Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Playlist with all the episodes:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnLysSug0vS6GirUcyM-53gm0T6f0Kc0
This episode discusses:
- the unification of the Social-Democrats and Communists in Hungary
- the treacherous career of the Right-Wing Social-Democrats
- theoretical issues related to the merger
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This video is quite heavy on theory. There are a lot of quotes from Rakosi's theoretical articles and speeches. Hopefully you'll find it interesting, its a very important topic.
I briefly mentioned the “peaceful path” to socialism. To clarify: the “peaceful path” is not a universal or common phenomena, but was related to the very specific and even exceptional conditions of Hungary at the time. It also should not be understood as a “peaceful growing of capitalism into socialism” without a revolution, without the smashing and overthrow of the bourgeoisie. The "peaceful path" in this context only meant a successful socialist revolution without a violent uprising and civil war.
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Script:
mltheory.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/history-of-the-hungarian-peoples-republic-part-6-the-social-democrats-and-communists-merge-1948
SOURCES:
Jörg K. Hoensch, A history of modern Hungary
László Borhi, Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956: between the United States and the Soviet Union
Dezső Nemes, History of the Revolutionary Workers Movement in Hungary: 1944-1962*
György Borsányi & János Kende, The History of the Working Class Movement in Hungary*
[*Nemes, Borsanyi and Kende are Kadar-era revisionist authors and while their analysis is fine, it is largely plagiarized from Rakosi.]
Rakosi, Unity congress of the Workers' Party of Hungary
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/rakosi-unity-congress-workers-party-of-hungary.pdf
George Schöpflin in Martin McCauley ed., Communist power in Europe, 1944-1949
Revai, The activities of the C. C. of the Hungarian Communist Party
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/j.-revai.-the-activites-of-the-c.c.-of-the-hungarian-communist-party.pdf
Rakosi, problems of ideological and theoretical work in the communist party of Hungary
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/rakosi-problems-of-ideological-and-theoretical-work-in-the-communist-party-of-hungary.pdf
György, Governments of Danubian Europe
Norman Stone, Hungary: A short history
David Pryce-Jones, The Hungarian Revolution
Bennett Kovrig, Communism in Hungary: from Kun to Kādār
Rakosi, The party—the vanguard
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/rakosi-the-party-the-vanguard.pdf
Rakosi, Victory of the People’s Democracy in Hungary
revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/CPHvict.htm
Rakosi, Report to the Second Congress of the Hungarian Working People's Party
revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/rakosi51.htm
SKP vuosikirja VI
Memoirs of Michael Karolyi; faith without illusion
The Labour Monthly (London) April, 1925, VII
C. A. Macartney, Hungary
Herbert Aptheker, The Truth About Hungary
The Labour Monthly (London), July, 1950, Vol. 32
Documents on the hostile activity of the United States Government against the Hungarian People’s Republic
mltheory2.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/documents-on-the-hostile-activity-of-the-united-states-government-against-the-hungarian-peoples-republic.pdf
"Christopher Felix", The Spy and His Masters: A Short Course in the Secret War
Kartun, Tito's plot against Europe: the story of the Rajk conspiracy
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Playlist with all the episodes:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnLysSug0vS6GirUcyM-53gm0T6f0Kc0
This episode discusses:
- the unification of the Social-Democrats and Communists in Hungary
- the treacherous career of the Right-Wing Social-Democrats
- theoretical issues related to the merger
------------------
This video is quite heavy on theory. There are a lot of quotes from Rakosi's theoretical articles and speeches. Hopefully you'll find it interesting, its a very important topic.
I briefly mentioned the “peaceful path” to socialism. To clarify: the “peaceful path” is not a universal or common phenomena, but was related to the very specific and even exceptional conditions of Hungary at the time. It also should not be understood as a “peaceful growing of capitalism into socialism” without a revolution, without the smashing and overthrow of the bourgeoisie. The "peaceful path" in this context only meant a successful socialist revolution without a violent uprising and civil war.
------------------
Script:
mltheory.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/history-of-the-hungarian-peoples-republic-part-6-the-social-democrats-and-communists-merge-1948
SOURCES:
Jörg K. Hoensch, A history of modern Hungary
László Borhi, Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956: between the United States and the Soviet Union
Dezső Nemes, History of the Revolutionary Workers Movement in Hungary: 1944-1962*
György Borsányi & János Kende, The History of the Working Class Movement in Hungary*
[*Nemes, Borsanyi and Kende are Kadar-era revisionist authors and while their analysis is fine, it is largely plagiarized from Rakosi.]
Rakosi, Unity congress of the Workers' Party of Hungary
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/rakosi-unity-congress-workers-party-of-hungary.pdf
George Schöpflin in Martin McCauley ed., Communist power in Europe, 1944-1949
Revai, The activities of the C. C. of the Hungarian Communist Party
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/j.-revai.-the-activites-of-the-c.c.-of-the-hungarian-communist-party.pdf
Rakosi, problems of ideological and theoretical work in the communist party of Hungary
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/rakosi-problems-of-ideological-and-theoretical-work-in-the-communist-party-of-hungary.pdf
György, Governments of Danubian Europe
Norman Stone, Hungary: A short history
David Pryce-Jones, The Hungarian Revolution
Bennett Kovrig, Communism in Hungary: from Kun to Kādār
Rakosi, The party—the vanguard
mltheory3.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/rakosi-the-party-the-vanguard.pdf
Rakosi, Victory of the People’s Democracy in Hungary
revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/CPHvict.htm
Rakosi, Report to the Second Congress of the Hungarian Working People's Party
revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/rakosi51.htm
SKP vuosikirja VI
Memoirs of Michael Karolyi; faith without illusion
The Labour Monthly (London) April, 1925, VII
C. A. Macartney, Hungary
Herbert Aptheker, The Truth About Hungary
The Labour Monthly (London), July, 1950, Vol. 32
Documents on the hostile activity of the United States Government against the Hungarian People’s Republic
mltheory2.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/documents-on-the-hostile-activity-of-the-united-states-government-against-the-hungarian-peoples-republic.pdf
"Christopher Felix", The Spy and His Masters: A Short Course in the Secret War
Kartun, Tito's plot against Europe: the story of the Rajk conspiracy
---------------------------------
My patreon
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My discord
discord.gg/88JwkF5UhK
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