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Berlin, Germany: Tesla fire is on the rise

Posted on 2024/05/03 by darknights

Numerous Teslas have been set on fire in Berlin in recent weeks.

This was the case, for example, of the two Teslas that caught fire on Monday night, April 23, at around 1.30 am in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.
Both cars were completely burnt out, and the investigation was handed over to the Berlin state criminal police. The police are assuming arson, since the two cars were parked several meters apart and appear to have been set on fire individually.

At around 2 a.m. on February 7, two Tesla cars had already been set on fire at two different locations in the Lichtenberg district,
one in Paula-Fürst-Straße and the second in An den Knabenhäusern.
Two weeks later, another Tesla was set on fire and partially consumed in the Neukölln district. The police claim to have found traces of firelighters on the vehicle.

Berlin, night of February 6-7, 2024

Overall, the number of car fires in Berlin rose again this year. Between January 1 and April 22, 2024, police recorded 139, at least a dozen of which are considered “politically motivated”. Over the same period in 2023, there had been 83 cases, 56 fewer, while in 2022 there had been fewer cases throughout the year (123 in total) than at the start of 2024! The police are not in a position to comment on the reasons for this increase.

Source: Sans Nom

Berlin, Germany: Against environmental destruction, oppression and war – fire for CEMEX concrete plant

Posted on 2024/01/04 by darknights

Inspired by a series of actions and sabotages against “the world of concrete” in France (2), Belgium and Switzerland, we visited the CEMEX concrete plant on Schleusenufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg in the early hours of December 27 and used fire to stop several concrete mixer trucks and bring the conveyor belt and a technical building to a standstill.

A master among the climate killers

The wasteland of concrete and asphalt continues to spread. In Germany alone, up to 30 hectares of living soil are buried under the most sought-after building material every day. Roads, squares, commercial areas, industrial plants and houses; huge parts of the earth’s surface are already sealed and infrastructure projects such as dams, freeways, bridges, airports etc. consume several billion tons of concrete every year.

All this is not without consequences. Concrete is considered the climate killer par excellence. Almost 10 percent of the carbon dioxide that this system currently blows into the air comes from the cement industry. That is almost three times as much as air traffic. At the same time, concrete production consumes enormous amounts of resources. Sand in particular, which is essential for production, is already in short supply, which is why coastal areas and sometimes entire islands are being dredged worldwide. With devastating effects on the surrounding ecosystems. The increasing sealing of soils also has catastrophic consequences. Urban areas are heating up more and more, while rainwater can no longer seep into the ground. Groundwater reservoirs are not filling up as before, which will lead to water shortages in many places in the long term or has already done so. Drought and aridity are the result of this on the one hand, while flooding and erosion are occurring elsewhere due to increasingly frequent heavy rainfall. More than that, every additional meter of concrete destroys habitats and food sources. The loss of natural ground areas and the lack of vegetation lead to a decline in biodiversity, which has an impact on many animal and plant populations and will result in the extinction of individual species. Continue reading “Berlin, Germany: Against environmental destruction, oppression and war – fire for CEMEX concrete plant” →

Berlin, Germany: Free Sonnenallee from SPD & Greens – smash!

Posted on 2023/12/03 by darknights

On the night of Monday, November 20, we simultaneously attacked the SPD office in Hermannstraße in Berlin Neukölln and a Green Party office in Wrangelstraße in Kreuzberg as an action against the genocidal war in Gaza. With our small group action, we are participating in the weeks of resistance on the streets, a resistance that has fought for its rights through riots. You gave us “rights” because we gave you riots!

The resistance in Germany against the war is far from being symbolic. The German state and German capital have staked a lot on the outcome of the war. And not because of their alleged task of combating anti-Semitism. The two governing parties, the SPD and the Greens, have played a prominent role in this. They have also played a role in creating the racist narrative that has meant massive repression against the residents of Neukölln for many years and has led to a general de-“legalization” in recent weeks. Demonstrations were violently broken up, migrant political organizing was confronted with bans, skin color and certain clothing and colors became even more reason for brutal attacks in schools and on the streets.

