| From Unity, 9 June 2007 |
The ugly face of fascismThe grave of János Kádár, former general secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, has been brutally vandalised. According to police reports, the marble cover of the family grave in the Kerepesi cemetery in the Hungarian capital was lifted and the coffin containing Kádár’s remains stolen. The urn with his wife, Mária’s, ashes was also taken. The nearby monument dedicated to working-class leaders and victims of Nazi fascism and which has many of their graves placed around it was painted with graffiti, one of them reading: “Murderers and traitors shall not rest in holy soil.” The main political parties in Hungary acted shocked when the news emerged last week. The Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány (“Socialist Party”) called the deeds a “barbaric crime,” which had “nothing to do with history or political beliefs.” A spokesperson of the right-wing nationalist opposition party Fidesz commented: “Everyone has the right to rest for ever after death.” None of the establishment politicians seem to worry about police sources pointing the finger at the fascist scene in connection with the crime. The neo-Nazis have been organising several mass demonstrations in Budapest recently, demanding the resignation of the government and openly carrying fascist symbols, such as the red-and-white “Arpád flag,” which had been the emblem of their fascist forefathers in the 1930s. Hungary, now a member of the European Union, is the only country in Europe where the “display of communist symbols,” such as the hammer and sickle or the red star, is banned and punished. They sowed the seeds of anti-communism and are now reaping the poisonous fruits of fascism. [HGB] |
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