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evil:austria
Vol. 1, No. 1 - June 2000
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Welcome to the first number of evil:austria!
This is our new monthly newsletter, that will inform about the actual
situation in Austria and the consequences of the new government. We have
decided to work out this newsletter, because we realized that the knowledge
about the real situation in Austria, especially abroad, is very limited.
The government has reached its target, that with the discussion about the
"sanctions" of the European Union the daily madness in this country has
vanished from the agenda of the international public. We want to avoid that
it comes to a "normalization" of the right/right-extreme Austrian
government. We also do this for egoistic reasons, because the international
monitoring prevents that things are getting even worse at least for the
moment. Therefore, it is very important to spread this newsletter as far as
possible, so that as many people as possible are informed about the
situation in Austria. Thus: distribute, distribute, distribute! Feel free
to use this material for other publications, but please, send us a mail if
you do so. In addition, we try to send this newsletter in various
languages, and we would appreciate it if some people could help us with the
translations. If you want to support this project and know other languages
than German, English or Spanish, please let us know! So far, this is long
enough for an introduction. Just one more thing: please send critics and
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CONTENTS:
1. Haider's ideas of "sanctions".
2. "Hump? Dump? Lump?"
3. The Austrian way of coming to terms with the past (1).
4. The Austrian way of coming to terms with the past (2).
5. The Austrian way of coming to terms with the past (3).
6. Law and Order.
7. Over and out for the SEK?
8. Justice in Austria (1)
9. Justice in Austria (2)
10. About handcuffs and children (with two different results).
11. Demolition of critical media (1).
12. Demolition of critical media (2).
13. Demolition of critical media (3).
14. No freedom of opinion in Austria!
15. Creative methods of money acquisition (1).
16. Creative methods of money acquisition (2).
17. Creative methods of money acquisition (3).
18. Bank robber survives official act.
19. The new government stimulates baking.
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HAIDER'S IDEAS OF "SANCTIONS"
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During the opening ceremony of an official building in Carinthia, Joerg
Haider demanded the prosecution of politicians, who "are acting against
Austria". In particular, he aimed at the leader of the Social Democratic
Party, Gusenbauer, and the EU-Parliamentarian Voggenhuber a member of the
Green Party. Haider refers to paragraph 248 of the Austrian law: "(1)
Persons who spitefully insult or bring to contempt the Republic of Austria
or one of its Federal States in a way, that the act becomes known to the
broader public, will be punished by imprisonment for up to 1 year".
Apart from the fact that this paragraph is scandalous, it's horrible to use
it against the opposition. In our opinion (and we are not the only ones),
just the demand to imprison opposition leaders shows the wish for an
authoritarian regime and it shows once more, what Joerg Haider is. Such
paragraphs were also used against the opposition under Mussolini and Franco.
Joerg Haider is not alone with such ideas! Consider the statements of other
party members: the Secretary of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe), Theresia
Zierler, meant this idea is "worth to think about". For the Austrian
Freedom Party's Minister of Justice, (and Haider's lawyer and right
students' association companion) Dieter Boehmdorfer, it is "worth to
pursue" this idea. The Federal Chancellor of the Austrian People's Party
(OeVP), Wolfgang Schuessel, speaks about a "summer topic". Referring to the
freedom of opinion, from Schuessel's point of view Haider can pursue such
ideas.
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"HUMP? DUMP? LUMP?"
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At the party convention of the Viennese section of the Austrian Freedom
Party (FPOe), Hilmar Kabas was elected as chairman of this section (Kabas
is the person, who posted "stop the foreign infiltration" in Vienna during
the last election campaign and therefore a cake was smashed into his face a
while ago).
When a party member gave him another cake to comfort him (this time not
into his face), Kabas directed some words to the Austrian president Thomas
Klestil (Klestil rejected Kabas as Minister of Defence because of his
"foreign infiltration" adds). Kabas said, that Klestil has behaved himself
like a riff-raff (in German: "Lump").
