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![Since the killing of George Floyd by the police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, hundreds of thousands against police violence and racism protest in the world. Also in Switzerland.]()
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Since the killing of George Floyd by the police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, hundreds of thousands against police violence and racism protest in the world. Also in Switzerland.
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“The time is ripe!” Tidiane Diouwara (53), one of the leading heads of the Black-Lives-Matter protests in Switzerland, says. “The woman’s strike and the climate movement have given us courage. We see that a change in the minds of the people is possible.”
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The political scientist Cloé Jans (34) speaks of a new spirit of the times: “From the point of view of the protesters, the political Elite has no solutions for some of the most pressing issues of our time. Still a man and a woman are not equal, individual groups of the population are economically and socially disadvantaged, and the political will, the climate issue seriously to address is missing.”
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![In Lucerne (picture), St. Gallen and Lausanne, about 1000 activists demonstrated in each case.]()
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In Lucerne (picture), St. Gallen and Lausanne, about 1000 activists demonstrated in each case.
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It was the 25. May, George Floyd (d. 46) in the major us city of Minneapolis by a white police officer was killed. The shock wave reached us a few days later, yesterday, Saturday was also the anger on the streets of several Swiss cities.
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In Zurich, well over 10’000 people demonstrated. Activists knelt and extended clenched fists in the air, since the 1960s, an anti-racist Symbol. On the outskirts of the peaceful rally it came to skirmishes with the police.
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In St. Gallen, Lucerne and Lausanne, about 1000 demonstrators came together at the end. In Bern, more than 5000 people gathered at the Federal court. They covered signs with inscriptions such as “White Silence Is Violence” or “Black Lives Matter” (white Silence is violence/black life) in the air and chanted “No Justice, No Peace” (No justice, no peace).
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Better Networking
“The time was ripe,” says Tidiane Diouwara (53), a leader of the protests in Switzerland. That of the young Generation to leave not offer everything, and that social media, networked people better, have fueled the protests after Floyd’s death.
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“Young, black Swiss, grew up here, do not understand why they are treated differently than their white friends.” Diouwara sees the Swiss society at the turning point. “The woman’s strike and the climate movement have given us courage. We see that a change in the minds of the people is possible.”
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After the Lockdown emptied all week long, the inner cities, is the Protest now definitely. Yesterday, demonstrations against racism dominated the image. On Saturday, yellow the West, and decreased in France, but also back on the road in Hong Kong marched to students on the anniversary of their protests against China. Memories of the global climate demonstrations are still fresh, as well as the marches against sexual harassment, and – in Switzerland, particularly to the women’s strike in 2019.
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The Renaissance of protest
The Protest is experiencing a Renaissance. How a new society could look like, is not negotiated in the political arena, but in front of all eyes.
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The political scientist Cloé Jans (34) speaks of a new spirit of the times: “From the point of view of the protesters, the political Elite has no solutions for the most pressing issues of our time. Still a man and a woman are not equal, individual groups of the population are economically and socially disadvantaged, there is the political will, the climate issue seriously to address is missing.” This is a perfect breeding ground for movements and protests of different Kinds, so the staff member of the Bernese research Institute GFS more. “In addition, a Generation growing up that believes for the first Time since the Second world war in mind that you economically and socially one day better than their parents.”
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According to Jans, the digital networking leads to a change in the perception of issues such as climate disaster, or racism: “protests from all over the world are disseminated in real-time via social media. The effect is strongly charged with emotions and moves people more of a Protest to join in.”
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Woman strike as a sign of displeasure
The resentment grew, showed particularly clear when exactly a year ago today, on 14. June 2019, hundreds of thousands of women for issues such as equal Pay and more say on the road went. It was the largest Demonstration in the history of Switzerland.
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Simona Isler (38) remembers: “The movement has developed a momentum that we would have dreamed of never,” says the mother of two children, a member of the Federal Commission dini Mueter (EKdM), which has formed in result of the woman’s strikes, and for a good child-care entry. Isler, who co-organised the women’s strike in Bern, pleased, especially, that don’t have it connected only long-time feminists of the movement. “We stood shoulder-to-shoulder with our neighbours and work colleagues, with women from all Parts of society. This is exactly why the woman’s strike was so powerful.”
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Proportion of women in the national Assembly increased
A consequence: New networks are created. And as the Swiss voting population chose in October last year, the new Parliament, it continued a political Sensation: The proportion of women in the national Assembly rose to over 40 percent. “Without a woman to strike, without the pressure of the road this would never have been possible,” says Simona Isler today.
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A year after the strike, women on the street, once again, to ensure that their concerns are forgotten: For today, Sunday, the country announced far-actions. So the women’s strike plans collectively Bern on the Protest Route from 2019, with a feminist Post. Isler: “We continue to fight, precisely because the social changes are only occasionally noticeable.”
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The mobilizing power of protest events such as the women’s strike or the movement of the climate youth proves that your themes width of the population response layers. The only reason it succeeded the now 17-year-old Swedish student, Greta Thunberg, one of the largest protests in the history of mankind to trigger.
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Climate marches as an example
For Roman Künzler (39), the climate marches are a good example of how a movement is unable to unite different concerns: “The climate movement is clearly anti-racist, feminist, an advocate for good working conditions and a fair distribution of the limited resources,” says the activist and the Unia-the trade unionists.
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The German sociologist Oliver Nachtwey (45), has made the international protests to his object of research, looks at the stunning Growth of social rebellion a pattern. As a “new Lust for Protest,” he describes the phenomenon: “The “Occupy”movement in 2010 has marked the return of the global protests.” The were subside quickly, returned now, but in a new Form. “We are at a tipping point.”
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Modern consumer societies are in a fundamental crisis. “Many citizens feel their justice claims not color or caste, is achieved – because of their skin. In the cities, it is becoming harder and harder to find an affordable apartment. The health insurance premiums are on the rise. And people with low-paying Jobs hardly come by.”
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Society is self –
Neither the market nor democracy would have responded to these challenges adequately, notes Nachtwey. “Now the company is taking the issue into their own hands.” The movements of these days would give even the established political parties a Chance to the people navigating the political sieren. “You could revitalize in the role of a crisis Manager.”
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National councillor Mattea Meyer (32), which is striving for with your party colleagues Cédric Wermuth (34) the SP-party Bureau, agrees Nachtwey: “Social movements are changes. They force the Parliament, with urgent issues that were ignored for too long.”
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Issues, such as climate or equality of man and woman in the social movements of 2019 have had some success. Currently, victims and opponents of racism to demonstrate. How great may be its influence on the institutional policy, it must show in Switzerland yet.
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