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Last generation blocks streets in Berlin again
Activists from the Last Generation group block a street in Berlin. photo
© Sven Kaeuler/TNN/dpa
The week in Berlin starts with sit-ins. A police hammer drill is also used. The climate activists also announce targeted protest actions against “the rich”.
Climate protection demonstrators from the Last Generation Initiative have once again blocked streets in Berlin. They sat down on Monday morning at the large intersection at the Frankfurter Tor in Friedrichshain, as the police and traffic information center (VIZ) announced. According to the police, 15 blockers took part, some of them stuck to the road, as a police spokesman said. According to the traffic information center, there was traffic jams in the entire area.
The road’s asphalt had to be broken up in at least one spot with an electric hammer drill to dislodge a protester’s taped hand. At around 9.45 a.m., the police wrote on Twitter that the blockades had been cleared and that all traffic measures had been stopped.
The last generation wrote on Twitter: “Today we interrupt everyday life in Berlin, among other places, so that the climate catastrophe no longer disappears behind football results and celebrity news.”
The climate protection group had also called for a protest march in Bonn on Monday afternoon. A ten-day conference began here in preparation for the World Climate Conference in Dubai at the end of the year.
Protest actions against “the rich” announced
The initiative announced on Sunday: “The upcoming Mondays will see sit-ins across the country.” In addition, targeted protest actions against “the rich” should start this week, it was also said on Sunday. The climate catastrophe is made “primarily by the rich”. We want to draw attention to that.
The climate protectors have been blocking roads in Berlin and other cities since January 2022. They call for more decisive action by politicians for climate protection. In May, police and public prosecutors searched 15 of the group’s apartments and business premises in seven federal states. The allegation was to form or support a criminal organization.