Posted on 05/03/2022 1:14:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Women’s safety campaigners among thousands on Germany’s streets in annual labour day marches
A feminist march on the eve of May Day, known as Walpurgnisnacht, when witches traditionally meet, kicked off May Day demonstrations in Berlin, with a group of around 2,500 “Take back the night”.
The demonstration, described as lively and initially peaceful, was aimed at reconquering the night for women, lesbians, intersex and transgender people, according to the organisers. Accompanied by a large police presence, it concentrated on the northern and central Prenzlauerberg and Mitte districts of Berlin. But police intervened to stop the march after some participants set fire to coloured flares and bottles were thrown.
Later in the evening, protesters apparently acting independently of organisers threw paint at shop windows and several panes of glass were broken, leading to three arrests. Charges were brought for breaching the peace, violent assault, bodily harm and criminal damage, police spokesperson Anja Dierschke told broadcaster rbb24.
Walpurgisnacht is an event in German folklore when witches meet to hold revels with the devil, traditionally in the region of north central Germany on the Brocken mountain.
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Tens of thousands of others took to the streets elsewhere across the country too, drawing attention to a wide range of issues dominated by the war in Ukraine, the rising cost of living, workers’ rights, rental controls and plans to invest heavily in the German military.
A separate demonstration around an election campaign event in the northern state of Schleswig Holstein saw foreign minister Annalena Baerbock face accusations of warmongering for her support of providing arms to Ukraine.
A later event in the day in which she was due to participate had to be called off after protesters sprayed the stage
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Why don’t they go to the Muslim zones in these cities?
Muslim Men: Hold my non-alcoholic beer....
New LGBTQ alphabet letter: What is ‘intersex’?
Everyone bring a bucket of water.
Same M.O of most K-12 teachers across the “industrial” world.
Isn't that redundant?
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