On Nov 23, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> The Hugarian uprising of 1919 is sometimes cited as a classical
> case of
> ultra-leftism. But in the context, when there were still (reasonable)
> hopes of a general European uprising, it would have been criminal
> not to
> try.
The Hungarian Communists didn't come to power by an "uprising"--they were handed state power by Karolyi. The ultra-leftism was in the agrarian, nationalities, and red-terror policies imposed by Kun and Szamuelly that led directly to the counterrevolution of Horthy backed by the Romanian army.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos