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Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria celebrates with supporters, in Vienna, Austria, September 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election
HUNDREDS of protesters gathered outside Austria’s parliament building on Sunday as it was announced that the far right Freedom Party (FP) had won the parliamentary election.
The FP, led by Herbert Kickl, secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria.
Protesters in Vienna waved placards with slogans including “Kickl is a Nazi.”
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
