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Antichrist Talk with Palantir’s Peter Thiel Scrapped

A planned discussion ended up pulled after numerous participants threatened to withdraw from the Vienna Festival over the IT investor’s appearancePublished 31 May, 2026 21:15FILE PHOTO. Peter Thiel. ©  Getty Images / The Cambridge Union / Nordin CaticThe Vienna Festival cancelled a scheduled appearance of US-German tech mogul Peter Thiel after facing mounting criticism from its sponsors and a mass exodus of other participants.The co-founder of P…

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After the unloading of the controversial tech billionaire Peter Thiel from the Wiener Festwochen, cultural stadträtin Veronica Kaup-Hasler rejects political influence. According to director Milo Rau, Thiel explained that he had "almost expected the rejection."

·Vienna, Austria
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After the cancellation of a planned appearance of the controversial US billionaire Peter Thiel at the Wiener Festwochen, the director and director of the festival, Milo Rau, got into criticism. The management of the Festwochen had again unloaded Thiel after several artists had cancelled their appearances in protest against his participation.

·Germany
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Did Intendant Milo Rau do a favor with his rejection of US billionaire Peter Thiel? In the Austrian press, the case mainly triggers headshakes. And the first demand for resignation.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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The discussion with right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel at the Wiener Festwochen was cancelled due to increasing pressure. For many, the only right step. But what is actually behind the Messianic concept of Milo Rau? The motto of this year's Wiener Festwochen, which Milo Rau has been leading for almost three years, is "Republic of Gods" . It is about the new spirituality that people longed for, so it stands in the concept with a lot of exclamatio…

The disinvitation of US businessman Peter Thiel from the Vienna Festival is, according to FPÖ cultural spokesperson MP Wendelin Mölzer, further proof of how much left-wing cancel culture now dominates publicly funded cultural institutions. After Thiel was initially invited as a discussion partner, the festival management, according to Mölzer, caved to pressure from left-wing activists, thereby sending a disastrous signal against freedom of expre…

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ussanews.com broke the news on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
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