Austria’s Communists Have Defended Red Graz

Since 2021, the Communist Party’s Elke Kahr has been mayor of Austria’s second-largest city, Graz. In local elections June 28, voters passed a positive verdict on her five years in power, giving the Communists an even stronger majority.

September 27, 2021

Robert Krotzer

The Communist Party Just Won the Elections in Austria’s Second-Biggest City

In Sunday’s elections in Graz, Austria, the Communist Party romped to victory for the first time in history. Jacobin spoke to one of its winning candidates about how the party built a “red fortress” in the city.