On a global level, the SPD and the Greens stand for Western imperialism and despite their repeated attempts to interpret it otherwise, a capitalist offensive by Israel and its Western allies is taking place. German involvement, interests and investment in this war and in Israel’s occupation is obvious. The US Rammstein Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate, for example, is essential for the deployment of US drones in the Middle East and in August of this year, Israel sealed the largest ever arms deal (3.5 billion US dollars) with Germany with the approval of the US. There is much more than guilt behind the German state’s “special responsibility” for Israel.

Against the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the police occupation of Neukoelln.
Free Sonnenallee from SPD and Greens.

PS: We were pleased to find our two targets already damaged. That didn’t stop us from adding even more visible damage with hammers, spray paint and paint bottles.

A few anarchists

Source: Kontrapolis

Berlin, Germany: Arson Attack Against a Vehicle Owned by Environment-Destroyer Züblin

Posted on 2023/08/22 by darknights

(B) Switch Off! Neighborhood and environment destroyer Züblin

Somebody has to build all this shit, the highways through forests, the jails, the palaces of the rich in the formerly green backyards of Berlin’s old buildings, the concrete aisles along the banks of the Spree River.

As we walk through the city, we repeatedly encounter the signs of a handful of companies that want to use them to mark who owns the city. Among them is Züblin, a construction corporation that pours cement on the explosive increase in rents. Züblin has long been active in the business of the capitalist attack on our living spaces, and was already targeted forty years ago for this reason, when construction machinery burned because of its involvement in the construction of Runway West in Frankfurt. During the Nazi regime, Züblin used forced laborers at Frankfurt Airport. Through its connection with Strabag, Züblin has become one of the leading tree killers, see the expansion of the A49 through the Danni or A66 through the Fechenheimer forest.

Naming such actors and sabotaging them unpredictably can be a modest contribution to the long-term wave of action towards revolt.

On the night of August 10, we shut down a Züblin vehicle with fire in Kreuzberg, Alexandrinenstraße.

The attack of the day before on the occupied houses in Habersaathstr. by a security company on behalf of the real estate mafia, shows the determination of our opponents to subjugate the city at any price in their pursuit of profit. There is nothing left but to target all profiteers of these exploitative relations.

Our action took place in a neighborhood that has been completely transformed in recent years in favor of the new urban elites. The nocturnal crackling of their vehicles is supposed to be part of the disturbing background music of the workers of Züblin, Amazon, DB & Co, when they want to regenerate in their new fancy apartments for another productive working day.

Group for the Shutdown of the Construction Industry

Via: Abolition Media

Source: https://de.indymedia.org/node/297500

Translated by Nae Midion

Germany: Rigaer94 – Evictions kill DE/EN

Posted on 2023/08/07 - 2023/08/07 by darknights

###english below

Heute sind in Spandau Poster und Flyer aufgetaucht, die auf die Geschehnisse vor Ort, vom 24. Juli 2023 aufmerksam machen sollen. Der Text von den Postern und Flyern ist der Folgende, die Poster findet ihr im Anhang:

Was sich am Dienstag, den 24. Juli am Brunsbüttler Damm in Spandau ereignet hat, ist kein Einzelfall sondern einer der vielen Momente, in denen sich das kapitalistische System in seiner mörderischen Konsequenz offenbart. Ein System, in dem das Recht auf Eigentum höher gewertet und vom Staat geschützt wird als das Bedürfnis eines Menschen, ein Dach über dem Kopf zu haben.

