The Revolutionary Governing Council, which had only been in power a little over a month, commissioned artists to literally paint the town red for the celebrations on what was billed as the country’s “first free May Day.” There were red flags, red draperies, red posters, and red slogans everywhere. My book is the result of that research, and essentially an introduction to this issue.Īfter an overview of the historical context following World War I, I focus on the May Day celebrations of May 1, 1919. When I started to look into the matter, I discovered that many prominent figures across the board in the arts world - writers, painters, filmmakers, musicians, and theater workers - supported the new regime, at least in the initial stages. But that was all - just a mention, no explanation or further details. Living in Hungary for over thirty years, I have often encountered mentions in books that this or that individual in the arts world of the time sided with the Council Republic, including some who would later become known as rather conservative types, such as the writer Sándor Márai. Jacobin’s David Broder spoke to Bob about the significance of the experiment in Hungary, the revolution in the art world, and its legacy for post-World War II socialism. As Bob Dent explains in his recent book, Painting the Town Red: Politics and the Arts During the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic, workers’ concerts, May Day parades, and new thinking on film and literature all sought to raise the cultural level of the population while breaking the hegemony of traditional elites and the Church. Beyond efforts to socialize the economy, a People’s Commissariat for Education and Culture sought to open up the arts to the masses. Its defeat soon led to pogroms against Jews and leftists.ĭespite its short existence, the Council Republic was notable for a revolution in the cultural field. In August that same year, it was overthrown by Romanian troops in concert with Miklós Horthy’s far-right paramilitaries.
Mounting sweeping nationalizations, raising wages and slashing rents, the state was however immediately engulfed in the post-World War I chaos.
Social democrats and communists combined to form a Council (or “Soviet”) Republic inspired by the Bolshevik example. it's a bloodbath behind bars in paint the town red! but i'm not locked in here with them, they're locked in here with me.In March 1919 Hungary saw the first attempt to create a Bolshevik-style state outside the old Russian Empire. don't know why there was screen tearing in the recording, when i was playing it wasn't happening.
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