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John Derbyshire On Hungary, France, And Britain: “Putinism,” Patriotism, And Populism
Mixed news from across the pond for Dissident Right types.
- Hungary
The big downer: the decision by the government of Hungary to ban Richard Spencer’s conference, scheduled for October 3rd-5th in Budapest.
(In fact, on October 3, Richard was actually taken into custody by the Hungarian police—an atrocity that, as I write this on Saturday afternoon, does not yet seem to have made it into the Main Stream Media here in the Land Of The Free.)
Richard is an occasional VDARE.com contributor, former editor ofTaki’s Magazine and founder of AltRight.com, now president of theNational Policy Institute, a white-identity think-tank, and Editor of its journal, RADIX. I have shared platforms with Richard on a number of occasions over the years, and shall be doing so again atthe H.L. Mencken Club bash this coming October 31st weekend. (It’s not too late to register!)
The Budapest conference, titled “The Future of Europe: Its Culture, People, And Civilization,” was outlawed by Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Fidesz party.
Fidesz is variously described as “center-right,” “populist,” “far right,” or “Putinist.” Whatever it is, the party’s leader apparently thinks it outrageous that people would want to gather peacefully to discuss Europe’s future. ...
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