits recognized that Vance’s turn away from Europe meant a victory for Russia.

Vance’s speech came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told other countries’ defense ministers on Wednesday, February 12, that he wanted to “directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.” Since 1949, the United States has stood firmly behind the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that said any attack on one of the signatories to that agreement would be an attack on all. Now, it appears, the U.S. is backing away.

In that speech, Hegseth seemed to move the U.S. toward the ideology of Russian president Vladimir Putin that larger countries can scoop up their smaller neighbors. He echoed Putin’s demands for ending its war against Ukraine, saying that “returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective” and that the U.S. will not support NATO membership for Ukraine, thus conceding to Russia two key issues without apparently getting anything in return. He also said that Europe must take over assistance for Ukraine as the U.S. focuses on its own borders.

On Wednesday, Trump spoke to Putin for nearly an hour and a half and came out echoing Putin’s rationale for his attack on Ukraine. Trump’s social media account posted that the call had been “highly productive,” and said the two leaders would visit each other’s countries, offering a White House visit to Putin, who has been isolated from other nations since his attacks on Ukraine.

Also on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky and offered U.S. support for Ukraine in exchange for half the country’s mineral resources, although it was unclear if the deal the U.S. offered meant future support or only payment for past support. The offer did not, apparently, contain guarantees for future support, and Zelensky rejected it.

On Saturday, while the Munich conference was still underway, the Trump administration announced it was sending a delegation to Saudi Arabia to begin peace talks with Russia. Ukrainian officials said they had not been informed and had no plans to attend. European negotiators have not been invited either. While the talks are being billed as “early-stage,” the United States is sending Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security advisor Michael Waltz, suggesting haste.

After Rubio and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov spoke on Saturday, the Russian readout of the call suggested that Russia urgently needs relief from the economic sanctions that are crushing the Russian economy. It said the call had focused on “removing unilateral barriers inherited from the previous U.S. administration, aiming to restore mutually beneficial trade, economic, and investment cooperation.” On Friday, Russia’s central bank warned that the economy is faltering, while Orbán, an ally of both Putin and Trump, assured Hungarian state radio on Friday that Russia will be “reintegrated” into the world economy and the European energy system as soon as “the U.S. president comes and creates peace.”

But the U.S. is not speaking with one voice. Republican leaders who support Ukraine are trying to smooth over Trump’s apparent coziness with Russia. Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) called out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “rookie mistake” when he offered that the U.S. would not support Ukraine’s membership in NATO and that it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to demand a return to its borders before Russia invaded in 2014, essentially offering to let Russia keep Crimea. Wicker said he was “puzzled” and “disturbed” by Hegseth’s comments and added: “I don’t know who wrote the speech—it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool.” Carlson, a former Fox News Channel personality, has expressed admiration for Orbán and Putin.

“There are good guys and bad guys in this war, and the Russians are the bad guys,” Wicker said. “They invaded, contrary to almost every international law, and they should be defeated. And Ukraine is entitled to the promises that the world made to it.”

Today on Face the Nation, Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) said: “There is absolutely no way that Donald Trump will be seen—he will not let himself go down in history as having sold out to Putin. He will not let that happen.” Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark said: “I guess Republicans think this is how they manipulate Trump into doing the right thing. But Trump’s been selling out to Putin since Helsinki when he publicly sided with Putin over America’s intelligence community. And he hasn’t stopped selling out since. And the [Republican Party] lets him.”

European leaders reported being blindsided by Trump’s announcement. German leader Scholz on Friday asked Germany’s parliament to declare a state of emergency to support Ukraine, and on Sunday, European leaders met for an impromptu breakfast to discuss European security and Ukraine. Macron invited leaders to Paris on Monday to continue discussions. Representatives of Germany, Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark will attend, as will the secretary-general of NATO and the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission.

After the Munich conference, in Writing from London, British journalist Nick Cohen wrote that those Americans trying to find an excuse for the betrayal of Ukraine are deluding themselves. He wrote: “[t]he radical right in the US is not engaged in a grand geopolitical strategy. It is pursuing an ideological campaign against its true enemy, which is not China or Russia but liberalism. The US culture war has gone global. The Trump administration hates liberals at home and liberal democracies abroad.”

Proving his point, on Saturday after Vance’s speech, Trump’s social media account posted: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” This message, attributed to French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte, not only claims that the president is above all laws, but also signals to supporters that they should support Trump with violence. And that is how they took it. Right-wing activist Jack Posobiec responded, “America will be saved[.] What must be done will be done,” to which Elon Musk responded: “Yes[.]”

Political scientist Stathis Kalyvas posted: “There is now total clarity, no matter how unimaginable things might seem. And they amount to this: The U.S. government has been taken over by a clique of extremists who have embarked on a process of regime change in the world’s oldest democracy…. The arrogance on display is staggering. They think their actions will increase U.S. power, but they are in fact wrecking their own country and, in the process everyone else.”

He continued: “The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat: it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late.”

