Euromayday Aachen / Karlspreis-Protest 2008

Accomodation

For accomodation, please send an e-mail message to Tina to announce how many people are coming, expected date and time of your arrival and departure. If you are arriving on Wednesday, please register at the AZ (Autonomes Zentrum), Vereinsstraße 25 (near central station). Group accomodation will be available, also some individual places. If possible, please bring a sleeping bag and roll with you.

• Registration: AZ, Vereinsstraße 25

Borders

Aachen center is ca. 4,5 km away from the Dutch border and 7 km from the Belgian border.

Changes

Please note: The Attac procession will start at Lindenplatz (not St. Jacob’s Church). The Euromayday parade will start at Pontstraße (not Großkölnstraße).

Discussion

Info evening on Wednesday, 19:00h (in time!) with Alex Foti (Euromayday, Radical Europe, Milan), Xavier Renou (Les Désobéissants, Paris), Vera Polycarpou (AKEL, Cyprus), Tobias Pflüger (Militarism Info Center, Tübingen, MEP), Wolfgang Dreßen (AK Rechtsextremismus, FH Düsseldorf)

• RWTH main buildung, Templergraben 55

Food

Le Sabot collective will provide organic and vegan food for little money on Wednesday evening and on Thursday at the Welthaus. Helping hands very welcome.

• Welthaus, An der Schanz 1

Independent media center

The media center and press room is for media acitivists reporting from Euromayday etc. It is located at the office of the student organisation Fachschaft Philosophie (7/1).

• Fachschaft Philosophie, Kármánstraße 7

Infopoint

The infopoint at AZ (Autonomes Zentrum) is open on Wednesday from 16:00h and on Thursday from 8:30h. You will always find a helping person there, even in the evening.

• AZ, Vereinsstraße 25

Additionally, you will probably meet people at the Welthaus, where the cooking is located.

• Welthaus, An der Schanz 1

Legal Team

We hope you won’t need it, but for your safety, we have a legal team. Please contact the legal team if you are witness of arrests or irregular police violence or if you need help yourself.

• +49 176 654 114 88
  German phones 0176 654 114 88

Preparatory meeting

If you have arrived before Thursday, please come to our preparatory meeting on Wednesday, 21:30 at the Welthaus for latest information on what is happening the next day.

• Welthaus, An der Schanz 1

Public transport

Aachen has only busses and trains. You have to show your ticket to the driver when entering a bus. Group tickets for 5 persons cost 6,90 € for one day (Aachen, Vaals, Kelmis/La Calamine). Euregiotickets (Aachen, Liège, Maastricht) are 14,50€ for two adults and up to 3 children under 12 (on Tuesday only valid for one person).

Where to start on thursday

We have several events to chose from, just as you like:

• If you want to take part in the autonomous demonstration “Shutdown Europe”, start at 9:30 AM at the central station.
• If you are more into traditional unionist movement, join the DGB demonstration, beginning 10:00 AM at the DGB building, Dennewartstraße 17 (near Europaplatz). Activists will seperate at the end of this demonstration and join the protests at the city hall.
• If you prefer satirical action, dress yourself in a medieval fashion and come to Lindenplatz, where Attac will start a procession at 10:00 AM entitled “With Charlemagne prize back to dark ages”.
• If you don’t want any of these, get directly to the market place in front of the city hall. From 10:00 AM on, there will be people protesting. The others will join in by 11 AM.
• If you are interested in the Euromayday parade only, come to Pontstraße at 12:30h.

Questions?

Feel free to contact Darius.