Announcement of a forthcoming collected volume (2014): Social Media, Politics and the State: Protests, Revolutions, Riots, Crime and Policing in the Age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Edited by Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs New York: Routledge http://www.routledge.com This book is the essential guide for understanding how state power and politics are contested and exercised [...]
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“Außerdem ist das Recht der Inländer auf Heimat stärker als das Recht der Ausländer auf Familienleben. Österreich soll daher von der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention abgehen”. (Salzburger Nachrichten, 6.10.1995) “Also the right of natives for their country is stronger than the right of foreigners for family life. Austria should therefore eixt the European Human Rights Convention” “Dieses [...]
christian fuchs, October 19th 2008
Right-wing extremists reach 29% of the votes in Austrian general elections
The Austrian general elections on September 28, 2008, resulted in a strong shift towards the right. The Social Democrats SPÖ (29,7%) and the Conservatives ÖVP (25,6%) reached their worst results ever, also the Green Party lost (9,8%) voters. The big winners are the Freedom Party FPÖ (18,0%, +7,0%) of Heinz Christian Strache and the BZÖ (11,0%, +6,9%). These two right-wing parties together now hold 29% of the votes.
christian fuchs, September 29th 2008
STANDART: Analphabet Wilhelm Molterer, Illiterate Wilhelm Molterer
The Austrian conservative front-runner Molterer proves his lack of knowledge of German.
christian fuchs, September 25th 2008
General Elections in Austria: Income Distribution and Corporate Domination are Neglected Issues
General election will take place on September 28, 2008 in Austria. The topics that the competing parties have thus far presented are superficial and neglect the actual problems that people are facing in their everyday lives, such as income inequality and corporate growth at the expense of the income of the masses.
christian fuchs, August 25th 2008