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On August 16 several progressive organizations held a press meeting in support of the struggle of the Political Prisoners of the Mapuche in Chile discussing their demands and the current situation in the struggle. Among them were also several people and activists, who face repression themselves.

The following text is an inofficial translation ofthis text about a sabotage against the bureau of A Nova Democracia.

“One hundred years ago, Germany nearly became communist.” This happy thought is the introduction of an article by the newspaper Tagesspiegel and is supposed to sound threatening.

Due to the growing negative public opinion about the cops and encouraged by more and more victims of racist or otherwise motivated police violence coming forth with their stories, we experience in recent times that an increasing number of people speak of their experiences with the cops whenever we are in the proletarian neighborhoods or directly seek our contact. Henceforth, we document some of the most recent assaults in Freiburg:

With the pretext of combating “Clan Criminality” a series of raids was carried out in several cities in the Ruhr Area past Saturday, hitting cities such as Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Wuppertal, Duisburg and Dortmund. Just as the electoral campaigns for the upcoming state elections in Northerhine-Westphalia on September 13 are starting, the State Government attempts to make a big fuzz about itself, with press releases and pictures during raids being a cornerstone in the political profiles of politicians such as NRWs Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul.

NORWAY

Kristiansand. On 15.08, the so-called "Independence Party" held a manifestation to gather signatures in order to participate in elections. This party is a fascist party, and their so-called "criticism of religion" is just covered-up racism. The party was established by central members of the "Alliance" and "Stop Islamization of Norway", among whom several are convicted racists. These groups have contact to the fascists of the "Nordic Resistance Movement", ties to European fascist organizations and collaborate with the racist "Democrats" in Kristiansand. The Struggle Committee organized a demonstration against these fascists. Leaflets were distributed against the "Independence Party" together with water and face masks, and many stickers with the text "Nazi Free Zone" were put up around the manifestation. The Struggle Committee writes: "During the demonstration, the activists did a good job shouting slogans and were positively received by people on the street. The fascists talked to almost nobody and got extremely few signatures. It didn't seem like they were even trying. They practically sat still and looked dull, and also used the time to play a few levels of Candy Crush. After an hour, the police left and asked us to end the demonstration, because they didn't have the resources to protect anymore. The "Good Cop Tactic" they have used during the last two demos cracked up today, since they allowed the fascists to stand for five hours and limited our demo to just one hour. This annoyed both demonstrators and passersby, and only confirms what we knew before, that the police is on the side of the fascists".

Like already reported on 10th of August Turkey sent out a research vessel for investigation of gas in place in Mediterranean Sea. The research vessel is escorted by naval vessel, that shall do military drills. Because Greece claims this zone they answered with an announcement of military drills by themselves.

For many people in Germany, who have the privilege of living in an imperialist nation, a holiday in Turkey means a recovery from exploitation and oppression, and for not a few it means a holiday at home. For Turkey, tourism is an existential economic source of income. That is why the sector is preparing itself with considerable resources to ensure that foreign tourists can have as full a program as possible without losing hygiene. For example, on the 12th of August, Istanbul Airport was the first in the world to receive health accreditation from the Airports Council International (ACI), the international federation of airport operators. This is a kind of confirmation that the airport guarantees sufficient hygiene measures to meet the requirements of the battered international aviation industry during the pandemic.