The Hafenstraße is a quite famous symbol in the German left scene.
It’s a block of houses occupied by far-left autonomous people in Hamburg. Or at least it was in 1994, when this was filmed. They painted a slogan to the wall that is in support of the left Kurdish terror organisation PKK. As the PKK is banned in Germany and advertising for a criminal organisation is a crime in itself, the police tried to remove the slogan.
I don’t know if the police finally succeeded, but there was an ongoing battle between the police and the squatters for over a decade. In 1995 the occupants finally bought the houses from the city which brought some peace to the whole conflict.
What’s the backstory there?
The Hafenstraße is a quite famous symbol in the German left scene.
It’s a block of houses occupied by far-left autonomous people in Hamburg. Or at least it was in 1994, when this was filmed. They painted a slogan to the wall that is in support of the left Kurdish terror organisation PKK. As the PKK is banned in Germany and advertising for a criminal organisation is a crime in itself, the police tried to remove the slogan.
I don’t know if the police finally succeeded, but there was an ongoing battle between the police and the squatters for over a decade. In 1995 the occupants finally bought the houses from the city which brought some peace to the whole conflict.