Dresden Info-Update – English

Twitter-Ticker Translation:
# police repression against antifascist-busses expected

# in Dresden neighbourhood „Pieschen“ police informes riverains that the nazi-march will go throug their neighbourhood

# dont forget 13. 2. - 10 o clock @ Albertplatz meeting point for people which are alredy in Dresden

# police builds protective gratting at the entrance of „Dresden-Neustadt“ train station

# 5 police-helicopters just arrived in Dresden

# local court refused antifascits rallies on the north side of the river „Elbe“, antifascist alliance „Dresden Nazifrei“ will take the issue to the next „higher court“

# FR. 12. 2.: for all people already in Dresden: Try to sleep in Dresden-Neustadt, neighbourhood on the north side of the river

# FR. 12. 2.: 700 people on antifascist demonstation against revisionsm

# FR. 12. 2. / 21:14 : police refuses busses to drive to Dresden-Neustadt neighbourhood even if people have their sleeping places there– get out of your bus in Dresden-Altstadt (Center) and use local public transport

# FR. 12. 2. / 21:30: neo-nazis have flinged a bomb at the terrain of an alternative house-project (squatt)

# FR. 12. 2. / 22:06 police say they will [try to] avert antifascist rallye at Albertplatz tomorrow

translation of  http://de.indymedia.org/2010/02/273110.shtml - things added in brackets

Antifascist Alliance „Dresden Nazifrei“ adjusts expected number of antifascist protestors participating in tomorrows protests up to 15.000 people +++ Very clear hints concerning the route of the nazi-march +++ Albertplatz as meeting point of the people who are not yet in Dresden right now ++ on friday evening 700-900 antifascists on a march against revisionism

It does not matter what the outcome of the protests of tomorrow will be, on thing is already clear: The alliance „Dresden Nazifrei“ supportet by more than a dozen unions, (left) parties, antifascist and other organisations has reached a degree of mobilization which was unthinkable for Dresden in the years before. Right now the Alliance has adjusted the number of expected protesters up to 15.000 people.

The only thing to worry are the measures of the police. According to rumours, the police wants to send back antifascists on their way to Dresden, wants to stop antifascist bus convoys [around 200 busses all over germany will be on the way to dresden in the next hours] and will try to slow their way to Dresden by controlling them [police said 2500 policemen will control people coming to Dresden]. Concerning this an activist from the antifascist „no pasaran“ alliance said: „TV-Teams will travel with the bus-convoys and will document everything. I am very curious how the responsible minstry of interior [saxonia] will explain it to the world public when the police tries to send a member of the german parliament back, who wants to participate in peacefull mass blocades, thus helping the neo-nazis.

The city of Dresden still tries to divide the nazi-march and the counter-protest [by using the „Elbe“ river as a natural barrier]. All rallies of counter-protestors should take place at the „Altstadt“ [south of the river far away from the nazis]. Even if this will work and 15.000 antifascists have to protest on the wrong side of the Elbe [in the center of the city] a silent and dignified commemoration of the „bourgeois“ community would become impossible.
„Dresden Nazifrei“ calls all people, which are not in organized bus-convoys to come tomorrow morning at 9 o`clock to Albertplatz. The alliance announced that they will, if necessary go up to the highest german court to accomplish Alberplatz as meeting point [which is right now forbidden by the police]. Chances are not the worst for that. The police has startet to demand residents of the neighbourhood of Dresden-Pieschen to take away their cars, because the nazi-march will take place in this area [police tried to keep in the closest as long as possible the route of the nazis]. According to this scenario, the nazis would move away from their gathering point at the train-station of Dresden-Neustadt [which is seen as a left neighbourhood]. In this scenario the „Trennungsgebot“, the division of nazis and counter-protestors would be maintained even if the counter-protestors would gather at Albertplatz in the north of the river in Dresden-Neustadt.

Well informed sources say that the nazis implicitly wants to march through Dresden-Neustadt. Break-out (attempts) of the nazis are thus possible/expected and would be nothing new.
„It is a skandal that the city allowed the nazis to use the train station of Dresden-Neustadt as meeting point“ says a speaker from „Dresden Nazifrei“. During the nazi regime the train station was used to deport the jews of Dresden to the concentration camps.

