tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post5519596360779580750..comments2024-03-27T23:29:50.560+00:00Comments on History is made at night: Vienna: in the fascist ballroomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-62250822248578316502012-05-20T17:01:26.201+01:002012-05-20T17:01:26.201+01:00Actually on that day there were three manifestatio...Actually on that day there were three manifestations against the ball this year, with around 5.000 participants alltogether. The protesters managed to delay the opening for 1.5 hours by numerous guerilla road-blockades. In the city-center's narrow streets, bicycles are just quicker than the police :) <br /><br />More importantly, the overall response towards the protests was very positive this year. As a consequence, the venue announced that they won't rent out their space to the organisation next year.<br /><br />The protests against this event first emerged in 2008, when an anti-fascist rave was organised in the nearby museumsquartier ("DekaDance - Bass away right-wing brotherhoods" http://no-racism.net/article/2425/). That year, the actual street-protests only started around 11pm, when the police had already withdrawn large parts of their forces. The next day, the police was sharply criticized for their "lax" behaviour. <br /><br />Like every year since then, there was also a special radio-programme: more than 7 hours of live reports, interviews and documentaries were broadcasted on Radio Orange 94.0 FM, Vienna's community radio.<br /><br />You can find more information at http://nowkr.wordpress.com/ and some flyers from recent years at http://dubsquare.net/?s=wkrizchttp://dubsquare.netnoreply@blogger.com