Solidarity statement from antiauthoritarians in Germany and Austria After a white cop in Minneapolis, Minnesota suffocated the Afro-American George Floyd under the eyes of three of his colleagues, half the country is on fire. It was not the first racist murder by the US police, it was not even the first one this year and not the last since. It was just one too many. The night after George's murder, protests broke out in all kinds of cities … [Read more...]
Minneapolis Explodes Against The Police In Wake Of George Floyd’s Murder
Re-post from Its's Going Down. The streets of Minneapolis exploded on Tuesday evening, following the horrific murder of a 46 year-old African-American man, George Floyd, at the hands of white police officers on Monday. In a now viral video, Floyd’s grizzly murder was captured on film, as a white police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck while he lie on the ground for several minutes, as an angry crowd gathered and recorded the killing. In … [Read more...]
Migrant agricultural workers strike in Germany
by Alice Claire, Christian Frings and John Malamatinas. Originally published in German on Analyse & Kritik. English translation by Angry Workers for Fever Struggle. The wildcat strike of Romanian agricultural workers in Bornheim shows that struggles are possible even under conditions of racist super-exploitation. Originally published on akweb.de. On Friday, 15th of May, some of the 250 seasonal workers of the Spargel Ritter company in … [Read more...]
Europe – Nothing but a shame – Statements by youngsters from Moria
For more than two weeks, young people from Fridays For Future in Germany have been on hunger strike. From the very beginning the protesters in Germany tried to establish a contact to youngsters at the Moria refugee camp. At a joint press conference on 19th of May, young people from the Moria slum camp prepared and read out very moving statements. Two youngsters from the small German town of Landau. Under the name "Colored Rain" they called on … [Read more...]
German asparagus tastes like exploitation – Update on season workers protest in Bornheim
Solidarity with the strike of the harvest workers in Bornheim (near Bonn)! Ultra low wages, mouldy food and no protection from Covid-19. German asparagus and strawberries taste like workers exploitation! On the ground report by Severin Marten, Alice Claire and John Malamatinas Hundreds of syndicalists and activists expressed on Monday solidarity with the wild strike of the Asparagus harvest workers in #Bornheim between Bonn and Cologne … [Read more...]
Day of Rage – Call to action on May 8th
Support the call for strike against racism, for self-organization and a beautiful life for everyone by the germany-wide Day of Rage initiative! Dear friends, dear comrades, We migrant self-organisations call on our siblings to join us for a day of enragement and a general strike on 8 May 2020. We call on people with migration heritage, Jewish people, BIPoCs and all people in solidarity to strike with us. Why the 08 May? The date is considered … [Read more...]
Hotel actions against fortress europe
During our action week some of our friends decided to occupy hotels which during the corona pandemic are empty in order to show that there is plenty of room for everyone in Europe. Here is a small collection: VIENNA https://www.facebook.com/RadikaleLinke/videos/3169870546378083/ Open the hotels - Evacuate Moria - Shutdown Capitalism! Today, Monday, activists* placed a banner on the Hotel Intercontinental in Vienna to draw attention to the … [Read more...]
Posters and Twitteraction against Fortress Europe – Evacuate Moria – Shutdown capitalism
WANTED Who are the politicians and organizations that are constantly refusing to rescue people that are fleeing from war zones, from hunger and fear and in search for a better life all over the world? Who is to blame for the health- and life-threatening living conditions in refugee camps like Moria in Greece and elsewhere? It’s the system - but also the bosses who enforce it. Enough is enough! All over Germany and Austria posters popped up … [Read more...]