It was clear, that some reporters wanted to know, what Kabas meant. But
Kabas finally lost his loose screw and said: "Regarding Klestil I've never
said something like this ("Lump" = riff-raff ), maybe it was something like
"Hump" (?), or "Dump" (??), I don't remember exactly." (Annotation: "Hump"
and "Dump" do not exist in German; since this time linguists try to find
out, what it could mean). We don't know it neither, the only thing we and
other people were reminded of, was Humpty-Dumpty. The Department of Public
Prosecution investigated, but Klestil refused the prosecution and said:
"this statement is judging itself". Good luck to Kabas, he got away just
like a stupid boy.
The Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe), disturbed by fake-homepages like
www.fpo.at, reacted very fast this time and reserved the domains
www.dump.at and www.lump.at. But www.hump.at was reserved by somebody else.
It is worth looking at, from time to time.
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THE AUSTRIAN WAY OF COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST (1)
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In the course of "Operation Spring" a large-scale racist-motivated "drug
raid" where more than 100 black people were arrested, also a young black
man who claims to be a minor was seized. Now he is supposed to be condemned
because of drug-dealing but the question is, whether the juvenile court is
responsible for him or not. Therefore a medical expert named Johann
Szilvassy was consulted, who was supposed to evaluate the age of the young
person. He did his job by measuring the width of the nose, the size of the
testicles, the density of the pubic hair, the length of the head and last
but not least the width of the mouth of the young man! This surveyor of
human beings is well known: he was the co-creator of the "Hall of Races" in
the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, which was closed 4 years ago, and
he writes articles for the far right magazine "Aula".
He "stated", that the accused young black man is between 22 and 25 years
old which means the double degree of punishment. In his court statement, he
added: "If the immigration continues, the fair-haired people will disappear
within the next generations. The pigmentation will be darker". The defender
asked if the expert opinion was "influenced ideologically" and protested
against the "evidence".
After that, the senior public prosecutor, Eisenmenger, supported Szilvassy,
so he was allowed to continue (meanwhile he retired voluntarily).
Investigations showed - surprise, surprise! - that the senior public
prosecutor feels comfortable in right-extreme groups: he is a member of the
sabre fencing students� association "Arminia". In 1997 he sent a "corps
list" to Arminia-members concerning persons who "should always be kept in
honorable remembrance", among them also Nazi war criminals. In 1980 he was
engaged in a presidential election committee supporting Norbert Burger, the
leader of the right-extreme NDP (National Democratic Party). For the state
police the past of Eisenmenger doesn't seem to be a problem. Eisenmenger
says that before he was appointed as senior public prosecutor he was
"checked" by the state police.
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THE AUSTRIAN WAY OF COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST (2)
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June 4, 2000: In his inaugural speech the new chairman of the "Section
Lower Austria" of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe), Ernst Windholz, shared
"his ideas" with us. He referred to long-term functionaries, and honored
them with the sentence "our honor means faith", which was the slogan of the
"Waffen-SS" (armed corps of Hitler's SS). Afterwards he said in an
interview, that he didn't know the context, as he "has nothing to do with
the time between 1938 and 1945".
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THE AUSTRIAN WAY OF COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST (3)
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The Austrian Freedom Party's member of the Senate of the Parliament, John
Gudenus, gave an interview to the news magazine "Profil", in which he made
clear how much the new government is interested in coming to terms with the
Austrian crimes during the Holocaust. Regarding the compensations for
people who were condemned to forced labor during the Nazi regime, he said:
"The compensations are necessary for maintaining economical relationships,
especially with the USA. Nothing else is meant. These compensations are
nothing else than protective money that we have to pay. We are in a
situation where we have to knuckle under the great powers. But the Austrian
people have nothing to do with the events that happened in those days".
In addition, to that he said about Ed Fagan, a lawyer of NS-terror victims,
: "(...) he doesn't help to develop sympathies for people like him".
(Annotation: Ed Fagan is a Jew.)
