March 2, 2010: First Impressions from the Opening of the Trial
The defendants were greeted in front of the court in Wiener Neustadt by a solidarity protest with many participants. While inside the courtroom declarations of solidarity could be heard in the form of chants and
music, outside in front of the windows balloons imprinted with “Smash §278a” flew by along with posters that were taped to the stings.
In numerous cities there were solidarity protests, for example in Munich the Austrian Consulate was occupied.
The first reports to the opening of the trial in German can be found on Indymedia and Twitter. Over the course of the day there will be further solidarity protests and actions, soon there will be a short report on the first day of the trial here on the antirep website.
