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Iván Szelényi (1938-2026), a towering figure in sociology, one of the finest global intellectuals Hungary and Eastern Europe has ever produced, has died. Rest in peace and solidarity. 1/6

Spain: Solidarity, Consistency, Ease, Hope, Compass. Thank you guys! Spain 🇪🇸

Keir Starmer: The centrist project to bolster the status quo against "populism" ended as disgracefully as it started. Hollow corporate managerialism doesn't fix a systemic crisis.

Hey Europe, here I come. Whirling across five countries, seven cities, ten talks over the next three weeks. I'm energized, but gonna need a break after. Topics: #democracy, #FarRight, #developmentalism, #environmentalism, #politicaleconomy. Hop in if you are around:

Sorry for the decadent Warholian self-duplication, but getting published in Greek is a nice first, I couldn't resist posting it along with the translation. Two new interviews out, one for the leading Greek daily, Ta Nea's 'Int' magazine supplement, and another for Caucasus Watch.

Honored to join Sari Hanafi on his podcast Connecting Social Research to Society (AUB & the Arab Council for the Social Sciences). A few weeks after hosting him at Georgetown, the conversation continued, this time with him in the host's chair. 1/5

Grateful to @tvpworld.bsky.social and host Sascha Fahrbach for the chance to discuss my recent @jacobinmag.bsky.social piece on Hungary's post-Orbán transition, and the harder question behind the celebration: what does sustainable democratization actually require? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIYb...

EU flags return to Parliament. Will Hungary come together? | Gábor ScheiringYouTube video by TALKING WITH TVP WORLDwww.youtube.com

Politics junkies, if you are interested in how #Orban lost, whether the #fFarRight is over in #Hungary and beyond, and what traps lay ahead on the road toward sustainable #democratization, then check out my essay, it just came out on @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social : jacobin.com/2026/05/hung...

Democracy After Orbánism?Péter Magyar will be sworn in as Hungary’s new prime minister this week. His government has a strong technocratic thrust — a departure from Viktor Orbán’s cronyism but hardly a revitalization of demo...jacobin.com

New podcast on Hungary's morning after. We discuss what the post-Orbán transition tells us about Europe's far-right landscape, and why professional-class enthusiasm about the death of illiberalism is running ahead of structural reality. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/peter-magy...

🎙️ Pumpled (pumped & humbled) about two podcast episodes out today, both recorded with my dear friend and former party co-founder Kristóf Szombati in the aftermath of Viktor #Orbán's defeat. 🎧 kettering.org/hungary-afte... 🎧 kettering.org/hungary-afte...