Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary Signals Far Right’s Weakness, Not the Left’s Strength | Truthout
| | | | | | | | | | | Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary Signals Far Right’s Weakness, Not the Left’s S... C.J. Polychroniou Magyar’s win is a significant loss for the far right, but he has not provided a vision for a progressive future. | | | Magyar’s win is a significant loss for the far right, but he has not provided a vision for a progressive future. Hungary’s Fake “Democratic” Revolution - From Orbán’s Mafia to Péter Magyar’s Neoliberal Circus - CounterPunch.org | | | | | | | | | | | Hungary’s Fake “Democratic” Revolution -- From Orbán’s Mafia to Péter Ma... Michael Leonardi The international liberal commentariat is celebrating again. Viktor Orbán, the long-reigning right-wing strongma... | | | The international liberal commentariat is celebrating again. Viktor Orbán, the long-reigning right-wing strongman of Hungary, has been defeated in the April 2026 elections by Péter Magyar, a slick, photogenic opposition leader who stormed to power in a matter of months. Headlines scream “democracy wins,” “Orbánism is over,” and “a new dawn for Europe.” Don’t believe a word of it. This is not a victory for the left, for working people, or for any genuine progressive force. It was a squalid palace coup within Hungary’s corrupt political elite — a transfer of power from one faction of the ruling class to another, dressed up as a heroic popular uprising. The Hungarian people did not win. They simply exchanged one set of oligarchs for another. Péter Magyar is no savior. He is a former insider of Orbán’s own circle, a playboy from one of Hungary’s most powerful families, whose rapid rise reads like a trashy soap opera: sordid affairs, a bitter divorce from his wife (who happened to be Orbán’s Justice Minister at the time), blackmail, extortion, and backroom deals. He didn’t defeat the system — he was vomited up by it. His campaign was fueled by sex scandals, personal vendettas, and the kind of polished PR that liberal media loves. Now, many are pretending this represents a meaningful shift. It doesn’t. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41459): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41459 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118835152/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
