Action days in the Rhineland 2017
From August 24th to 29th, 2017, protests against the mining of lignite in the Rhenish lignite district took place as part of the so-called “Action Days in the Rhineland” . The days of action included several camps with workshop and educational programs. Various actors with different priorities for action campaigned in places in the region around the Garzweiler , Hambach and Inden opencast mines and the power plants connected to the opencast mines for an end to coal-fired power generation and a global energy transition. The actors emphasized the coexistence of different forms of action in solidarity. The protests in Wendland against the Castor transports serve as a model for the concept. The concept of the action days with the various actors is summarized in an action reader of the German Association for the Promotion of Global Green Movements. Around 5000 people took part in the actions and camps.
Actions
- A “red line campaign” carried out by an alliance of citizens' initiatives, environmental organizations and committed people.
- The Animal Climate Action group, which organized a bike tour
- Actions of civil disobedience :
- The mass actions of civil disobedience of the alliance "End of Grounds"
- The low-threshold sit-in of the campaign "Coal erSetzen!", Initiated by the youth network for political actions (JunepA)
- The “Sugar in the Tank” campaign, which supports effective small group activities
Camps
- "Climate camp in the Rhineland" with the "Degrowth summer school"
- "Connecting Movements Camp"
- "Camp for future"
Police operation
The police had prepared 4000 participants in advance and in anticipation of blockade actions a corresponding large-scale operation. Around 1000 officials were deployed to prevent and punish criminal offenses and administrative offenses.
Web links
- Photo stream on Flickr
- Mobilization video in the run-up to the action days on Vimeo
- Alliance Future Instead of Lignite
- Animal Climate Action
- Alliance at the end of the country
- Replace Coal!
- Sugar in the tank
- Climate camp in the Rhineland
- Degrowth summer school
- Connecting Movements Camp
- Camp for future
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Pfitzner: Resistance as once in Wendland: environmental activists protest against lignite mining . ( noz.de [accessed on November 24, 2017]).
- Jump up ↑ Martin Kaul: Commentary on the “end of terrain” protest: Rhineland is the new Wendland . In: The daily newspaper: taz . August 21, 2017, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed November 23, 2017]).
- ↑ ZDF country mirror: Lignite opponents mobilize . ( zdf.de [accessed on November 23, 2017]).
- ↑ RP ONLINE: Action days Rhineland: Police are preparing large-scale operation due to lignite protest. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ^ The first: Video "Hambach, Inden, Garzweiler: Protest against lignite opencast mines" - morning magazine. August 25, 2017, accessed on November 23, 2017 (German).