People do not believe in any ideology or official organization. The majority detest the government and the working class hates it. They realize that they have been deceived, but they do not see what can be done in Hungary at the moment. The government has lost all moral support among the population in two years. It took the old ruling party 30 years to lose the confidence of the people. However there is no credible left force. The new left organizations are circles of intellectuals. I think that the working class will only come onto the stage after some months. • What is the image of 1956 now?
1956 has become the symbol of the new regime and the government presents itself as its inheritor. They talk about its anti-Soviet and anti-Russian aspects but not about social relations. Yesterday, the last Soviet soldier left. The government said that this was the end of the struggle begun in 1956. They omit to say that the troops are leaving simply because Gorbachev made an agreement with Bush two years ago.
The government says to the people, we represent 1956 because we have obtained the removal of the course, not a word is said about workers 13 soviet troops. Of
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"The working class still exists" Interview with Tamas