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[Without cotton] . . . Old England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her . . . No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on Earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is king. — Senator James Hammond of South Carolina (more…)
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline: the actual ruler of Europe.
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline: the actual ruler of Europe.
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You have to have a party
When you’re in a state like this.
You can really move it all . . .
— “President Gas,” The Psychedelic Furs (more…)
Orbán. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Orbán. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, made international headlines in recent weeks with two speeches, the first in Tusványos, Transylvania and the second at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas. (more…)
Orbán. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Orbán. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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The following is the text of the speech that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered at the 31st Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp in Tusványos (Băile Tuşnad in Romanian), Transylvania, Romania last Saturday, July 23. The text is reprinted, with some added annotations, from the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister’s official website. The title is editorial. A video including the English text in subtitles is also linked below. (more…)
Young Czechs celebrating their nation’s accession to the European Union on May 1, 2004.
Young Czechs celebrating their nation’s accession to the European Union on May 1, 2004.
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The radical attitudes of some of the Central European state’s leaders and their demands to escalate the war with Russia — Hungary is a notable exception — is not the result of these states’ specific historical experiences. If we want to understand them, we need to understand how a layer of aspirants to membership in the global elite was formed there. (more…)
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“There can be no Russian networks in Europe that split the EU from within, those that are trying to help Russia make as much money as possible even now. Everyone knows very well who in the European Union opposes humanity and common sense, and who does nothing at all to help establish peace in Ukraine. (more…)