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LAW AND ORDER
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In the night of May 3, the 26 year old Richard W. from Sierra Leone was
found dead in a cell of a youth penal institution in Vienna. Richard W. was
arrested on May 1 (exactly one year after Marcus Omofuma was killed during
his deportation by the Austrian police) and according to eye-wittnesses he
was beaten up by the police. The government imposed a news-stop. The
official autopsy-report states that Richard W. died of drugs, but the
report is full of contradictions.
In the next morning, just a few hours after the death of Richard W., the
40-year-old Lubinor B. from Slovakia was found dead, in a cell of a police
commissionar department in Vienna. This was kept secret for more than a
week. According to the temporary autopsy-report, the man had a high
concentration of Marihuana in his urine, they also mentioned traces of
Methadone and antidepressants.
On May 19, 2000 a putative marihuana-dealer was shot by the police. Imre B.
was unarmed and they did not find any drugs in his car, in which he was
shot. The police stated that this shot was not by intention.
At their assumption of office, the FPOe-OeVP government promised a sharper
drug policy and they are realising it now. Summary: 3 dead men in 3 weeks,
following the FPOe pre-election slogan "No mercy for drug-dealers". It
doesn't matter if they were dealers or not.
Because of these 3 dead men about 100 people tried to demonstrate against
police violence, on May 20 in Vienna. From the beginning the police
strategy was escalation. They had helmets, shields, and truncheons,
helicopters were observating the demonstration... The officer on duty said:
"Today there will be a riot." After the WEGA (Viennese special police squad
with a lot of FPOe voters among them) arrived, they started to beat up the
protesters. Twenty-four people were isolated, surrounding police men were
beating them up for several hours. The spectating crowd was pushed away
from the police lines and was also knocked up without any reason! At least
4 people were injured. Ambulances arrived already before the police riot
started, and around the ambulances the blood of the hurt demonstraters
could be seen. After 3.5 hours nearly all of the 24 people from the
surrounded group were allowed to leave. One person was brought to prison
for some hours.
Before this police attack there was an article in the most read Austrian
newspaper - "Neue Kronenzeitung" (in this newspaper there are often
articles about "Nigerian drug-dealers" and left-winged people). In this
article one could read there would be riots from "extremely violent
anarchists" at a mass demonstration on 20th of May (but no demonstration
was announced for this day), which authorized the massive police attacks in
advance.
The situation in Austria becomes tougher and great waves of repression
against left wing people especially through articles from "Neue
Kronenzeitung", become more and more reality. For coloured people and/or
people with the "wrong" passport, the situation in Austria is dangerous and
life-threatening since a long time!
Sad postscript: On May 17, a 5-year-old refugee from Afghanistan died.
"Real Austrians", a doctor, a hotel-manager, the ambulance... continously
refused any help until the child died. This incident became public one week
later.
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OVER AND OUT FOR THE SEK?
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According to a report in the weekly Austrian news magazine "Profil" a
"special group for criminal investigation department" (SEK) will be
dissolved after a 6-month test period. "Profil" wrote, that they got this
information from inner police circles. The short history of SEK has quite a
record:
At the beginning of March 2000, masked policemen of the SEK arrested three
people during the "Opernball"-demonstration. At the first attempted arrest,
the policemen wanted to pull a young woman into a car. At the second hit,
two persons were pulled out of a cab by two men who could not be identified
as policemen and showed their guns instead of their identification badges.
The two demonstraters were arrested in front of the very confused uniformed
policemen. The whole situation was filmed and was shown at a press
conference of the Austrian Green Party. Two days later the refugee and
foreigner advice-office of the Green Party was target of a police offence.
One of the founders of the SEK is working at the police-station that made
the move. Both cases are examples for the authoritarian character, which is
shown by police against oppositional groups.
On May 19, a member of the SEK shot an unarmed Yugoslavian who was said to
be a drug dealer - afterwards. The SEK man stated that the gun went off
when the door of the victim�s car was opened. Even if this dubious version
of the story is true, why would the policeman - against all police
regulations - rest his finger on the safety-lock released trigger? After
all, a gun that takes a power of 2.5 kilograms to be fired will not go off
by accident.
