The attempt to restructureSoviet society in the late 1980s, known as perestroika, included a good deal of left-wing elements. The paper explores the international context of the degeneration of this process, which have led to one of teh major social disasters of our century.

In recent years we have experienced various extremes in the assesment of the 1919 Soviet Republic of Hungary. a leading Hungarian historian, member of the Academy of Sciences, asks whether it is possible to provide a balanced picture about that very important period of Hungarian history.

New documents about the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, which do not only tell us about the tragic end of two outstanding socialist politicians but also about the role of those in history who "only" implement the commands of others.

Meat industry workers developed a half year long resistance and staged a demonstration in front of Parliament on February 17, 1997. Let's see  the results.