A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve: Studia Historica 14. (Szeged, 2012)

HORVÁTH Csaba: A szociáldemokraták és a bolsevikok viszonya az 1918-19-es polgári kísérlet alatt

mohóságára. A bolsevikokkal való szövetség egyik jelentős oka a mozgalmon belüli egység helyreállítása, ebből következően pedig Szovjet-Oroszország remélt segítségének elnyerése volt. Az MSZDP és a KMP egysége azonban sohasem lett teljes, a politikai küzdelem folytatódott, az ellentétek a Tanácsköztársaság alatt sem szűntek meg. Ugyanakkor a proletárdiktatúra elfogadásával, a felülkerekedő bolsevikok gyakorlatban megmutatkozó módszereivel, a kudarc nyers valóságával a szociáldemokrata mozgalom mély sebet ejtett önmagán és jövőképén. CSABA HORVÁTH THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC-BOLSHEVIK RELATIONS DURING THE CIVIL ATTEMPT OF 1918-19 The Hungarian Social Democratic Party, that was debarred and averted from the Hungarian political decision making processes and administration during the era of Dualism, was, technically, the only organized political force to stay on foot in the middle of the collapse after World War I. By 1918 the Party's taking a lead in making the changes, therefore, was inevitable; its support shot beyond even the wildest dreams of the early social democratic activists. The conflicts within the Party were primarily based around the different views in regards with the Social Democratic Party's strength. The collapse after World War I was regarded as the forerunner of the revolutionary changes taking place everywhere in the world, which, for most, meant the actualization of the revolution and the possibility of making a root change. The members of the workers movement, however, did not agree on the extent to which these changes should be made. The appearance of the Communist Party of Hungary introduced a new political force that went against everything that the social democrats held. They arrived in revolutionary times and brought up long-due questions asked by the workers movement. By February the conflict between the social democrats and the communists had grown so big that even the social democrats, who had opposed any actions against the communist earlier, changed their mind. While the proletarian masses went on the streets protesting against the Bolsheviks for dividing the workers movement, most of their slogans were matching with the ones of the Bolsheviks. The presentation of the Vix Note had taken the government and its ability to react down. The revolutionary ideas, that had been read and learnt from books in libraries for decades on and that had been repeated on political gatherings, now blinded the social democrats. The possibility to fill in the political vacuum left behind by the government led to the formation of a coalition between communists and social democrats. Despite of the arguments and disparity, the foundation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic becomes a reality. 155