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Agenda Austria Activity Report 2023

The »DONAUINSELPAPERS«, the activity report of the Austrian think tank Agenda Austria for the year 2023, is a real revelation. It brings light into the darkness of this organization that has set itself the goal of "a better future for all people in Austria" (quote from Agenda Austria) but still Is not exclusively seen in a friendly light

Rosebud was responsible for the thoroughly elaborate concept, design, production management and coordination of the high-calibre investigative team.

Investigation corkboard with photos connected by red strings; features panda, person, silhouette, 2013 card, headlines, and currency notes.

How it all began (or not) is shown on this immensely informative pinboard, which was the starting point for the extremely complex research endeavors.

Blue panel with dashed dividers displaying German newspaper logos: Unteroberndorfer Generalanzeiger, Das Standrad, Alter, Gestern, DieFresse, Bohnen Zeitung.
Group of formally dressed men seated around a large conference table in a grand meeting room; one man stands addressing the others.

That that tells us all we need to know. This explosive photo document shows a row of ancient, mostly snow-white men at the annual general meeting of the »Friends of Agenda Austria«.

Beige building façade with three upper windows, grey stone base, and red dripping graffiti across the lower wall in an urban street scene.

They say, beat your opponent with his own weapons. It is well known that Agenda Austria will use any means to spread its ideology.

Group of officials outside a doorway; central woman in burgundy dress gestures, while a man in navy suit points.

On 9 June 1982, England's feared Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher received the no less notorious US President Ronald Reagan at 10 Downing Street. In the background you can (possibly) recognize the then almost 13-year-old student F. Schellhorn from Salzburg.

Typewritten German protocol page with dense redactions; header reads "Protokoll" for the 23.11.2023 meeting of Freunde der Agenda Austria

Caution is the mother of the china box. Some documents are probably too disturbing even for Agenda Austria and (internal) censorship strikes (Perhaps including the famous sentence that Marie-Antoinette certainly never said.)

Dense network diagram of labeled organizations connected by lines; red and purple nodes; blue stamp ZURÜCKGEHALTENE VERSION.
Open illustrated manuscript depicting a medieval banquet with nobles seated around a long table in a decorated hall.

Even the founding year of Agenda Austria, officially stated as 2013, is probably not entirely accurate. A presumably (or supposedly) medieval diagram with the slogan »Omnia justa pro nobis et in perpetuum« (English: "Everything just for us and forever") which most likely belongs to Agenda Austria, already points the ideological way to the present.

Collage of eight Agenda Austria 2023 pages featuring Mission Statement, Organisation, Mitglieder, Impressum, with taped edges.
Collage of headshots with banners Team, Vorstand, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat and sticky notes.
Black-and-white photograph of a group of people seated around a long conference table in a formal boardroom meeting.
Blue left page with publication logos and disclaimer; right page titled 'VORWORT DES INVESTIGATIVTEAMS' with red trigger-warning stamp.
Two-page spread of a crumpled document showing a German contents page with bold black headings, such as INHALT and ALLES ÜBER DIE AGENDA AUSTRIA.
Poster spread titled Whistleblowing at the Wurststand; collage of sausage products, a map, and people outdoors.
Collage on a corkboard with red strings linking 2013, photos, a panda, handshake, euro banknote, and Thomas Piketty's Das Kapital cover.
Left: Austrian registry document with a calculator; right: blue book cover DAS HAUPT-QUARTIER showing a building façade with three arches and a car.
Two-page spread on facades; left: neoclassical corner building with red X; right: collage of doorway, plaques, portrait-room, elevator.
Collage of office interiors, architectural plans, and photos of a conference room, highlighted by yellow arrows.
Cozy living room with beige sofa and armchairs, tall bookshelf, wood stove, glass coffee table, pendant lights, Polaroid frames and yellow notes.
Two-page spread: left shows blacked-out documents; right blue page 'DIE KÖPFE' with a group photo and Agenda Austria text.
Two-page German magazine spread: person at desk in office; classroom scene with students; stone memorial; group of people in suits outdoors.
Two-page spread: left collage of suited politicians with quotes under 'DIE FÜNFTE KOLONNE'; right blue page 'DIE GEHEIMEN NETZWERKE' with crowd photo and yellow arrows.
Armored knights hold a formal meeting around a table in a richly decorated medieval hall; illustration from an old manuscript.
Two-page spread: left a black-and-white round-table photo; right a dense network diagram of institutions with a 'VERÖFFENTLICHTE VERSION' stamp.
Two-page spread depicting a complex network graph with black nodes and lines, colored markers, in an open book.
Two-page spread: left logo collage with German text; right blue cover reading 'DIE METHODEN' with a small graffiti photo on a building facade.
Two podcast hosts in a studio discuss media propaganda; three smartphone screens display social-media posts; colorful book collage sits bottom right.
Magazine spread with a brown horse resting in a stall; collage includes small horse images and a red X over a horseshoe.
Open orange notebook titled Donau-Insel Papers on a blue surface with envelopes, a blue folder, and several stacked reports.
Iridescent abstract blob suspended against a dark gray background.