In the evening there will be a solidarity-concert organized by the antifascist network „no pasaran“ at the „Chemiefabrik“ in Dresden-Pieschen. „Stage Bottles“, „Schlagzeiln“, „Kiemsa“ and „Feine Sahne Fischfilet“ will play. Beginning: 20:00, entrance fee 8 €

webcams of Dresden can be found here:
 http://www.intermobil.org/doris/net/kfz/kfz_cam_anzeige.xml?Back=../kfz/kfz_cam_auswahl.xml&OID=24262

the whole day long the twitter-ticker, the wap-ticker, and the radio will inform about the protests going on

# SA 13. 2. / 07:00 : right now no controls, everything is calm, tea-tent of nazis at the "Neustädter Bahnhof"

# SA 13. 2. / 08:20 : all people who are in Dresden right now should go to Albertplatz

# SA 13. 2. / 09:00 : free entrance to Albertplatz, no controls, already 300 people there, most/a lot of people is gathering at Alaunstr.

# SA 13. 2. / 09:10 : a lot of people at the Albertplatz right now, com to Albertplatz

# SA 13. 2. / 09:15 : street-blocade is running, everybody should come to Dresden-Neustadt

indy SA 13. 2. / 08:58 : police closes streetcorner Hansastr./ Großenhainer Str., cops on horseback

# SA 13. 2. / 09:24 : 2500 people at the street blocade right now, need support, everybody who can should come

# SA 13. 2. / 09:28 : the police has stopped 5 busses from the antifascist „Aktionsnetzwerk Jena“ at the highway resthouse „Auerswald“

# SA 13. 2. / 09: 35 : the police reinforces its forces at the street-blocade via Pößneckstr.

# SA 13. 2. / 09:49 : the second street-blocade stands/is running

# SA 13. 2. / 09:52 : antifascist rallye at Albertplatz is officially „authorized“ by the police

# SA 13. 2. / 09:56 : street-blocades now at Hansastr., near „Neustädter Bahnhof“ (gathering point of the nazis), Albertplatz, Eisenbahnstr. streetcorner Hansastr.

indy SA 13. 2. / 09:43 : more than 500 people at Albertplatz, more and more antifascist busses arriving, Albertplatz seems to be totally closed by antifascists, rumours about antifascists on/near the Schlesischer Platz (gathering point of the nazis) – NOT VERIFIED

# SA13. 2. / 10:00 people who are at Albertplatz should stay there to prevent the nazis from marching there

# SA 13. 2. / 10:03 : about 200 nazis at Neustädter Bahnhof

# SA 13. 2. / 10:14 : 2000 people at Hansastr., police will no evict (right now) but provoked a little bit, assembly-men and -women are sitting in the first row of the blocade

# SA 13. 2. / 10:16 : police will/wants to evict directly behind Neustädter Bahnhof at the Hansastr. blocade

# SA 13. 2. / 10:26 : Coloradio says right now no action of the police against the police - apparently this will be the nazi-route, one protestester covered that their bus was not searched by the police – but apparently police controls at highway „descent“ Dresden-Wilder Man and another, police-helicopters in the air

# German leftwing newspaper TAZ with own Live-Ticker
TAZ SA 13. 2. / 09:45 : around 150-200 antifascists waving red flags tried to break through police lines to reach the gathering point of the nazis, police answers with peppersprach, antifascists are pushed back and are now blocading the streets

# Coloradio: speakers at Albertplatz say „the police attempts to criminalize antifascist politics has failed“

The hedonist international twitters in english

 http://twitter.com/hedintern

# around 2000 people at Albertplatz, increasing, 2nd blocace at Hansastr. with over 2000 people

# another blocade Leipziger Str. on railway passage underground , blocades of the railway-tracks between Dresden-Neustadt and Dresden-Mitte train stations

# a demonstration is grouping in Dresden-Mitte heading towards Dresden-Neustadt to support the protest

# everything is going well, if possible come to support the blocade at Albertplatz

# biggest antifascist protst in Dresden ever

# support the blocade at Albertplatz

# 2nd „Vokü“ supports the Albertplatz blocade

# another „Vokü“ with something to eat and warm bevarages at the blocade at Lößnitzstr./Hansastr.

# Police provokes once in a while at the blocade hansastr. - we are perfectly right

# 3 blocades in Dresden-Neustadt now

# police acts defensive/is waiting right now – stay to action-consent of peaceful blocades, all possible places are blocaded

