We are fed up

Protests in 2013, Berlin
Protests in 2013, Berlin

We are fed up! (German: Wir haben es satt!) is the theme of a series of demonstrations in Germany against industrial livestock production and for more sustainable farming. The biggest demonstrations take place every year in Berlin since 2011[1] and attract up to 30,000 people.[2][3][4] Around 120 different groups, which represent farmers, companies, and environmental rights and animal rights activists organize and sustain the demonstrations.[5][6] The protests take place parallel to the Berlin International Green Week.

  1. ^ Deutsche Welle, Protesters in Berlin call for an end to factory farming, 22 January 2011
  2. ^ Tristram Stuart (31 January 2014). "Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Stopping starvation: ′Everyone can do something′ - Germany - DW.COM - 14.10.2013". DW.COM. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ Shefali Sharma, "Germans speaking out against industrial meat and agriculture", Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 9 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Berlin protests focus on farming and food safety". 21 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. ^ Wir haben es satt!, website of the organizers (German)