>From: "Per Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >_______________________________ > >ANTIFA INFO-BULLETIN >News * Analysis * Research * Action >_______________________________ > >SPECIAL EDITION >- August 10, 2000 - > >* * * > >ROSA ANTIFA WIEN >c/o Rosa Lila Tip >Linke Wienzeile 102 >A-1060 Wien, AUSTRIA >Tel: +43 (1) 64 15 999 >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web: http://www.raw.at >- Wednesday, 9 August 2000 - > >----- >____________________________________________________________________ > >evil:austria 0800 >____________________________________________________________________ > >Welcome to the new issue of evil:austria! > >So on for a new issue. This time it is a little shorter than the preceding >ones (the translators will be happy about that...), but none the less very >good ;-) And if we are talking about translations: You are now also able to >read evil:austria in italian, if everything works out well, there will be >even more translations available for this issue. You are able to find all >translations and older versions on our homepage at http://www.raw.at in the >section "newsletter". Of course it's also possible to receive more >different translations (maybe you want to distribute them or you are just >curious) of evil:austria by e-mail, just drop us a note. > >For those who don't know what this is all about a few words of explanation: > >evil:austria is our monthly newsletter which supplies info about the actual >situation in Austria and the consequences of the new government. We have >decided to produce this newsletter because we realized that the knowledge >about the real situation in Austria, especially abroad, is very limited. >The government has achieved 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 this >resulting in a "normalization" of the right/right-extreme Austrian >government. We also do this for egoistic reasons, because international >monitoring prevents things from 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 it, distribute it, distribute it! >Feel free to use this material for other publications, but please, send us >a mail if you do so. > >Send criticism and all remarks, if possible in German or English, to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Have fun! > >CONTENTS: > >01. Consulting the people (1) >02. Consulting the people (2) >03. International support for FPOe >04. Further tightening of foreigner laws to come >05. When Haider goes on a journey... >06. Further cutbacks in social welfare system >07. More rights for the military... >08. Coming to terms with the past - OEVP >09. Another dead person in police custody >10. Migrants attacked by skinheads >11. Right-wing extremism increasing >12. Protest marches and money >13. Chancellor against abortion >14. Racist justice in Austria > >* * * > >CONSULTING THE PEOPLE (1) > >Just in case the EU "sanctions" will not be called off by November, the >Austrian government is planning a referendum. The Austrians shall, "if >possible ", answer "yes" to six questions, in order to back up the >government and its "fight against Brussels". It is hard to see how this >referendum could be used to put any pressure on EU. And there are also >doubts whether realising the referendum is in agreement with the >constitution. The government has indeed altered the questions slightly >after massive criticism: The first question ("Shall the government, in the >course of the upcoming reform of the EU-treaty, make sure with all >appropriate means that the unjustified sanctions that the other member >states of the EU have imposed upon Austria are being called off >immediately") was reworded insofar as the obviously suggestive word >"unjustified" was dropped. > >Another important point is that all six questions can only be answered with >a collective "yes" or "no". Therefore any person answering with "yes" >automatically declares him/herself against human rights, democratic >elections, equality among EU member states and the constitutional state. > >* * * > >CONSULTING THE PEOPLE (2) > >According to the magazine "Profil" (issue dd July 10), some people within >FPOe also think about realising a referendum regarding the compensation of >forced labourers. Andreas Moelzer, cultural adviser to Carinthian governor >Joerg Haider, declared "this would be an interesting question, because >morally we are not obliged in any way. But pragmatically, this won't be >possible. We just have to pay anyway." Incidentally, Moelzer is the editor >of the extreme right-wing weekly newspaper "Zur Zeit"... > >* * * > >INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR FPOe > >FPOe must have been quite happy to hear that they finally got international >support for one of their plans. What a pity this support once again comes >from Neonazis. The Swedish Nazi paper "Nationalsocialistik front" has >praised FPOe Vice Mayor of Seekirchen, Helmut Naderer, for his refusal to >contribute to the "reconciliation fund" for the compensation of former >NS-forced labourers. Naderer instead also demanded a reconciliation by the >allied