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A second march was reportedly planned in Linz, northern Austria, for 8 February 2015.<ref name="Local"/> This took place but attracted only an estimated 150 people and was dwarfed by a counter-protest of around 2,000 anti-racism demonstrators.<ref>Rosie Waites[http://www.thelocal.at/20150208/pegida-in-linz-meets-fierce-resistance Pegida in Linz meets fierce resistance], The Local, 8 February 2015</ref> | A second march was reportedly planned in Linz, northern Austria, for 8 February 2015.<ref name="Local"/> This took place but attracted only an estimated 150 people and was dwarfed by a counter-protest of around 2,000 anti-racism demonstrators.<ref>Rosie Waites[http://www.thelocal.at/20150208/pegida-in-linz-meets-fierce-resistance Pegida in Linz meets fierce resistance], The Local, 8 February 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | Another Pegida protest held on 22 March 2015 in Bregenz/Vorarlberg reportedly attracted just 70 people.<ref>Florian Keller, [http://www.marxist.com/austria-pegida-dealt-humiliating-blow-by-marxist-led-counter-protest.htm Austria: Pegida dealt humiliating blow by Marxist led counter-protest], Marxist.com, 26 March 2015</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:42, 27 March 2015
Pegida Österreich is the Austrian version of the anti-immigration, anti-Islam PEGIDA movement which began in Dresden, Germany.
Activities
Pegida Österreich held a demonstration in the Austrian capital Vienna on 2 February 2015 that drew just 200 people and reportedly 5,000 counter-protesters. Deutshe Welle notes that before the PEGIDA march swastikas had been graffitied on a Vienna mosque. In December, a pig's head had been left outside a different mosque in the capital.[1]
The Local reports that some supporters were seen performing Nazi salutes and that spokesperson Immanuel Nagel, who soon resigned his position, had written articles that reportedly 'incited hatred against foreigners'.[2]
A second march was reportedly planned in Linz, northern Austria, for 8 February 2015.[2] This took place but attracted only an estimated 150 people and was dwarfed by a counter-protest of around 2,000 anti-racism demonstrators.[3]
Another Pegida protest held on 22 March 2015 in Bregenz/Vorarlberg reportedly attracted just 70 people.[4]
People
- Immanuel Nagel - spokesperson, resigned 4 February 2015[2]
Notes
- ↑ PEGIDA and counter-demonstrations come to Austria, Deutsche Welle, 2 February 2015, accessed 3 February 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vienna's Pegida spokesman steps down, The Local, 4 February 2015
- ↑ Rosie WaitesPegida in Linz meets fierce resistance, The Local, 8 February 2015
- ↑ Florian Keller, Austria: Pegida dealt humiliating blow by Marxist led counter-protest, Marxist.com, 26 March 2015
