Heyo,
Because of the eviction in the Hambi lots of people lost their personal equipment for cold temperatures. But it’s getting cold by now!
To support the people who are coming out of the Gesa in Aachen and the people who are resting for a while in the Waa in Düren you could bring warm stuff to
On Wednesday afternoon about 3:45 pm, the movement journalist, blogger and activist Steffen Horst Meyn, died in the tree house village Beechtown in Hambach Forest. He crashed while attempting to document an ongoing eviction action by the Special Task Force of Police (SEK), from a suspension bridge from about 20 m height. Rescue workers on the ground tried to resuscitate him. According to our information, however, he died a little later, still in the forest, in a rescue helicopter.
After the terrible accident that occurred during the evictions, commemorative events took place in different places.
From various sources (especially social media, e-mail) we know about these events and many more:
First evening
Berlin, until 2 o’clock, Friedrichstraße 95: Memorial vigil in memory
Thu, September 20
On Sept. 18th, the companies Gerken (no english version of their press release) and Cramer (english) withdrew their lifting platforms from the evacuation of the Hambach Forest. We hope that this important and responsible step will to catch on. Both companies had been made aware of the improper use of their devices by attentive forest walkers. We thank them for these hints.
In their statements, both companies also point out that they have not been informed in advance about the intended use of their machines. That’s why we recommend for lifting platform rental:
Disclaimer in all leases – No deployment for evictions