1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:12,900 The coalition to stop the proceedings formed after 4 persons were arrested 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:18,900 on July 31, 2007, and accused of being members of the Militant Group. 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:25,900 The coalition consists of friends and comrades from a 4 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:32,900 wide-reaching social network of the accused and others who are affected. 5 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:39,900 The attempt is to establish that a certain group committed a criminal offence, 6 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,900 but it doesn't seem to matter who actually committed the "offence" 7 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,900 and it seems to justify a huge range of methods of investigation, 8 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,900 and we are saying this is totally overdoing it and the proceedings should be closed. 9 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,900 The absurdity is that there are 4 accused persons who 10 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,900 due to their scholarly occupations are said to intellectually be in a position 11 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,900 to have written claims of responsibility of the Militant Group. 12 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:22,900 Then, so say the files of inquiry, there are two instances of contact 13 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,900 between my client and another person, who is then drawn into the inquiry. 14 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,900 Months later then, this person was supposedly observed 15 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,900 placing incendiary material under military trucks. These three persons 16 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,900 together with my client were taken to court and jail. 17 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,900 But the only link that they supposedly are part 18 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,900 of a terrorist organization has to do with my client. 19 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,900 We have a rally today in front of the police station where the DNA sample is taken 20 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,900 to show that the accused are not left on their own 21 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,900 to deal with the repression that comes with 22 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,900 the preliminary proceedings. 23 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,900 So it suffices knowing certain persons, phoning them, perhaps working with them 24 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:28,900 in some political groups, and one becomes a terror suspect. 25 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,900 This can have wide repercussions. One apartment sharing community 26 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,100 phones another and this one yet another. Soon you have hundreds or thousands 27 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,900 who are wiretapped. There are now a total of 12,13,14 persons affected. 28 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,900 The searches of houses preceding the G8 summit 29 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,100 were to reveal the structures of these groups 30 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,900 and who is in them, but not to prevent specific attacks. 31 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,900 There is a conversation about a hole in a fence 32 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,900 we have to cut it, tear it open, but when they heard the word fence 33 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,900 - while we were talking about this fence here - 34 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,900 they immediately thought of the fence to secure the G8 summit 2007. 35 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,200 So Axel, Oliver and Florian were accused of setting fire to military trucks, 36 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,900 but i think we have to think again about where the real shit happens. 37 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,900 The anti-war action of which Oliver, Axel and Florian are accused 38 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,900 is a contribution to the anti-military and peace movements, 39 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,900 who since the war in Yugoslavia are protesting against 40 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,900 German military interventions. Since this war we see a normalization 41 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,900 of military interventions in other countries to secure zones of influence, 42 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,200 economic markets and natural resources, and we also see a militarization 43 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,200 of domestic politics. The government and the German Armed Forces, 44 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,200 as exectuing agency, are the real criminal organisations. Anti-military resistance 45 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,200 is legitimate, needs to be broadened and become more varied. The proceedings 46 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,200 against Oliver, Axel, Florian and all other accused have to be closed. 47 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:29,900 10.000 people protest the G8 48 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:40,900 German Armed Forces at the G8 protests: 2450 soldiers, 10 reconnaisance tanks, 49 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:46,900 2 ABC tanks, 5 helicopters, 7 Tornado missions, 8 interceptors, 4 Eurofighters, 50 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,900 3 mine hunting boats, 1 frigate. 51 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:58,900 At a special police force, 5 officers make sure of a smooth information exchange 52 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,900 for this civilian-military collaboration. 53 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,900 Employment of the German Armed Forces 54 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,900 during the G8 protests. 55 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,900 You can't assess what is going to happen 56 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,900 and this creates fear and insecurities not only for oneself 57 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,900 but also for friends, colleagues, people who know you, 58 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:53,900 who begin to ask: Does it affect me, is my phone wiretapped, are they tracking me? 59 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,900 And people become very cautious. 60 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,900 So I think it is good to think about and understand 61 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,900 what is happening with oneself 62 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:13,900 and then to actively try to change how one goes about things 63 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:19,900 and not to let the state and police determine how you live your life. 64 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:25,900 We have to have a meeting with many many people, so that at some point 65 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,900 they will stop counting. There's the usual suspect and then there are others 66 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,900 and yet others, and then they don't have an overview anymore. 67 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:43,900 That's how we gain strengh and make sure it's not just 3 people 68 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,900 who take the blame. -- Solidarity instead of Paronia!