The climate activists of the "Last Generation" are also known as climate glue. The so-called "concrete hands" are to be used only strategically.
Munich – Many motorists in large parts of Germany have already had to deal with them: the climate activists of the "last generation". A special campaign of climate adhesives is to be used less frequently in the future – the so-called "concrete hands".
Climate activists of the "last generation" resort to more radical methods
In order to demonstrate for compliance with the climate targets, the "Last Generation" regularly glues itself to the streets in Germany and Austria. The actions of the climate activists have recently shown increasingly extreme traits – on the part of the "last generation" as well as on the part of motorists and passers-by. Increasingly, the latter resorted to simply dragging the demonstrators off the street, kicking and punching them so that cars could pass.
The "Last Generation" increasingly used so-called "concrete hands" in their demonstrations. © Paul Zinken/dpa (symbolic image)
But the methods of climate activists are also becoming increasingly radical. As could be seen, among other things, at the demonstrations in Berlin, they did not only stick to the street with superglue. Instead, the climate adhesives used a mixture of sand and glue to attach themselves to the roadway. The problem with this is that the police cannot remove the "concrete mixture" from the asphalt as easily as conventional glue. Using jackhammers and cut-off grinders, they had to remove the demonstrators from the street.
Climate adhesives to use "concrete hands" more strategically
The police even had to break up parts of the asphalt to remove the climate stickers from the road. In a public chat group of the "Last Generation" on Instagram, the "core group" of activists commented on the actions. She spoke of the fact that the climate activists had shown a lot of courage when they used the so-called "concrete hands". From now on, however, this extreme method will only be used sporadically. "Concrete hands make a lot of sense if they increase the disturbance," it writes – otherwise they are "not bourgeois or connectable."
The demonstrators have also been sticking to car tires and drive shafts more and more frequently lately. It is not only the long-term road blockades that are problematic for the "last generation". The activists' fines also seem to be increasingly unable to cope with the climate adhesives. The climate activists, who are largely funded by donations, launched a call for small donations in mid-May. According to their own statements, they lack around 840,000 euros by September to be able to finance themselves: "More resistance also needs more money."