powers. (see evil:austria 0700) > >* * * > >FURTHER TIGHTENING OF ANTI-FOREIGNER LAWS TO COME > >Austrian magazine "Format" has been passed on an internal paper of a group >of officials from the Ministry of the Interior which plans massive >aggravations of foreigner laws. The officials suggest, for instance, that >young people of the second generation, i.e. persons born in Austria, may >also be deported. This plan will also make it possible to deport refugees >whose asylum proceedings are not yet closed. > >The regulations for deportation custody shall also become more rigid. The >officials of the ministry plan to have prisoners on hunger strike nourished >forcibly. Furthermore the foreigner police also wants to take minors into >deportation custody.The interior ministry declares that those "ideas" are >merely a collection and not the opinion of the minister. Of course, >honestly. > >* * * > >WHEN HAIDER GOES ON A JOURNEY... > >Even if Joergi Haider does not like to admit it: It hurts to arrive amongst >Italian enemies when one has come to visit Italian friends. Somehow he >imagined his journey to Italy to be completely different. He was looking >forward to good food, but he did not exactly expect to have it thrown at >him. And he was also annoyed by those stupid "radicals, left-wingers, >anarchists and old-communists" (quote Haider) who came to "greet" him in >every single town of his tour. But being a real Fuehrer, he takes the bull >by the horns with a brilliant historical comparison: In France he detects >attempts to "direct Europe as its vanguard" and states: "This is the >beginning of an undesirable development, as we know it from German and >Italian fascism". > >* * * > >FURTHER CUTBACKS IN SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM > >An expert commission appointed by the government suggested to abolish >subsidies for students (at the moment 2,000 to 3,000 Austrian Shillings per >month/about 145 to 218 Euro) and to raise scholarships instead. They >estimate savings of 6 billion Shillings (436.000.000 Euro) per year. This >will be another step towards the abolishment of free access to >universities. At least FPOe already approves of it. > >* * * > >MORE RIGHTS FOR THE MILITARY... > >Early in July, the FPOe and OeVP - government passed a law concerning the >authority of the armed forces (Milit�rbefugnisgesetz). This law entitles >the army to rights, which were only available to the police before. For >instance: they can carry out identity checks, search persons and houses - >if there is any property of the army nearby (e.g. military vehicles!!!). If >necessary, these rights can also be enforced by force of arms. > >The rights of the intelligence services (Heeresnachrichtendienst HnaA, >Heeresabwehrdienst HAA and military police GK/G2) are fundamentally >extended, too. Persons, apartments, etc. can be observed without judicial >authorisation. The police can only observe within much stricter legal >conditions. The agents are also allowed to have false identity papers, and >they can observe relatives of soldiers. The FPOe-OeVP government also >"recommends" the observation of newspapers and authors who are critical of >the army, the observation of political groups and anarchists. So the >political course has been made clear now. Even the data protection >regulations are by far not as strict as with the police (e.g. the right to >be given access to records is missing). > >This law would most likely also have been passed by the SPOe (the bill was >already there). The difference between the old bill and the law which has >been passed now, is that the data protection representative (who supervises >observations, for instance) would have been appointed by parliament, and is >now appointed by the minister for defence. The armed forces have already >had far-reaching authorities within the state before (missions at the >borders to get rid of refugees). But with this new law, the government now >has the possibility to take action against political enemies with military >force. > >* * * > >COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST - OEVP > >When the three "wise men" of EU scrutinize the nature of the FPOE, they >should examine OEVP as well on this occasion, because antisemitism is not >an FPOe "privilege" at all, even though they are the ones who make it >socially acceptable. Employer and OEVP-member Johannes Asamer told the >magazine "Profil" that "the Jews would get hit on the head" in the context >of the issue of forced labourers. One week later, the weekly paper "Format" >interviewed him on this subject. This time, Asamer claimed to have been >quoted out of context. He restored the context in the next sentence and >said: "I said exactly that if the Jews make themselves unpopular in the >entire world, they will get hit on the head again." According to this, the >Jews have always been to blame for their own persecution. > >A few sentences later he uses another classic line of argumentation of the >"new right" by offsetting the victims of the October Revolution of 1917 >against those of the Nazi crimes. And