Demonstrations against right -wing extremism: tens of thousands on the street!

Demonstrations against right -wing extremism: tens of thousands on the street!

The planned events vary and include workshops, readings, rounds of discussion and lectures in several federal states. The demo appointments are continuously updated and are without guarantee. Some of the most important planned events are:

planned demonstrations by federal states

• Baden-Württemberg: A series of meetings, including the 5th congress of the network against right on April 5 in Karlsruhe.
• Bavaria: events planned in Regensburg, including plena of the studies against right.
• Berlin: plena of the studies against right on 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th April.
• Lower Saxony: protests in Hanover and Göttingen.
• North Rhine-Westphalia: Vigil against anti-Semitism on April 3 in Bonn.

On Saturday, around 100,000 people took part in over 60 locations in Germany in demonstrations for democracy and against right-wing extremism, as taz.de The largest meetings took place in Berlin with 30,000 to 100,000 and in Cologne with 40,000 participants.

in Berlin, the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate was well filled at 4 p.m. Many families and children had homemade posters with slogans like "Do you want to end like Donald Trump?" And "Fuck Off, Elon Musk". The protest was also directed against the CDU boss Friedrich Merz, especially after a knife attack in Aschaffenburg, in which a toddler and a man were killed. Merz expressed that he was "indifferent" with which party migration laws are decided. The demonstrators demanded that Merz should not become a chancellor if he cooperates with the AfD, which he denied in an election campaign speech.

The demonstrations are part of a broader movement that has already comprised over 100 events with a total of over 100,000 participants since January 2. It is a clear rejection against the policy of the AfD and its instrumentalization of attacks to mobilize votes.