Erik de la Reguera
Journalist och författare | Journalist and author | Periodista y escritor | Journaliste et écrivain

Tagged: Hungary

Gáspar Miklós Tamás in Gazeta Wyborcza

This Saturday, photographer Estrella de la Reguera’s and my interview with the Hungarian philosopher Gáspar Miklós Tamás (sometimes referred to as TGM) was translated to Polish and published in the country’s leading newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza (original in English here). That same day, thousands of Poles went out on the streets and demonstrated against the controversial new laws that’ve been introduced by the nationalist government. This new legislation puts more power into the hands of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), undercutting the independence of the Constitutional Court and public media...

Gáspar Miklós Tamás: ”This is post-fascism”

Gáspár Miklós Tamás (b. 1948) is one of Hungary’s most prominent intellectuals and an important political voice in Europe. Trained as a philosopher and author of numerous books and articles, he was a leading dissident in the 1980s.  Today he calls himself a Marxist and is very critical of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his nationalist ideas. Arbetet Global got an exclusive interview with Gáspár Miklós Tamás in his home in Budapest. This is a transcript of the interview. It is a strange feeling to visit Budapest these days. Everything...