Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung has applauded the cancellation of the rally on Twitter, calling it a victory on the part of the counter-protesters. Again, the police did nothing to protect the journalists, but rather participated in the attacks. 31 votes, 24 comments. Where this leads to can be seen clearly in France, where the number of new infections on a daily basis rose to almost 87,000 last Saturday and 40,000 have already died of COVID-19. The support of the judiciary, police and government for the coronavirus deniers and right-wing extremists in Leipzig was so blatant that several leading politicians felt forced to express their reservations. Those taking part in the Leipzig demonstration were transported from all over Germany at considerable expense. Nine cases of obstruction stemmed from the hostile intervention of police officers. The police said that clashes broke out in several areas in the city. The aim was to occupy the space where AdPM and their supporters wanted to hold their rally, thus blocking them from holding it altogether. © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2021. He said it was scandalous that a journalist had been threatened with police custody and the withdrawal of his press card. Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung has applauded the cancellation of the rally on Twitter, calling it a victory on the part of the counter-protesters. Profits have priority over human lives. The police not only permitted the mob to run riot, but they also actively supported them. Germany’s justice minister, Christine Lambrecht (SPD), demanded “thorough clarification.” She said that such incidents could “never be justified,” and that freedom of demonstration was “not freedom to use violence and massively endanger others.” The deputy premier of Saxony, Martin Dulig (SPD), complained that the state had “let itself be led by the nose in Leipzig.” The Greens, who also fill the post of a deputy premier in the state, even demanded Wöller’s resignation. There was no justification whatsoever for this,” said DJV Federal Chairman Frank Überall. The aim of the protest was to intimidate opponents of the governments’ criminal corona policy and prepare a further loosening of protective measures, even if comes at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. Polizei bietet trotz Angriff auf Beamt:innen erneut an, die Teilnehmer:innen ohne Identitätsfeststellung abreisen zu lassen. Then it was suddenly announced that the anti-lockdown rally wouldn't be taking place at all. Several arrests were made, with videos from the scene showing people being taken away by police. #le2111#leipzigpic.twitter.com/DzhzwOZIWH. On November 8, the ‘Lateral Thinking’ group, which insists that Covid-19 is a hoax, was able to gather thousands of people in the city center. Based on the experience of previous similar demonstrations in Berlin and Konstanz, it was evident that neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists throughout Germany would mobilise for the Leipzig demo and that participants would ignore the government’s pandemic regulations. Around 20,000 demonstrators gathered in the centre of Leipzig on Saturday, crowded together and with most not wearing masks, to protest the German government’s coronavirus restrictions. Several videos document policemen in patrol cars lifting their thumbs in solidarity with demonstrators. When the Covid-19 skeptics started gathering at the Kurt-Masur-Platz midday, the venue was already occupied by dozens of counter-protesters, who all wore face masks and tried their best to follow social distancing rules. The country has so far recorded more than 914,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with almost 14,000 leading to fatalities. Meanwhile in the night from Saturday to Saturday activists visited a house in the west of Leipzig in Dieskaustraße. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Use of force against seniors or water cannons against children? Unterdessen hat neben dem „Compact“-Macher Jürgen Elsässer erneut der vegane Koch Attila Hildmann aufgerufen, nach Leipzig zu fahren und erneut möchte man die „Bilderstürmerei“ vom 7. When demonstrators tossed pyrotechnics, firecrackers and other projectiles at the police to force their way through to the Leipzig ring road, the police did nothing to stop them. #le2111 Mehr auf https://t.co/iUckzaT1A5pic.twitter.com/qB8SgAZX2C, Gewaltvoller Durchbruchsversuch der „Querdenker“ scheitert. #Leipzig, #Germany: Demo against repression & corruption – #le1706. Police waited for several hours, before it officially ended the demonstration due to the crowd’s non-compliance with hygiene regulations. Originally the AdPM rally was due to start at 18:00 on Brandstraße in Connewitz, with the counter-demo planned for 16:00. Police have deployed tears gas and water cannon in the German city of Leipzig against crowds of protesters who had been holding a counter rally to a neo-Nazi march. Leipzig - Schwere Krawalle am Rande einer Neonazi-Demonstration haben die Karl-Liebknecht-Straße im Süden von Leipzig in ein Schlachtfeld verwandelt. "From industrial center to shrinking city to newest cool-kid town" - New York Times Against the return of fascism in Germany. “No matter how many police officers accompanied the assembly,” he said, “a violent dissolution of a peaceful assembly was and is not at issue, because what would be the alternative? Glasflaschen, Steine, Pyro: Linksradikale Demo in Leipzig eskaliert. Share this story! 