[Marxism] Bush visit to Mainz: nearly State of Emergency

[l.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx (Lueko Willms)]

.    On  22.02.05
  wrote  nobbytob@xxxxxxxx (Nobby)
     on  /ALIST/MARXMAIL
     in  20050221175756.36812.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  about  [Marxism] (Spiegel) BUSH VISITS EUROPE: How Good is the Trans-Atlantic


n> European cities are preparing for the Bush visit. Here, the small
n> German town of Mainz prepares for Bush's several-hour stop-over.

   Well, unfortunately, the form of the preparations and their  
consequences are not mentioned.


   The security measures for the Bush visit will quite surely bring  
total chaos to the whole Rhein-Main-Region west of Frankfurt, or a  
complete standstill.

   Several important highways (Autobahn) are completely closed in both  
directions between 7 and 10 in the morning and 15 to 19 hours in the  
evening; between those total closures, there will be a gigantic  
roundabout of several highways, counterclockwise, while the clockwise  
direction will be closed. Links to maps see at the end of this  
message. Oh, the times have changed according to a press release  
today: 8:30 till 10:30 and 17 to 19 hours. A little less ...


   Ship movements on the Rhine near Mayence and the last part of the  
Main river are prohibited all day.

   "General aviation" aircraft, i.e. those flying by sight, are  
forbidden in a diameter of 60 km around Mayence.

   Commuter trains (S-Bahn) which travel near the prospective route  
will be stopped for about an hour. Long distance trains are probably  
also affected.

   The inner city of Mainz (Mayence) is completly closed for the day;  
businesses are orderd to close their shop. Parking is prohibited in  
this area starting Tuesday evening in this area and along the routes  
the the Bush cavalcade might take.

   People living there are ordered to remove objects near the street  
or seal them off. Garages have to be cleared. Even a business selling  
tombstones was ordered to remove his exhibits, because they might be  
used -- standing 30 meters from the street -- as projectiles...

   This morning I overheard a note on the radio that even the mobile  
phone networks are being shut down during Bush's visit, but I have not  
yet been able to get this confirmed.

   Tuesday will see demonstrations against Bush and his war policies  
in about two dozen cities all over Germany, and on Wednesday, 23  
February, a demonstration in Mainz (Mayence) itself; to get that  
together will be a tough challenge.

   Besides, the display of material which might be viewed as an insult  
to the US president is prohibited. The organizers were ordered to name  
200 marshals, and hand over a list of their names and addresses to the  
police. Banners have been limited to a maximum of 2 meters length (or  
width, if you prefer...).

   Information on the demonstrations is to be found on these websites:

   http://www.notwelcombush.de
   http://www.bushinmainz.de
   http://www.friedenskooperative.de/bush05.htm




   General website with info from the police in Mayence:
   http://www.polizei.rlp.de/praesidentenbesuch/

   Maps provided by the police in Mayence, also als links from above  
Website:

    http://www.polizei.rlp.de/praesidentenbesuch/inhalt/ 
gesperrtestrecken.jpg
    http://www.polizei.rlp.de/praesidentenbesuch/inhalt/ 
ringverkehr.jpg
    http://www.polizei.rlp.de/praesidentenbesuch/inhalt/ 
regionalverkehr.jpg
    http://www.polizei.rlp.de/praesidentenbesuch/inhalt/ 
umleitungen.jpg

   Police in Wiesbaden informs here:
   http://www.polizei.hessen.de/internetzentral/ 
broker.jsp?uMen=2bc30c66-632d-1201-3362-d61edad490c

   They have a nicer map as PDF here:
   http://www.polizei.hessen.de/internetzentral/ 
binarywriterservlet?imgUid=11c70001-e2a1-1201-3362- 
d61edad490cf&uBasVariant=ed83d448-9a76-4e11-8a5b-28e46ce0200

   Somehow, you have to get the URLs together from the individual  
lines...



Yours,
Lüko Willms                                     http://www.mlwerke.de
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