In the history of global migration, it was during the Cold War period (1947–1991) that immigration policy – traditionally driven by domestic political interests – became increasingly influenced by, at times even kept hostage to the pressures of foreign policy. The Cold War immigration policies of the United States, the
ABSENT-MINDED , UNCOERCED AND “PAINLESS” Hungarian Assimilation in the United States To understand the American assimilationist momentum, a few basic characteristics of United States history need to be clarified. First, that the USA is a “multi-ethnic and multi-racial nation” without an actual Staatsvolk (official and dominant nationality). What does this
Every time I tackle this, I stop and work out how old mother was. The result always takes me by surprise. In the autumn of ‘fifty-six, as I remember it: an old lady. Nervous, timid. She sits by the radio, listening to the Voice of America. She doesn’t set foot
Every time I tackle this, I stop and work out how old mother was. The result always takes me by surprise. In the autumn of ‘fifty-six, as I remember it: an old lady. Nervous, timid. She sits by the radio, listening to the Voice of America. She doesn’t set foot
And there was one among the twelve whowas called Thomas, the Doubting, andwhen Jesus said, “And whither I go yeknow, and the way ye know”,he answered, “Lord, we know not whither thou goest;and how can we know the way?”and Jesus said to the poor Doubting, “Iam the way, the truth,
In the morning the hangman took your measurementsthen cursed ‘cause he got it wrong,and hanged the kid from the neighbouring cellthe one they brought in last night,who screamed all night, pounded on the doorthat he wanted to live, threw up on his bunk,passed out in the end, they dumpeda bucket
I have lain down on the filthy floor,My head leaning against the wall.The pain… perhaps strongerThan my poem? I have been trying to recall the smile of my mother.What I would like to do is pourThese poems over her soul,This sobbing which has already lost its form. Lord, now I
Towards the end of the 16th century, Ottoman power temporarily waned and, with the Habsburgs in the ascendant, persecution of Protestants in Hungary again gathered strength. The ruthless regime of Giorgio Basta, attempting to Germanise and Catholicise Hungary on behalf of the Habsburgs between 1601 and 1604, is remembered as
STANISLAV BALÍK graduated from Masaryk University with a doctorate in history and political science. He is the executive director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture in Brno and head of the department of political science at Masaryk University. GERGELY EGEDY (Budapest, 1953), historian and political scientist,
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