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His use of raw meat as a symbol of Communism was a deliberate attempt to convey both its live force and its subsequent demise. This image completed Pócs's deconstruction of  the Communist star, which he had made through a series of earlier posters. The Hungarian Socialist Workers Party reformed itself in 1988 and paved the way for increasing liberalisation. The most significant changes were in early 1989 when the Party agreed in principle to a multi-party political system. It also agreed to an official re-evaluation of the events of 1956, whereby the old official description, that of 'counter-revolution', was replaced by 'popular uprising'. This decision turned into a political trap that irretrievably damaged die-hard Communists.","physicalDescription":"Portrait format poster printed from photographic image in colours. Moustrap, trapping a piece of red flesh cut into the shape of a star. 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