“Protecting the climate is not difficult – public transport”


On Friday, the 02.02.2024 The ver.di union has called for strikes throughout Germany as part of the #wedrivetogether campaign and the current collective bargaining in local transport. There was a strike in Kassel 500 KVG employees together with passengers, Students and Fridays for Future for better working conditions and massive investments in local public transport. Demands were handed over to Mayor Sven Schoeller at Kassel town hall.

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“Protecting the climate is not difficult – public transport”

On Friday, the 02.02.2024 The ver.di union has called for strikes throughout Germany as part of the #wedrivetogether campaign and the current collective bargaining in local transport. There was a strike in Kassel 500 KVG employees together with passengers, Students and Fridays for Future for better working conditions and massive investments in local public transport. Demands were handed over to Mayor Sven Schoeller at Kassel town hall.

New anti-fascist alliance prevents AfD New Year's reception

800 Protesters are on Sunday, the 28.01.2024 the call of the newly founded alliance “Kassel against the right” followed, to protest against the AfD and the societal shift to the right. The Kassel AfD had previously invited people to a New Year's reception that day. This had to be postponed and then canceled completely.

“Solidarity with the striking truck drivers in Gräfenhausen!“

A banner was unfurled on a Kassel motorway feeder road in solidarity with the truckers' strike in southern Hesse. Around people have been on strike since mid-July 150 Truck driver for a Polish shipping company, the Mazur Group, at the Gräfenhausen motorway service area (Darmstadt-Dieburg district). An article about precarity in the supply chains of capital and solidarity on the edge of the A 5.

Repression against climate activists in Kassel

On Friday, 18.08 have five climate protectors from the organization “Climate Justice Kassel” From the roof of the gas power plant a banner with the inscription “Get out of gas 2030” unrolled. The actions of the police during and after the action were an expression of the increasing repression against the climate movement in Germany.

Threatening deportation: Family fights for Muhiddin

On Sunday afternoon, 2. July, demonstrated about 200 People in Kassel against the imminent deportation of the Kurd Muhiddin Fidan. The father of five lives since 27 years in Germany, is involved here culturally and socially. With the forced return to Turkey, this could be over in a few days and Muhiddin's life could be in serious danger.

Antifa demo against ailing AfD

Am 6. On December 1st, Antifa Kassel organized a demonstration against the regular regulars’ table of the Alternative for Germany in the pub “Zur Marbachshöhe”. Because the regulars' table has so far taken place in secret, this will have particularly annoyed the currently rather ailing district association.