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Anti-Atomic Demonstration in Berlin on September 18, 2010

A wide alliance of environmental and anti-atomic organizations, trade unions, parties and individuals came together to protest against the government's atomic policy and against nuclear power in general. More than 100,000 people demonstrated their anti-nuclear opinion; action groups invited for direct actions and blockades during the next months to stop atomic waste transports.

Photo: Falk Beyer

Impression of the rally from the inside of the Berlin main station. In the background the parliament and governmental buildings.

Unfortunately also several parties used the huge event for their election propaganda - here a couple of flags of the green party, responsible for the so-called "nuclear phase-out" law that allows the nuclear industry to produce more nuclear electricity and that is the basis for the discussed lifetime extension of reactors.