Left Autonomists in Berlin
Six months after the “Köpi” eviction: The activists are back
Left-wing autonomists entered the area. The police arrived. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa
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“We won’t let ourselves be expelled”: The Köpi activists on Köpenicker Strasse in Berlin want to recapture the area. The police arrived.
Exactly six months after the “Köpi” camp in Berlin-Mitte was cleared, several activists entered the area.
“We won’t be driven out,” they shouted. Numerous police officers were on duty to get them back from the square. The Köpi activists wrote on Twitter: “The area was empty for speculation for half a year. Now we are here to take it back. (…)»
The “Köpi-Platz” wagon camp on Köpenicker Strasse was considered one of the last symbolic projects of the left-wing autonomous scene in Berlin. On October 15 last year, the police cleared it with heavy equipment. The property owner had fought for the eviction, in which hundreds of police officers were involved, in court. The residents lived in trailers next to an old building that had been occupied since 1990.