Hi BRlin group,
If you are following the Extinction Rebellion movement, you will
probably already know there is a very active and fast-growing group in
Berlin...
in short: Their focus is to demand more action on climate breakdown and
the ecological crises ! You can read more about them here:
https://xrebellion.org/ ( international)
On Monday the Berlin groups are organizing a *registered* demo (
technically, no risk ) in front of the Bundeskanzleramt... 17h ... to
draw attention to the destruction of the Amazon, and put pressure on EU
trade with Brasil...
One of their frequent tactics is to have Die-Ins... ( there is one 2day
at Gendarmenmarkt at NOON )...
And this will be part of what will happen on Monday as well... ( you
could read more below... in a quick post to me last nite, so i could
send it out to this list and others who i know involved in Indigenous
struggles, Amazon, Brasil topics )...
PLease free to show up, support, take part...
The main orgainizer for this particular action is Claire Wordley, but i
do not yet have a contact for her...
There could be an invite for this action already on Fbook ... and should
be posted to the Veranstaltung page here:
https://extinctionrebellion.de/veranstaltungen/ ( de events )
That's all i have time for now...
Perhaps i can come back and share those links later 2day...
in solidarity !
Paolo
fwd>>
via Claire...
@all Hello all, so I've registered to read out the scientist's letter
about the Brazil-EU trade at 5pm on Monday 29. April at the
Bundeskanzleramt. The point of this is to get media attention to the
implications of this trade deal, and also to get media attention for XR
in Germany as a serious group. My idea was to have a short explanation
of why this trade deal matters so much, in English and in German, and
why we are standing up for the forests and Indigenous peoples affected
by our consumption in Europe. Then we read the very short letter, also
in English and German, which was signed by scientists working in every
EU country and 300 Indigenous groups from Brazil. We can have pictures
of the Amazon and the people and animals that live there, and pictures
of what it is being cut down for; beef and soy, mostly for livestock
feed. Then we have a short die-in.
We need people to come and hold pictures and die (you will come back to
life quickly), and people to reach out to journalists
Now for a terrible automated German translation...
@all Hello all, also habe ich mich angemeldet, um am Freitag, den 29.
April um 17 Uhr vor dem Bundeskanzleramt den Brief des Wissenschaftlers
über den Brasilien-EU-Handel vorzulesen. Dabei geht es darum, die Medien
auf die Auswirkungen dieses Handelsabkommens aufmerksam zu machen und
auch die Medien auf XR in Deutschland als ernstzunehmende Gruppe
aufmerksam zu machen. Meine Idee war es, kurz zu erklären, warum dieses
Handelsabkommen so wichtig ist, auf Englisch und auf Deutsch, und warum
wir uns für die Wälder und indigenen Völker einsetzen, die von unserem
Konsum in Europa betroffen sind. Dann lesen wir den sehr kurzen Brief,
auch in Englisch und Deutsch, der von Wissenschaftlern aus allen
EU-Ländern und 300 indigenen Gruppen aus Brasilien unterzeichnet wurde.
Wir können Bilder vom Amazonasgebiet und den dort lebenden Menschen und
Tieren sowie Bilder davon haben, wofür es abgeholzt wird; Rindfleisch
und Soja, vor allem für die Tierernährung. Dann haben wir einen kurzen
Einbruch.
Wir brauchen Leute, die kommen und Bilder halten und sterben (Sie werden
schnell wieder zum Leben erwachen), und Menschen, die Journalisten zu
erreichen.