A year ago today, on February 16, 2024, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died at the hands of Russian authorities in the prison where he was being held on trumped-up charges.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#J.D. Vance #munich conference #foreign policy #coup #MAGA #illegal #rule of law #Stathis Kalyvas #a clique of extremists #Ukraine #European action #AfD

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yourreddancer · 2 months ago

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Heather Cox Richardson

February 16, 2025

Feb 17

German defense minister Boris Pistorius called Vance’s speech “unacceptable,” and on Saturday, Scholz said: “Never again fascism, never again, racism, never again aggressive war…. [T]oday’s democracies in Germany and Europe are founded on the historic awareness and realization that democracies can be destroyed by radical anti-democrats.”

He continued: “The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat: it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late.”

A year ago today, on February 16, 2024, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died at the hands of Russian authorities in the prison where he was being held on trumped-up charges.

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misfitwashere · 2 months ago

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February 16, 2025

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

FEB 17

He continued: “The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat: it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late.”

A year ago today, on February 16, 2024, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died at the hands of Russian authorities in the prison where he was being held on trumped-up charges.

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#heather cox richardson #letters from an american

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oneboxofmatches · 4 years ago

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glovepaint · 6 years ago

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Hey! I’m late, but here are some pride pics of my ocs! Enjoy them (or not - I can’t tell you what to do)!

Left to right & upper row first:

Gay: Luis & Allistar, Anton, Merlin, Konstantin & Darius, Max, Francis & Tyler, North l.(holding the big flag), Larry & Jerome, Liam

Bi: Lizzy (Elizabeth), Vadim, Zek, Orph, Viktor, Balthasar (holding the big flag), Callis, Horvath

Pan: Seb(astian), Evelyn, Ernest, North (holding the big flag), *cough* that’s me *cough*, Enoch

Ace: William, Anastasia, Hedwig (holding the big flag), Petra

Trans: Hayley (mtf) & Charlie (ftm)

Lesbian: Misty & Abigail

If there’s an “&” between characters, they’re a couple

#this took so many hours of my life #please appreciate it #pride #pride month #gay #bi #pan #ace #trans #lesbian #lgbtq #ocs #my art #pride 2019 #pride art #reading through the tags huh?#art dump #be proud

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Des concerts à Paris et alentour

Novembre 28. Anne-James Chaton – Auditorium|Cité de l'architecture (gratuit) 28. Boubakar Cissokho – Chair de poule (gratuit) 28. Adult. + KatzKab – Petit Bain 28. Borja Fames + Eloïse Decazes + Èlg – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 28. Ensemble IRE joue "Nexus Entropy" d'Ulrich Krieger + Marc Baron + Lionel Marchetti (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 29. SK/LR – Chair de poule (gratuit) 29. Émilie Pitoiset, Shantidas Riedacker & Matthieu Canaguier – Petite salle|Centre Pompidou (gratuit) 29. Esben & The Witch + Ingrina – Point FMR 29. Jessica Moss + Tomoe – Gambetta Club 29. Confusional Quartet + René Couteau + Tumulus + Samon Takahashi + Bernard Filipetti vs Ravi Shardja – Le Cirque électrique 29. Maud Geffray (dj) + Fishbach (dj) + Brigitte Fontaine + Musique chienne – Trabendo 29. CHDH + Mariachi + Lårs Akerlund & Sten Backman (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 29. Rakta + Marée noire + Trashley – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 29. Interpol + Nilüfer Yanya – Salle Pleyel ||COMPLET|| 30. Mick Harvey + Brisa Roché – Petit Bain 30. Artus + Fleuves noirs + Hex – Le cirque électrique 30. Spit Mask + Poison Point + Lunacy + Some Ember + Offermose + Kaukolampi – La Station 30. Deeat Palace + Tamara Goukassova + Tryphème – L'International 30. Machine sauvage + Léon Denise (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 30. Trevor Jackson + Violent quand on aime – La Java 30. John Chatler + Samuel Sighicelli + Shapednoise (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil)

