A diary-like article about the events and publications of 2002 about the political developments in Hungary and the prospects of the Left. A review of the special edition of the history periodical Múltunk on Socialism is linked to the analisys of the new coalition government.

Two new constructions have been accomplished recently betwen the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö. Standing paralel they reveal the dual nature of the modern world order. One of them is a construction to the destruction of the natural environment, while the other is an example to ecological innovation.

The concept of globalisation makes the impression that the world is being homogenised, and previous divisions are abolished or devalued. In reality, however, globalisation does not anull the East-West gap and the nationalist and imperialist programs related to that. The only change is that the East-West borders can be floated and some extent shifted along the slope of globalisation.

Many believe, especially in the militant anti-fascist movement, that the result achieved by Jean-Marie Le Pen in the 2002 Spring elections marks the revival of fascism. This is wrong. We are facing an atypical and historically unprecedented right, which has replaced the cult of the state by ultra-liberalism, corporatism by market reactions, and sometimes even nationalism is replaced by regional or purely local particularism.