Transcribing the Past

  An account of the events of the Hungarian Revolt in 1956 from one of the participants, Peter Pallai who was a student demonstrator. Link  https://youtu.be/QQ69h7HYltI Transcript of the video Program Moderator: Next to the fallout from the division of Europe which followed the Second World War. As Winston Churchill put it in a speech from 1946, `an Iron Curtain descended across the continent, from Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic`. The consequence was that those on the west of that Iron Curtain after 1949 were generally under implied American protection as part of NATO, but those on the east came under the strict influence of Moscow, and not always willingly. For example 60 years ago, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule in Hungary. The demonstrations turned violent and for awhile the Revolutionaries were in control. In 2010 Ed Butler spoke to one of the rebels Peter Pallai, who was a first year stu...

  A Russian Esperantist's thoughts on the invasion of Ukraine. About the war Undoubtedly, February 24, 2022 will remain for a long time one of the most embarrassing dates in Russian history. However, it will be shameful not only for Russia. For the last hundred years, Western authorities have at least sometimes preferred to choose dishonour over war. As a result, however, they have received disgrace and world war. Alas, but no one understood anything. Apparently today's elites do not understand that it is not always possible to overcome evil with the help of business tricks. If in the wake of current events Putin's tanks come to Berlin and Paris, this will be at least fair. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes of resistance past, present and future! [End translation] This was written early in the conflict before it became clear how much trouble the Russian Armed Forces invasion was in. I won't give out any information that could be used to identify the speaker, as the pena...

  Link  https://youtu.be/bJMJDEYKmmY In October 1968, students from two neighbouring universities in the centre of São Paulo clashed in a battle which left one dead and many injured. We hear how the so-called 'Battle of Maria Antônia' drove Brazil deeper into a military dictatorship which is still controversial to this day. Transcription of the above video, with the crucial assistance of Emma, a friend from Brazil on spelling and pronunciation of local names and places. [Program Producer Max Pierson] But we begin in Brazil where the current election process has held out the possibility of a candidate Jair Bolsonaro being voted in as President, even though or perhaps because he has professed himself an admirer of the military Dictatorship, which ran from 1964 to 1985. There are five candidates in total and a second run off vote between the two who come out on top on Sunday is likely to be required. But whoever wins the campaigning has harked back to th...

        Declaration    By the Central Board of the Bulgarian Esperantist Association.   Bulgarian Esperantists have just learnt of the invasion by the Chinese army into the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with great anger and indigination.  This insidious attack by fascist means shook all honest people throughout the world and has only brought joy to reactionaries. There is no evidence of any provocation by the Vietnamese people against Chinese territory. But there are other facts. They speak of China's relentless pressure on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This pressure began immediately after the total failue of US aggression in Vietnam. This pressure is exerted because of the ambitions of the Chinese party and state leadership to impose hegemony. China wishes to be supreme in South East Asia, and because of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's allegiance to its socialist ideals, the socialist community, and the Sov...

      Declaration of TEJO on Solidarity with Ukraine   Remember, remember, remember, the only means of achieving a lasting peace: is to abolish the root cau s e of all war. The rule of one people over another. Zamenhof 1914 It is in the same spirit, that TEJO, an organisation dedicated to liberty and human rights, condemns the invasion of Ukraine instigated by the Russian government. TEJO strives for solidarity and respect between the people's of the world, and desires that no one, wherever they are in the world do not suffer from war and its massive traumas, which drive people apart. The military attacks by the Russian government are against our ideals of democracy, world peace, and mutual understanding: it is a serious insult to the fundamentals of human rights. That is why we have decided to not be silent about it. TEJO, is in solidarity with the victims of all wars:with the dead and the wounded and every refugee. To all of our members, activists, partners and fel...