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Will left-wing and right-wing demonstrators collide in Dortmund on May 1? The DGB invites you to a rally and family festival in the Westfalenpark.
The May Day demonstrations in Dortmund are not necessarily a peaceful event. Demonstrators from the left and right camp are best not to get too close – the police are there.
The largest Mai-Demo in Dortmund will probably be the des German trade union federation (DGB) under the motto “Unbroken Solidarity!” be. As Verdi Westphalia reports, the The demonstration procession starts at eleven o’clock in front of the theater and yourself to Westfalenpark move. From 12.15 p.m. it should be there on the fairground with a rally and a Culture and family festival continue – until about 5 p.m. The city of Dortmund points out that the park will remain open and the usual entrance fee applies. Only the demonstration procession has free access via the Ruhrallee entrance.
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After Research by the Ruhr News the right-wing extremists are still keeping a low profile. There should probably be a “rally tour in the Ruhr area”. More information will follow on Saturday.
According to Ruhr Nachrichten, anti-fascist and left-wing groups should prepare for this with meetings against right-wing violence. The “Blockado” alliance also wants to be active against the right with a demonstration on May 1st.
According to the police, May Day 2022 was peaceful, but not without problems. It was forbidden to convey a readiness to use violence through “paramilitary behavior and thereby appear intimidating,” the Dortmund police made it clear a year ago. The result: the right had to roll up many flags. In addition, the police subsequently Slogans of the party “The Right” on culpability or possible violations of requirements checked.
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On the other side, dozens of Antifa met in 2022 for the Blockado rally in the clinic district. The police had massive problems preventing individual groups from crossing the route of the right-wing demo. The police and the left clashed – with pepper spray and batons. There were injuries on both sides, police said at the time.
It was really bad in 2009: Right-wing extremists had disturbed the DGB rally in Dortmund. Masked people attacked participants in the rally with wooden poles and stones. At least one participant in the DGB event and five police officers were injured and nine emergency vehicles damaged. 404 people were investigated for breach of the peace. The riots also occupied the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament.
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