Décembre 01. Dominique Petitgand (diff.) – Théâtre de Gennevilliers (gratuit) 01. Mamiedaragon + Jogging – Le Zorba (gratuit) 01. NAO (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 01. Nadia Ratsimandresy + Bruno Chevillon + Uriel Barthélémi + Marc Sens + Annabelle Playe (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 01. Deux boules vanille + Jeff Mills + Molécule + Renart + Nicolas Horvath joue P. Glass, T. Riley et J. Adams + Ensemble Links : "Music for 18 Musicians" de S. Reich (fest. Marathon!) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 02. Beak> + Le Comte – Café de la danse ||COMPLET|| 03. Pardans – Olympic café 03. Tanz Mein Herz + Dragon du Poitou + Mega Bass – La Java 03. Idles + John – Bataclan ||COMPLET|| 05. Dick Annegard – BNF (gratuit) 05. Julia Holter – Petit Bain 05. Sudden Infant + Massicot – Centre culturel suisse 06. Harry Merry – Chair de poule (gratuit) 06. La Tène avec Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux & Jérémie Sauvage – Centre culturel suisse 06. The KVB + M!R!M – Badaboum 07. Kink Gong – Médiathèque musicale (gratuit) 07. Antoine Chessex + Nina Garcia + Francisco Meirino – Centre culturel suisse 07. Heimat + Bordigaga + Bruno Billaudeau, Xavier Mussat & Black Sifichi (Semaine du bizarre) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 07. Nosfell – Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen) 07. Aubadja + chdh (fest. Vision'R) – Le Générateur (Gentilly) 07. Shxcxchcxsh + W.LV.S + Wlderz – Rex Club 08. The Horrorist + Federico Amoroso – L'Officine 08. Jean Benoît Dunckel + NSDOS + CloZee + Kiddy Smile (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 08. Blawan + The Advent + AWB + Yogg & Pharaoh + Netsh – Concrete 08. Tim Tama + Gijensu + Makornik + K – Glazart 08. Père Ubu (Semaine du bizarre) – Théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) ||COMPLET|| 09. Panteros666 + Matt Black + Erol Alkan + Kiasmos (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 09. The Fleshtones – Supersonic 09/10. Moriarty – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 11. Joanna + October Lieber – Badaboum 12. Nova Materia – La Maroquinerie 12. Le Réveil des tropiques + France + Helio Polar Thing – Petit Bain 12. Mange Ferraille + Boolvar + So-lo-lo – Le Cirque électrique 13. Qonicho B + Johann Mazé – Le Zorba (gratuit) 13. The Callas + Selofan + Hørd (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 13. Villejuif Undergound + Bryan's Magic Tears + Free Love – La Bellevilloise 14. New Model Army – Trabendo 14. Carol Robinson, Bertrand Gauguet, Julia Eckhardt & Yannick Guedon : "Sequel to Occam Ocean" (2018) d’Éliane Radigue – Palais de Tokyo 14. Sida + Broken English Club + Toresch + Moderna + Wr2old + Shazzula (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 14. Hangman's Chair + Jessica93 + Revok – Les Cuizines (Chelles) 14. Succhiamo + Air LQD + Rraouhhh + Christophe Clébard – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 14. Rebekah + Paula Temple + Anetha + Hannah b2b Charlene – Concrete 14. Mr Oizo – NF-34 15. Gaspar Claus – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 15. Ata + Oliver Hafenbauer + Chinaski + Last Love Pilgrim + Kilian Paterson + Slyngshot + DJ Neewt (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. Job Sifre + Fatma Pneumonia + X1000 + Spunoff (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. AZF + Clouds + Aleksi Perälä + Barker – Rex Club 15. Derrick May + Helena Hauff + I Hate Models + Rrose + Noncompliant + Voiron + Galaxian + Sentimental Rave + Sama' + Amarou + Crystallmess – Concrete 15. Mount Kimbie + Marcel Dettman + Dixon + Rødhåd + Hot Chip + Rone + Roman Flügel + Lorenzo Senni + Lena Willikens + Epsilove... – Paris Event Center 16. Tomoko Sauvage – Lafayette Anticipations 18. Drab Majesty – Point FMR 18. Vox Low + Zombie Zombie (fest. Les Aventuriers) – Espace Gérard-Philipe (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 19. Belmont Witch + Zad Kokar + Petra Pied de biche – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 21. Peter Van Hoesen + Clo d'or + Neel – Rex Club 21. Cleric + Jacidorex + Matrixxman + Parfait + SNTS – tba 22. Yan Wagner + Il est vilaine + Magnüm + Mayerling – La Maroquinerie 22. 2manydjs – NF-34

2019

Janvier 02. Les Hôpitaux + CIA débutante – Supersonic (gratuit) 09. Ayarcana b2b Ossian + Endlec + 1ndica – Rex Club 10. Jemek Jemowit + Infecticide + Cachette à branlette – L'International 11. The Choolers Division – La Station 12. Art & Technique + A_R_C_C + Bleno Die Wurstbrücke – Le Cirque électrique 18. Francis Dhomont (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 19. Armando Balice + Ingrid Drese + Jérôme Noetinger + Loïse Bulot + Robert Hampson (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 20. Catherine Bir + Raphaël Mouterde + Francisco Meirino + Roland Cahen + Yoko Higashi & Lionel Marchetti (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 24. Rouge Gorge – Le Chair de poule 25. La Secte du futur + Shiny Darkly – Supersonic 25. Léonie Pernet – Gaîté lyrique 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre 29. Dominique a – Salle Pleyel 31. Deena Abdelwahed – Gaîté lyrique

