http://old.warisacrime.org/taxonomy/term/302/0 en http://old.warisacrime.org/content/lesson-here-sanders-72-year-old-fringe-left-candidate-wins-presidency-austrian-run-election <p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold';">By Dave Lindorff<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A 72-year-old college professor named Alexander van der Bellen, running for president as the candidate of the leftist Austrian Green Party, a fringe party that had never been considered a serious contender in post-war Austrian politics, just won a narrow victory over Norbert Hofer, a right-wing candidate of the neo-fascist Freedom Party who had been favored to win.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://old.warisacrime.org/content/lesson-here-sanders-72-year-old-fringe-left-candidate-wins-presidency-austrian-run-election" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://old.warisacrime.org/content/lesson-here-sanders-72-year-old-fringe-left-candidate-wins-presidency-austrian-run-election#comments A lesson here for Sanders?: 72-Year-Old Fringe Left Candidate Wins Presidency in Austrian Run-Off Election Activism Elections Europe General Discussion Media North America Mon, 23 May 2016 17:38:01 +0000 dlindorff 70744 at http://old.warisacrime.org