Series: Frankfurt Blockupy May 16–19 2012

As expected, Frankfurt Blockupy-​ban used to clear Occupy camp

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12 May 2012
Occupy Camp Frankfurt

The act­iv­ists must “tem­por­ar­ily” evac­u­ate their camp in front of the European Cent­ral Bank in Frank­furt next week. The reason for this declar­a­tion of Frankfurt’s Pub­lic Order Admin­is­tra­tion is the upcom­ing Blockupy protests — the one’s the same admin­is­tra­tion have already banned from even tak­ing place. The Occupy move­ment needs to evac­u­ate their camp before the European Cent­ral Bank (ECB) in Frank­furt dur­ing the crit­ical days of anti-​austerity protests in the com­ing week . “They must leave their tents,” said Andrea Brandl from the Pub­lic Order depart­ment yes­ter­day (Fri­day). The police have decided that the loc­a­tion of the Occupy tents by the ECB will be the focus of a restric­ted zone in which the pro­posed Blockupy protests may not take place. The deputy leader ...
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Stop the neo-​liberal crisis politics – dispossess the beneficiaries!

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11 May 2012
Europa Kaputt

New inter­na­tional call to Blockupy from attac aca­demic advisors and others. Repos­ted from www​.stop​-neo​lib​eral​-crises​-polit​ics​.org (in DE, FR, IT, ES there): We are exper­i­en­cing the deep­est crisis of cap­it­al­ism since the great depres­sion of the 30s – and the European gov­ern­ments con­tinue to pour oil on the fires! From the very begin­ning, some gov­ern­ments have pre­ven­ted a solidarity-​based solu­tion to the crisis in Europe and are sig­ni­fic­antly respons­ible for its exacer­ba­tion. This refers par­tic­u­larly to the Ger­man gov­ern­ment, which, in August 2008, blocked a sub­stan­tial eco­nomic stim­u­lus pack­age for Europe. Hardly had the reces­sion reached its low­est point in Ger­many in 2009, when the Ger­man gov­ern­ment preached the neces­sity for hard aus­ter­ity policies. The “debt brake” was anchored in the con­sti­tu­tion: polit­ics dis­em­powered itself, shaped ...
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Authorities define “violence” as any restriction of capital flows

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10 May 2012
Occupy Camp Frankfurt

As debate spilled over into a shout­ing match in the Hes­sian State Par­lia­ment con­cern­ing the effect­ive ban of Blockupy protests this 16 – 19 May in Frank­furt am Main, the admin­is­trat­ive decision that effected this ban has come to light. The key find­ing being that: The block­ade action can­not be assessed as peace­ful. To make block­ades and hinder traffic with the goal of clos­ing down the entire fin­an­cial dis­trict and the every­day life of the met­ro­polis, has to be defined as viol­ence.1 The decision continues: Fur­ther­more, in order that “European legal oblig­a­tions” be guar­an­teed, the European Cent­ral Bank “must be func­tional, espe­cially in times of fin­an­cial crisis around the clock”. This includes things like “the oper­a­tion of large-​value pay­ment sys­tem TARGET2”.2 So in ...
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Blockupy Frankfurt!

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9 May 2012
Blockupy Frankfurt Banner

MOBILIZATION- cre­ate digital and paper mobil­iz­a­tion mater­i­als! post these online and share the links. - spread exist­ing mobil­iz­a­tion mater­i­als (send us your address so we can mail you prin­ted fly­ers and stick­ers, and here are links to what we already have: http://​17to19m​.blog​s​port​.eu/​m​a​t​e​r​i​a​l​s​-2/ ; http://​www​.european​-res​ist​ance​.org/​e​n​/​m​a​t​e​r​i​a​l​/​b​a​n​n​ers ; http://​www​.european​-res​ist​ance​.org/​e​n​/​v​i​d​eos – organ­ize local teach-​ins (espe­cially on ESM, IMF, EU, role of Ger­man state in the EU, fin­an­cial mar­kets /​/​dir­ect demo­cracy, altern­at­ive eco­nom­ies and com­mons, sus­tain­ab­il­ity, basic income) – organ­ise buses from your region to Frank­furt – con­tact your local groups, neigh­bors, fel­low unem­ployed, co-​workers, assem­blies, aca­dem­ics, journ­al­ists, artists, act­ors and musi­cians.DIY IN FRANKFURT- pre­pare teach-​ins for Frank­furt: share your local situ­ations and prac­tices with oth­ers in Frank­furt! talk about the altern­at­ives you already prac­tice, exchange ideas with oth­ers. tech­no­logy teach-​ins ...
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Blockupy in Frankfurt: Die Linke seek to overturn Blockupy ban

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9 May 2012
Demonstration in Frankfurt 31 March 2012 "Capitalism IS the Crisis"

The City of Frank­furt has attemp­ted to close down demon­stations planned for 16 – 19 May in the city’s bank­ing dis­trict by requir­ing that any pub­lic order dis­cus­sions prior to gen­eral approval only be entered into if organ­isers guar­an­tee that no viol­ence or other illegal activ­ity will occur, and indeed waive their right to organ­ise effect­ive civil disobedience. Frank­furt Coun­cil­lor for Pub­lic Order Markus Frank claims he is ready for dis­cus­sions with the organ­isers of the upcom­ing Blockupy protests, but has required that they provide a waiver of block­ades and viol­ence. The Left Party (“Die Linke”) has launched legal action to over­turn the Blockupy ban. Coun­cil­lor Frank has stated that “We just want to pre­vent riots and block­ades, but not a demon­stra­tion”. If ...
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