The Thermometer Interview: Anton Pelinka 

Welcome to The Thermometer Interview, a new series of conversations that will test the temperature of Europe. With America on the retreat, what happens in Europe today matters more than ever. Superficially the last bastion of liberalism, there are some subterranean currents that should trouble us all. In Poland and Hungary, populist right-wing governments threaten freedom of expression and the rights of minorities. The former Yugoslavia is turning anew to nationalism. Anti-Zionism and tolerance of anti-Semitism remain a stubborn problem on the political left, especially in Britain. Having failed in electoral tests in France and the Netherlands, the far right hopes to make gains in Germany and Austria this fall. It is on these topics that Moment will bring you interviews with writers, thinkers, activists, and political and community leaders from across Europe. We begin in Hungary,...

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