IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

West Germany: 100,000 demonstrate at Brokdorf

· Socialist Challenge No. 190, 26 March 1981 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 242 words

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page 10 of the scan

DESPITE 100,000 demonstrators demonstrators gathered near the West German town Brokdorf to construction ot a 1,300 megawatt nuclear power plant on 28 February Fighting between police and demonstrators broke out when the authorities tried to prevent the marchers from approaching the construction site police attacks, some 40,000 protesters actually reached the site.

Work on the power plant has been virtually halted since 1976, when ongoing demonstrations led to a court order stopping construction until the question of removal of could be resolved.

A decision to protest struction was December 1980. The dant is be ing built jointly Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

According

Science Monitor, strators were met by the largest Despite police force in history all over West Germany and West Berlin....

court ban on the demonstration it was sponsored by more than organisations.

nuclear waste received the CON made on TERe by the city of The left the of posed to the Christian although the demonpushing West German nuclear plants 10,500 gathered from in town, Despite the anti-democratic three-year The march solved.

support of the the ruling government coalitior Democrats and Free Democrats.

wing of the Social Democratic Party is strongly op.

to nuclear power, Democratic baccallonell canton the construction of The Social Democratic Party Hamburg Schmidt's voted recently to seek a moratorium on construction work at Brokdorf until the problem of nuclear wastes is

page 11 of the scan

THE Polish authorities have allacks on Catholic advisor Lech Walesa and Modzelewski

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