The fact that members of the SEK are violent and racist Rambos is supported
by the circumstance that some of them were dismissed from the WEGA because
of their brutal behaviour. (Notice: The WEGA - a special police force - is
known for their ruthlessness). The Chief of the SEK, lieutenant
Rabensteiner, is suspected of having committed a racist assault himself.
The SEK, entrusted with observation and intervention, is formed by members
who work - as they say voluntarily, free of charge and any time they are
needed. This self-description is quite alarming, and so far their
activities prove it.
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JUSTICE IN AUSTRIA (1)
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Justice in Austria is racist - old story! Nearly all black people arrested
during "Operation Spring" have been found guilty and were sentenced to four
to ten years. They were convicted before their trials even came to court.
The case of Michel K. is the best example for justice in Austria: Michel K.
was sentenced to four years without any evidence against him, just upon the
statement of a witness who was originally a suspect and arrived masked in
court.
Now it's clear: Police can safe time and energy simply by arresting people
who easily change their mind or take undercover agents into custody during
the same operation, whereas otherwise they have troubles digging up
evidence.
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JUSTICE IN AUSTRIA (2)
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In July 1999, a man was verbally and physically violated and arrested by
six policemen in St. Poelten. He was found guilty of an attempt to resist
against the executive power. This man is black. He will probably be
deported.
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ABOUT HANDCUFFS AND CHILDREN (with two different results)
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An interesting incident on May 17, 1999: A 33 year old mother with two
children, all on bikes, was accused of crossing a street at a red traffic
light. She was stopped by the police and after a long discussion the woman
was handcuffed and arrested. Her children, six and ten years of age, were
not allowed to accompany her - so the policeman just left them on the
street.
The policeman was found guilty of abusing his power by the Viennese law
court and was fined to pay ATS 40.000, however, the independent Senate for
Surveillance (UVS) declared the legitimacy of his action. The UVS was
constituted due to international pressure and to rule independently in
cases against the police. Though, this institution never proved to be
independent so far. No wonder, considering the fact that quite a lot of the
judges working for the UVS are former police lawyers, who will return to
their original profession after their time at the UVS.
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DEMOLITION OF CRITICAL MEDIA (1)
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Crtical media are almost non-existent in Austria. Since the Free Radio
stations have supported the protest against the government, they are a
thorn in the "Blue-Black" (FPOe-OeVP) side and so subventions are cut down.
The money is gone - and there is no freedom of speech in this country...
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DEMOLITION OF CRITICAL MEDIA (2)
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The right-wing opinion forming daily newspaper "Neue Kronenzeitung" is
irritated, by the fact that independent people with their own video cameras
are documenting abuses of police and started a virulent campaign against
these persons. Again and again video material is spread that shows the
scandalous methods of the police (e.g. operations by the SEK - "Special
Operation Command"). This is the only way to make things public, because
according to eyewitnesses, the ORF (state-controlled Austrian Broadcasting)
is usually exercising self-censorship and stops filming as soon as the
police starts to punch. We�ll see when people with video cameras will
violently be hindered next time they try to document police methods.
Anyhow, "Neue Kronenzeitung" is paving the way.
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DEMOLITION OF CRITICAL MEDIA (3)
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The EU Ministers of Justice and of the Interior want to realize the
surveillance of the whole internet, both surfing and mailing. Due to the
resistence of some countries these laws could not pass. Probably, we do not
have to mention that the Austrian "law and order" politicians are not
against such laws. With the favorite phrase "erweiterte Gefahrenforschung"
(something like "extended danger research", which gives police more power)
the government can spy marvelously on the resistence movement against the
black-blue government.
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NO FREEDOM OF OPINION IN AUSTRIA!
