Tag: Hungary

Tony Abbott

“Hungary is our Israel”: Tony Abbott and Orbán’s Danube Institute – » The Australian Independent Media Network

A frame from Tony Abbott's own website of the lower half of his face including ears.

It was announced in late in 2023 that Tony Abbott was to be a “visiting fellow” for Viktor Orbán’s Danube Institute, a hub of ultra reactionary thought that gathers anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQIA+ speakers who celebrate the Christian Nationalist project. Or, as Abbott describes it, “a point of light to Conservatives around the world.”

We must watch Abbott and his friends at their elusive gatherings because they watch us. They are demonising us as “cultural marxists” and believe it is only by enforcing our compliance with their values that they can “conserve” their mythical narrative of the past.

Source: “Hungary is our Israel”: Tony Abbott and Orbán’s Danube Institute – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Israel

“Hungary is our Israel”: Tony Abbott and Orbán’s Danube Institute – Pearls and Irritations

Sydney, Australia. 8th November 2021. Governor of NSW The Hon Margaret Beazley AC, QC, Councillor Christine Forster on behalf of the Sydney Lord Mayor, former Prime Minister, the Hon Tony Abbott AC and renowned contemporary Australian artist, David Griggs attend a ceremony to unveil the 47th and final lion of the Tusk Lion Trail on the steps of Sydney Town Hall. As part of the Tusk Lion Trail, Sydney will become host to the 47th and final Lion in the globally recognised art installation, currently running to raise awareness and funds for the vanishing species. Image: Alamy/Richard Milnes/Alamy Live

It particularly attracts aggrieved “conservatives” who long for the old days when White men ruled and women knew their place, submissively breeding in the home. Confusion of races, sexuality and genders was not a factor in these mythic days of Western Civilisation’s greatness. All metaphoric borders were strictly policed. Furthermore the colonised were silent about their suffering. Good times for those who controlled the narrative and luxuriated in the spoils.

Source: “Hungary is our Israel”: Tony Abbott and Orbán’s Danube Institute – Pearls and Irritations

Israel

US, UK, Fiji, and Hungary Only Nations to Defend Israeli Occupation at ICJ

Richard C. Visek, acting legal adviser for the United States Department of State

One analyst argued that opponents of Israel’s occupation “demolished” the arguments of its few supporters.

Source: US, UK, Fiji, and Hungary Only Nations to Defend Israeli Occupation at ICJ

Democracy

Democracy in decline: Australia’s slide into ‘competitive authoritarianism’ – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Australia is at a critical point. A government that would cling to power to impose unpopular policy threatens the very nature of our democracy.

It is common to refer to countries that were “consolidated democracies” as corroding to “illiberal democracies”. Hungary is the most notable example. If, however, the term “competitive authoritarianism” is employed to describe regimes instead, it becomes clear that the danger for Australia is just as strong as it is for the USA and the UK, as well as for Hungary.

Source: Democracy in decline: Australia’s slide into ‘competitive authoritarianism’ – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Uncategorized

Viktor Orbán’s New “Pro-Refugee” Stance Is Opportunistic — and Still Racist

Racists are never shy when going to an election. Ukraine refugees are welcome jnHungary when others weren’t!

Ahead of today’s Hungarian election, Viktor Orbán has boasted of his solidarity with Ukrainian refugees. The anti-immigrant premier has folded to public sympathy for Ukrainians — but the welcome doesn’t extend to everyone fleeing war.

Source: Viktor Orbán’s New “Pro-Refugee” Stance Is Opportunistic — and Still Racist

Coronavirus, Uncategorized

Coronavirus outbreak prompts Hungary’s Viktor Orban to reach for unchecked power

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban replies to an oppositional MP during a question and answer session of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary.

The Hungarian parliament handed the country’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban the power to govern unchallenged for as long as he sees fit, a move rights groups said effectively suspends democracy in the European Union member state in the name of fighting the coronavirus.

via Coronavirus outbreak prompts Hungary’s Viktor Orban to reach for unchecked power

Asylum Seekers

Hungary Prime Minister Says Muslims Not Welcome | Al Jazeera America

Viktor Orban says history of Ottoman rule means Hungarians will not accept large-scale Muslim immigration

Source: Hungary Prime Minister Says Muslims Not Welcome | Al Jazeera America