Berlin’s club scene is planning on disrupting a march by far-right party AfD on 27 May.
An extensive list of clubs and nights are set to show their support, including ://about blank, female:pressure, Festsaal Kreuzberg and Prince Charles. A party called Berlin Against Nazis will aim to block the demonstration and in the process, reclaim Berlin’s club scene.
“We are progressive, queer, feminist, anti-racist, inclusive, colourful,” state the event organisers. “On our dancefloors people from all backgrounds unite, with diverse desires, changing identities and good taste. In contrast the AfD and Pegida embody a repressive, hetero-normative, anti-feminist and racist image of society.”
It adds, “They want to rally for their inhumane ideology at the Kanzlerinnenamt in order to keep up and increase pressure from the right. Visible symptoms of this strategy are tightening government policies against refugees, increasing so-called ‘security measures’ and the climax of tastelessness – the Heimatministerium. We cannot dance to this state of things.”
This week, activists blocked the entrance to AfD’s offices with giant ice blocks.
Head here for more information on Berlin Against Nazis.
