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Alternative Right in Austria: Technology, Theology, and Political Strategy
In August of this year, tech billionaire Peter Thiel, who is also known for his proximity to the new right, caused confusion by visiting the University of Innsbruck unnoticed. At the same time, the FPÖ in Austria is moving closer to the U.S. right wing. The FPÖ has a long history and has undergone a transformation to become an international pioneer of the new right.
Herbert Kickl brings the FPÖ closer to the American right wing. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Michael Lucan / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)
Parallel to global developments, Austria's Freedom Party (FPÖ) shows how a party has transformed itself from a post-war party into a modern right-wing populist movement. As political scientist Anton Pelinka describes in an article for the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the FPÖ was founded in 1956 as a party for former National Socialists. Its first chairman, Anton Reinthaller,…
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