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Dear all,<br>
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less then 10 days and the international action days "blockupy
Frankfurt" will start. At the moment the city of Frankfurt banned
all demonstrations, but we are optimistic, that it wont stay at the
courts - and we will come anyway! find below the solidarity
declaration.<br>
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And there is a call out from Activist of the ecological, climate,
anti-nuclear and energy struggles to take part at "blockupy
frankfurt" - LET'S COMBINE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL STRUGGLES!
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blockupy-frankfurt.org/en/blockade/aktionsthemen/aoecology">http://blockupy-frankfurt.org/en/blockade/aktionsthemen/aoecology</a>).
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Hope to see you next week on the streets - against the troika and
for international solidarity!<br>
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best,<br>
martin<br>
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<strong><strong>This Is Not About Polar Bears: Let's Combine Social
and Ecological Struggles!<br>
Join the Frankfurt Protests from May 16-17<br>
<br>
</strong>
From May 16 through 19, thousands of people will take over
Frankfurt's streets. The spending cuts imposed by the Troika of
the European Central Bank, the IMF and the European Commission
finally meet with resistance in Germany as well.</strong>
<br>
<br>
The crisis is not just a European crisis, or a crisis of debt, or of
the banks. Rather, it is a fundamental crisis of our entire mode of
life:<br>
<br>
- By producing competition and permanent expansion (often
euphemistically labeled "economic growth") as a structurally
inherent constraint, the dominant economic system destroys the
natural foundations of our lives in an ever more extensive and rapid
manner.<br>
- Hunger is becoming increasingly widespread, due to capital's
speculation with food as a result of its search for new
opportunities for valorization, among other things;<br>
- areas that are crucial to human survival such as access to clean
drinking water are being subordinated to a ruthless logic of profit;<br>
- under the guise of attempting to reduce sovereign debt, hard-won
democratic rights are being dismantled.<br>
<br>
These are only a few of the numerous elements of the pervasive
crisis of an economic system that, even in the face of climate
change and other ecological catastrophes, remains unable to change
direction and continues to approach the abyss at high speed.<br>
<br>
The crisis in all its forms is where we need to intervene; in many
places we are already interrupting the regular operations of the
system:<br>
<br>
At Frankfurt Airport and elsewhere, we are protesting against air
traffic noise as well as the most carbon-intensive mode of travel.
We engage in struggles against coal-fired power plants in Hamburg-
Moorburg, Datteln, Jänschwalde, Staudinger and many other places
because they harm the environment. In the Lausitz area and in the
brown coal districts along the Rhine, we are fighting against the
removal of entire villages by strip mining and against the "deep
geological repository" of CO2, so-called carbon capture and storage.<br>
<br>
In Gronau, we keep demanding the shut-down of the uranium enrichment
facility. In Gorleben, Morsleben, Ahaus, Lubmin, at the Asse II pit
and the Konrad pit, we oppose nuclear waste disposal sites.<br>
<br>
In thousands of places, we are attacking the large energy
corporations. Initiatives are fighting for the re-municipalization
or direct socialization of energy services. We stand united against
the practice of disconnecting people's electricity supply.<br>
<br>
Our protests against pointless climate negotiations and our counter
summits, such as the one in Cochabamba, make our international
solidarity real. Allied with subsistence farmers, we struggle for
solidarity-based agriculture and food sovereignty.<br>
<br>
At the same time, all our local struggles are an expression of our
resistance against the underlying global ecological crisis that
requires a comprehensive and joint response. That makes us part of a
much broader movement against the dominant economic system, against
capitalism.<br>
<br>
Frankfurt is the place where we will make this nexus palpable and
visible. We, activists from ecological movements and struggles, will
also join the protests.<br>
Join us as well, and come to Frankfurt in huge numbers!<br>
<br>
On May 17, take the squares and parks to create symbols of the
ecological crisis.<br>
<br>
Contribute to the ecology finger of the ECB blockades on May 18!
With vats, white protective suits and breathing protection, we'll be
symbolizing numerous ecological crises. Bring diving goggles and
snorkels to represent rising sea-levels.<br>
<br>
Become part of the "Let's flood Frankfurt" actions and carry your
protest right to the headquarters of the banks and corporations
whose profits are derived from environmental destruction.<br>
<br>
Participate in the international demonstration on Saturday, May 19,
by making your local struggles as well as your global solidarity
visible.<br>
<br>
Against capitalism – for self-determination and preserving the
foundations of our lives.<br>
<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://17to19m.blogsport.eu/2012/05/05/city-of-frankfurt-bans-blockupy-and-our-resistance-grows-stronger/">http://17to19m.blogsport.eu/2012/05/05/city-of-frankfurt-bans-blockupy-and-our-resistance-grows-stronger/</a><br>
<h1 class="entry-title">City of Frankfurt bans Blockupy – and our
resistance grows stronger!</h1>
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title="20:44" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">May 5,
2012</span></a> <span class="meta-sep">by</span> <span
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<p>The demonstration authorities of the city of Frankfurt announced
in to the press on the afternoon of May 4, 2012, that they are
prohibiting all of the actions planned by the Blockupy Frankfurt
alliance from May 16-19. The legal notifying party for the more
than fifteen actions was directly informed about this decision
with regard to only one case – and even this was delayed by one
day.</p>
<p>This decision completely prohibits the protests against crisis
policies that profoundly affect the lives of millions of people in
Europe. The alliance is planning protests during the action days
against the austerity policies of European governments and the
Troika (ECB, EU Commission and IMF) and had applied to the city
for permits for some of these protests as demonstrations, rallies,
pickets and demonstrative assemblies, as is legally required for
demonstrations.</p>
<p>This prohibition is a uniquely scandalous incident in the history
of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as an open breach of
the constitutional right to demonstrate. We insist that the
protest against crisis policies can take place in the Frankfurt
financial district and at the headquarters of the ECB, as it is in
accordance with the permanent jurisdiction of the German Federal
Constitutional Court. </p>
All democrats can only be extremely appalled by this illegitimate
and undemocratic action and demand an immediate abandonment of this
total ban. What was possible at Tahrir Square in Cairo, at the
Puerta del Sol in Madrid or in Zucotti Park in New York must also be
possible in Frankfurt am Main!<br>
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