Février 02. Tempers – Supersonic (gratuit) 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 02. Shabazz Palaces + Dälek (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre de la Cité internationale 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 09. The Ex : "Ethiopian Night" (fest. Sons d'hiver) – salle Jacques-Brel (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 10. Therapy? – La Maroquinerie 11. Massive Attack feat. Liz Fraser jouent « Mezzanine » – Zénith 16. Anthony Braxton + Dave Douglas & Bill Laswell (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre Jacques-Carat (Cachan) 21. Mlada Fronta + Absolute Valentine + Neoslave – Petit Bain 21. Collection d'Arnell Andrea + Katzkab – Bus Palladium 22. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon ||COMPLET|| 23. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 02. Boy Harsher + Kontravoid – Badaboum 02. Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado jouent Alan Vega et Suicide – Silencio 07. Scratch Massive – Gaîté lyrique 10. James Chance & Die Contortions – Supersonic 12. Yann Tiersen – Salle Pleyel 20. Oomph! – La Machine 22. Delia Derbyshire (diff.) + Lettera 22 + Evil Moisture + Caterina Barbieri + Drew McDowall : "Coil's Time Machines" (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 22. The Young Gods – La Maroquinerie 23. Pierre Boeswillwald (diff.) + Max Eilbacher + Andrea Belfi + Sarah Davachi + William Basinski & Lawrence English (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 24. Warren Burt (diff.) + Mats Erlandsson + Okkyung Lee + Low Jack + BJ Nielsen (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon 30. Marc Almond – Le Trianon

Avril 05. Beirut – Le Grand Rex 08. The Specials – La Cigale 10. Daughters – Point FMR 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 17. Teenage Fan Club – Trabendo 17. Soap&Skin – Le Trianon 17. Apparat – Gaîté lyrique 21. The Parrots + Johnny Mafia + Halo Maud + Grand Blanc + Marietta + Robbing Millions + Oktober Lieber (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 22. Fontaines D.C. – Point FMR 22. Faire + Buvette + Oko Ebombo + Black Devil Disco Club + Fujiya & Miyagi + Rendez-Vous (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 23. The Luyas + Barbagallo + Human Teorema + Arnaud Rebotini + Aquaserge + Il est vilaine + Onze Onze (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104

Mai 07. dEUS – La Cigale 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 11. Christina Vantzou + Eiko Ishibashi + Jan Jelinek + NPVR (Nik Void & Peter Rehberg) – Le 104 12. Massimo Toniutti + François Bayle – Le 104 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 28. Alice in Chains + Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Olympia 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 19. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – La Gaîté lyrique 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Juillet 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel

Août 23>25. The Cure (fest. Rock en scène) – parc de Saint-Cloud

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre) ||COMPLET||

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

#agenda concerts #concerts à Paris #gigs in paris #paris gigs

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Executive Creative Director: Nikki Baker  Account Director: Marion Roussel  Senior Producer: Erik Iversen  Senior Art Director: Difan Wu  Art Director: Lauren Wilson

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The Hungarians

Hungary is another country that has many weeks of deliberation before they choose a selection of songs to conduct a final. And from these deliberations, the people of Hungary have selected on all male final. How can that be?

I have not seen the semi finals so I’m watching and listening to these songs with a fresh ear.

“GOOD VIBEZ” - Gabor Heincz Biga Curious number that has balloons on stage. Catchy, Gabor has a strange scratchy voice that I kind of like. I don’t expect it to win.

“VISZLÁT NYÁR” - AWS A fantastic heavy metal opening Clearly not knowing the language, but the entry has great power, force and energy. They really throw everything into it.

“AZT MONDTAD” - Gergely Danielfy Acoustic guitar and violin accompaniment gives a feeling of simplicity. Gergely gives a good emotional performance.

“NEM SZÓL HARANG” - Leander Kills Starts out acoustic with another violin and Leander at a piano. Moves on to electric guitars and the song becomes more aggressive. I’m not a fan of this one.

“MEGGYFA” - Tamas Horvath Double bass and a gentleman in a frame. An interesting, fun bouncy melody, suddenly there are dancers and Tamas plays the spoons. I like this.

“BUDAPEST GIRL” - Viktor Kirary Modern jazz? Viktor has a velvety deep voice that reminds me of Guy Sebastian, and the song is decent enough.

“ZÖLD A MÁJUS” - Zsolt Sule A pleasant song that is sung well, and looks good on stage. It’s problem is that it is going to be over-run by louder angrier songs.

“I LET YOU RUN AWAY” - Yesyes When I spotted the accordion on stage, I thought I was in danger of seeing a disaster. Song is okay, it’s English, and vocals are okay. The accordion bit was cool too.

Conclusion: Tough field of songs. I think that AWS will do well and Yesyes as well. I have a sneaking regard for Tamas Horvath and Viktor Kirary too. It could go any way.

#a dal 2018 #esc #eurovision #hungary #2018 #lisbon #portugal #the national finals

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Hungary transgender law throws community into limbo

Ivett Ordog, 39, is one of those affected by the new law banning legal gender changes. “While I would never go back to living the life of a male — that weird alien I used to see in the mirror — I’m also living in fear because I have no idea what’s next,” she says.

The coronavirus pandemic presents a major threat to countries’ health systems, economies and most vulnerable people.

