#erfurt

Greetings from Erfurt.

I've been out and about since 5 am and I'm 1000% sure there are some narratives the asshats are going to spin about the protests in the next couple days (as they did in the days leading up to it, fantasising about the elusive Antifa attacking from roofs and what not) so if your co-workers or relatives say any of those things in the next days, I want to make some things very clear:

"The Antifa overslept and missed the delegates lol"

Protestors were awake all night. They meticulously planned 14 blockades for the past six months in and around town and successfully held them for hours. Unfortunately that amount of planning didn't go unnoticed so the AfD planned accordingly and either arrived a day early on the premises or had the help of their best friend the police to escort them unharmed to the conference hall.

"They were violent"

If they are the police, yes. If they are the protestors, no.

"But they attacked journalists!"

They defended themselves against right wing bloggers who kept provoking and teasing. The protestors asked them to leave several times and the so called journalists didn't comply and thought "Ah yes, provoking a lion inside a lion's den is a great idea." Sorry but play stupid games win stupid prizes.

"The entire thing was a failure for the left"

The organisers didn't manage to do what they set out to do. That sucks and everyone was pretty bummed out about it. BUT they mobilised 17k people to block streets. There were between 30k and 50k people in total in and around town, protesting. There were speeches, concerts, workshops, crafting stations, activities and countless things more everywhere and I haven't felt this at home here in a very long time. Thank you Widersetzen for your great work. I'm not a very brave person but after today maybe you'll find me sitting on the Autobahn the next time, too ❤️

... also this happened