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For a general strike to halt the resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe! At least 38 media representatives were prevented from carrying out their work, according to the journalists’ union DJU. June 10, 2020. The German Journalists’ Association DJV also protested against police harassment. Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you, Police officers respond to clashed between coronavirus skeptics and counter-protesters in Leipzig. All rights reserved. It is the fourth mock occupation in Leipzig since the beginning of the squatting campaign #leipzigbesetzen on May 1st. Tightly packed demonstrators in front of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig (Image: Twitter Video) Die Realität ist ein Schelm. Read RT Privacy policy to find out more. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right that must be protected.”. Von Stefan Locke, Dresden-Aktualisiert ... Google und Twitter mussten am Donnerstag vor dem Kongress erstmals Rede und Antwort stehen. Germany is only two to three weeks behind the developments in France. Streamed at wsws.org/live. In reality, the coronavirus policy of the federal and state governments, which is supported by all parties including the SPD, the Greens and the Left Party, is itself criminal in its character. Some restrictions have been imposed by the government and federal states at the start of November limited to the private domain, thereby threatening the very existence of hospitality, entertainment and service industries, most of which fail to receive any of the promised official financial support. The organizers said that they couldn’t agree to the mask-wearing terms with the authorities and asked several hundred of their supporters, who were already in the square, to go home. “More than once journalists in Leipzig were prevented from reporting by police forces. #Antifa gerät mit Teilnehmern der Corona-Demo aneinander. Think your friends would be interested? Ruptly is live from Leipzig on Saturday, November 7, as people take to the streets to protest against COVID-19 restrictions. Post author By Rojava Soli Bündnis Leipzig Post date 2019/12/04 Wir wollen am 14.12. auf die Straße gehen, um zu zeigen, dass uns Krieg und die unmaskierte … However, they eventually separated into smaller groups and tried staging mini-marches across the city. In unserem Nachrichtenticker können Sie live die neuesten Eilmeldungen auf Deutsch von Portalen, Zeitungen, Magazinen und Blogs lesen sowie nach älteren Meldungen suchen. The meeting will take place at Felix-Klein-Hörsaal (5th floor), Paulinum, University of Leipzig in Leipzig . What is known? The news that the event was called off caused confusion among some coronavirus skeptics who had already arrived. This is all aimed, however, at covering their own political tracks. While the police of Saxony and especially the officers from Leipzig attract more attention with scandals instead of righteousness, the weekly new findings entitle to question the system of police and its officers. Coronavirus skeptics and counter-protesters clashed with each other and police after a rally against the lockdown in the German city of Leipzig was called off by the organizers shortly after it was scheduled to begin. In so doing, the court had the full support of the police in the state of Saxony. The rivaling groups brawled with each other, while also attacking officers. Germany. Almost 70 officers were injured as the crowd hurled stones, bottles and fireworks at them. Although the number of infections and victims is exploding, schools, daycare centres and businesses remain open without adequate protective measures, meaning the virus can spread at breakneck speed in crowded rooms and overcrowded public transport. The state and government’s support for the far-right Leipzig demonstration underscores once again that the fight against the devastating health and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic requires an independent political movement by the working class. The so-called “Lateral Thinkers” demonstration in the city centre had been approved by the Saxon Higher Administrative Court in Bautzen just a few hours before the demo began. International Committee of the Fourth International. Read More Demo:listen , Interviews Demo:listen , Dungeon synth , Festung , German ambient black metal , Leipzig . Police in Leipzig, Germany arrested six Antifa far-left extremists following a riot which led to thirteen officers being injured by leftist attacks. #le2111#Leipzigpic.twitter.com/TXvKqT0FOU. Instead they withdrew step by step. At a joint video press conference with Saxony state premier Michael Kretschmer (also CDU), Wöller said on Sunday: “To accuse the police of having failed is incorrect and completely absurd. Der "Volkslehrer" wird von der Polizei abgeführt. Polizei hat Mühe. Leipzig Twitter Trends - Top Tweets | Germany. The lion’s share of the government’s financial aid flows instead to the big corporations and banks. Von Stefan Locke-Aktualisiert am 14.12.2020-13:33 Bildbeschreibung einblenden. All are based in increasingly cosmopolitan Leipzig or have a strong connection to the city, and also international experience. They are mostly volunteers. Thousands of supporters of the ‘anti-Islamization’ PEGIDA