Berlin: Fire and flames…

October 3, 1997, the seventh anniversary of the annexation of East Germany by the West, the reunification of “Great” Germany. A day of “celebration” for the political and social elite, October 3rd has become an annual day of protest for Germany’s radical-left. Although there were no major demonstrations or clashes this year as there have been in years past, there were outbursts of militancy in Berlin. The night before the October 3rd celebrations in Germany’s former and soon-to-be-again capital city, small riots broke out in the neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Mitte. And on October 3rd itself, a group of militants carried out a well-planned action against the German capitalist establishment and in solidarity with refugees and immigrants living in Germany. [Read More]