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This a complete video, with English subtitles, of Viktor Orbán’s recent speech in Transylvania, in which he highlighted his accomplishments and outlined a vision of a renewed Central Europe pursuing its own geopolitical interests, but also being a region based on illiberalism, national sovereignty, and Christian values, as well as the rejection of non-European immigration and the values of the ’68 generation. Orbán’s annual summer speeches in Transylvania are always his clearest statements of his ideological goals. The text is here.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s address to the nation on March 15 of this year, with English subtitles. March 15 is a national holiday commemorating Hungary’s revolt against the Hapsburgs in the 1848 Revolution. Orbán voices his opposition to Brussels and the other forces which he sees as instigating Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis ahead of Sunday’s national elections.
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An interview by the French Rightist TV Libertés with Tobias Andersson, the leader of the Sweden Democratic Youth, which is the youth organization of the Sweden Democrats party, regarding his party, and the impact of mass immigration on Sweden. The interview is conducted in English.
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An interview by the French Rightist TV Libertés with Zoltán Kovács, the official spokesman for the Hungarian government, regarding the October 2016 referendum on the European Union’s attempt to force Hungary to accept a share of the migrants that have been flooding into Europe since the crisis began. Hungary’s next national election will be held in less than a month, and the issue of the EU migrant quotas has been the primary focus of the case being made by the ruling Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for why they should be returned to power. The interview is conducted in English.
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A video from the French Rightist TV Libertés regarding the Balkan route being utilized by migrants in late 2015. Although the state-sanctioned admission of migrants in the Balkans has since been halted, more or less, this remains the most common route for migrants to get into the countries of the European Union. Click at the bottom for English subtitles.
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Germany : women are denouncing the violence of migrants in a viral video #120db
Germany : women are denouncing the violence of migrants in a viral video #120dbhttps://custodela.club/germany-womens-organizations-denounce-migrant-violence-merkels-ue-pro-immigration-policy/
Posted by Custodela on Friday, February 2, 2018
On Žižek, Nothingness, & Original Sin
On October 18, an essay appeared at Current Affairs entitled, “What is Žižek For?” by Thomas Moller-Nielsen. As you might expect from the title, it is a takedown of the high-profile Lacanian-Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek.
I found this to be an interesting read for a variety of reasons, the first of which was because of nomenclature. Read more …