Greater than 1,000 persons are demonstrating in Zurich towards the dearth of housing

On Saturday night, hundreds of individuals gathered in Zurich for an illustration towards the housing scarcity. They need inexpensive housing and public open areas.

Alongside the way in which, demonstrators have been lighting pyros and spraying slogans on numerous facades of homes and store home windows, as seen by a reporter from Keystone-SDA. Nonetheless, there have been no main incidents.

On posters and banners, the demonstrators demanded issues like “Peace for the cottages, battle for the palaces”, a housing coverage based mostly on solidarity and the densification of the Villa Zurich space in Zurich. Firms, yuppies and aristocracy have been the enemy. The present ended at 5:30 pm after about three hours.

One other route via the principle site visitors axis

In some locations there have been lengthy site visitors jams due to the demonstration. This was additionally as a result of an uncommon route was chosen for the demonstration because of an accident: the parade led the principle site visitors artery Hardbrücke. Site visitors on the Hardbrücke was utterly blocked for some time, and the demonstrators took benefit of the uncommon alternative to stroll on the principle site visitors route to remain longer.

The opposite lengthy route additionally handed via tough areas. In accordance with a Keystone-SDA reporter, anti-capitalist demonstrators threw baggage of paint towards the Essential Tower. Cops in full gear stood in entrance of the police and justice constructing, which the opposite route additionally handed. The left-wing impartial bloc insulted them once more and threw plastic bottles and cups.

Varied teams from the left spectrum requested the authorised exhibition, which began on the State Museum. Impartial teams on the left and the resident’s perspective have been significantly current. But additionally teams of tenants who had come collectively to battle to remain of their settlements and homes. Celebration symbols have been clearly not wished.

A demo on the identical matter was held in Zurich within the autumn of 2023. At the moment, as much as 1,000 folks have been touring.

(dsc/sda)