A struggle for shelter spreads
An unusual and painful environmental epidemic is sweeping West Germany. In Bremen last week a crowd of demonstrators stoned the town hall and had to be dispersed with tear gas and water cannons. In Hamburg, police moved into a march of 5,000 youthful protesters and made rune arrests for rock throwing. In West Berlin, young people barricaded themselves in buildings and hung out Signs: HERE WE LIVE AND HERE WE STAY WE SHALL OVERCOME.
The police and the demonstrators were at war over squatting, the illegal takeover of unused housing. Squatting is not a new phenomenon in...
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