New Zine plus the Hungarian Revolution

So I haven’t posted here in quite some time. No excuses, but as a small consolation I have finished a zine about Halloween. Its called From Idle Hands the Devils Work: Radical Interpretations of Halloween. I posted some of the material from the zine on my other blog here. Its available from me or in Calgary at Haymarket Cafe
I wanted to mention the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 because it was the 50th anniversary of its beginning this week. Of course assholes like George W. Bush talk try to recuperate it as an anti-communist, pro capitalist revolt. Hopefully many are aware that it was actually a social revolution with a wide scope.
The Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade episode this week is very interesting comparing Hungary in 1956 to the current revolution unfolding in Oaxaca, Mexico (See Bill Weinberg’s blog for more info, or download the show here, the Wednes October 25th episode).
The library has a couple interesting looking eye witness accounts from participants in the revolutionary struggles (which I haven’t had a chance to read):
A Testament of Revolution by Bela G. Liptak and In the Name of the Working Class: The Inside Story of the Hungarian Revolution by Sandor Kopasci.
The library doesn’t have my favorite book on the topic: Hungary ’56 by Andy Anderson. Originally published by Solidarity in the UK in 1964, reprinted by Black and Red in 1976 (the edition I have). AK Press has a more recent edition. Besides being a wonderful book it has the virtue of being cheap ($5). Orgasms of History: 3000 Years of Spontaneous Insurrection by Yves Fremion (published by AK Press) also has a chapter on Hungary ’56.
Here is a link to something Raya Dunayevskaya wrote on the subject too.