The superfluous (group)
“ The superfluous ” were a group that practiced forms of action of social or civil disobedience under the same name . By their own admission, they turned against capitalism , oppression , racism , sexism , precarization and exclusion. The name was chosen as a battle term because the actors saw themselves as people who are made superfluous in a " profit-fanatic " system.
More detailed description
The actions of the superfluous were directed against the " social cutbacks " and the "political acceleration of increasing impoverishment and precariousness of large parts of the population", against which they tried to defend themselves with occupations, free meals, disturbances and spectacular symbolic actions. The first superfluous were active in Berlin. The superfluous made it onto the front pages of numerous German daily newspapers at the trial of Peter Hartz on January 17, 2007 in Braunschweig.
Occur
“The Superfluous” usually appeared in white theater masks and red hooded sweaters with the inscription The Superfluous in white. Their appearance was often not announced and came as a surprise to the addressees. Occasionally (including in Brandenburg during Monday demonstrations) they were also found unmasked and with white T-shirts with the same inscription in red.
View of the protection of the constitution
According to the 2004 report on the protection of the constitution in Berlin, the “superfluous” were a campaign by the “ACT!” Network. According to more recent reports on the protection of the constitution, political activists have also taken up the concept in other places.
Actions
Many of the actions are documented on the superfluous homepage:
- October 11, 2004, Berlin : 30 “superfluous” occupy the AWO state headquarters in Berlin in protest against 1-euro jobs .
- December 18, 2004, Berlin: 50 “superfluous” penetrate the Berlin noble restaurant Borchert, distribute leaflets on which the planned expenses for an unemployment benefit II recipient and the prices in the restaurant are compared, and help themselves at the plates of the (regular) guests.
- March 23, 2005, Berlin: As part of the Mai-Steine (creative kick-off campaign for May 1st ), a Lidl day of action will take place to protest against the working conditions of employees. As a result, the "superfluous" invade a Lidl branch.
- May 1, 2005, Hamburg : The “superfluous” eat empty a banquet in a luxury hotel in Blankenese and hand out leaflets.
- August 9, 2005, Lüchow : "Forced eviction" of the office of a social welfare office employee who is responsible for processing objections to the office's notices.
- August 11, 2005, Darmstadt : The “superfluous” visit the Orangerie restaurant and disrupt Bert Rürup's celebration on the occasion of receiving the Federal Cross of Merit .
- September 27, 2005, Berlin: Press conference and presentation of the brochure “Diagnosis Capitalism - Therapy Break”.
- October 20, 2005, Berlin: Due to lawsuits against the “superfluous”, the chairman of the AWO Berlin is woken up at 6 am because he was not prepared to withdraw the criminal charges because of the AWO occupation in 2004.
- November 16, 2005, Bonn : “Wake-up action” at Wolfgang Clement , who had previously been criticized for calling the unemployed “social parasites”.
- November 29, 2005, Berlin: The award of the "Reformer of the Year" award is disrupted and the "Prize for the most expensive, brazen and stupidest propaganda of the year" is given to Gesamtmetall for inventing the New Social Market Economy initiative .
- September 29, 2006, Aschersleben (Saxony-Anhalt): “Superfluous” organized an “All you can eat” in the local supermarket.
- November 17, 2006, Cologne : "Superfluous" visited the immigration office in the Cologne-Kalk district town hall to protest against what they saw as the inhumane migration policy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union.
- March 2, 2009, Oldenburg : Oldenburg's Lord Mayor Schwandner throws cakes at "superfluous" people in protest against local politics.
In addition, the superfluous often took part in demonstrations and became active in the 2005 federal election campaign.
literature
- Rejection agency u. a. (2006) "The superfluous" , In: Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst eV (Ed.) Prekäre Perspektiven. Information from the depth of the unsafe space. ISBN 978-3-938515-08-2 , Berlin, pp. 165f
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (2007) (ed.) To take away , In: Fluter 22/2007, ISSN 1611-1567 , Bonn, p. 32
- Volksbühne Berlin / Malte Ubenauf (2007) (ed.) The superfluous . ISBN 978-3-89581-161-6 , Berlin
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Self-expression
- ↑ Berlin Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2004 (PDF, 1.9MB), p. 77 f; 99 f; 297; 299 f ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Berlin Constitutional Protection Report 2005 (PDF, 3.3MB), p. 79 f ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Cake attack on Mayor Schwandner ( Memento from May 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Radio Bremen, March 4, 2009
