Anti-militarism

05.06.2007

• 15:15:
  In Weitendorf, south of the airport Rostock Laage, several hundred people are assembling for a rally. The PA has been controlled and the banners have been checked. Heavy controls at Rostock main station.
  
  
• 13:50:
  Rostock: The anti-militarism demonstration in Warnemünde has finished.
  
  
• 13:00:
  Rostock: About 300-400 hundred people gathered at the Caterpillar headquarters. A short rally with some speeches was held, then people carried on to EADS, where police numbers increased significantly. Protesters were escorted by cops on the train and were searched as they boarded.
  
  
• 13:00:
  Rostock-Warnemünde: the anti-militarism demo has reached the end point at the Underground station, with 1500-2000 participants. The mood is high; there are many speeches and police are standing at a distance from the rally.
  
  
• 13:00:
  Rostock: The announced rally at the Hanse-Kaserne has been called off by the organisers. About 50 people had been waiting for about one hour. The police was present with two water cannons.
  
  
• 12:00:
  Rostock: The anti-militarism demonstration in Warnemünde has started with some 500 participants, but people are not moving yet. Police have restricted the demo to one lane of the road. At the train station, police are stop-and-searching people arriving and taking their personal details.
  
  
• 11:00:
  After calling off the Israel protest at the Security Fence in Vorder Bollhagen, many protesters went to join the anti-Catterpillar action in Carl-Hopp Str. Caterpillar is a company that manufactures bulldozers used by the Israeli army to demolish Palestinian houses and lands. Others went to join the anti-militarism demo in Warnemünde.
  
  
• 10:40:
  An action at the Security Fence in Vorder Bollhagen, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and protest against the apartheid wall, has been called off because organisers refused to be escorted by police and because police pre-conditions restricted the number of participants to 15 people. [call]
  
  

04.06.2007

• 20:30:
  Hundreds of people demonstrated today against George W. Bush's visit to Prague. The protest was particularly against the planned stationing of US missiles in Tschechien.