monitors the Austrian far right @doew.at. Member of @fipu.bsky.social. Takes in English for the most part. Private account.
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(PS: I have to say I stopped following Albanese quite a while ago, but given the trajectory she was on the last time I checked, I would be surprised if that particular claim even made her top-10 outrageous quotes of 2026. How anyone can still view her as an authority on anything is beyond me.) 4/4
Why was it called "antisemitism" in the first place? Bc the Jew-haters who came up with the term thought it made them sound more scientific. Plus, it closed off the conversion route that anti-Judaism had still left open to Jews. No good faith actor can deny it was always about _them_, though. 2/4
So why would well-informed people make that argument today? To ridicule or undermine a debate that treats Jew-hatred as an actual problem, and/or to use it as a gotcha/immunization against criticism of Hamas and the like ("how can they be antisemitic, moron, when they're Semites themselves!"). 3/4
If we rule out stupidity/ignorance as explanations, one has to assume that, by ostentatiously ignoring ~150 years of political & academic debate on the term, Albanese is either trying to distort that very debate by flooding the zone, or simply trolling people who do take antisemitism seriously. 1/4
Gestern diskutierten Brigitte Bailer, Verena Fabris, Bernhard Weidinger, Ruth Wodak und Moderator Jonatan Gerstbach im Science Talk des BMFWF über Rechtsextremismus in Österreich. Eine Nachlese der Veranstaltung an der TU Wien findet sich hier: science.orf.at/stories/3235....
📷Daniel Shaked
Am 30. Mai veranstalteten identitäre Aktivist*innen das Vernetzungstreffen „Remigration Summit“. Federführend dabei war auch Martin Sellner (IBÖ), Stargast war mit Gregory Bovino der ehemalige Kommandant der Massendeportationseinsätze von ICE in den USA. Mehr auf: www.doew.at/erkennen/rec...
Austrian headline (tabloid):
"Victory over Germany: Austria is on the UN Security Council"
For the average Austrian, that first part is WAY more important. The second suggests Austria might actually have to pick a side every now and then now, which, frankly, seems like an avoidable hassle.
And yes, that's a tabloid's headline, but the public broadcaster does not sound all that different.
"Germany came up empty: Austria elected to UN Security Council"
A little bit more subtle, yet more schadenfroh as well. Sure, winning is nice, but the real joy lies in German misery.
Eine weltweite Koryphäe in Sachen Sprache der extremen Rechten (Ruth Wodak); die Grande Dame der österreichischen Rechtsextremismusforschung (Brigitte Bailer); die Leiterin der Anlaufstelle für Extremismusfragen (Verena Fabris); und ich in 1er-Panier. Alles festgehalten in diesem Video. #sciencetalk
On 10 June, I am going to give a talk at the IHS in Vienna on Party Competition and the Normalization of the Radical Right. If you are around, you can sign up with the link below. I am at the IHS for the whole week, so do reach out if you'd like to meet up.
www.ihs.ac.at/news-and-eve...
