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Precarious Superheroes in Court
superhero - 08.10.2008 16:34

In April 2006, about 30 precarious superheroes took delicatessen from a gourmet supermarket in Hamburg and distributed them to people in need. The prosecution believes to have found one of the superheroes who participated in the action. Following a conviction in June 2006, the law suit is now moving to the court of appeal.


"funniest raids in German criminal history"

In April 2006, about 30 precarious superheroes took delicatessen from a gourmet supermarket in Hamburg and distributed them to people in need. The prosecution believes to have found one of the superheroes who participated in the action. Following a conviction in June 2006, the law suit is now moving to the court of appeal. The appeal court will take place on Wednesday, October 8th, 9am, in the County Court Hamburg (Sievekingplatz 3), Room 345. (An extensive press release will follow).

A reminder: In the morning of April 28th, 2006, precarious Superheroes took Champaigne, leg of venison and other delicatessen from the Gourmet-Supermarket “Frische-Paradies” at Große Elbstraße, Hamburg. Subsequently, Spider-Mom, Superflex and their combattants set about to redistribute the goods. The delicatessen were discreetly transferred to daycare-teachers, interns, cleaning women and one-euro jobbers (unemployed who are forced to work for one Euro per hour). Why shouldn't precarious workers, who are increasing in numbers, participate in the abundant wealth of the city of Hamburg?

The police responded to “possibly the funniest raids in German criminal history” (The Guardian) with aimless and legally dubious house searches. Nevertheless, the defendant was convicted at first instance.

In the appeal court, the recriminations are based on no less absurd evidence. This time, it is not a dark pony tail, which allegedly points to the participation of the defendant in the action. Rather, the focus is on the documents on her laptop, which are amongst other things dealing with the topic of precarisation. This term has been subject to academic debate and media interest for more than ten years. As early as 1996, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung organised a conference about precarisation. Today, Google displays 46000 hits for the respective search key. Peter Bremme from the German trade union for the service industry Ver.di and head of the department for special services, said: “If the preoccupation with the topic of precarisation would be enough to convict someone in court, this would put the trade unions under general suspicion. Especially in the department for special services, precarisation is is a core issue.” Sabine Dittmar from EuroMayDay Hamburg explains: “A conviction based on the use of the term precarisation would be tantamount to an attempt to criminalise societal debates.”


Links:

 http://www.nadir.org/nadir/kampagnen/euromayday-hh/de/2006/04/452.shtml
Collection of press reviews about the action

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/may/17/germany.lukeharding
Guardian article



 

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