Leftists protest police crackdown on youngsters in Vienna
The police crackdown on youths at Karlsplatz in Vienna for defying COVID-19 restrictions has evoked widespread outrage across Austria
Social-democrats takes lead in Austrian students union elections
The turnout for these Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH) elections was just 15.79% due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the disenchantment of the students with the insensitive policies of the government with the complicity of the previous ÖH leadership
“The burdens of the pandemic must not be passed on to the working class”
The pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of the Austrian public health system, the failure of the federal government, and led to the acceleration of the economic crisis, writes Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labor of Austria
Austrian left demands free availability of mandatory FFP2 masks
In the wake of a fresh spike in COVID-19 infections, the Austrian government made it mandatory for people to wear medical-grade FFP2 masks in public transport, hospitals, shops and other establishments from January 25
‘Let the rich pay for the COVID-19 crisis’
Niklas Böck, chairman of the Communist Youth of Austria, talks about the impact of COVID-19 on the people, especially the youth, the resistance to the far-right and the growth of the left
Austrian students demand support amid COVID-19 crisis, reject changes to university law
Austrian students have been seeking comprehensive financial support in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. They are also calling for the withdrawal of proposed changes to the University Act which impose higher grade point requirements for them to pass their courses
Workers of Volkswagen Group subsidiary stage protests over closure of plant in Austria
Workers of the commercial vehicle manufacturing plant of MAN Truck & Bus Österreich AG (MTBÖ) in Steyr staged a protest following the announcement on closing their plant, which will put nearly 2,000 jobs at risk
In Austria, student groups protest higher fees for non-EU students
The University of Applied Arts Vienna has decided to enforce the Tuition Fee Ordinance 2019 as directed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Communist youth in Austria resist fascist mobilizations
Right-wing groups from the Turkish diaspora in Vienna instigated clashes with the Kurdish and progressive Turks in the city
Austrian communists criticize government bailout to private airline
The Austrian government has issued a financial bailout package worth EUR 450 million (USD 510 million) to Austrian Airlines (AUA), a subsidiary of the Germany-based Lufthansa Group
Commemoration of Nazi-allied Ustasa troops canceled due to COVID-19
The notorious Ustasa troops were responsible for the massacre of Jews, Serbs, Romas and anti-fascist Bosniaks and Croats during the second world war
Austrian communists regain northeastern municipal council seats
The Communist Party of Austria (KPO) has won seats in four municipalities of the northeastern State of Lower Austria, while the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA) has won one municipal seat
- Cuba demands an end to the US embargo at the UN General Assembly
- US ‘seizes’ Iranian and other regional news sites, cites ‘disinformation’ and ‘national security threats’
- Fatiha Briki is the latest Algerian human rights activist under detention
- Israeli settlers, security forces invade Sheikh Jarrah, leave several Palestinians injured
- UN criticized for leaving out Israel and Saudi coalition from list of violators of children’s rights
