A popular book by Melvil Leiman presented an assault on "traditional Marxism", although the latter is very far from the original thoughts of Kalr Marx. The author claims that the essence of Marxism is not wage struggle within the Western states, and that the main cause of Western racism is not the heritage of slavery but the really existing system of imperialism.

Following the coup of general Pinochet, Chile became a laboratory of free market experiment. Since the mid 80s, the country has been advertised as a success story of neio-liberalism. This article tells us about the other side of the coin.

Csaba Gombár: Magammal vitázom. Nemzetről, etnikumról az egyes emberről. [I debate with myself. On nation, ethnicity and the individual.] Korridor könyvek. Politikai Kutatások Központja. Budapest 1996.

Not many dare to face the demon of ethno-centric social theory in the era of global Balkanisation, The leading political scientist Csaba Gombár tries to address the problem, discussing the complex questions of individualism and patriotism.

Human Rights Watch: Right Denied: The Roma of Hungary. New York, 1996.

 

The perils of the Hungarian roma population has been well known. A recent study by the American Human Rights Watch organisation presented a shocking summary of the suffering of the roma in Hungary.