Black Vans Taking Neighbours, Secret Catholic Wedding, Refusing to be an Informer - Eszter Zaborszky
Eszter Zaborszky is a Hungarian who grew up and worked in Soviet Hungary, and later moved to the UK in 1997. She shares many stories about life in Hungary at that time, including:
- Black vans arriving and taking the neighbours at 2am
- Janitors in buildings usually being informers of the party
- What is was like when she was asked to inform on her colleagues
- How children could get parents into trouble for saying the wrong thing
- The difficulty of being a teacher at that time and being religious
- The secret wedding of her parents, who had to do it in secret because they wanted a catholic ceremony
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"They put a gun to my dad's head, and pulled the trigger. It wasn't loaded" - Stories from Communism
Dr Philip Kiszely has lectured at the University of Leeds for the last 15 years. Philip has been outspoken on identity politics, critical race theory and the activist impulse in the media and institutions.
In this episode he talks about his father, who escaped communism in Hungary after the revolution of 1956, and settled in the UK. He also discusses the difference between Eastern and Western Europe today.
Stories from Communism is also available on:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-communism/id1564036941
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1C8YDh3KvU30sq9H1okVjO
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/storiesfromcommunism
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Nzg5NDU3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwi4_eiP1I7wAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCQ
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My grandfather had his fields taken away, and was shamed for having property - Dr. Philip Kiszely
View the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GG8n13KTwY
Dr Philip Kiszely talks about how his grandfather's property was confiscated in Soviet Hungary, and how he was treated like a Kulak, shamed for having more fields than others, even though he was just a hardworking peasant.
Dr Philip Kiszely has lectured at the University of Leeds for the last 15 years. Philip has been outspoken on identity politics, critical race theory and the activist impulse in the media and institutions.
In this episode he talks about his father, who escaped communism in Hungary after the revolution of 1956, and settled in the UK. He also discusses the difference between Eastern and Western Europe today.
Stories from Communism is also available on:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-communism/id1564036941
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1C8YDh3KvU30sq9H1okVjO
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/storiesfromcommunism
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Nzg5NDU3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwi4_eiP1I7wAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCQ
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Western Europe is Dominated by Guilt. Eastern Europe is Defined by Tragedy - Dr Philip Kiszely
View the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GG8n13KTwY
Dr Philip Kiszely talks about how intellectuals in Western Europe are dominated/defined by guilt. Whereas Eastern Europe is defined more by tragedy. This means the woke ideology won't be able to have a substantial effect in Eastern Europe.
Dr Philip Kiszely has lectured at the University of Leeds for the last 15 years. Philip has been outspoken on identity politics, critical race theory and the activist impulse in the media and institutions.
In this episode he talks about his father, who escaped communism in Hungary after the revolution of 1956, and settled in the UK. He also discusses the difference between Eastern and Western Europe today.
Stories from Communism is also available on:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-communism/id1564036941
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1C8YDh3KvU30sq9H1okVjO
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/storiesfromcommunism
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Nzg5NDU3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwi4_eiP1I7wAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCQ
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Retalk Founder discusses rethinking free speech in the 21st century
This video is about Retalk (https://retalk.com/?utm_source=rumble). Technology has bought all sorts of issues with free speech. A platform has to deal with spam, fake advertising, trolling and potentially malicious governments manipulating communication.
Peter Zaborszky, Retalk's founder shares his thoughts
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Retalk Founder discusses problems with Algorithmic/AI/Machine Learning Moderation
Especially when it comes to political content, using AI/Machine learning for content moderation can create problems for what types of content you flag in the future.
It also poses problems because most reported content will come from people who are easily outraged. This is not a good type of human behaviour to base your training sets on
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WallStreetBets Censorship is a watershed moment, it changes everything
Read my full thoughts about this here:
https://proprivacy.com/privacy-news/wallstreetbets-censorship-watershed
We've all heard the excuses for censorship before, it was because of hate speech, or protecting some class of people. So are we really saying we need to protect wall street now? Bankers are now a protected class.
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