COVID-19 has fundamentally altered the logic of Austrian politics as refugees and the question of Islam in Austrian society have become largely irrelevant.
“We are confident that a significant majority thinks that the health service should be a properly-funded public one, and that the policies pursued in recent years have been wrong.“
COVID-19 mutual aid groups revolve around caring for neighbours as a hyperlocal infrastructure. This can have a powerful impact on political mobilisation.
The temporary status of uncertainty and vulnerability in the face of COVID-19 is akin to what hundreds of thousands of immigrants live under on a daily basis.
