Ethnic Hungarians in Vojvodina vote for liberal, Belgrade-based parties in Serbia while unconditionally supporting the Right in Hungary itself. László Végel is reminded about the joke about the savage. [ more ]
"New Humanist" watches the Religious Right get passionate about sex; "Sens Public" reads up on the US elections; "Blätter" stares into the abyss of prevention; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) calls CCTV a fiasco; "Dilema veche" sees welfare go to the dogs; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) slates EU immigration policies; "Ny Tid" reports on a new edition of diplo; "Arena" describes the dark sides of Scandinavian social engineering; "Revolver Revue" worries about mass media and memory; and "Merkur" satisfies our curiosity.
teaches at the School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Despite the tendency of decennial commemorations to cement the "official version" of May '68, important questions remain unanswered. Chris Reynolds points out some blind spots in the increasingly stereotyped interpretation of the events in France forty years ago. [more]
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