Tag Archives: Eastern Europe
When a Hungarian Rock Group Thumbed Their Nose at the Kádár Regime
A chat with a friend prompted these memories this morning: American rock (and jazz) music were banned In the 1950s in the Soviet Bloc but loosening controls in the Khrushchev era allowed both in — and instantly, local groups mimicking … Continue reading
Confessions of an American
I’ll start with some local conditions chat, then get to the discussion. Two weeks ago here in New England, we got 3″ (about 8 cm) of snow, but since then we’ve had days where the temperature reached as much as … Continue reading
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Tagged Current Events, Eastern Europe, Extremism, History, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Trump
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Book sighting!
Thank you to Jeff Pennington for this picture of the book (translated into Romanian) in a bookshop in Bucharest!