# nazis busses are stopped, only a few nazis succeeded to reach their meeting-point

# all people at Albertplatz: stay there, the blocade is important

# at least 10.000 antifascists in the city

# 12:00 : about 300 nazis at Dresden-Neustadt train station, 300 nazis at the main train-station (Dresden-Mitte), another 500 nazis stepped out of their stopped busses at freeway-exit „Wilder Mann“ trying to walk to their gathering point in Dresden-Neustadt, some more nazis are stuck in their busses

# blocade with 60 people at the „Marienbrücke“, all people who are still in the Altstadt (Dresden-Mitte) should support this blocade

# nazis attacking several times peaceful protesters and the police, nazis have no control over followers

# blocade at Bischowsweg urgently needs support because this is where the nazi-march should go trough apparently

# 12:25 : 500-600 nazis now at Dresden-Neustadt train station

# small nazi-groups on the way in Dresden trying to reach their gathering point at Dresden-Neustadt train station

# blocade at Albertplatz under pressure/attack – needs support

# nazis have time only till 17:00, when there will be no aggression coming out of the blocades the wont inforce the nazi-march

# The „Bundesgrenzschutz“ (Federal Border Protection / Border Police) show their force: 6 helicopters are circling over the blocade at Hansastr.

# police uses watercanon at the blocade at Bischofsweg

# 12:50 18 busses (nazis or antifascists? – its unclear) starting a spontanious demonstration down the Leipzigerstr.

# nazis are twittering that their busses are stuck because of the blocades

# around 500 nazis marching on the Grossenhainerstr. trying to reach their gathering point

# stay on the blocades, stick together in big groups, right now repeated nazi-attacks on protestors and the police

# 14:00 : Blocade at Hansastr. urgently needs support

# situation gets more and more confusing, police is overstrained and desoriented, stick together

# police evicts the blocade at Bischofsweg, police a carying away protesters

# new blocade at Hainstr. - if possible go there

# around 1000 nazis at Hechtstr., 2000 nazis at Grossenhainer Str., around 1000 nazis at their gathering point Dresden-Neustadt train station

# nazis are to be led via Bischofsplatz

# 15:00 : around 3000-4000 nazis are gathering now at Schlesischer Platz near Dresden-Neustadt train station – now its the time

# all people should come to the blocades at Albertplatz, Hansastr., Hainstr., Theresienstr.,

# blocade on Antonstr. / Leipzigerstr.

# strenghten the blocades which are the closest to you

# 15:30 : 5000 protestors at Albertplatz – the renewed backing

# even though the nazis are ready now - police sees no possibility to let the nazis march

# stay strong – nazis cannot beginn their march because of the blocades

# coloradio talks about 5 blocades around/surrounding the Dresden-Neustadt train station

# nazis got only two hours - according to the licensing requirements and orders from the courts nazis are allowed to march only till 17:00 o`clock

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# stay strong a little bit, hold the blocades, we nearly did it, this is a huge success

# 16:00 police dont wants the nazis to march in the dark

# Dresden-Nazifrei Alliance is planning an united final rallye

# nazis are becoming new route – michael schäfer registers for the nazis

# nazis still standing at their gathering point – they are negotiating with the police

# hold the blocades till 17 o`clock

# a second „EA“ number is set-up: 015203031316 – call this one

# police attacking protestors with clubs (to lead the nazis out?!)

# rumours about a deviation-route for the nazis

# organized antifascist groups should go the Königsbruckerstr. up to prevent nazis from entering Dresden-Neustadt / leaving their way home

# dont let provoke yourself by the police – the action-consent says we are organizing peaceful blocades

# police tries to clear the alternate-route for the nazis but is not sucessfull – announcement of the police at the nazi gathering point: „Your route is not free, you cannot start the march“

# Königsbrücker/ Ecke Eschenstrasse: pink silver, samba and a lot of people trying to enter Nazi route.

# police tries to evict 400 protestors on the street-corner Helgolandstr./Fritz-Reuterstr.

# 17:00 o`clock there will be no nazi-march, most of the nazis are turning back into the train-station to take the train to leave Dresden – we won

# all protestors gather at Albertplatz for a final rallye to celebrate the stopping of the nazis – a demonstration through the streets of Dresden will follow

# sunrise: little groups of nazis are straying through the city – attention – stick together