But advocates for the transgender community say Hungary has chosen this moment to bring in a law that hurts transgender people, one of its most marginalized groups. While Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was ruling by decree, the government brought in a new law banning legal gender changes — although it did not take advantage of its emergency powers to pass the law.

The bill, passed by parliament on May 19 and signed into law a week later, states that “sex at birth” will be recorded in Hungary’s civil registry — and may not be changed later on identification documents such as driving licenses and passports.

Hungarians are only permitted to choose from a registry of specifically “male” or “female” names in accordance with their ascribed sex marker. They aren’t allowed to use a name from the other sex category on their legal documents, and there are no gender-neutral names — so many intersex, transgender and non-binary people will be forced to be legally tied to a name that, they say, does not reflect them.

Iceland, Sweden and Finland had similar rules allowing names only from set lists until they were changed in recent years.

“When I first heard about this new law, I got very angry. Angry because this country, which is very much part of my identity — and I am very proud that I am Hungarian — says to me that it doesn’t want me to be who I am. It is very dehumanizing,” says Daniel Gyarmati, 20. He realized he was transgender four years ago, at around the time the government first suspended legal gender recognition, making him “despair.” Gyarmati wanted to go to university but feared people seeing his old name in the system. When the suspension was lifted for a few months before the April 2018 election, Gyarmati was able to change his name and start university “with a calm heart.” The change will stand despite the new law.

“My claim for name and gender change has not been approved yet, so I am one of the great victims of this law,” says Laura Andrassy, 28. “I am outraged. … I am upset, but I am not surprised, sadly. I will fight for my right because I want to have a family later on, but this law hinders me from that. If I can not do it here, I will do so in another place in this world.” Andrassy says she began to accept who she was after she got to know the trans community while living in France and the US. “In Paris, acceptance was never a question. Even in Utah, one of the most conservative places in the US, there is more acceptance than in Hungary,” she says.

Transgender rights groups say this change will mean trans, non-binary and intersex people are exposed to potential discrimination every time they use a bank, rent property or apply for jobs.

Photographer Akos Stiller, who is based in Budapest, wanted to capture portraits of the people who may lose the chance to determine their own identities under the new law.

“I knew that they must take a very hard road, as well emotionally, physically, to become the gender they wish to be — and this made me believe, these persons are facing really tough challenges.”

After the legislation was proposed, he said, “I started to feel that to share their stories is a necessity.”

“Society sometimes can be judged really by how it deals with its minorities, or deals with the most vulnerable members. I think it’s very important to know these people’s stories.”

Noé Horvath, 30, realized he was transgender when he was 18. “I was afraid of what would be if I told my parents about my identity — would I be kicked out of the family?” When he was 26, he decided “that if I want to live a happy life, I have to do something about this.” He began his transition on March 8, 2017, International Women’s Day. After two months of taking hormones, he says, “nobody could have seen that I was born as a woman, but my papers still showed that I was a woman.” He says he had some embarrassing situations where people didn’t know his bank card belonged to him. Horvath was one of a group of transgender applicants who filed a successful lawsuit through the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to change gender while the process was suspended.

Hungary is a member of the EU, but Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been forging his own path. He has introduced a series of laws tightening regulations on the media, central bank, constitutional court and non-governmental organizations, moves that EU leaders have warned would undermine Hungary’s democracy. In 2012, Hungary’s new constitution defined life as beginning at conception and marriage as being between a man and a woman, and failed to forbid discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. In 2016, the legal route to changing gender was suspended, and was only briefly lifted in the months before the 2018 election.

LGBTQ rights group Háttér Society tells CNN there are concerns the new law could be expanded to people who have already legally changed gender. Board member Tamás Dombos says the association has already had calls from trans people considering leaving the country — or even suicide.

While many countries have legal routes to change gender, how easy it is varies from country to country, and discrimination against trans people is common worldwide. The Trans Murder Monitoring project recorded 2,982 murders of trans and gender-diverse people globally between January 1, 2008, and September 30, 2018.

Ivett Ordog, left, says that as someone who is not visibly transgender, she faces “awkward and sometimes dangerous situations” whenever she shows her ID because she has to come out every time. Ordog had transitioned when she met her partner Atanaz Talos, 30. Talos was still living as a woman but wanted to transition, and has now done so. Ordog considered herself a lesbian at the time and says she had to consider how she felt about that. “I have come to a conclusion that it’s not his gender I am loving, and I can love him as a man.”

Anna Hídvégi, 28, took a long time to accept that she was transgender after she was called names as a child. “Elementary school was terrible for me. I was bullied a lot,” she said. She changed her name when she was 24. “When I first heard about this new law I got very mad for one day, very depressed for the next, but on the third, I thought, let’s do something about it. As an activist I am trying to talk as much about it as possible. They can try to change back my gender, but I will not cooperate with them in any way. I will go to jail if needed.”

The Hungarian government defended the law, telling CNN in an emailed statement that it “does not affect men’s and women’s right to freely experience and exercise their identities as they wish.”

