![]() ![]() The Warsaw city government administers that museum, while the hard-right ruling Law and Justice party (PiS, per its Polish abbreviation), oversees U-jazdowski. Rafal Pankowski, a Polish political scientist and co-founder of the anti-discrimination Never Again Association, told Hatewatch the event was a reaction to Poland’s Museum of Modern Art’s 2019 exhibition on the importance of antifascist art. The contract between Ngo and U-jazdowski does not include flight or accommodation costs. The contract claimed Hungarian tax funds were used to pay for Prager’s flight, but Prager disputed this to Hatewatch. A Hungarian cultural institution paid Steve Bannon – a onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump and former head of the Breitbart News Network – and racist, far-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos $20,000 each, plus accommodation and travel expenses, for hour-long speeches in 2018.Ī Hungarian educational institution also paid Dennis Prager, co-founder of the influential right-wing nonprofit propaganda channel PragerU, $30,000 for an hour-long speech in 2021. This amount is far less than Hungary has paid Ngo’s contemporaries for speeches. The document also states that payment for Ngo’s “performance … shall not exceed” 720 euros. The contract stated that Ngo was to be paid “EURO 360 per hour” for his speech and an accompanying question-and-answer section. Ngo also said he stood by his comments at the U-jazdowski. After publication, Ngo responded via Twitter, saying he owed Hatewatch “nothing” and he chooses “when or if” he responds. Ngo did not respond to two emailed requests for comment prior to publication. right-wing figure and Polish governmental institutions. Hatewatch’s report is the first to detail a contract between a U.S. ![]() The governments of Hungary and Poland are widely considered to be illiberal democracies that engage in anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ policies, media consolidation and court packing to achieve their goals, similar to the hard-right wing of the Republican party. hard-right movement view these nations as examples for good governance. hard-right and conservative figures in Hungary and Poland. The speech was the latest in a years-long series of appearances by U.S. Ngo spoke at Warsaw’s Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (U-jazdowski, per its Polish abbreviation) on the spurious claim that antifa, short for “antifascist,” poses danger to liberal democracies. (Photo by John Rudoff/Sipa USA via AP Images) Andy Ngo speaks in Portland, Oregon, on Nov. ![]()
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