Translation of my article about anti-government protests in Austria, February / March 2000, appearing in the Viennese feminist magazine Anschlaege
Boo-calls, Cops, and Babies at the Ballhaus Never has a government—already at its onset—been greeted with such resentment Wi-der-stand [re-sis-tance] roars rhythmically and persistently against the closed doors of the Hofburg. Whistles, drums, pots, and horned instruments sound accompaniment. The barely sworn in government acts as if it’s robbed a bank and flees through the underground crypts. Hundreds of tomatoes and eggs hit the new plastic signs or land next to them as a veritable reminder. The indignation is misunderstood by the executive as a “love of noise.” The messages on the...
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