Germany: Secretary of Environment’s Journey to Paris Blocked by Climate Activists

from “some activists” / sent anonymously to Earth First! Newswire



Frankfurt, 28.11.2015: Climate activists enter special train of the ‘Deutsche Bahn’ to climate summit; Activists call climate summit a ‘spectacle’ and ‘part of the problem’; Arrival of Barbara Hendricks and hundreds of other summit participants delayed.

At 13:30, several environmental activists abseiled in Frankfurt Main Station directly onto the roof of a speed train, which is meant to bring the secretary of environment to Paris. They dropped a banner reading “Climate Protection, no spectacle of representatives”- and two of them chained themselves to each other with bicycle locks. A second group occupied the rails in front of the train and chained themselves there. The groups seem to be determined to delay the departure of the “Train to Paris” as long as possible.

The special train, organized by Deutsche Bahn, which goes from Berlin via Frankfurt to Paris, is meant to bring, apart from secretary Barbara Hendricks, hundreds of participants to the Climate Summit.

The activists criticize in an action declaration the prohibition of climate demonstrations in Paris and the imprisonment of climate activists in the Rhineland. “For us, the climate summit is distraction. State and economy pretend to protect the climate. A radical change of the economic system and of

the power structures in society is not discussed – despite its urgent necessity,” explains Carla Guiliani, who is part of the action group.

Demonstrations of climate protection groups in Paris have been forbidden by the French authorities recently. The emergency law prohibits any kind of political demonstration, while Christmas markets and the like are, ironically, kept open.

In Germany, but also in other European countries, a strong climate movement is growing. In summer, more than 1,000 people stormed an open cast mine in the brown coal mining area in Rhineland. There, climate activists have occupied for more than three years the threatened Hambach Forest,which is meant to be cut completely for the mining. At the first Saturday of the climate summit (today), mass demonstrations will take place all over the world.

Block the train to Paris – the climate summit is part of the problem!

On 28th of November, delegates, including the German secretary of environment Barbara Hendricks, are traveling to Paris in a special train organized by Deutsche Bahn, to take part in the climate summit there.

We caught the train in Frankfurt and blocked its journey!

The “eco-friendly” journey, advertised by Deutsche Bahn, used to gain media attention by hundreds of politicians and representatives of companies, is part of a spectacle. A spectacle which is meant to pretend climate protection to us since decades. To the outside, they claim to take serious action to

save the climate. But this is a distraction! For us, the issue of climate is always connected to the issue of system. We live in an economic system, which can’t survive without permanent profit and more and more growth (and nevertheless gets into crisis periodically). We are ruled by a state, which primarily aims to defend the right for property of those, which search to exploit us and the resources of this planet.

As long as this stays like this, we will always head into a collapse of society. Global warming is only one variation of this!

Caused by their interests based in the system, state and economy are not able to take effective action to save the climate. That’s why only our own, direct action can stop global warming! Those, who will negotiate in Paris, are for the most part responsible for global warming – because they hold the power in their hands which caused this situation in the beginning. They are ALONE responsible for the repression which hits climate activists all over the world. In Paris, all demonstrations against the climate summit were prohibited. In the brown coal mining area Rhineland, three activists, “the T(h)ree,” are in imprisonment on remand because of direct actions. This means for us: Those who will negotiate in Paris in the next two weeks are not the ones to solve

the problem – they’re the ones causing it! That’s why we disrupt their journey in Frankfurt, to make this clear to the public – and to themselves. The blockade of this train is symbolic – nevertheless, we think it’s important to oppose the selfrighteousness of the “climate negotiators” in this way. But we also have to take direct action – block coal mines, burn down animal factories, destroy construction equipment, carry the fight for the global climate in the streets, break the power of the state.

We’ll meet in the streets, on the rails, and in the forests!

Free the T(h)ree – dump capitalism!

Bloque le train a Paris – Le sommet climatique est une partie de la problem !

Le 28. Novombre il y a des delegee, entre autres la ‘ministre d’invironnement’ qui voyagent a Paris

avec un train spazial, invitee part ‘Deutsche Bahn’ pour participer aux sommet climatique.

On a attrappee le train a Frankfurt et bloquee son voyage !

Le voyage publicite ‘ecologique’ par le Deutsche Bahn et utilise pour les medias par centien des

politiciens et representants d’economie est partie de un spectacle. Un spectacle utilise pour raconte

nous que on essaye de fair quelque chose pour le climat.

Mais c’est une distraciton ! Pour nous la question de climat et atache inceperable avec la question de

system. On vivre dans une system economique qui peux pas survivre sans des provites et toutjour

plus en plus de croissance. On est contrôle par un qouvernemnet qui protege avant tout le droit de

propriete des personnes qui voulent exploite les ressources de cette planet.

Si ca change pas on va toujour avoir le danger de un collaps – le change ment climatique est just un

expression de ca !

L’etat et l’economie pouvent pas prondre des mesures effective contre le changement climatique a

couse de ses interesses. Ce pour ca que il faut agir direcement ! Eux qui negocier a Paris sont aussie

respocable pour le rechauffemnent global. Ils sont seuls responcable pour la repression contre des

activistes ecologistes.

A Paris tout les manifestation contre le sommet de climat etait entredit. Dans la Rhenanie 3

activistes sont imprisionee a couse des ses actiones.

Pour nous, c’est clair : A Paris les semain prochenne il n’y a pas des personnes qui va resoudre le

problem – il y’a des personnes qui ont provoquer le problem ! L’intompement de cette train est

symboliquement – quand meme on croix que c’est important de poser un signe contre le

autoritairisme des ce ‘negociante de climat’.

Mais il faut aussi de etre actif directement : Occuper des exploitations houillere, bruler des elevages

en batterie, casser des machines de chantier, prendre le battre pour le climat dans les rues, detruire

la toute-puissance d’etat !

Nous nous voyons dans les rue, dans les rail et dans les foret !

Libre le T(h)ree – Casse capitalisme !