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A European Youth RevoltVienna in March 1981: A ‘Puzzling Demonstration’ and Its Consequences

A European Youth Revolt: Vienna in March 1981: A ‘Puzzling Demonstration’ and Its Consequences [On Sunday afternoon, 1 March 1981, some hundred demonstrators gathered at Stephansplatz in the First District of Vienna, the centre of the city. They marched along the most expensive shopping street, the Kärntnerstraße and approached the ‘Ring’, which circles the inner district. The crowd consisted of hippies, a few dozen punks, other freaks and political eggheads, mostly anarchists or non-dogmatic left-wingers (Spontis). There was only one visible banner, stating: ‘High sein, frei sein, Terror muss dabei sein’ (To be high, to be free, there has to be terror). This motto fell on fertile ground with the media, who quoted it repeatedly. The demonstration circled the First District and entered it again. A few windows were smashed, most of them in the Rotenturmstraße, another important shopping street. Finally, the police kettled the whole demonstration, and about hundred protesters were arrested.1] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A European Youth RevoltVienna in March 1981: A ‘Puzzling Demonstration’ and Its Consequences

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements Book Series
Editors: Andresen, Knud; van der Steen, Bart
Foltin, Robert
A European Youth Revolt — Feb 3, 2016
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-1-349-55230-6
Pages
41 –52
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-56570-9_3
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Abstract

[On Sunday afternoon, 1 March 1981, some hundred demonstrators gathered at Stephansplatz in the First District of Vienna, the centre of the city. They marched along the most expensive shopping street, the Kärntnerstraße and approached the ‘Ring’, which circles the inner district. The crowd consisted of hippies, a few dozen punks, other freaks and political eggheads, mostly anarchists or non-dogmatic left-wingers (Spontis). There was only one visible banner, stating: ‘High sein, frei sein, Terror muss dabei sein’ (To be high, to be free, there has to be terror). This motto fell on fertile ground with the media, who quoted it repeatedly. The demonstration circled the First District and entered it again. A few windows were smashed, most of them in the Rotenturmstraße, another important shopping street. Finally, the police kettled the whole demonstration, and about hundred protesters were arrested.1]

Published: Feb 3, 2016

Keywords: Autonomous Action; European City; Social Democratic Party; Youth Centre; Housing Council

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