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Diese #correctiv-Recherche hat mindestens so viel Aufmerksamkeit verdient wie die Potsdam-Geschichte um #noAfD und "#remigration".

Sie zeigt am Beispiel der „Berlin Campaign Conference“, wie Teile der CDU/CSU mit Hilfe (Geld) von Putin, Orban und Trump der Machtübernahme der Faschisten in Deutschland den Weg ebnen.

Großen Dank an @correctiv_org !

correctiv.org/aktuelles/trump-

How did the far right win in Austria? To understand, look to its global networks

"We will kick upwards and clamp down on those who don’t mean well for us”, said #Herbert #Kickl in May 2023.

Under Kickl’s leadership, the Austrian Freedom party ( #FPÖ ) has scored its biggest election victory since it was founded in 1956 by #Anton #Reinthaller, an Austrian Nazi who had served as a lieutenant general in the SS.

Not only is the FPÖ now more popular than ever, it is also at the height of its radicalism.

The FPÖ’s victory in Sunday’s national elections is being celebrated by far-right movements and influencers across Europe.
No wonder: it demonstrates how successful they have been at normalising and internationalising their extreme ideologies, conspiracy myths and policy proposals.

Many of the FPÖ’s ideas have been inspired by #Generation #Identity, a pan-European white nativist movement that has its roots in France and is particularly strong in Austria.

In a post-election livestream to his followers, the movement’s Austrian leader, #Martin #Sellner, celebrated the FPÖ win as “a dream result” .

He has been one of the most influential proponents of the term “#remigration” (the policy of mass deportation of people with a migration background),
which had its first spike on social media following a 2014 extreme-right meet-up in France.

Ten years later, the FPÖ is far from the only far-right political party that has embraced the concept.
Germany’s #AfD party used “remigration” as part of its campaigns for regional elections in Saxony and Thuringia on 1 September,
-- and #Donald #Trump recently called for “remigration” in a post about “illegal migrants” on X.

Even though Sellner communicated with and received a donation from the @Christchurch #shooter who later killed 51 people in two consecutive mosque attacks in New Zealand in 2019,
Kickl has since described the identitarian movement as “a project worthy of support”, which should be viewed as an “NGO from the right”.

A year before the Christchurch attack, Sellner wrote to me in a direct message on Twitter:
“I don’t think that my videos and speeches incite violence. The anger is there in any case and I think it has its material basis.”

#Immigration is only one of the FPÖ’s controversial campaign topics.
#Covid conspiracy myths,
#climate change denial,
#anti-#feminism and
#anti-#LGBTQ+ discourse are other features of the party’s branding.

The FPÖ member of parliament #Michael #Gruber recently shared an election campaign video on Instagram that showed him throwing a rainbow flag in a bin with the tagline “Cleaning up for Austria”.

With Kickl using dog whistles such as “climate communism” and “WHO dictatorship”,
the FPÖ has been able to expand its support base among conspiracy theorists and Covid deniers.

What does Kickl mean by kicking upwards, for example?
He promised to become an FPÖ chancellor “who won’t bow down to the EU, Nato and the WHO”.

In a new year’s speech he spoke ofhis long “wanted list”, which includes centrist politicians whom he refers to as “politicians of the system” (#Systempolitiker ) and whom he accuses of “treason against the people” (#Volksverrat ) – two terms known for their use by #Adolf #Hitler.

A key to FPÖ’s success has been the growing landscape of alternative, hyper-biased and conspiratorial news outlets that have formed around the party and its sympathisers.

In the run-up to the election, a series of false claims spread in a chain reaction across these alternative media websites and social media channels such as Telegram.
Reports, for example, were circulated claiming that the “deep state” wanted to steal the FPÖ’s victory
or that centrist parties were planning to reintroduce mandatory vaccinations after the elections.

#AUF1, a particularly influential new rightwing channel, has aired ideas of “vaccine mass extermination” and a “deadly transhumanist agenda”.

The channel was the first outlet to feature an appearance by Kickl on Sunday night after the election victory.

The FPÖ’s historic victory not only poses a risk to Austria’s minorities, independent media outlets, scientific community and democratic institutions,
-- it also has the potential to significantly strengthen the far right in Europe and internationally.

