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We are fed up

We are fed up! (Wir haben es satt!) is the theme of a series of demonstrations in Germany against industrial livestock production and for more sustainable farming. The biggest demonstrations take place every year in Berlin since 2011[1] and attract up to 30,000 people.[2][3][4] Around 120 different groups, which represent farmers, companies, and environmental rights and animal rights activists organize and sustain the demonstrations.[5][6] The protests take place parallel to the Berlin International Green Week.

Protests in 2013, Berlin
Protests in 2013, Berlin

Overview

Independent from the protests in Berlin, demonstrations under a similar theme occurred in Amsterdam in 2012 and 2013. The event in the Netherlands was called we zijn het MEGA zat, which translates to "we are MEGA fed up" and is a reference to the scale of industrial livestock farming.[7][8][9]

See also


References

  1. Tristram Stuart (31 January 2014). "Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. Shefali Sharma, "Germans speaking out against industrial meat and agriculture", Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 9 January 2014.
  3. "Berlin protests focus on farming and food safety". 21 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. Wir haben es satt!, website of the organizers (German)
  5. "We zijn het mega zat!!". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. "We are fed up: 30,000 march in Berlin". Friends of the Earth Europe. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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