“In no way does the relevant section of the bill that some people criticize prevent any person from exercising their fundamental rights arising from their human dignity or from living according their identity,” the statement continued.

Since coming to power in 2010, Orbán has been chipping away at LGBTQ rights in Hungary.

Hungary recognizes legal unions for same-sex couples, but the ruling Fidesz party, which has become increasingly populist under Orbán, opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage. There have also been proposals in recent years to strip away rights from same-sex couples, warns Dombas, although these were not passed by the parliament.

In 2018, Orbán angered universities by banning gender studies programs and government lawmakers attacked Coca-Cola for running ads that included images of same-sex couples kissing. One government lawmaker called for a ban on the Budapest Pride Parade and the Speaker of the National Assembly called gay men and lesbians second-class citizens, and likened same-sex adoption to pedophilia.

Eszter Berencsi, 29, believes it is ”unethical” that the government brought in this law during the coronavirus crisis “as anybody against it doesn’t have the democratic right to oppose that — you cannot demonstrate against it, you cannot organize in person against it, because of the restrictions.” Berencsi says she knew since kindergarten “that something was not all right with me” but buried the feelings. At around 9 years old, she realized that she didn’t “have to live in this body forever” and found it “comforting” during puberty to know she could change later. In 2016, she began her transition. “I don’t receive anything negative in my everyday life, although they say I am quite ‘passing,’ meaning you wouldn’t say I have not been born as a woman,” she says.

A 2019 poll by Median research group cited by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) found that 70% of Hungarians believed that trans people should have access to legal gender recognition.

Katrin Hugendubel, advocacy director for ILGA-Europe, said in a statement that legal gender recognition was “the bedrock of access to equality and non-discrimination for trans and intersex people,” and without it, they would be “subject to immense stigma, discrimination, harassment, and violence” when performing simple tasks such as visiting the doctor or applying for a cellphone.

Rights groups including Háttér Society are now requesting the law be sent for review to the Constitutional Court, the principal organization protecting the Hungarian democratic state, which decides on the constitutionality of acts of parliament.

“In this case, this would be such a direct conflict with the government, and we are a bit afraid that they might not be brave enough to do that,” said Dombos.

Erik Erdős, 23, is a trans activist who spent years accepting who he was but now cannot legally change gender. “I am afraid to file my papers. I wouldn’t know in how many years they would be evaluated. There is such an uncertainty. I am afraid to get denied. It was a very long journey for me to realize I am transgender. I was around 20, and I had four suicide attempts before that. When I admitted to myself I am transgender, that was a huge relief for me. Finally I have realized what was the ‘problem’ with me all along.” When gender recognition was suspended in Hungary in 2016, he says, “I felt hopeless. I was alone then.”

Adam Csikós, 23, received his documents two years ago but says he has always dreaded that a law would take away his happiness. He says that in middle school, he tried to fit in as a girl but still cut his hair short because that reflected who he was. He felt that how he experienced things internally differed from what people around him expected from him. “I never had illusions that I can live happily ever after in peace. I have expected that after years, because of some law, my past will return. The many bad feelings will return because legally I couldn’t use the name and gender I lived my everyday life with,” he says.

Háttér says it has been approached by thousands of transgender people seeking legal support, and plans to help some to challenge the law in the country’s lower courts. Meanwhile, 23 applicants have taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with the help of Transvanilla Transgender Association. But the court process could take years, according to Dombos.

Photographer Stiller says Hungary’s new law looks like a plan to create “misery” for people who are often already dealing with self-doubt over their identity.

“This is really an effort for them to realize, actually, that’s how they should be, how they should live their life,” he said. “I think it’s really hard, and it should be respected.”

He hopes his photographs will make people in Hungary and around the world think more about transgender people and be “more sympathetic to their struggles, to their feelings, to how they want to live their life.”

As the world battles huge challenges, including a deadly virus, the simple wish to choose a legal identity now seems increasingly out of reach for Hungary’s transgender people.

Zsanett Séra, 28, began trying to change gender in August 2018 and recently had it certified after several lawsuits and back-and-forth processes through the system. “Even though I have received this change, I am afraid that this new law will withdraw this,” says Séra. “I find it outrageous that I fought for this name change for one-and-a-half years … and with just a stroke of a pen they take it back.” She believes only a small percentage of society sees trans people in a negative light. “This minority is very loud on the internet and very quiet in reality,” she says.

Akos Stiller is a photographer based in Budapest, Hungary. He is represented by Redux Pictures. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram.

