13th version
3-5 September 2021
Horány, Parti út 16
Regatta Leisure Center
Registration at the entrance from 13:00.
Big hall lobby
13:45-13:55 Opening of the Social Science and Left Bookstore.
Opening by János Debreceni, SZAB activist. Bookstore manager: Zoltán Péntek.
Hall of Mirrors
13:55-14:15 Opening
Judit Róna Organisers for the Left (SZAB) activist, Attila Vajnai, President of the European Left
Hungarian Workers Party 2006.
14:15-15:10 Migration as a compulsion. Exhibition based on Jean Ziegler’s book “Lesbos –
the shame of Europe and exhibition of photographer József Csapó Wágner about the
refugee situation on the Hungarian border.
Opening and introduction by Attila Piróth, translator of the book, Gábor Iványi, senior pastor of
the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood.
15:10-17:10 Migrants in Europe. Conference on migration
Facilitator:György Droppa, SZAB activist
Speakers: sociologist Attila Melegh, associate professor, Corvinus University, Attila Piróth,
activist, Gábor Iványi, senior pastor of the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood, Maite Mola,
Vice-President of the Party of the European Left (PEL).
17:10-17:30 Coffee break
17:30- 18:30 The responsibility of progressive intellectuals today
Introduced by János Debreceni, SZAB activist.
Speaker: György Tverdota, literary historian, professor emeritus (TBC)
18:30-19:30 Dinner
Big Hall
19:30-22:00 Fifty years in the revolution. Life of Lajos Jungmayer (Mouksa) with his own
musical illustration. Dialogue with the audience
(Highlights: 1961: the Berlin Crisis; 1962: the Cuban Missile Crisis; 1963: Kennedy
assassination; 1964: the beginning of the Beatles era; 1965: the beginning of the Vietnam War;
1971-2021: personal memories and lessons for today.)
22:00-24:00 Film club. The Cambridge Analytica story (influencing the Brexit referendum)
Introduced by Tibor Róna, SZAB activist
Great Hall
9:00-10:50 Winners and losers: covid, health, education, pensions, public services
Facilitator: Vera Zalka, SZAB activist.
Speakers: Former national medical officer Ferenc Falus, László Kordás, President of the
Hungarian Trade Union Federation, Mrs Istvánné Szöllősi, former president of the Teachers`
Trade Union, Miklós Kis, business journalist of Mérce internet journal.
10:50-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-12:50 Future of Europe, social forums [World Forum, Prague Spring 2 (PS2)
Network against Right Wing Extremism and Populism), Porto EU meeting, EU social
pillar)
Facilitator: Mátyás Benyik, SZAB activist.
Speakers: Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Social Affairs, László Andor, former EU
Commissioner, Maite Mola, Vice-President of the Party of the European Left (PEL), Leo
Gabriel (Austria), IC member of WSF, Tord Björk (Sweden) Friends of the Earth activist and
Mirek Prokeš (Czechia), PS2 Network activist.
With Zoom translation in English and Hungarian).
12:50-13:40 Lunch
13:40-15:00 Neo-imperialism – Venezuela and Cuba
Facilitator: Vera Zalka, SZAB activist
13:40-15:00 Neo-imperialism – Venezuela and Cuba
Facilitator: Vera Zalka, SZAB activist
Speakers: Alicia Elvira Corredera Morales, Ambassador of Cuban Republic, José Reinaldo
Camejo Díaz, Ambassador of Venezuela,Party of the Maite Mola, Vice President of the
European Left (with English and Spanish translation)
15:00-16:00 New Cold War. Russian-American-Chinese relations
Facilitator: Péter Farkas, economist
Speakers:Tamás Krausz, professor emeritus, historian, Annamária Artner, economist, college
professor, Igor Gotlib, head of the St Petersburg chapter of the Russian Social Forum (with
English translation).
Terrace
16:20-17:00 National and international antifascist commemoration
Chaired by Judit Róna and Vera Zalka, SZAB activists
István Szekeres, Vice President of the Alliance of Hungarian Resistance Fighters and
Antifascists (MEASZ), Maite Mola, Vice President of the Party of the European Left, Attila
Vajnai, President of the European Left Hungarian Workers Party 2006.
17:00-19:00 Elections in Hungary in 2022
Zoltán Tóth, an election and administrative expert, talks to political scientist László Kéri and
economist Mária Zita Petschnig.
19:00-20:00 Dinner
20:00-22:50 Film club Sufrageette. English historical drama, with Hungarian subtitles.
Introduced by János Debreceni, SZAB activist
Danube coast
From 22:35 Campfire and buffet
Firemasters: Péter Róna and Tibor Róna, SZAB activists.
Great Hall
9:00-11:20 Extreme Right. European panorama, the situation of the Roma
Facilitator: György Droppa, SZAB acivist.
Speakers: Attila Vajnai, President of the European Left Hungarian Workers Party 2006, Vilmos
Hanti, President of Alliance of Hungarian Resistance Fighters and Antifascists (MEASZ) and
FIR, Kálmán Lakatos and Richárd Members of the Roma Parliament, Maite Mola, Vice President
of the Party of the European Left, László György, historian, member of the editorial board of
Eszmélet quarterly, Péter Cs. Kádár, activist.
11:20–12:40 Pre-election 2021
Facilitator: Péter Ránki, journalist
Speakers: Attila Vajnai, President of the European Left Workers Party 2006, Peter Horgas (Civil
Base) and Péter Cs. Kádár, activist.
12:40-12:50 Closing of the festival
Attila Vajnai, President of the European Left, Vera Zalka SZAB activist.