I am one of 7 participants in the artist parade ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WALK. We are in the middle of Amager Commons, a huge natural park in between Bella Center and Copenhagen. Walking steady forward on path with absolutely no-one there to see us. All of a sudden we see two horsemen waiting further down the path - it’s the police who are waiting for us out here in nature. Its an absurd but somehow poetic moment: A tiny assembly of artist with small poetic sign-boards (in black and white of course), parading for no-one, but nature itself. But still - out there in nowhere - surveyed by the ever present police-forces.
Already when we were gathering on a corner by the Bella-Center, they were present with 3 vehicles full of armored police-force. Apparently it is so that if you get permission for a demonstration, they will show up in full combat-gear, no matter how small and peaceful the purpose of the demo is.
The highlight of the day came later, when we reached the city; on a street-corner near Christianshavn Square, we were approached by two real activists on their way to Christiania. Enthusiastic, but also bewildered by the somewhat different look of our little demo, they asked us up front: Are you in action now?
If the ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WALK did contribute with anything at all, it must have been just that: A tiny itch of uncertainty. What IS going on here?
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