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[2] When the Hungarian Soviet Republic was established on 21 March 1919, at first it seemed that the MA group would play an important role in the new regime as Kassák and Uitz had positions in the directorates of literature and art.

[2] However, when they refused to subordinate their work to the control of the Party of Communists in Hungary, they were attacked by the Hungarian Social Democrats, which accused György Lukács, the Deputy Commissar for Public Education, of wasting money on their "incomprehensible" and "formalist" avant-garde art.

In August, following the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he was imprisoned, only being released in the winter thanks to the intervention of his partner, Jolán Simon.

[2] This increased level of interaction globally led Kassák to evolve his theoretical views, abandoning Expressionism in favour of Dadaism and Constructivism.

On 20 November 1920 MA sponsored a "Russian Evening" featuring a slide show and lecture by Konstantin Umansky.