Gabriela Greilinger
@gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social
Doctoral Student | 💭📚✍🏻 Far-right politics & democracy, political behaviour | Rooted in 🇦🇹🇭🇺, now in 🇺🇸 | views mine, but often based on research. | #firstgen Arbeiterkind | http://gabrielagreilinger.com
Re Chancellor Merz's cityscape comments: The Austrian far-right Freedom Party is jumping on the bandwagon and has now posted a short video, "comparing" the old vs the new cityscape.
Quite remarkable how a "conservative" politician's remark resonates so strongly with the far right and their agenda.
Quite remarkable how a "conservative" politician's remark resonates so strongly with the far right and their agenda.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Re Chancellor Merz's cityscape comments: The Austrian far-right Freedom Party is jumping on the bandwagon and has now posted a short video, "comparing" the old vs the new cityscape.
Quite remarkable how a "conservative" politician's remark resonates so strongly with the far right and their agenda.
Quite remarkable how a "conservative" politician's remark resonates so strongly with the far right and their agenda.
The bar is literally on the floor
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The bar is literally on the floor
Headline in the Austrian daily @derstandard.at: "How does the narcissist in the White House react to the loss of voter support?"
10/10, no notes.
10/10, no notes.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Headline in the Austrian daily @derstandard.at: "How does the narcissist in the White House react to the loss of voter support?"
10/10, no notes.
10/10, no notes.
Such a stupid headline, not even two weeks after this banger, btw (which likewise engages with Helen Andrews' "ideas")
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Such a stupid headline, not even two weeks after this banger, btw (which likewise engages with Helen Andrews' "ideas")
From the series, "women, always too much and never enough". 🤷🏻♀️
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From the series, "women, always too much and never enough". 🤷🏻♀️
Ein Gespenst geht um in westlichen Demokratien, aber glaubt mir, es ist nicht der Sozialismus.
November 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Ein Gespenst geht um in westlichen Demokratien, aber glaubt mir, es ist nicht der Sozialismus.
The "good things" they did for the country, such as the ÖVP-FPÖ's labour law, which reintroduced a 12-hour workday.
And yes, the cordon sanitaire does actually work, as studies show.
And yes, the cordon sanitaire does actually work, as studies show.
![And he is unapologetic. "Of course I think it was right [to partner] with the FPÖ. We did a lot of good things for the country, starting with labour law, the budget under control, migration controls. It was a very successful coalition that people especially at first supported and liked."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ph2s6qxtqq7ezfua4l3trxrv/bafkreie7zs7kqbmovaurr3bhalmddvs4rqrfrgvleic7y7zezim3zwjlre@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The "good things" they did for the country, such as the ÖVP-FPÖ's labour law, which reintroduced a 12-hour workday.
And yes, the cordon sanitaire does actually work, as studies show.
And yes, the cordon sanitaire does actually work, as studies show.
If you already insist on having lunch with and giving a politically irrelevant ex-chancellor of a small EU country a platform, then at least do everyone a favour and consult political scientists to comment on and fact-check some of his outlandish poli-sci claims.
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you already insist on having lunch with and giving a politically irrelevant ex-chancellor of a small EU country a platform, then at least do everyone a favour and consult political scientists to comment on and fact-check some of his outlandish poli-sci claims.
Just the Department of Homeland Security, using a term hijacked and popularised by the extreme-right Identitarian Movement.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Just the Department of Homeland Security, using a term hijacked and popularised by the extreme-right Identitarian Movement.
"In keinem anderen Land Europas ist eine derartige Kontinuität zwischen einer Partei, die eine barbarische Diktatur verkörperte, und einer in einem postfaschistischen (oder postnazistischen) liberal-demokratischen System als 'Normalpartei' agierenden Parlamentspartei festzustellen. (...)"
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"In keinem anderen Land Europas ist eine derartige Kontinuität zwischen einer Partei, die eine barbarische Diktatur verkörperte, und einer in einem postfaschistischen (oder postnazistischen) liberal-demokratischen System als 'Normalpartei' agierenden Parlamentspartei festzustellen. (...)"
Rechtsaußenparteien sind nicht Parteien 'des kleinen Mannes' und ihre Politik ist nicht im Sinne der Arbeiterschaft, wie unsere ETUI-Studie vor einem Jahr gezeigt hat:
www.etui.org/publications...
www.etui.org/publications...
September 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Rechtsaußenparteien sind nicht Parteien 'des kleinen Mannes' und ihre Politik ist nicht im Sinne der Arbeiterschaft, wie unsere ETUI-Studie vor einem Jahr gezeigt hat:
www.etui.org/publications...
www.etui.org/publications...