Photo editors: Brett Roegiers and Sarah Tilotta

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Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Tragedy | Audiobook full unabridged | German | 1/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. Der erste Teil der Tragödie Faust, erstmals erschienen 1808, gilt als das bedeutendste und meistzitierte Werk der deutschen Literatur. Die Handlung spielt in Deutschland zur Wende des 16. Jahrhunderts, und bringt viele grundsätzliche gesellschaftliche Fragen und Themen zur Sprache, die auch heute noch modern sind.Heinrich Faust, ein nicht mehr junger, angesehener Forscher und Lehrer, zieht eine selbstkritische Lebensbilanz. Er ist beruflich und privat unzufrieden. Tief deprimiert und lebensmüde geworden, verspricht Faust dem Teufel Mephisto seine Seele, wenn es diesem gelingen sollte, ihn von seiner Unzufriedenheit zu befreien und für stetige Abwechslung zu sorgen. Mephisto ist bestrebt, Faust vom rechten Wege abzubringen, verwandelt ihn zurück in einen jungen Mann und nimmt ihn mit auf eine Reise durch die Welt. Er hilft ihm, eine Liebschaft mit der jungen Margarete (Gretchen) einzufädeln, einer naiven, sehr jungen Frau, in die sich Faust sofort verliebt. Faust jedoch richtet die junge Frau zugrunde, indem er sie verführt und schwängert und indem er den Tod von Gretchens Mutter und Bruder herbeiführt. Gretchen bringt ein uneheliches Kind zur Welt, tötet es halb wahnsinnig geworden, und wird daraufhin verhaftet. Faust will sie mit Mephistos Hilfe vor der Hinrichtung retten; er versucht vergeblich, sie zur Flucht zu überreden, kann sie aber nicht vom Wahnsinn befreien. Er muss sie schließlich ihrem Schicksal und der Gnade Gottes überlassen. Die Rollen: Erzähler: Gesine Mephistopheles: Herman Roskams Faust: redaer Gretchen (Margarete): Sonja Marthe: Availle Wagner, Geister: Herr_Klugbeisser Valentin: ekyale Geist, Proktophantasmist, Oberon, Nordischer Künstler, Realist, Bettler, Orthodox, Windfahne, Die Unbehilflichen, Hennings, Ci-Dervant, Die Massiven, Orchester: Lars Rolander Hexe, Halbhexe, Chor der Hexen, Trödelhexe, Junge Hexe, Chor der Weiber: Hokuspokus Schüler: DerHoepp Bürgermädchen, Dienstmädchen: Jc Guan Direktor, Böser Geist, Sternschnuppe: Stephanie König Alte Frau, Xenien: Rapunzelina Frosch, Raphael, Michael: Dirk Weber Gabriel: Claudia Weber Die Tiere. Der Kater. Kätzin: Jennifer Takhar, Viktor Horvath und Katia Postnikova Der Herr, Geisterchor, Bürger, Tänzer, Tanzmeister, Fiedler, Dogmatiker, General, Minister, Parvenü, Autor: Bastian Hepp Bauern: ToddHW Theaterdichter: Ernst Pattynama Lustige Person, Skeptiker, Irrlicht: Robert Steiner Handwerksbursche, Alter Bauer, Brandner, Siebel, Altmayer: Markus Wachenheim Lieschen, die Alte, Titania: Katieamp Purist, Ariel, Musaget, Herold, Ein Pärchen: Neeru Iyer Chor der Engel: Christa Puck, Neugieriger Reisender, Hexenmeister, Soldaten, Bauern, Gewandten, halber Chor: Elli Irrlichter: Laurie Anne Walden Stimme 1, 2: wilwarin Idealist, Matrone, Weltkind: Nadine Eckert-Boulet Servibilis, Supernaturalist, Die Schöne: Anna Simon Chor der Jünger, Volk, Theatermeister: Christian Al-Kadi Kapellmeister: jgoebel9 Kranich: Jessi Audioschnitt: Rapunzelina This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/ by Priceless Audiobooks

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ORBÁN WON THE REVOLUTION?

Heni Horvath / International Relations

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The 23rd October is the national holiday of Hungary, when Hungarians remember the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence. However, most of us at CEU only know 23rd October as the day we don’t have to do our readings, don’t have to leave our cozy rooms, and finally get to have a well-deserved day off to sleep.

And what do the Hungarians do on this noble day? One would assume that they watch as their prime minister and president place a wreath onto Imre Nagy’s grave, and then do the same. Which many did this year. This actually comes as a surprise, not simply because it was a particularly rainy day, but because for the last decade, we spent every national holiday gathering together and protesting something. The issue was always different, though essentially the same: that we should fight against some enemy (be it migrants, Brussels, Soros or the government itself, sometimes even against the parties too).

This year, we had a number of events organised by different parties. First, the government held its official commemoration at the House of Terror. Even though Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talked about the ’56 Revolution, his speech was mainly about the upcoming elections. He claimed that Western Europeans never understood the stamina the Hungarians had against the Soviet oppression - and today they still don’t get it, especially in “Brussels.” During the Soviet era, the Hungarians were to fall in line with the Soviet sphere, and today “the forces of globalisation are aiming to knead the Magyars into homo brüsszelicus.” Additionally, he claimed that it is time to go back to the pre-multicultural Europe. The he added that they can stop the plan of the “financial speculator” (to be understood - George Soros), but one cannot underestimate the power of the “dark side,” and invited those present to vote for Fidesz in April.

