Posted on May 5, 2012 by Blockupy Frankfurt
The demonstration authorities of the city of Frankfurt announced in to the press on the afternoon of May 4, 2012, that they are prohibiting all of the actions planned by the Blockupy Frankfurt alliance from May 16-19. The legal notifying party for the more than fifteen actions was directly informed about this decision with regard to only one case – and even this was delayed by one day.
This decision completely prohibits the protests against crisis policies that profoundly affect the lives of millions of people in Europe. The alliance is planning protests during the action days against the austerity policies of European governments and the Troika (ECB, EU Commission and IMF) and had applied to the city for permits for some of these protests as demonstrations, rallies, pickets and demonstrative assemblies, as is legally required for demonstrations.
This prohibition is a uniquely scandalous incident in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as an open breach of the constitutional right to demonstrate. We insist that the protest against crisis policies can take place in the Frankfurt financial district and at the headquarters of the ECB, as it is in accordance with the permanent jurisdiction of the German Federal Constitutional Court.
All democrats can only be extremely appalled by this illegitimate and undemocratic action and demand an immediate abandonment of this total ban. What was possible at Tahrir Square in Cairo, at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid or in Zucotti Park in New York must also be possible in Frankfurt am Main!
Up to now, signatories include (among others):
Sven Giegold, MdEP Die Grünen/EFA – Heinz Bierbaum, stellvertr. Parteivorsitzender DIE LINKE – Franziska Drohsel, SPD – Roman Denter, KoKreis Attac D – Mani Stenner, Geschäftsführer Netzwerk Friedenskooperative – Sina Doughan, Bundessprecherin Grüne Jugend – Martin Behrsing, Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland – Alex Demirovic, Prof. Dr. – Dirk Seifert, Energiereferent Robin Wood – Dieter Keller, Vorsitzender ver.di Solingen – Sahra Wagenknecht, MdB DIE LINKE – Christoph Kleine, Interventionistische Linke – Sabine Leidig, MdB DIE LINKE – Werner Dreibus, MdB DIE LINKE – Wolfgang Gehrcke, MdB DIE LINKE – Ulrich Wilken, MdL DIE LINKE Hessen – Lutz Getzschmann, junge GEW – Katja Kipping, MdB DIE LINKE – Sven Christian Kindler, MdB, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen – Michael Aggelidis, MdL NRW 15. WP – Nuri Aygün, Landesvorstand DIE LINKE.NRW – Wolfgang Methling, DIE LINKE MV – Harald Wolf, Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin, Bürgermeister und Senator a.D. – Inge Höger, MdB DIE LINKE, Herford, NRW – Hugo Braun, Attac Koordinierungskreis – Sylvia Gabelmann, stellv. Landessprecherin DIE LINKE NRW – Klaus-Rainer Rupp, MdBB DIE LINKE, Bremen – Stefan Mekiffer, Philosoph – Hamide Akbayir, MdL NRW 15. WP, Landtagskandidatin DIE LINKE NRW – Ulrich Brand, Universität Wien – Tim Golke MdHB, DIE LINKE Fraktion in der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft – Dario Azzellini, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter JKU Linz – Ingrid Remmers, MdB, DIE LINKE – Hubertus Zdebel – Landessprecher DIE LINKE.NRW – Karina Ossendorff, Landesvorstand DIE LINKE.NRW – Alois Mittermüller, ehem. SPD MdL in Bayern – Thies Gleiss, Stellvertretender Landessprecher DIE LINKE.NRW – Katharina Schwabedissen, MdL NRW, Landessprecherin DIE LINKE. NRW – Ekkehard Richter, Kommunität Grimnitz – Heidrun v.d. Stück, Sprecherin DIE LINKE.Krefeld, Mitglied im Bundesausschuss DIE LINKE – Alexis Passadakis, Rat Attac D – Tine Steininger, KoKreis Attac D – Harald Thommé, Von Tacheles-Sozialhilfe e. V. Wuppertal – Willi van Ooyen (Fraktionsvorsitzender DIE LINKE. im hessischen Landtag) – Janine Wissler (Frqaktionsvorsitzende DIE LINKE. im hessischen Landtag) – Dr. Diether Dehm (MdB DIE LINKE) – Manfred Maurenbrecher (Liedermacher) – BOTS – Emma – Christine Buchholz, MdB DIE LINKE – Giso Amendola, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italia – Patrick Cuninghame, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexiko – Anna Curcio,UniNomade / edu-factory, Università di Bologna, Italia – Andrea Fumagalli, University of Pavia – San Precario Network, Milano, Italia – Zeno Gaiaschi, Università Statale di Milano, Milano, Italia – Michael Hardt, Professor, Duke University, USA – John Holloway, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexiko – Asja Hrvatin, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenija – Ugo Mattei, Professor of Law, University of Torino and University of California, Italia/USA – Sandro Mezzadra, Associate Professor, University of Bologna, Italy – Gianfranco Morosato, Herausgeber von ombre corte, Verona, Italia – Toni Negri, Venezia, Italia – Maria Prodromou, Larnaca, Cyprus – Gigi Roggero, UniNomade / edu-factory, Università di Bologna, Italia – Simona De Simoni, Università di Torino, Torino, Italia – Matteo Villa, University of Turin, Milano, Italia
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