Wir wissen kaum etwas über die tödlichen Umstände oder was seine Ideen, ja wer der 62-jährige Mieter war, der sich mit einer Schusswaffe gegen seine Zwangsräumung wehrte und während des darauf folgenden SEK-Einsatzes sich selbst erschossen zu haben scheint. Und was wir wissen, ist vorher durch die Hände von Medien und Bullen gegangen und nicht aus der direkten Kommunikation entstanden. Doch auch ohne diese Informationen, können wir die Systematik hinter diesen Momenten erkennen. Und zwar, dass während Wohnungsbauunternehmen und Privateigentümer:innen tausender von Wohnungen fette Profite einstreichen, in Berlin die Mietpreise explodieren, das Angebot an Mietwohnungen äußerst knapp ist und gegenwärtige Krisen und Inflation Mieter:innen in eine äußerst prekäre Situation treiben, in der das monatliche Geld kaum für die Deckung aller Kosten reicht.

Zwangsräumungen sind alltäglicher Ausdruck einer stetig wachsenden Schere zwischen Arm und Reich. 2021 fanden in Berlin – allein schon laut offiziellen Zahlen – um die 1.668 Zwangsräumungen statt. Das sind mehr als 4 pro Tag. Die Verantwortung dafür tragen Hauseigentümer:innen, Politiker:innen, Richter:innen und Bullen, denn sie alle stehen auf der Seite des Unrechts. Dass ihre Entscheidungen Konsequenzen für das Leben von Mieter:innen haben, sie in die Verzweiflung und aus ihren gewohnten Nachbarschaften heraus in die Isolation, in Wohnungslosigkeit und eine Armutsspirale treiben können, ist dabei bewusste doch als nebensächlich betrachtete Folge. Indem sie, mit der politischen Rückendeckung von Seiten des Staates und mit Hilfe loyaler Diener:innen (den Bullen), wachsende Profite zur Priorität machen, greifen sie die unterste Klasse an. Immer wieder enden Zwangsräumungen tödlich, so wie:

* am 03.08.2022 in Köln, als Bullen Lousef B. während seiner Zwangsräumung erschossen
* am 31.05.2021 in Berlin, als sich Peter H. vor seiner Zwangsräumung das Leben nahm
* am 11.04.2013 in Berlin, als Rosemarie F. zwei Tage nach ihrer Zwangsräumung in einer Kältehilfeeinrichtung verstarb Continue reading “Germany: Rigaer94 – Evictions kill DE/EN” →

Berlin, Germany: Fire for Green Capitalism – Solidarity with Alfredo Cospito

Posted on 2023/01/24 by darknights

In the night from Thursday (the 19.01.) to Friday an electric car charging station at the Engelbecken in Berlin Kreuzberg was set on fire. It happened in a night full of international actions to show solidarity with our comrade Alfredo Cospito. It is reported that he will soon be force-fed, against which he clearly and forcefully opposes. In a letter to his lawyer he writes:
“[…] Life is meaningless in this grave for the living.”

This act is also an act against green capitalism, which is sold as a holy solution to today’s capitalism. This is, of course, nonsense and continues to reinforce mechanisms of oppression that are already inherent in the system today. Among these can be named colonialism, from which many countries in the global South suffer because capitalist companies from the global North plunder the resources there. Because, in order to satiate the rush for an electric mobility, tons of rare earth, minerals and raw materials have to be extracted and thus countless human lives are stolen, families torn apart, communities ruined, ecosystems destroyed. We would like to share with you a detailed article about the connection between capitalism and colonialism with the following link:
https://kontrapolis.info/7953/

Furthermore, consequences of destructive capitalism, to a lesser extent, are also felt near us. We think of, the people who have defended Lützerath to the end and welcome those who have resisted with all means. But after the eviction is unfortunately still before the eviction, so we send out a lot of strength to all other (forest) occupations (Heibo, Fecher, etc.).

