Another summer has come to pass. Some say it is the first weekend in September when labour day is gone others when school starts for their kids. For myself it is very often indicated by the passing of another Sea U Site party.
Now since at least 2001 I have been attending these underground and always cause driven parties with my friends in Germany. Each year is for some reason or another to protest against military, state or against racism.
This years party was a little bit of a celebration as the protest for the Heide in the area was won.
A quick recap on the issues. The area around this little town and for several hundred kilometers used to be a military testing site for the former DDR (East Germany) and after the reunification the current German air force wanted to resume using the area and the land for bomb testing and fly-over for military planes. Obviously nobody wanted to have jet fighters flying 'low' over their houses nor for that matter dropping bombs in their backyards daily. And the movement for the "FREIe HEIDe" was born. It has now come to pass that this will remain a nature area and be allowed to recover from the ammunition and toll the military has taken on it in the past.
But often times this is just a nice excuse to meet your friends, enjoy the beautiful and often forgotten outdoors of the north east part of Germany and have a nice long weekend in the sun.
All photos not watermarked were from the protest from 2003, Bass not Bombs.
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