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The political situation in Germany and the world is increasingly reflected in the festival season. “Hardly anyone who celebrates this weekend can probably hide the global tensions completely-and the artists also seem to agree that it is not an option to close the eyes away from the political conflicts off the stage,” reports Rolling-Stone reporter Kristina Baum from the start of the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel.
The final Sunday also brought excitement beyond music.
When the Berlin punkapers Kafvka appeared, who repeatedly opposed racism and right -wing violence with slogans such as “All Haten Nazis”, there was suddenly unrest in the audience. At the center of the event: some employees of the security service (or those who have pretended to be available).
The “no-banner announcement” was more likely to follow
KAFVKA put a statement about its social channels: “Degree we get more messages from fans who are at the festival and are asked to hang their left flags from the Securities (pride deflag, FCKAFD, never-goat, etc.) because the hurricane is ‘politically neutral’.” The band suspects that there is a “problem with a few right secus who do their thing and pretend to be the official instruction from the Hurricane.”
In addition, the bold -printed request: “That is not true! Let your flags hang! They can’t dictate anything about it at all!”
The Kafvka appearance usually went over the stage without major incidents. The “no-banner announcement” was more difficult to follow. Kafvka added another post that asked the fans to tell the west numbers of the relevant security people: “So we can find out who it was and do something about it.”
At the request of the daily newspaper “Hamburger Abendblatt”, festival spokeswoman Sarah Kaiser explains: “This alleged behavior does not fit the hurricane festival at all. It expressly stands for openness and tolerance.”
The idea of ”political neutrality” at festivals is probably only a strategy for de -escalation. It can also backfire, especially on site with hundreds of security people in dealing with the fans. A new complex organizational challenge for the organizers. However, the Hurricane makers made it clear that right-wing security employees have no place at their festival.