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Lecture

William Tyler
Countries Far Away

Monday 7.12.2020

Summary

A historical account of Hungary and Czechoslovakia between the two World Wars, including the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s collapse in 1918, the emergence of a new Central Europe, the rise and fall of the Hungarian People’s Republic, and the brief Marxist state in Hungary led by Bela Kun.

William Tyler

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William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.

It’s not handling it, is a short answer, they do not want to face the issue. Now it’s got major problems over the collapse of the rule of law in Poland and in Hungary. It’s also got the rise of the far right in Germany. I mean, the alt-right is, for all intents and purposes, fascist, and it’s the major opposition party in the Bundestag. From a British and northern European point of view, without Britain being in the EU, there is no voice loud enough for liberal democracy.