Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2017 (29. évfolyam, 1-50. szám)

2017-03-24 / 12. szám

Hungarian Journal The British National Party’s Former Leader is Emigrating to Hungary ‘I hope the Hungarian people will welcome people who are genuine refugees from western Europe but keep out the liberals who have brought western Europe to this state in the first place’ Nick Griffin said he intends to move to the east­ern European country within the next six months, despite his previous attacks on immigration. Mr Griffin told told Hungarian website 444 he would continue with his political activism even after he moved. “There’s already a sort of nationalist emigre community building up here,” he said. “There’s French, there’s Italians and Swedes, and Brits as well, so it’s only a trickle at present. “I have no doubt at all that when the trouble really begins with al-Qaeda and Isis in western Europe, that trickle is going to become a flood.” He added: “And I hope that Hungary, the Hungarian government, the Hungarian people, will welcome people who are genuine refugees from western Europe but keep out the liberals who have brought western Europe to this state in the first place.” Mr Griffin also praised Hungary for “saying that the sovereign coun­tries of Europe have a right not just to their freedom but also to long-term survival.” “Hungary is actually doing something about it,” he said. “There’s the broad spectrum from building the wall to state help for young Hungarian families to have large families and addressing the Soros problem. “[It] indicates a government which doesn’t want to commit national suicide. That’s very refreshing from someone coming from the west.” When he was asked where he would move to, Mr Griffin said: “That depends. I love Budapest, I think it’s a fantastic city. But I’m a country boy really, so I’ll probably live somewhere out in the sticks, as we would say in England.” independent.co.uk No to NGO Crackdown in Hungary Open letter to the Government of Hungary regarding the proposed legislation on non-governmental organizations It is with great concern that we have followed the recent plans of the government of Hungary to crack down on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). At a number of occasions, Hungarian citizens have dem­onstrated their commitment to limited government, democracy, and markets. They will not benefit from the measures proposed by the government, which go against those values. The government stated its intention to root out NGOs that receive funding from George Soros. A law is in the making that will require all executive officers at NGOs to publicly disclose their wealth. Additional restrictions on establishing new civil organizations are being discussed as well. One does not have to agree with Mr Soros’ political views to see that he supported a number of worthwhile causes, including in the area of human rights - let alone of his past aid to politicians in the current government. More importantly, it is a mistake to think that the proposed legislation is about Mr Soros - the same tools used against the NGOs funded by him can be used against any civil-society organizations. The branding of NGOs as “foreign agents” is eerily reminiscent of the rhetoric used by the Kremlin. In fact, the proposed restrictions on NGOs mirror those used by Vladimir Putin to neutralize critical voices. President Ronald Reagan famously said that “[fjreedom is the right to question and change the estab­lished way of doing things.” In the United States and across the western world, NGOs, foundations, and think tanks are an organic part of society. Their role does not depend on whether the government of the moment agrees with them or not. Hungarians, too, should be proud of their rich landscape of organizations of civil society. They ought to be careful not to undo the extraordinary progress their country has seen in that area since the fall of communism. .* The governments of the United States benefited greatly from the activities and advice of NGOs, such as think tanks. One of the great figures of the think tank world, Sir Antony Fisher, who provided intellectual ammunition both to the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and to President Ronald Reagan, set up civil-society organizations both in the UK and the USA, following the advice of the free-market economist Friedrich A. von Hayek. Hayek considered such activism to be indispensable to counter the growing threat of nationalization and central planning after the Second World War. If the Hungarian government is truly conservative - as it so often claims - it should condemn centraliza­tion, paternalism and nationalism. A government true to ideas of conservatism, as understood by Burke, Buckley, or Oakeshott, among many others, would seek to nurture civil society, regardless of whether it finds itself in agreement with any individual NGO, think tank, or donor. Think tanks and NGOs assist governments, including that of Hungary, in their efforts to reduce poverty, improve access to education and economic opportunity, and to promote tolerance. Many follow approaches that are different from that of the government, but such experimentation is a necessary part of any vibrant, healthy society. Crippling civil-society organizations for political purposes, as Hungary’s government is intent on doing, will make Hungary a poorer and sadder place, at odds with the conservative ideals of a free, self-governing society of responsible individuals. US Signatories (among several internationals): Anders