on my way for a coffee i found myself surrounded by about 8000 students students striking against the degradating conditions of the educational system here in germany, most of them were still in their teens; they took over the streets of east berlin in a move to make their voices heard loud and clear by the several political parties running for the upcoming regional elections...

the reasons for the upheavel can be found in the recent financial cuts for education...a very unclever decision, especially in a country that could always vaunt a very high standard of education among its population...

who made the mistake will now have to sort it out!
after the example given by the french turmoil, the mood in germany seems shifting towards one of unrest and protest.

the students marched chanting passionately things like:


wir sind hier!
wir sind laut!
weil ihr uns die zukunft klaut! ....
(We are here, we are loud, ´coz you are stealing our future!)

or were holding banners with slogans like:


"education is everybody´s right, we are here an we will fight!"

"they might even cut down every flower
but they can´t prevent the spring to come!"

and then they say that youth isnt much politically involved...

check out this little diashow... just some easy snapshots capturing the atmosphere of the demo.