We introduce the outstanding but fairly controversial figure of Soviet and Russian film art, Nikita Mihalkov, director of the award winning Burnt by the Sun. The career described here show affection with socialism, nationalism and monarchism in various periods of history.

One of the current tasks of the Hungárián government is to teach the people how to love NATO. The article gives an overview of the often astonishing instruments of this PR-strategy.

A book written by Erzsébet Szalai is a first attempt to present a comprehensive volume about the transformation of employee representation in Hungary, starting with the movement of workers' councils. The reviewer was part of the movement that launched the workers' councils, and comments the volume from the point of view of the eyewitness and the historian.

A new magazine that intends to become the common forum of the anti-Maastricht left, launched by British, Dutch and Belgian politicians. The questions of monetary union can be found in the focus of Spectre, but sufficient space is devoted to the issues of female labour, militarism, and the integration of the Western and Eastern halfs of the continent.

Hundreds of millions of people have seen Dallas worldwide. The article tells us how the ideology of the era was transmitted in the series. This era was characterised by the neo-conservative counter-revolution, the new round of the cold war, the weakening of community values, as well as the rise and fall of oil. At the end, the authors explain which of the two main heros carry greater level of morality.