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German Hippy Commune Fighting for Open Borders Puts Up Fence, Refuses to Share Property With Refugees
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A hippy commune in Berlin created to promote inclusion and openness toward minorities is now protesting the city's plans to put 500 refugees on the property they lease.
When the city proposed the 80,000 sq. ft. industrial property should be used to house 500 refugees, the 20 people who run the "Radical Queer Wagon Place" (RQWP) suddenly became not so open. They are now fighting to keep the refugees out by putting up a fence, clearly so that they can continue to promote open borders for refugees and a world free of fences and walls.
"This is not a zoo; people live here," female resident Amina told Die Welt in an interview Wednesday, adding that the barricade is set up to preserve "an important cultural and political place."
The group rents the large industrial public property in the Neukolln district of Berlin for around $1,000 per month. It has a theater, a bicycle repair shop and hosts seminars on injustice against minorities in a society dominated by white males.
According to RQWP's website, the group organized a rally against closed borders and racism March 20. The event information states that the protest would stand up against "all fences and walls" and support the "right to live where they want."
The property is now fenced in with a sign at the entrance proclaiming that it is "not an open space."...