then, as a highlight, he reveals his >"identity": "The Russians don't have to pay because they won the war. WE >(!!!) lost the war and have to pay." The entire interview goes on in this >manner. No statements were made on the part of OEVP. This is probably >because they are always busy apologizing for FPOE. > >* * * > >ANOTHER DEAD PERSON IN POLICE CUSTODY > >A heroin addict hung himself in the police station Vienna-Simmering on June >24th. As usual, the police only gave scarce information weeks after the >incident. The 24 year old man had been questioned by the criminal >investigation department only a few hours before his death. During this >interrogation, the prisoner had already urgently asked to see a doctor. The >cops passed this on to the safety guards who remained passive. Therefore, >no doctor came, and the prisoner hung himself. Two safety guards are >already investigated for "torturing or neglecting a prisoner". But this was >not mentioned in the statements of Viennese police headquarters.The guards >are still on duty in spite of the investigations. > >This is the third dead person in a Viennese prison within three months. >Richard Ibekwe was found dead in a place of detention in Erdberg. Three >days later, Slovakian Lubomir K. died in the police station in >Vienna-Landstrasse. In both cases, the police claims the prisoners died of >drugs. If this is true, the responsible officials acted negligently as no >medical examinations were made. These are, however, compulsory for arrests >with suspicion of drug crimes. So life in an Austrian prison is not worth >much. > >* * * > >MIGRANTS ATTACKED BY SKINHEADS > >3 year old Tutanch is treated in hospital since the 21st of July. The son >of Sudanese Anthony Maw Stevenson was knocked down and kicked in the >stomach repeatedly during an attack by Nazi skinheads. His father, >president of the organisation "Humanitarian help for Africa", received >injuries to jawbone, knee, ribs and head. This happened in the park in >front of Vienna's city hall in the Inner City. Three skins yelled: "We are >the new Nazis - we don't want any Negroes! Heil Hitler!" Even though this >occured near a populated crossroads, nobody came to their aid - that's the >way it is in Austria. On the other side of the road, another Black African >was attacked by Neo-Nazis. The Nazi group scattered and Stevenson followed >one of his attackers to the nearby Federal Chancellery, but the skinheads >had ganged up again there, joined by two more youths armed with baseball >bats. Again, the group attacked Stevenson and his son. This time somebody >came to their aid, so the skins fled. As a precaution measure, one of them >went to the police himself to give them his version of the story, but he >was reported immediately. According to the police, the culprits are looked >for in the right-wing extremist scene. By the same police that stirs up the >paranoia of alleged drug dealers among a population which is susceptible to >racism anyway. And there is FPOe which demands "Stop foreign infiltration". >And Nazis who put this into action. Welcome to Austria. > >* * * > >RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM INCREASING > >The number of reports regarding rightwing extremist crimes increased for as >much as 48% during the first six months in 2000. This means an increase >from 157 reports during the same time in 1999 to 232 this year. Offences >against the law against National Socialism saw an increase from 80 to 119. >The Ministry of the Interior does not see this increase to be caused by a >climate favourable for Nazis in this country, no, quite on the contrary, >the increase was said to be due to a greater extent of awareness among >population and executive forces: people tended to ignore less and report >more. > >* * * > >PROTEST MARCHES AND MONEY > >On principle, we don't do this, but we are going to allow an exception to >the rule here and present an excerpt from "Kronen-Zeitung", a tabloid with >definite tendencies to the right: > >"What a mad result of the meanwhile 139(!) anti-government demonstrations >in Vienna: they already cost taxpayers some 82 million Austrian Shillings, >and there were 59 injured policemen, some of whom received severe injuries! >And the rioters? They continue to march every Thursday..." (Neue Kronen >Zeitung, 14.7.00) > >:-)))))))))))))))))))))) > >* * * > >CHANCELLOR AGAINST ABORTION > >A letter dated May 2, 2000 signed by Chancellor Schuessel comforts a >pro-lifer: "We respect life unrestrictedly and are against abortion on >principle," Schuessel wrote. "The basis for credible politics is the >protection of life, and an according change of law is envisaged by OeVP...". > >After having abolished the wymyn's ministry (and founding a sports ministry >instead), christian-right-conservative OeVP now attacks the wymyn's right >to self-determination! They are targetting the abortion law much fought for >during the 70s, which will allow abortions up to the 12th week of pregnancy. > >OeVP speaks about an "unfortunate wording", FPOe General Secretary Theresia >Zierler believes