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Eviction in Lüetzerath – cops enforcing climate catastrophe

In small gangs, cops start charging towards groups of protesters, beating up people with batons and pepper spray, kicking and pushing them to the ground. Dozens of people are injured, many with serious head injuries, treated by paramedics, and waiting for a helicopter to hospital. Lützerath has become a battlefield, where cops defend fossil capital

A village to be evicted for coal – the defense of Luetzerath in Germany

Freedom provides a transcript of an interview on A-Radio Berlin with an activist of Radio Aalpunk from Luetzerath on January 7, 2023. The interview has been edited for clarity. 2023 arrived only a couple of days ago, and we already have to deal with the first eviction of a radical space in 2023, what a

Germany: Rounding up the Munich Raids

Bavarian comrades round up details on what happened at the end of last month, when police raids against anarchist-linked apartments and spaces, including the Frevel library, took place in Munich. On Tuesday April 26 coordinated raids were carried out against anarchists from Munich, on charges of forming a criminal organisation (§129). Four apartments were searched (two

Germany: Barricades at Rigaer Strasse

Thirty years on from when it was first occupied, the long-running Berlin squat and hausprojekt residence Rigaer94 is once again under threat from an aggressive eviction attempt involving security guards, squads of riot cops and construction crews. R94, which has a mix of squatted and rented rooms, also features a squatted bar and an occupied