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In [[1956]], he spoke out against the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[1956 Hungarian Revolution|invasion]] of [[Hungary]] and left the British Communist Party to join its [[Communist Party of Italy|Italian]] equivalent.

He worked with the magazine [[Marxism Today]] during the [[1980s]] and supported [[Neil Kinnock]]'s modernisation of the [[British Labour Party]].

One of Hobsbawm's interests is the invention of [[tradition]]s, national and otherwise. He has spent considerable effort in exposing the artificiality of many "traditions" that [[nation state]]s use to justify their own existence and importance.