Äslund, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council (Washington DC), Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute (Washington DC), Charles Gati, Senior Research Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University (Washington DC), Jeffrey Gedmin, Non­resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council (Washington DC), Benjamin Haddad, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute (Washington DC), James Kirchick, Fellow, Foreign Policy Initiative (Washington DC), Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies, Duke University (Durham, NC), Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy, Competitive Enterprise Institute (Washington DC), Tom G. Palmer, George M. Yeager Chair and Executive Vice President for International Programs, Atlas Network (Washington DC), Lawrence W. Reed, President, Foundation for Economic Education (Atlanta, GA), Dalibor Rohac, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (Washington DC), Alexander Skouias, Director of External Relations, Atlas Network (Washington DC), Jerry Taylor, President, Niskanen Center (Washington DC), Hannah Thoburn, Research Fellow, Hudson Insti­tute (Washington DC), Stan Veuger, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute (Washington DC) ngocrackdown. com Március 24, 2017 ÍD SUBSCRIBE TO THE HÍRLAP - amhir.com George Soros: When Hate Surges President Trump has wasted no time in cracking down on immigration. He pledged to build a wall, hire 15,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents and speed­ily deport millions of undocumented immigrants. He justified these actions by claiming that immigrants regularly flout the “rule of law and pose a threat.” In his first speech to Congress, he directed the Department of Homeland Security to create a new office — Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, or Voice — dedicated to helping victims of crimes perpetrated by “removable aliens.” I am an immigrant and an American citizen, and, as a philan­thropist, have supported migrants all over the world for more than 30 years. Based on my experience and the facts, the president’s approach to immigrants is just wrong — and a new round of court injunctions against Mr. Trump’s latest proposed travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries suggests many in the federal judiciary agree, ft does nothing to make America safer, while whipping up emo­tions against immigrants that have translated into an alarming surge in hate incidents all across our nation. My heart goes out to the victims of violence, whatever the source. But in the name of protecting the population from a relatively minor source of concern, he is branding all immigrants as criminals. Contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, immigrants commit significantly less crime than native-born citizens. This has been borne out in study after study, using a wide range of methodologies, dating back decades. According to the nonpartisan American Immigration Council, the per­centage of the population that is foreign-born grew to 13.1 percent from 7.9 percent between 1990 and 2013. F.B.I. data shows that the violent crime rate dropped 48 percent during that time and today remains near historic lows. A recent study by the Journal on Ethnicity in Criminal Justice shows that immigrants actually drive down crime rates in the neighborhoods where they live. But targeting immigrants and minorities with false and prejudicial rhetoric, as Mr. Trump has done during the campaign and in the early weeks of his presidency, has spurred a surge in hate acts against them. The Southern Poverty Law Center found that hate incidents reported in the first few weeks following Mr. Trump’s victory were at levels nor­mally seen over a six-month period. No community appears safe from this rash of hate — with reports like school bullying against Muslim children, stories of Latinos being harassed on the street and told to “go back to your country,” attacks on blacks and gays, and the desecration of Jewish cemeteries. This is a country that prides itself on neighbors looking out for one another. In Donald Trump’s America, we are increasingly at one another’s throats. As hate incidents surged after the election last fall, I announced a $10 million investment to provide legal and social services to victims of hate crimes, to encourage local organizations across the country to do the same and to propose improvements and new ideas. This week we opened our Hate Incident Database to monitor the scope and depth of hate incidents across the country. Having survived the Nazi persecution of Jews in Hungary, I escaped from Soviet occupation at age 17 and made my way first to Britain and then to America. This is not the America that attracted me. I have seen the damage done when societies succumb to the fear of the “other.” And I will do all I can to help preserve the openness, inclusiveness and diversity that represent our greatest strength. Demonizing immigrants weakens our country. Fighting against hate crimes makes us grow stronger together. George Soros, an investor and philanthropist, is the chairman of the Open Society Foundations, nytimes.com ANGYALFI RENT­AUTÓBÉRLÉS MAGYARORSZÁGON A-CAR A. Suzuki Swift 1.0 manual 150 usd/hét B. Fiat Punto 1.2, Opel Corsa 1.2, Suzuki Swift II 1.3 manual, air.c 190 usd/hét C. Suzuki SX4 1.5 manual, air.c 220 usd/hét D. Opel Astra 1.4 manual, air.c 250 usd/hét E. Honda City 1.5, Chevrolet Aveo 1.6 automatic, air.c 270 usd/hét Korlátlan km használattal, biztosítással és adóval. 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