movement have gathered in the east German city of Leipzig, just days after a similar protest in Dresden was canceled. But Chancellor Angela Merkel insists that more curbs are needed to stem the second wave of the pandemic. This website uses cookies. The Socialist Equality Party (SGP) is calling for the establishment of rank-and-file action committees in factories and schools that operate completely independently of the parties in the Bundestag and the trade unions to form networks on both a national and international basis. Last night there was am unregistered wild demo in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas in Leipzig, Germany. Mahnwache gegen Abschiebung nach Afghanistan! Leipzig. This week’s Demo:listen takes us deep into the torch-lit dungeon of Leipzig’s Festung. Previously, the Leipzig Administrative Court only allowed a demonstration to take place on the expansive grounds of the exhibition centre situated on the outskirts of the city. März 2021, gestern und dieser Woche. Join us for a discussion of the first time in history that the working class took power. Far right attacks scientists as coronavirus infections explode in Germany, Coronavirus infections in Germany hit a new record. Getting to the demo on Wednesday was a wild goose chase for a while. Using violence against the right-wing demonstrators was “not appropriate,” Schulze said: “You don’t fight a pandemic with police measures, but rather by appealing to reason.”. Germany has so far recorded more than 654,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and over 11,000 deaths, and went into a new partial lockdown on November 2. Wöller did not mention the violent acts carried out by demonstrators, the attacks on journalists and the highly visible presence of neo-Nazis, members of the Identitarian movement and other right-wing extremists. Germany went into a new partial lockdown in early November, ordering restaurants, bars, cinemas to close down and restricting gatherings to no more than 10 people. In the Connewitz district of the city, two water cannons were used the same evening to disperse left-wing activists who allegedly threw stones at the windows of a police station and ignited incendiary devices. Several journalists were physically attacked by the far-right demonstrators, with some suffering significant injuries. Im November stornierte die Hotelkette Motel 1 als eine der ersten in vorauseilendem Gehorsam potentiellen Teilnehmern der Anti-Corona-Maßnahmen-Demo in Leipzig die Buchungen. For their part, those taking part in a counter-demo were harassed and surrounded by the police. According to their own statements, they are different investigations against different defendants. Originally published by Indymedia DE (Tor Adress). What follows is a report we found on Indymedia DE. According to their own statements, the cops searched nine apartments in Leipzig today. They were met by the counter-protesters. Counter-protesters have being vowing to block the way. Unser Newsticker zum Thema Leipzig Demo enthält aktuelle Nachrichten von heute Dienstag, dem 30. We want to organize and shape our lives and works ourselves. Several thousand demonstrators then marched across the city’s central ring road and attacked counter-demonstrators and journalists. Instead, he railed at length against the “left-wing rioters” in Connewitz, claiming that the anti-restriction demonstration consisted primarily of pensioners and children. Leipzig. On November 2, Germany entered a month-long lockdown, with most businesses being ordered to close and people asked to stay at home whenever possible. The team managing LeipGlo.com or producing our content embody the glocal spirit of this webzine. N ach zahlreichen Verstößen gegen die Versammlungsauflagen hat die Stadt Leipzig die „Querdenken“-Demo gegen die Corona-Politik aufgelöst. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. A large rally was also expected on Saturday after the Bundestag supported legislation mid-week giving the government more legal basis to impose coronavirus restrictions. This is also documented on video. Translated by Riot … #le2011#l2111#Leipzig@weltpic.twitter.com/KzHuoSviBl, Neonazis greifen am #Leipzig er HBF die Polizei mit Steinen an. Ein „Demogruppe“ für Leipzig bei Telegram umfasst mittlerweile rund 6.300 Mitglieder, Tendenz steigend. Das teilte die Stadt auf Twitter mit. Nevertheless, the higher court made a conscious decision to allow protesters to gather in the narrow confines of the city centre, thereby providing a prominent arena for COVID-19 deniers and right-wing extremists. Germany. Leipzig. 08.02.21 18 Uhr, Leipzig: PM: Protest gegen Abschiebung nach Afghanistan via Flughafen Leipzig/Halle am 11.03.20; PM: Abschiebungen stoppen – Bleiberecht für alle, Demo am 10.03.20; Follow us on Twitter My Tweets Their demands cannot be based on what the corporations and parties consider to be affordable, but rather on what is necessary to secure the lives and well-being of children, youth, teachers and the entire working class. Both Leipzig’s police commissioner, Torsten Schulze, and Saxony’s interior minister, Roland Wöller (CDU), gave the police their unreserved support. Leipzig’s mayor, Burkhard Jung, called on “every local resident” to take part in the ceremony staged under the slogan “Leipzig will stay light-filled.” Saxony’s Justice Minister, Sebastian Gemkow, also took part in the event, German MDR reports.