These charging stations are often used to charge electric SUVs or car sharing cars, for those who can afford something other than public transport. This sends electricity into inefficient individual transportation options and money into the pockets of private companies. Even more money is wasted in this, as the Berlin Senate is supporting the “implementation of the electrification of commercial motor vehicle fleets in the capital” through the WELMO funding program. At a time when more and more people are having trouble paying their (electricity) bills…. we do not need to explain further.

This one action remains symbolic in itself. One column among hundreds that exist in Berlin is not much. But this night we have seen that these stations are relatively easy targets for direct actions and are difficult to delete. Once you need good strength and a DNA-free tool to crack the door, and a flammable package that can be placed inside.

Herein we also want to call for the days of action in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito! https://de.indymedia.org/node/253254

Source: de.indymedia

Berlin, Germany: ATM set on fire against 41bis

Posted on 2022/12/06 by darknights

30.11.2022 – Solidarity with the hunger strike of Alfredo, Juan, Anna and Ivan burned an ATM near Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg. As an anarchist cell, we thus participate in the day of action.

Solitary confinement is torture!
Freedom for all!
Long live anarchy!

Source: de.indymedia

Berlin, Germany: Rigaer94 – Never Gonna Give You Up – Solidarity with the accused comrade from the raid on 9.3.

Posted on 2022/03/31 by darknights

On the morning of the 09.03.2022 cops raided an apartment in Reichenberger Str. in Kreuzberg as part of an ongoing investigation. They had a search warrant for the residence of a comrade who is accused of participating in violent acts against cops in front of our house on June 16, 2021, which was actually the fight against the eviction under the pretext of fire-security. The charge is „very serious case of breach of the peace“ („besonders schwerer Fall des Landfriedensbruchs“). This investigation and warrant is claimed to be based on video identifications by 2 cops from the LKA 641 (PMS). The cops had a warrant to search particularly for clothes, yellow gloves and electronic storage and communication devices. It seems to be the standard to always confoscate electronic devicesno matter the context, so remember to always encrypt all your media and don’t keep anything unneeded around. https://de.indymedia.org/node/179053 [link is dead right now, copy on kontrapolis here].

On June 16, 2021 some hours before the establishment of the „red zone“ by the cops in our street, friends and comrades in solidarity with Rigaer94 blocked the streets in front of our house with burning barricades. The solidariansstayed behind the barricades and occupied several roof corners to defend until the cops had gathered big forces including a water canon and an armored vehicle and surrounded the entire neighborhood. This fight on that day underlinedfor us as a house what a solidarity movement can achieve within moments of state attacks such as the „firesecurityissue“ on June 17, 2021. We defend the legacy that these days left to the struggles by proving the fact that the state indeed is vulnerable and that the political structures are able to counter the attacks on their spaces and ideas. Continue reading “Berlin, Germany: Rigaer94 – Never Gonna Give You Up – Solidarity with the accused comrade from the raid on 9.3.” →

Berlin, Germany: Amazon transporter torched in Kreuzberg

Posted on 2021/10/22 by darknights

Will some Berliners now have to wait for their parcels for nothing? On Tuesday morning at around 5:10 a.m., the fire department and police were called to Segitzdamm (Kreuzberg) to a burning vehicle.

The emergency services found an Amazon van on fire. A van parked next to it and another car were also damaged.

Firefighters were unable to prevent the Amazon van from burning out. Shortly afterwards, another car was on fire in Gitschiner Straße.

In all cases, arson is to be assumed.

Berlin, Germany: Strabag and ATM on fire

Posted on 2021/10/17 - 2021/10/17 by darknights

As you may already know from the press, a Strabag transporter in Lichtenberg caught fire last night. The fire at an ATM in Kreuzberg has not yet been reported. We (a small autonomous group) take responsibility for both. We were motivated by the call for decentralized actions for the Köpi car park, which is to be cleared on Friday.

PS: Strabag/Züblin profited from forced labor in the nazi regime and obviously profits from exploitation and oppression now. Look at the emerging skyline of berlin: every second construction crane is from this company.

Source: Kontrapolis