Jobbik’s leader Gábor Vona gave an election campaign speech at Corvin Köz. He claimed that Viktor Orbán is “afraid,” and that if the Soros-plan is the symbol of immigration, then the “Orbánplan” is the symbol of emigration. He went on to introduce the “Vona-plan,” which is basically about stopping the other two, and winning the elections in April. Momentum Movement (MoMo) held a protest at Szabadság Square later on the day. The party was formed last year and became famous for the NOlimpia campaign. Three of their leaders, Tamás Soproni, Anna Orosz, and András GyőrFekete gave speeches about the corruption of the previous generations of politicians, the patriarchal oppression and low numbers of young voters. Fekete-Győr announced that MoMo would start an active campaign encouraging people, especially young voters living abroad, to vote in the next elections.

Since early October, there was another protest to be held on the 23rd. It was organised by Country for All Movement (KOM) civil political movement, but would have included 8 opposition parties (MSZP, DK, MoMo, LMP, Együtt, PM, MMM, and the Liberals) - basically including everyone but Jobbik. KOM had set its goal to change the un-proportional, unfair electoral system that favours FIDESZ. The aforementioned 8 parties and KOM drafted an electoral system reform and submitted it to the National Assembly for a review. This reform included a call for more equal gender representation, for the re-drawing of electoral districts, for the lowering of the threshold for getting into parliament from 5 to 4% of votes, and for proportionality between the percentage of total votes a party receives and the number of seats it receives in the parliament. The last one is probably the most important change, as in 2014, FIDESZ won 67% of the seats even though they only received 45% of the total votes.

Although all 8 parties signed the proposal, they backed out from the protest one by one: first LMP, then MoMo and eventually Együtt too. Technically this already demonstrates that there is not a common agreement between the opposition parties that would unite the voters. Additionally, on the protest’s Facebook event page, less than a thousand people clicked “going.” These are probably the reasons why the weather forecast came in handy as an excuse for KOM to cancel the whole event. The National Meteorological Service gave a 3rd degree red warning for the holiday, which would only mean a lot of rain. However, many media published this as “red alarm” which has a much more serious meaning that should be taken seriously. Based on the “red alarm,” KOM called off the protest because they did not want to “risk the physical integrity of their sympathisers.” Many subscribed to the conspiracy theories that FIDESZ is behind the forecast-misunderstanding, others called out KOM for using it as an excuse. My friend, who is a KOM activist, told me that the movement truly believed that there would be a storm that day, however, it is true that they also wanted to avoid looking small because of the lack people’s interest.

Overall, the events of the 23rd October are very demonstrative, since they are about the upcoming elections rather the commemoration of ’56. And what can we see? There were around 2000 people at the official state ceremony, and there were around 200 at both Jobbik’s and MoMo’s events. The common oppositional protest did not happen. The rest of the parties did not even attract a hundred people each with their last-minute gatherings. I think everyone can derive their own conclusions from here on…

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🇷🇺 🇭🇺 Putin's Trojan horse? Russian bank move to Hungary triggers alarm | Counting the Cost by Al Jazeera English Money looking for a route out of Russia and into the European Union appears to have found a crack in the banking system. Tens of billions of dollars have been laundered through mostly Baltic nations, swamping the outposts of Nordic banks. It's been an ongoing headache for European authorities and regulators. Now, a different issue entirely has raised the anxiety levels in European capitals. Russia plans to move the headquarters of its development bank to Hungary. All told European authorities don't know the extent of the money-laundering problem. But a picture is emerging. Around one trillion dollars has been moved out of Russia over the last 25 years by individuals and companies. This is not all illicit money. But that's money that has not returned to the country. Other sources of the money caught up in alleged money laundering include Moldova and Azerbaijan. The money has been moved via Malta, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In the biggest alleged money-laundering case, $230bn was transferred through the Danske Bank's Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015. Some of this money has been parked Into London's property market, Britain's offshore tax havens and villas in the south of France and Spain. As the investigation has continued, it's drawn in banks across Europe, including Danske Bank, Swedbank, Nordea Bank, Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole, Ing Groep, Raiffeisen Bank International, ABN AMRO, Rabobank, Citigroup, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Having failed to stem money laundering, Europe faces another dilemma: How does it respond to Viktor Orban's decision to allow Moscow to move its development bank to Budapest? While the bank is in its infancy and Hungary has a minority stake, it has no say in the way the bank is run. It would effectively have diplomatic immunity, so regulators would not be able to monitor it. Julius Horvath, economics professor at the Central European University, says Orban wants this bank in his country because, "it really reflects changes in central European countries' strategical thinking ... Hungary in the last three to four years is emphasising the weakness of Western Europe, of opening towards the East, improving relations with the more dynamic part of the world. So this is one of those, so it's improving relations with Russia." The purpose of this bank is to "have a good relations with Russia, to help Russians ease some of the sanctions ... so this type of gesture is political more than economic." - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://bit.ly/2lOp4tL

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