in the wake of a demonstration announced for 21 dec 2013 by rote flora and groups from the right to the city network in hamburg, local media ramped up reporting about expected violence for days. on 20 dec 2013 there was an attack on a police station in st. pauli that was immediately incorporated into the prevailing paranoia (though even three weeks later it’s not clear who the attackers were). the demonstration was announced to defend rote flora, to support the tenants of the evacuated esso houses on reeperbahn and to demand a right to stay for the lampedusa group of refugees that has been in st. pauli since spring 2013. needless to say that the media did not pick up the reasons for the demonstration in the first place but focussed on potential clashes.
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October 19th 2013: European Action Day for the Right to Housing and the City
October 19th the “European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and the City” organized an European Day of Action demanding “Housing for People – not for Profit”. Groups in various cities in Europe came together to protest agaunst the “misery caused by speculation, financialisation and austerity measures.”