LEFT (Political Party)

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LEFT
Logo of the links
founding January 10th and 11th, 2020
Place of foundation Vienna Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
Alignment anti-capitalist,

anti-racist, feminist

colour purple
Website https://links-wien.at

Links ( spelling LINKS ) is a Viennese political party . Links was founded in January 2020 and will stand in the Vienna district council and municipal council elections in all districts and constituencies on October 11, 2020 . The top candidate at the municipal council level is Anna Svec.

founding

Links was founded on January 10 and 11, 2020 as an election project for the Vienna district and municipal council elections that will take place in autumn. Around 400 people took part in the founding meeting held in Vienna Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus . The group's declared aim is to join the Vienna City Council and all 23 Vienna district councils . Members of the Vienna KPÖ , the Junge Linken , von Wien anders , organizers of the Thursday demonstrations critical of the government and numerous people who were already involved in the Aufbruch project participated in the founding meeting of Links . In addition, smaller left organizations such as Collective Left and the Workers' Standpoint took part. At the founding meeting, principles and an organizational structure were decided and three speakers and a coordination team were elected.

Political positions

Links sees itself as an anti-capitalist , anti-racist , feminist and solidary political force. Left advocates a reduction in working hours to 30 hours per week, a minimum wage of 1,950 euros and "unconditional livelihood security of 1,500 euros for all Viennese - regardless of whether they are unemployed, part-time or work in the household". Links calls for a "right to vote for everyone after one year of residence" for around 30 percent of the Viennese population without Austrian citizenship . In order to "finance the exit from oil and gas and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030", Links demands a "climate tax for all companies based in Vienna based on the subway tax model".

Representative

The top candidate from the left for the Vienna municipal council election 2020 is legal advisor Anna Svec. Together with Angelika Adensamer (2nd place) and Can Gülcü (3rd place), she forms the top trio for the municipal council level. The list in the Wieden district is headed by District Councilor Amela Mirkovic, who left the Vienna Greens in February 2020 and switched to Links. The five district councilors of the electoral alliance Vienna differently elected in 2015 - Josef Iraschko ( Leopoldstadt ), Susanne Empacher ( Landstrasse ), Wolf-Goetz Jurjans ( Margareten ), Didi Zach ( Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus ) and Fritz Fink ( Ottakring ) - are running for each Districts on the first list position from links ..

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The new "Links" initiative celebrates its founding meeting - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Alliance "Links" has collected signatures for the election of Vienna. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b LINKS stands for election throughout Vienna. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Together on the left of the SPÖ. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ "LINKS" for Vienna election 2020: New left party competes in Vienna election. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Christoph Ulbrich: Links a lot of new and familiar faces. In: Semiosisblog. January 22, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ UZ: Departure with LEFT. In: Our newspaper. January 10, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  8. ↑ With LINKS to the Vienna election! - Collective to the left%. In: Collective to the left. January 20, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Election project LINKS: What kind of organization is needed? Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Heide Hammer: Volksstimme - Left pressure at the right time - Let's do it with the left. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  11. ↑ LINKS - The program. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Our program for Vienna! In: Links - Vienna. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Our candidates for Vienna! In: Links - Vienna. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Bettina Figl: "Links" pushes for the Vienna election. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
  15. ↑ KPÖ Vienna: KPÖ is running together with LINKS in the Vienna election - KPÖ Vienna. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .