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German police attack Palestine bloc on annual procession to Luxemburg and Liebknecht's graves
Police officers and demonstrators clash during the "Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Ehrung 2025" demonstration in memory of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, in Berlin, Sunday Jan. 12, 2025

GERMAN police attacked the annual march to the graves of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht today, targeting marchers expressing solidarity with Palestine.

The second Sunday in January sees a traditional procession from Berlin’s Frankfurt Gate to the Friedrichsfelde cemetery, where a monument marks the graves of communist revolutionaries killed in the struggle, with thousands joining to place red carnations on their graves.

But a Palestine solidarity bloc came under immediate attack as the march moved off, with police charging marchers who chanted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and seizing individuals from the crowd to carry off.

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