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Sunday, 13 December 2009

Climate Activists At Large


Friday morning a demonstration had been arranged under the 'Don't buy the lie' slogan against the official COP15 arrangements in Bella Center - for doing too little in effect to combat climate change. It had been announced to take off from a central square in Copenhagen.

Demonstrators carried emblems to show their intent, here shown with a green ribbon for global initiatives and ecological climate solutions, and a red ribbon to mark a social radical change and demand corporate globalisation.


The demonstrators were divided into four groups: One to make noise, one to make banners and graffiti, one to occupy divers private companies considered to be particular climate sinners, and one last group to distract the police. And flyers were distributed with the route starting at Nytorv moving to Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square), further to Forum on the other side of the lakes. But they never got further on their 15 point trail through Copenhagen, among them to Shell, Mærsk, and Bella Center (the COP15 conference centre).




As the police officer in charge noted, it hadn't been properly and formerly announced. So the police were there in great numbers to follow the moves of the couple of hundred demonstrators. The ambience was more or less like it is during the annual carnival, with drums, percussion, and shouts in unison. Nevertheless the police ended up arresting 75 demonstrators, of which 62 were visiting foreigners mostly from England, Germany, France, Austria, and Norway. The demonstrators were diffused by policemen prepared for combat, and the demonstration was dissolved at 13:30/1:30 PM.