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The political scientist Anton Pelinka was convicted of "vile gossip"
against the former chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) Joerg
Haider. The reason for the sentence is a statement on 1st of May 1999 for
the Italian Broadcasting Company RAI:
"During his whole career Haider again and again made statements that play
down the National Socialism. Once he called extermination camps
"Straflager" ("Straflager" in German is usually the term for camps where
people are obligated to forced labor, which has nothing to do with mass
extermination). All together Haider is responsible for making certain
national-socialist principals and statements fit for good society."
The conviction against Anton Pelinka shows the lack of freedom of opinion
in Austria, and that all people critizising Haider must be afraid to open
their mouths. A lively detail: The private complaint against Pelinka was
presented by Haider's lawyer, Dieter Boehmdorfer, who meanwhile is the so
called "independent" Minister of Justice of Austria!
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CREATIVE METHODS OF MONEY ACQUISITION (1)
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When the governor of Carinthia, Joerg Haider, goes on a trip interesting
things happen. However, he does not want everything to become public. So it
was just an accident that we know that Haider met the Libyen "Revolution
Leader" Muammar al-Gaddafi during his journey in May. First this journey
was denied, later it was presented as a "private trip" (Haider is a close
friend of Gaddafi's son). Anyway, the visit was not that private because
Haider was accompanied not only by his henchmen Gerald Mikscha, but also by
the bosses of two Carinthian banks and one industrialist. It's uncertain,
if this alliance will help Haider to resolve the financial problems of
Austria. Anyway, he could have received some good advice (or maybe more).
When he returned he gave 2.5 million liters of gasoline to an owner of a
Carinthean discount gas station and the generally critizised high petrol
prices dropped. Very strange, isn�t it?
May be it's easier to explain what they could have been discussing
privately, since they have one important thing in common: both are not
allowed to enter Israel...
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CREATIVE METHODS OF MONEY ACQUISITION (2)
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The "Bundeswertpapieraufsicht" (Federal Surveillance of Deposites) demanded
the suspension of the parliamentary privilege of the Second President of
the Federal Parliament, T. Prinzhorn. He was the top candidate of the
Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) at the last elections for the Austrian
Federal Parliament. Due to an interview with Reuters, Prinzhorn is accused
of systematically circulating false rumors about the sale of the brickwork
"Wienerberger" and manipulating the stock market.
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CREATIVE METHODS OF MONEY ACQUISITION (3)
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On Monday, 29th of May, the police of Linz (the capital of the federal
state of Upper Austria) shot a bank robber in the usual way. The robber,
armed with a fake pistol was hit by 7 of the 15 bullets. After the
identification of the corpse, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe), well known
for unorthodox methods of money acquisition (Rosenstingl! Prinzhorn!
Haider! Meischberger!), was the topic of the day once again. The dead man
was nobody minor than Alexander Jost, husband of the Styrian FPOe
politician and the party�s hope for the future, Magda Jost-Bleckmann, who
is well known for continous far right statements. Of course FPOe minister
Schmid argued that everyone has to show humanity, in spite of political
differences, because after all Mrs. Bleckmann was pregnant. It would be
interesting how far humanity would go, if the dead had been the husband of
a politician of the Social Democratic Party. Alexander Jost, heavily
indebted, stated in his tax declaration, that he was financed by women - a
creative tax trick and a slap in the face of his wife. She would have got
rid of him anyway, because according to a friend he planned to flee to the
Maledives. But thanks to the busy police of Linz, these activities were
brought to an end.
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BANK ROBBER SURVIVES OFFICIAL ACT
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By the way, the police of Linz is so busy, that they nip even simulated
bank robberies in the bud. During a shooting of the criminal TV-series
"Tatort" a (real) policewoman stopped an actor with a weapon with released
safety-catch. The actor, who was scared to death, immediately dropped his
toy pistol...
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THE NEW GOVERNMENT STIMULATES BAKING
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The chairman of the Austrian People's Party (OeVP), Andreas Khol, finally
has something besides racism and sexism in common with the chairman of the
Viennese Freedom Party (FPOe), Hilmar Kabas: a cake in his face. It was
thrown at him during a cabaret show by a visitors thanking him for his
policy.
Poor cake.
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