⁨📷⁩ ⁨We are excited to invite you to our second Open Talk on Friday, 6th of December (06.12.24) with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, who will be joining us in person at the University of Vienna this time. Francesca Albanese (UNSR) will present her latest report titled "Genocide as Colonial Erasure" published in October 2024. … [read more]

[Igor Böhm via 9lab.org] Austria: Taylor Swift Eras Tour cancellation due to alleged terror threat. (©AP, APA) “Intelligence [agencies] are very flawed institutions: they’re highly ideological, they’re fanatic, they’re racist, and as a result the information that comes through them is usually grossly distorted.” — Noam Chomsky 1 In the early morning hours, a day prior to … [read more]

The Founder of the Zionist Movement, who died 100 years ago (July 1904)  Dear Dr. Herzl,Allow me to begin with a personal remark: I somehow feel close to your world since my parents came from Germany – they found their way to Palestine thanks to your efforts. Other members of my family were not as impressed by your vision of transforming Palestine into a Jewish state: some stayed in … [read more]

Summary Energy Embargo for Palestine, Filistin İçin Bin Genç and Global Energy Embargo for Palestine are issuing a call to action to groups around the world to act and apply pressure on the actors complicit in fuelling the Israeli genocide via the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. Israel receives around 30% of its oil from Azerbaijan via the BTC pipeline, which it has been using to power … [read more]

[Igor Böhm via 9lab.org—DE] Mr. Daniel Green published an article in Die Presse about “the “Gaza List” […], its extremist narratives, and the wider societal implications of unchecked hate,” mirroring standard orthodoxy present in the Austrian political spectrum, welcoming “thoughts and feedback” on the business and employment-focused social … [read more]

Igor Böhm According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the lack of security gives rise to an ominous breeding ground for “fear that undermines trust and confidence”. Now that our security is at risk, “freedom, democracy and the rule of law” are in jeopardy, Scholz concludes with solemn concern. “The [recent] knife attack against [a] young police officer [in Mannheim Germany, ] is … [read more]

„The massacre of innocent people [in Rafah] is a serious matter. It is not a thing to be easily forgotten. It is our duty to cherish their memory.“ — Mahatma Gandhi “No explanation, no justification or excuse could ever cover up [the] horror [in Rafah]. It would be best if Israel’s [hasbara] machine didn’t even try to. No stories of “Hamas is responsible for it all,” and no … [read more]

Igor Böhm There are many reasons why people take part in calls for peace. Some are here in support of the Palestinian struggle for liberation; some are here because they cannot remain apathetic in light of Israel’s mass murder campaign against women, children, and men exacted on Gaza with the complicity of our government; some are here because they believe in the fundamental moral … [read more]

Berlin, May 15, 2024  Administrative court Potsdam slams German Federal Police Schengen-Information-System entry for Prof. Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah has no legal basis and is to be revoked immediately after an emergency appeal by ELSC lawyer Alexander Gorski with support from lawyers from the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP). This effectively ends the Schengen-area … [read more]

Speech by "Not in our name" (NION) member, who grew up in Israel (Demo, March 16, Vienna): I’m here as an individual and also as part of Not In Our Name Vienna – a diverse group of individuals outraged at what is happening in Gaza and at over 75 years of colonialism and separatism in Palestine. I am a fraction of the group who identify as Jewish. I also grew up under the Israeli … [read more]

TERMIN - 11. April 2024, 7 pm The Modi regime, Hindu nationalism, Castist supremacy and their link to Israel A debate with Rohan, Indian activist for the Palestinian cause April 11, 7pm Das Freie Wort, Rögergasse 24-26, 1090 Wien Zionism, which is increasingly being recognized as a fascist means to colonization, has always found it's ally in Hindutva - an ideology based on the … [read more]

The Palestinian people have the human right to self-determination −− and thus also the human right to political representation. We received this statement from Palestine Solidarity Austria. To understand the importance of the current developments, one should be aware that Austria, a country of 9 million residents of whom 17% are non-citizens, had been neutral regarding military pacts since … [read more]