🌱 Orbán's Hungary: A Playbook for MAGA
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Hungarians go to the polls this Sunday with a chance to topple their corrupt autocratic leader, Victor Orbán, just as leadership in the U.S. takes lessons from his rise to power. Today, we reflect on our conversation with Joe Cardillo back in July 2025 on lessons from Hungary's resistance to resist MAGA's takeover. Read on for more...
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Orbán's Hungary: A Playbook for MAGA
Back in July 2025, Joe Cardillo and I chatted about Eastern Europe's many layers of authoritarianism and how the global left has used creative tactics to resist their own governments. As Trump and Vance look at Victor Orbán's rise to power as a playbook for their own power grab in the United States, it's more important than ever that we look at other examples of resistance to build our collective movements.
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