2 BMWs Torched in Munich in Solidarity with Climate Activists Facing State Repression
[Switch Off The System] The Repression Against Climate Activists Will Not Go Unanswered
In recent months, the repression against climate activists in Germany has been permanently intensified. In the media coverage, the Last Generation (LG) in particular, gets the most attention. Investigations by the General Prosecutor’s Office in Munich for the formation of a so-called criminal organization, house searches, preventive detention for sit-in blockades, etc. Now the Berlin prosecutor’s office has announced that in the future, street blockaders will be tried with the so-called fast-track procedure. The Code of Criminal Procedure allows the judiciary to do this if the accusations against the accused are “suitable for immediate trial due to the simple facts or clear evidence”.
We understand the actions of the Munich and Berlin prosecutors as an attack on all activists of the climate justice movement, not only against the LG (Last Generation). Therefore, as a first reaction, during the night of July 9 to July 10, we targeted two BMW SUVs by means of an incendiary device and forced them into early retirement. This measure was suitable for immediate full retirement due to the simple facts of the case and the clear evidence (superfluous luxury cars and devastating CO2 emissions). We were inspired by the arson attacks of May 19 and July 4: E-vehicles of Stadtwerke München; a Tesla charging station + a Tesla + an electric mini.
With this action we are sending fiery greetings to the activists who will be tried in the coming months for blockades of power plants, some of whom will be sentenced to several months in prison. We call on the LG to finally open their eyes and stop the senseless appeals to the federal government. There is no reason to believe that everything will be fine once the 9-Euro-Ticket and Tempo-100 have been implemented and freely chosen “citizens’ councils” have been established as a backdrop for the fossil Punch and Judy show. The problem is not the incorrect or too hesitant climate decisions of a national government. The problem is the whole fucking system!
For us, BMW is particularly suitable for this. BMW is one of the big car manufacturers and launched the SUV concept many years ago. The plans for a large battery plant near Munich makes us want to vomit. The production of more and more lithium batteries for e-mobility has devastating consequences for the countries of the global south where the needed raw materials are dug up, including land theft, environmental destruction and murderous persecution against those who stand in the way of this madness.
Just as disgusting is the idea of BMW to build its own highway feeder road into the city. That this is applauded and supported by a ‘red-green’ city council shows: the problem is inherent in the system!
The history of BMW is also bloody. Armaments production for the National Socialist war of extermination, forced labor, NATO security conference…As we already said, the problem is the entire system!
Switch Off BMW, Switch Off The System!
The best way to do this is by fast-tracking it!
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source: https://de.indymedia.org/node/291361
via: abolitionmedia