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Why We All Love to Hate Haider

What is the significance of the EU’s boycott of the new Austrian government? Beyond the Tartuffery of official reactions to Haider in the West, Slavoj Žižek dissects the political function of the new rectitudes of the Third Way.

The Politics of the Austrian 'Miracle'

“On 1 March 1970, the Austrian Social-Democratic Party (spö) won its first parliamentary majority. Under Bruno Kreisky’s leadership it strengthened its position in three successive elections and on 6 May 1979 set an international record for social democratic parties by winning 51.03 per cent of the vote. . . .” read more