#Alice #Weidel of the German AfD,
#Marine #Le #Pen of the French National Rally
and #Geert #Wilders of the Dutch Freedom party
all enthusiastically congratulated the FPÖ.
“The Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, France, Spain, Czech Republic and today Austria! We are winning! Times are changing,” commented Wilders on X.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · How did the far right win in Austria? To understand, look to its global networksBy Julia Ebner

Inside the world of Martin Sellner, millennial influencer of Europe’s far right

#Martin #Sellner,
self-proclaimed champion of mass migrant #deportations,
fielded questions from a rapt audience.

An ash-blond young mother raised her hand. She remarked on the importance of "improving Germanic gene pools," then asked whether a people of such “progress and innovation” should honestly see themselves as run-of-the-mill humans.

“Good question,” Sellner said, responding with an answer that touched on biology, population trends and extraterrestrial invasions.

When asked directly, Sellner, 35, a far-right Austrian provocateur, will say he is no racist
— but argues that each race would be happier in its own geographic corner.

His Generation Identity movement, he says, adheres to nonviolent activism
to protect ethno-European culture,
citing Mohandas K. Gandhi
and the Arab Spring as inspiration.


European intelligence officials, however, call him “dangerous”
— the leading figure of a right-wing extremist group that they say is radicalizing a generation of White and angry Europeans.

Analysts assess that Sellner has been particularly effective in cultivating young activists.

But the ideas he propagates are also finding a home with established political parties on both sides of the Atlantic.


Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win an election Sunday on a platform that incorporates Sellner’s rhetoric.

And when The Washington Post spent time with Sellner this month, he excitedly described his latest “vindication”:

former president Donald Trump’s mention of “#remigration,” Sellner’s pet project, as part of a plan to “end the migrant invasion of America

washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

The Washington Post · Inside the world of Martin Sellner, millennial influencer of Europe’s far rightBy Anthony Faiola
Replied in thread

The GOP candidates offer Americans concentration camps and ethnic cleansing. No, seriously.

“‘Remigration,’ as a 2019 article about the rise of extreme anti-immigrant language in Europe from the Associated Press explains, is the ‘chilling notion of returning immigrants to their native lands in what amounts to a soft-style ethnic cleansing.’”

h/t @JonChevreau
@wendinoakland

motherjones.com/politics/2024/

Mother JonesTrump just introduced a new, dangerous immigration proposalBy invoking "remigration," the GOP candidate implied the mass deportation of more than just immigrants.

Well, it seems Austrian "identitarian" fascist and "remigration" theorist Martin Sellner has himself just been kicked out of Switzerland. He went to give a talk (or something) to a group of people from the neo-Nazi group Junge Tat and their supporters outside Zurich, and the cops swooped in pretty quick. (Junge Tat is somewhat similar to Patriot Front in the US, but with even dumber masks.)

I'm not sure what exactly the grounds were for deporting him, but I can say that he's in the past been denied entry into the UK, mostly due to the fact that he's just a terrible person.

Now, of course, he's whining that, no, countries don't have the right to kick undesirables out of their countries. Cool, man, cool. Good job.

An article (in German) about his detention here: aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/kant

More on Junge Tat here: belltower.news/junge-tat-swiss

Aargauer Zeitung · Österreichischer Rechtsextremist von Polizei im Aargau gestopptBy Auswärtige Autoren (AA)
Continued thread

⬆️ Shocked by far-right revelations, #Germans consider ban #FarRight party Alternative for Germany, or #AfD after secret meeting where mass deportations were allegedly discussed.

Members of centre-right Christian Democrats (#CDU), party of former Chancellor Angela #Merkel, were also said to be present

Discussion focused on "#remigration" - the removal of asylum seekers, "non-assimilated" & "non-German" backgrounds, even if they hold residency rights and citizenship.

bbc.com/news/world-europe-6802

www.bbc.comAfD: Germans float ban on elected far-right party after scandalGermans are angered by reports that AfD figures joined a meeting that discussed mass deportations.

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Begrüsse es, dass Teilnehmende Noch-#CDU-Mitglieder am verfassungsfeindlichen Treffen in #Potsdam ausgeschlossen werden sollen & befürworte den Begriff #Deportation statt dem bisherigen, verharmlosenden #Remigration. Unterstütze Forderungen zu einen generellen Unvereinbarkeitsbeschluss gegenüber der sog. #WerteUnion. Gegen Rechts-#Dualismus hilft keine Nachgiebigkeit, sondern nur klare #Brandmauer. #Linnemann #Merz n-tv.de/politik/Linnemann-droh

n-tv NACHRICHTEN · "Wir werden hart durchgreifen": Linnemann droht Parteimitgliedern nach Extremisten-TreffenBy n-tv NACHRICHTEN