one can "also talk about the abortion law in autumn". >Andreas Kohl (OeVP) and Peter Westenthaler (FPOe), however, announced the >law was not going to be discussed. All in all it is a fact that pro-lifers >(who, e.g., continue to harrass wymyn entering and leaving an abortion >clinic in Vienna) receive support by Chancellor Schuessel. The present >situation is difficult as is: not many hospitals will do abortions anyway, >and especially in rural areas the situation is very difficult. Anything >creating facilities for wymyn is targetted: Health Secretary Waneck (FPOe) >announced that the so-called abortion pill 'Mifegyne' may only be given to >patients in hospitals but may not be prescribed by gynaecologists. This >means a continuation of long travels and a multitude of problems for many >wymyn. > >Another interesting detail: OeVP has facilitated artificial insemination >which is now funded by the National Health system - on the other hand, they >do their utmost to make things as difficult as possible for pregnant wymyn >who do not want to have a child, as abortions will not be paid for under >the Health Service, but have to be paid for by the wymyn. > >* * * > >RACIST JUSTICE IN AUSTRIA > >My name is J. A., born in Sudan on December 19th 1960. I came to this >country (Austria) on October 1st 1998 and asked for asylum. I was arrested >on the 27th May 1999 with so many other black people and I was accused of >being a member of a black criminal organisation (John is talking about the >"Operation Spring", a large-scale racist-motivated "drug raid" in which >more than 100 black people were arrested). I was sentenced to five years of >prison without any evidence against me. I was not found with drugs or >anything criminal. Yet I was given five years. In my court they brought >three witnesses against me and these are people I've never seen in my life. >The first witness, Regina Jarjue, said she had seen me in this Chinese >restaurant, but she also said that I have never given any drugs to her. The >other witness, Christian Rabl, said he doesn't know me and that he has >never seen me at all. The last witness, Mathias Helmer, said that he knows >me and when he was asked when he got to know me he answered from June 1998 >to October 1998. This cannot be possible because I was in prison in Germany >from February 1998 to October the 1st 1998. In passing my judgement the >judge said that he is finding me guilty because I have sold drugs from >inside prison in Germany. Before my day to court I was called to the >investigating judge who told me that they have received a message from >Germany saying I was in prison from Feb. to Oct. 1999 which I accepted as >true. How comes they accuse me now of doing what I did not do? I was not >found guilty of organised criminality, yet I was arrested and given five >years. In court I was asked if I was among the people who demonstrated >against the killing of Marcus Omofuma and I said yes (On May 1st 1999 >Marcus Omofuma was killed by police officers during his deportation from >Austria to Nigeria). I was asked by the judge to explain the reason why I >was among the demonstrators. I cannot answer this and I don't know the >reason why a demonstration should be among the things I am being judged of. >Even after he passed my verdict the judge asked me to make a >confessionalstatement and to testify against other people, and if I would >do that he would reduce my sentence. How can I do this? Do I have to >testify against people I don't know anything about to get my sentence >reduced? Was I given five years because I failed to talk against others? Is >this justice? Is this human rights? It is all mockery! > >I was not given a fair trial, I was asked to answer what they wanted but >they never allowed me to talk. I will never accept this sentence because it >was framed I hope the world will look into my file, I wish the world would >at least have a look onto the evidence against me and see everything that >happened to me. I was given five years out of wickedness, and mostly >because of the colour of my skin. Please, I ask all the people concerned >about human rights to come to my help. Let the world know that this is not >a case against drug dealers. How long are they going to cover all this >mistreatment with drugs. 80% of all the people arrested during this >Operation Spring have nothing whatsoever to do with drugs. I am not a drug >dealer and I will never testify against innocent people to save myself. I >hope you will intervene in my case and all these cases against innocent >black people and bring justice to whom justice is due. > >* * * > >EPILOG > >If you don't want to receive this newsletter from us any longer, please let >us know. But please first check whether you received the mail directly from >us, otherwise you have to contact the nice people who forwarded this >newsletter to you ;-))))) Of course we prefer it the other way round so let >us know if you want to receive all our newsletters directly from us. Please >write in German or English! 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