From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protests in 2013, Berlin
Protests in 2013, Berlin
We are fed up! (Wir haben es satt! ) is the theme of a series of demonstrations in
Germany against
industrial livestock production and for more
sustainable farming . The biggest demonstrations take place every year in
Berlin since 2011
[1] and attract up to 30,000 people.
[2]
[3]
[4] Around 120 different groups, which represent farmers, companies, and
environmental rights and
animal rights activists organize and sustain the demonstrations.
[5]
[6] The protests take place parallel to the
Berlin International Green Week .
Overview
Independent from the protests in Berlin, demonstrations under a similar theme occurred in
Amsterdam in 2012 and 2013. The event in the Netherlands was called we zijn het MEGA zat , which translates to "we are MEGA fed up" and is a reference to the scale of industrial livestock farming.
[7]
[8]
[9]
Gallery
See also
References
^
Deutsche Welle, Protesters in Berlin call for an end to factory farming , 22 January 2011
^ Tristram Stuart (31 January 2014).
"Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery – review" . the Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
^
"Stopping starvation: ′Everyone can do something′ - Germany - DW.COM - 14.10.2013" . DW.COM . Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
^ Shefali Sharma,
"Germans speaking out against industrial meat and agriculture" , Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 9 January 2014.
^
"Berlin protests focus on farming and food safety" . 21 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
^
Wir haben es satt! , website of the organizers (German)
^
"We zijn het mega zat!!" . Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
^
SP, Manifestatie 'We zijn het mega-zat' ondersteund door SP , 9 March 2012
^
PvDA ,
Kom naar actie tegen megastal , 12. March 2012
^
"We are fed up: 30,000 march in Berlin" . Friends of the Earth Europe . Retrieved 6 September 2015 .
External links