Das hatte die SPÖ Oberösterreich übrigens damals dazu zu sagen:
September 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Das hatte die SPÖ Oberösterreich übrigens damals dazu zu sagen:
Was Strache 2007 gefordert hat, wurde dann unter ihm als Vizekanzler 2018 für Mädchen in Volksschulen umgesetzt, 2020 vom Verfassungsgericht wieder aufgehoben und dann 2025 wieder von der Dreierkoalition (ohne FPÖ) für Mädchen unter 14 in Schulen eingeführt.
Ich lasse es so stehen.
Ich lasse es so stehen.
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Was Strache 2007 gefordert hat, wurde dann unter ihm als Vizekanzler 2018 für Mädchen in Volksschulen umgesetzt, 2020 vom Verfassungsgericht wieder aufgehoben und dann 2025 wieder von der Dreierkoalition (ohne FPÖ) für Mädchen unter 14 in Schulen eingeführt.
Ich lasse es so stehen.
Ich lasse es so stehen.
Claiming that in recent years, there have been violent incidents by "left-wing mobs", the "most recent example" they give is from January 2024.
September 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Claiming that in recent years, there have been violent incidents by "left-wing mobs", the "most recent example" they give is from January 2024.
Yesterday, I was wondering how long it would take the Austrian far-right FPÖ to jump on the bandwagon and call for "Antifa" to be designated a terrorist organisation. This morning, I got my answer.
FPÖ in a press release talking about "systemic violence by left-wing extremists in Austria".
FPÖ in a press release talking about "systemic violence by left-wing extremists in Austria".
September 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yesterday, I was wondering how long it would take the Austrian far-right FPÖ to jump on the bandwagon and call for "Antifa" to be designated a terrorist organisation. This morning, I got my answer.
FPÖ in a press release talking about "systemic violence by left-wing extremists in Austria".
FPÖ in a press release talking about "systemic violence by left-wing extremists in Austria".
The NYT wielding its full toolbox of euphemisms to sugarcoat the administration's attack on democracy and free speech.
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The NYT wielding its full toolbox of euphemisms to sugarcoat the administration's attack on democracy and free speech.
Barely a week goes by without the NYT publishing a superficial profile of some far-right figure/grifter, giving them unwarranted publicity.
Just over the past few weeks, this has been part of the NYT's coverage of the far right and affiliated figures:
Just over the past few weeks, this has been part of the NYT's coverage of the far right and affiliated figures:
September 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Barely a week goes by without the NYT publishing a superficial profile of some far-right figure/grifter, giving them unwarranted publicity.
Just over the past few weeks, this has been part of the NYT's coverage of the far right and affiliated figures:
Just over the past few weeks, this has been part of the NYT's coverage of the far right and affiliated figures:
Today’s a good day to turn off the news and take your morning coffee out for a walk
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today’s a good day to turn off the news and take your morning coffee out for a walk
Natürlich auch keinerlei Scham das was gestern gesagt wurde das auf allen Kanälen nochmal zu wiederholen. Warum auch.
Der hier verwendet Begriff „Grenzsturm“ ist wohl eine Diskussion für sich.
Der hier verwendet Begriff „Grenzsturm“ ist wohl eine Diskussion für sich.
September 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Natürlich auch keinerlei Scham das was gestern gesagt wurde das auf allen Kanälen nochmal zu wiederholen. Warum auch.
Der hier verwendet Begriff „Grenzsturm“ ist wohl eine Diskussion für sich.
Der hier verwendet Begriff „Grenzsturm“ ist wohl eine Diskussion für sich.
Sundays, when I try to ignore politics and make it my only worry whether I’ve put too many macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips into my cookie dough. 🍪
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sundays, when I try to ignore politics and make it my only worry whether I’ve put too many macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips into my cookie dough. 🍪
This is an actual job ad I got on my LinkedIn feed.
September 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is an actual job ad I got on my LinkedIn feed.
Happy Labour Day to everyone, especially these folks who came out to protest against Trump in our small town
September 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy Labour Day to everyone, especially these folks who came out to protest against Trump in our small town
Today is a good day to submit Part 1 of the written comprehensive exams. 📄
August 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Today is a good day to submit Part 1 of the written comprehensive exams. 📄
Likewise disturbing that the article includes a variety of direct quotes from far-right actors & their social media, but none from scholars/experts on the far right. Only one reference to what 'some experts' say & one non-far-right quote from the chief exec of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
August 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Likewise disturbing that the article includes a variety of direct quotes from far-right actors & their social media, but none from scholars/experts on the far right. Only one reference to what 'some experts' say & one non-far-right quote from the chief exec of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.