In the year of 1987, the famous uprising in Berlin-Kreuzberg took place. As a protest against the integration of the labour unions and against the 750-years-celebration of Berlin, visited by the rich people, while homeless people died in the cold winter, and against the population census big riots in the streets and plundering of shops broke out. The years after this event, every year the Revolutionary 1st of May Demonstration in Berlin-Kreuzberg was organized. They wanted to stop this tradition e.g. by forbidding it or with brutal police violence, but no method reached its goal. The last years the police and state-bureaucracy wanted to forbid the demonstration route through Kreuzberg and they developed the idea of organizing a state controlled festival (Myfest) to occupy the streets and to split the people between political and non-political and between foreigners and people living in the district. The reaction by parts of the Revolutionary 1st of May Organizers was to make spontaneous - "illegal" - demonstrations directly through the Myfest area to show that the people support the Revolutionary 1st of May and that the police cannot stop it. Also because of the mobilization character for the anti-G20 protests, in the last year the organizations of the Revolutionary 1st of May 2007 at 18 o'clock have again been able to organize a big non-illegal Revolutionary 1st of May Demonstration directly through the streets of Kreuzberg, with about 8.000 to 10.000 people. In this year we are expecting to march the traditional Kreuzberg Revolutionary 1st of May route directly through all the crowded streets of Kreuzberg.Quite something -- and not all of it completely silly either..........
As for me, I would much rather go for a beautiful walk along the Lalinde canal in this glorious weather we are experiencing, and on my way back pick a small bunch of Muguet -- or Lily of the Valley, the symbol of spring, love and happiness.. to add to the little bunches already filling my home with the glorious perfume of the those given to me by friends...The tradition to offer lily of the valley or muguet on May 1 in a small amulet goes right back to before the Middle Ages.
I trust you too will receive a little bunch of Muguet today!
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